http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/06/05/dont-forget-cole-porter/ Listen to stories on anything from honeymoons to WWII, from award-winning journalists to first-time writers alike, from anywhere in the world. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:39:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/06/05/dont-forget-cole-porter/#comment-19729 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:07:01 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/06/05/dont-forget-cole-porter/#comment-19729 Karin, Usuaally a writer gets $100 for a story in Common Ties. You deserved top pay--$1,000! Your story was moving, well-told, and very loving. I enjoyed it. Too bad the ending could not have been a happy one. The irony there is: Do you want a good story, or do you want a happy ending? A top story like yours deserves top pay! Maybe Common Ties will do an anthology. If so, your story should win top prize there, too. Keep on writing. Please. -John J. California Karin,
Usuaally a writer gets $100 for a story in Common Ties.
You deserved top pay–$1,000!
Your story was moving, well-told, and very loving.
I enjoyed it.
Too bad the ending could not have been a happy one.
The irony there is: Do you want a good story, or
do you want a happy ending?
A top story like yours deserves top pay!
Maybe Common Ties will do an anthology.
If so, your story should win top prize there, too.
Keep on writing.
Please.
-John J.
California

]]> http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/06/05/dont-forget-cole-porter/#comment-19186 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:03:01 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/06/05/dont-forget-cole-porter/#comment-19186 Karin,I thank you for shareing the story of your grand parents. for good for bad their story is one of love and sorrow. My Father liked to tell me that he had only known my mother for a short time before they married.he claimes he meet her while on leave from the army ari corps,he had been serving in Japan as part of the occupation forces there.When it was time for him to leave the service he was offered a promotion to stay in,he refused the promotion.He had to get bachk home and marry a beutiful girl.(My mother) that was 1949. I came along in 1952,my first sister came along in 1955 and my youngestest sis ws in 1956. My Dad passed away suddenly in 1984.My mother died in 2003 of cancer. To this day I miss them both and always will.God Bless you for your story and now you have a part of mine. Karin,I thank you for shareing the story of your grand parents.
for good for bad their story is one of love and sorrow.
My Father liked to tell me that he had only known my mother for a short time before they married.he claimes he meet her while on leave from the army ari corps,he had been serving in Japan as part of the occupation forces there.When it was time for him to leave the service he was offered a promotion to stay in,he refused the promotion.He had to get bachk home and marry a beutiful girl.(My mother) that was 1949. I came along in 1952,my first sister came along in 1955 and my youngestest sis ws in 1956. My Dad passed away suddenly in 1984.My mother died in 2003 of cancer. To this day I miss them both and always will.God Bless you for your story and now you have a part of mine.

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