Comments on: Freetown http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/30/freetown/ 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 14:38:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: eemergency candle http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/30/freetown/#comment-56020 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:59:59 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/30/freetown/#comment-56020 the words you have chosen to use in writing is so simple that an ordinary person could be able to relate to the story you are trying to tell. most of the time, its not only the way how the writer writes the stories, its how they could communicate with their readers. like you did in this post. the words you have chosen to use in writing is so simple that an ordinary person could be able to relate to the story you are trying to tell. most of the time, its not only the way how the writer writes the stories, its how they could communicate with their readers. like you did in this post.

]]> by: Jennifer C http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/30/freetown/#comment-46787 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:40:21 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/30/freetown/#comment-46787 You reached me. Compliments to the author. You reached me. Compliments to the author.

]]> by: Karan Henley Haugh http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/30/freetown/#comment-36017 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:25:32 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/30/freetown/#comment-36017 I have written a fictional tetralogy on Sierra Leone, LION MOUNTAIN, which I am currently trying to publish. I very much appreciate what you have written here. It is very succinct and beautiful. I have written a fictional tetralogy on Sierra Leone, LION MOUNTAIN, which I am currently trying to publish. I very much appreciate what you have written here. It is very succinct and beautiful.

]]> by: Malachi Morden http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/30/freetown/#comment-31271 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 21:19:22 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/30/freetown/#comment-31271 I am captivated by your story. Is this a beginning of a book? You paint a fantastic slice of something that is so real to so much of the earth, yet alien to most of North America. I relish prose that literally shoves my face into the thick of the setting especially the grittiest, dirtiest ones that are, as yours is, the truest to life. They are settings that bring me closer to the rest of the world in ways that not even the media can always cover. I wanted the story to commence immediately, as I said I was captivated. There is so much programming that we are force-fed about status and spending money to look and be certain ways that I finds myself craving literature of this sort that is so real. And then, to read these words that fly off the page, it makes my skin tingle. I want more! Wonderful writing. Reminded me of the Peruvian writer, Mario Vargas Llosa ("Death in the Andes," "Converations in the Cathedral," my two favorites). I am captivated by your story. Is this a beginning of a book? You paint a fantastic slice of something that is so real to so much of the earth, yet alien to most of North America. I relish prose that literally shoves my face into the thick of the setting especially the grittiest, dirtiest ones that are, as yours is, the truest to life. They are settings that bring me closer to the rest of the world in ways that not even the media can always cover. I wanted the story to commence immediately, as I said I was captivated. There is so much programming that we are force-fed about status and spending money to look and be certain ways that I finds myself craving literature of this sort that is so real. And then, to read these words that fly off the page, it makes my skin tingle. I want more! Wonderful writing. Reminded me of the Peruvian writer, Mario Vargas Llosa (”Death in the Andes,” “Converations in the Cathedral,” my two favorites).

]]> by: Michele http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/30/freetown/#comment-30982 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:12:23 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/30/freetown/#comment-30982 Breathtaking... simply breathtaking... I am speechless... Breathtaking… simply breathtaking… I am speechless…

]]> by: Leighna http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/30/freetown/#comment-30914 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:50:10 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/30/freetown/#comment-30914 Amazing. So beautifully written. I've been reading the stories on this sight every day for the past couple months and in my opinion, this is one of, if not THE best I've read. I know what you mean about the smells -- I noticed the same thing when I was in Brasil. There really is a scent to poverty that never leaves you. Sometimes, here in LA, I'll get a slight whiff of it, but never as strong, never as raw. Thank you for so eloquently capturing that sense and thank you for your beautiful piece. I loved it. Amazing. So beautifully written. I’ve been reading the stories on this sight every day for the past couple months and in my opinion, this is one of, if not THE best I’ve read. I know what you mean about the smells — I noticed the same thing when I was in Brasil. There really is a scent to poverty that never leaves you. Sometimes, here in LA, I’ll get a slight whiff of it, but never as strong, never as raw. Thank you for so eloquently capturing that sense and thank you for your beautiful piece. I loved it.

]]> by: Blake http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/30/freetown/#comment-30878 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:23:52 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/30/freetown/#comment-30878 Wow. That's it. Wow. E-mail us when your book is complete. I want to read it. Blake Wow.

That’s it. Wow. E-mail us when your book is complete. I want to read it.

Blake

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