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Really enjoyed this!

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Thank you!

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Fun and intense story. I loved how this played out once Aliza realized she could dictate her reality through her writing. I can't help but wish I had the same power as an author sometimes.

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I'm glad you enjoyed The Writing on the Wall, John.

I think that writers, more than anyone else, have the power to change anything in the word we want.

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Nov 12, 2023Liked by Bill Adler

Your story was super creative! Loved it.

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Thank you, Erin. I'm glad you enjoyed The Writing on the Wall.

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Nov 11, 2023Liked by Bill Adler

Really fun story to read! I particularly liked the idea that Aliza’s writing becomes reality, no matter the medium. The abrupt ending really adds weight to the closing lines. Moon crashes into earth, done.

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Thank you, Michael. I played around with different endings but felt that this abrupt one worked best, and I'm glad you liked it.

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A rollercoaster, angry and roaring, smash-to-bits kind of story! I like it.

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Thank you, Alexander!

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Really enjoyed this and the unexpected place it ended up. Very creative and fun read. Thanks again for sharing your writing.

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Thank you for your kind words, Aubrey. I had fun writing The Writing on the Wall and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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Such an excellent short story! Love the twists and turns you took us on! Did not expect that story when I started reading. Fabulous work Bill

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Thank you very much Ami. I'm delighted you enjoyed "The Writing on the Wall," especially the twists.

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Nov 6, 2023Liked by Bill Adler

Loved this story!!!

You have the most wonderful imagination!

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Thank you very much, Donna.

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interesting concept made me wonder if the majority of people, if they could write fiction that became reality, would write about world peace or about their own needs.

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That's one question I wondered about: How would a writer use that power? Another question is, how would they test it?

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Nov 5, 2023Liked by Bill Adler

Wow! Very cool! You amaze me!!

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Thanks, Christina! I'm glad you enjoyed The Writing on the Wall.

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Crazy! The things you come up with, Bill! How I wish I had Aliza's skill for 30 seconds. I would write just one sentence... But I am sure everyone feels the same and has their own sentence.

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Thanks, Sharron. I might have used Aliza's skill for other purposes, though, but to each writer their own, right?

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You bet! You always get me thinking.

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Oh, I like that one Bill. Such a good end of it all So many different possibilities for the ending, and instead, you really did make it "the End of Days." Pretty cool.

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Thanks, Ben. By the time I finished writing the first draft I was all out of my favorite Kit Kat and felt angry at the world. ;-)

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I had to go to the store to pick up a few things, and it took everything I had not to buy a Kit Kat while I was standing in line, waiting. I usually do it and eat in as I'm waiting. I give the cashier the wrapper, she scans it, I throw it away.

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A perfect way to pass the time while you wait in line.

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Another cautionary tale about being a writer...

When she wrote "Open Sesame" with her blood, I half expected Kool & The Gang's old disco hit of that name with the weird "genie" figure talking ("I am the genie of sound. Everybody get down!") to start playing in the background...

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Don't forget the papercuts and toxic White Out (though I'm not sure if anyone uses White Out anymore). And then there's the decades--sometimes centuries--of isolation from other humans as we toil away at our keyboards.

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.. haha ! Ya hooked me .. was laughin darn near lickedy split - right off ! & still am ..

If I can ‘tell my tales’ whether True - Fiction - or Damn Lies .. near as well ?

.. the world of literature will be my OYSTER .. 🦎🏴‍☠️

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Thanks, Thomas. Fiction is a wild ride. I like it and I'm glad you do, too.

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Thank you, Erin. I'm delighted to hear that.

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