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Post by bretf on Aug 5, 2016 17:02:10 GMT -6
Thanks Will.
I fully agree with you, I expect there would be a huge die off.
But good ole' Steve: he is based on observations of someone I work with. (His wife too, but I really don't think she could adapt like Jenny did. She would be a statistic, but hey, this is fiction after all.) Through daily observations, I think he would do just enough to get by. He would rile the people around him up, then do just enough to patch it over and then coast again. I truly believe, in this situation, if he was so lucky to find a Paul and Ruth, he (and his "Jenny") would slide right back into their old ways.
And I have to tell you, there are times I want to shake the snot out of him to try to wake him up. But it would just make my arm tired.
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Post by pbbrown0 on Aug 7, 2016 10:12:32 GMT -6
Bret, I noticed your follow up post to this story, and it has been a while since I last read it. It is a concern to me how many of those who are preparing seem to be preparing for events that might trigger a collapse without comprehending that the triggers are not the cause. You, however, do understand the underlying causes and what is needed to avoid repeating history. The same root causes have been cycling countless times for thousands of years, and yet the vast majority of us just can't seem to learn that we have a choice about those cycles.
Please keep writing and praying that even a few more will finally see the TRUTH.
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Post by stormy on Jan 3, 2017 2:43:47 GMT -6
Are you going to publish this brettf?
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Post by bretf on Jan 3, 2017 13:42:55 GMT -6
Hi Stormy,
At this time, I have no plans to publish this story. That may change someday, but nowhere in the foreseeable future.
When I wrote my first story, “The Danged Rocks” that is in the same crises as this story, I had no intention of writing a story for publication. I had lurked around different self-sufficiency type forums for some time before I started writing. I decided I wanted to write a story that addressed some of the recurring questions I’d seen, and share some of the knowledge I had on certain things. I also wanted to raise questions of different things I was interested in, but might not have done yet. But I wanted to tie it into a story, if I could; entertainment and information together. After I finished that story, there were still things I wanted addressed, so I wrote this story.
Somewhere along the line readers talked about getting published. I started to consider it, and what was involved. In checking into it, more than once I’ve found statements about “Why are you writing, and who is your audience?” They get a lot into it, but one of the underlying things there is, are you trying to write a best seller, are you writing because you enjoy it, are you writing to tell someone something? Back to my situation, when I wrote “the Danged Rocks”, and “The Long Darkness”, it was to share information, hopefully in an entertaining way. At the time of the writing, I never dreamed of publishing.
A professional editor read the first story, and had the impression that I needed to go one of two ways with it if I wanted to publish.
1: was it was a how to manual for so many things. If I went that way, I needed to get rid of the story.
2: A fictional novel. If I went that way, I had too much instruction.
So after that, I took a lot of time to reflect, and decided to leave it how it was, and as a free read. (Does that make sense?) Who knows, someday I may pursue publishing, but for now, it is out here for anyone who want to read it.
Thanks,
Bret
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Post by gipsy on Jun 17, 2017 9:05:29 GMT -6
Fine story for sure
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Post by dallanta on Aug 13, 2017 5:53:39 GMT -6
This is a really good story. I enjoyed the whole thing from the story line to the details you put in it. You must have spent a lot of time on research to do this. Thank you!
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Post by bretf on Aug 15, 2017 5:07:25 GMT -6
Gipsy and Dallanta, Thank you very much for the kind comments. I really appreciate it. Bret
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Post by puddlejumper007 on Aug 31, 2017 18:01:30 GMT -6
Thank you Bret, just read this for a second time, and enjoyed it all over again.. pat.
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Post by fightlyme1 on Sept 2, 2017 20:45:58 GMT -6
Excellent read. Thank you.
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Post by teedee on Jul 19, 2018 19:54:52 GMT -6
Great story! Thank you.
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Post by texican on Jul 29, 2018 23:15:04 GMT -6
Bret,
Read the story a second time....
It is as enjoyable as the first time....
Thanks....
Texican....
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Post by libertysson on Mar 24, 2020 12:32:46 GMT -6
Bret,
Your writing is awesome. You have the perfect blend of instruction and story telling. Do not allow others to change what you do so well. Thank you.
Rob
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Post by solo on Apr 3, 2020 14:20:15 GMT -6
I just read this one. Again. So much useful information. It reads like a very timely how-to manual. And it brought back memories of my upbringing.....
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Post by cutter on Apr 24, 2020 21:17:39 GMT -6
Bret, I messed up. I bet I've read this story at least 5 times, and I've never once thanked you for it. I disagree with your professional editor. You offer so much information, but you offer it, not cram it down the reader's throat. If the time comes that we need it, the information you offer will come back to us. We may not remember where we got it, but it will come back. That will be your doing, because YOU made it interesting and entertaining enough for us to keep reading. Thank you for the gift; I learned a few things from this wonderful read. Not just for the lessons, but I also thank you for the enjoyment you gave me. It was much needed.
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Post by bretf on Apr 25, 2020 6:42:50 GMT -6
Thanks for the comments. They're always appreciated.
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