[stylist] CK prompt response

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Chris,

Thanks for the tell-tale definition. This helps. Like I said, I never
even thought about the spelling; I just assumed.

And I know your prompt was just for this list, but it really was good. A
little nugget to file away an maybe return to later.

Bridgit
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:58:06 -0500
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Thanks to everyone who took the time to read and comment on my prompt 
submission. I really appreciate your feedback.

Vejas - I agree that it's a dark comedy piece, with an accent on the
dark. I 
was going, as Bridjit suggested, for a drunk man's spiral into
depression 
over his cheating wife and fruitless writing career, but the 'are we
having 
fun yet? lines were meant as sarcasm.

Donna- the piece was complete fiction.

Linda - you know, I've pictured you more of a tree-hugging flower child 
rather than a rock-n-rollin' gangsta girl. So much for impressions!

Bridjit - thanks so much for your careful reading and feedback. I
thought 
the 'shakily' sentence didn't sound right, and your suggestion about the

salty eye is perfect. This was just an exercise, so I don't imagine
doing 
anything with it, but I'll fix it up and maybe someday I'll find a use
for 
it. By the way, drivel is a noun meaning silly, innane or inaccurate
talk. 
So he thought of his own words as drivel and erased them. And, according
to 
wikipedia:
A tell-tale or telltale is an indicator, signal, or sign that conveys
the 
status of a situation, mechanism, or system.

chris