tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post6431634993567606869..comments2024-01-27T20:23:45.771+00:00Comments on Sulci Collective: Pelvic Floored - FridayFlashSulci Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03293833259808943096noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-238697947758479242010-03-30T14:46:34.798+01:002010-03-30T14:46:34.798+01:00Interesting to see a man's understanding of th...Interesting to see a man's understanding of this particular subject :)<br />Very nicely done!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-83539800303725711612010-03-29T22:05:57.261+01:002010-03-29T22:05:57.261+01:00Interesting that you say that Mark. I've get a...Interesting that you say that Mark. I've get a section in another book, where the character guesses/gauges what people do for a living by their musculature's resting tensions as you say.<br /><br />Thank you to everyone who commented this week.<br /><br />Something a bit lighter in tone I feel for the next one.Sulci Collectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293833259808943096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-15512158002832435162010-03-29T21:06:41.335+01:002010-03-29T21:06:41.335+01:00I play a game sometimes. I look at the unique musc...I play a game sometimes. I look at the unique muscle development of passersby and try to guess what they do for a living.<br /><br />I too like the way you sneak in a word like "hoick" or a phrase like "which could only be described as that of a fat blob."Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-35648151441292254072010-03-29T12:41:25.350+01:002010-03-29T12:41:25.350+01:00I read this twice, once for the story, and once ju...I read this twice, once for the story, and once just to enjoy your prose. Exquisite.Lauritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03688820247531607677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-41286722793042537892010-03-27T12:19:39.696+00:002010-03-27T12:19:39.696+00:00Ripe postnatal plenitude. The corporeal gristle of...Ripe postnatal plenitude. The corporeal gristle of your prose hums like a tune on a taut string, Marc.<br /><br />This is well observed stuff, and extra impressive because I think you're one who finds infants infantilising?<br /><br />But beyond your subject it's your words and what you make them do that makes your readers gasp. For me, I love how you smuggle in a hoick and a fat blob. Super stuff as always.<br />Simon.Skycyclerhttp://skycycler.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-86046764978302616392010-03-26T23:32:47.220+00:002010-03-26T23:32:47.220+00:00Had to read this three times before I quite got it...Had to read this three times before I quite got it, but got it I did. Having been asked when the baby was due AFTER I returned from maternity leave, that last line resonates...Well done for getting the post-natal mother experience so well...Virginia Moffatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12071059148315715405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-33917441321754398782010-03-26T15:41:41.133+00:002010-03-26T15:41:41.133+00:00Nursing would have helped her drop the weight quic...Nursing would have helped her drop the weight quicker, but alas, she would have had to forego the coffee and ciggies. But she could have held onto the trashy novels to curl up with in bed.<br /><br />This brought me back to the whole new mom/new identity thing. I'm amazed that you [as a man] can capture all the subtleties of that loss/gain so well. <br /><br />Well done as always. <br /><br />Karen :0)Karen from Mentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685540761526680384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-34130994299879306632010-03-26T13:28:33.020+00:002010-03-26T13:28:33.020+00:00Me thinks Marc must have had a few giggles with th...Me thinks Marc must have had a few giggles with the naughtiness and innuendo going on in his story, especially in those first few graphs.<br /><br />There is so much to applaud here, but let me start with the perversion of the Aubade. Excellent. <br /><br />On the second read, the whole piece seemed to settle in and come alive at the same time. You've really captured her frustration, her sense of imprisonment and being trapped. And her annoyance with the fact that she thought if she survived her body being taken hostage, she would be rewarded by having it returned to her in decent shape. The disillusionment that follows, and the fears of a future where it is not only her body which is lost forever. <br /><br />I loved this, and I'll be back to read again.Lou Freshwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08849342766852653969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-926242890674677582010-03-26T12:18:47.444+00:002010-03-26T12:18:47.444+00:00Holy cow, YES I get this. I get it so bad it HURTS...Holy cow, YES I get this. I get it so bad it HURTS. This was profound in all its simplicity. Yes big words. Once they figure out what you wrote about. [conspiratorial wink]Carrie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093923008179106837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-29915327185219124392010-03-26T11:40:50.816+00:002010-03-26T11:40:50.816+00:00Um no it wasn't meant to be. Am now off to sho...Um no it wasn't meant to be. Am now off to shoot myself in the head!Sulci Collectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293833259808943096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-25608355942902505462010-03-26T11:29:39.201+00:002010-03-26T11:29:39.201+00:00ah, the mesomorph to endomorph transition - all to...ah, the mesomorph to endomorph transition - all too easy it is, even without having to reproduce for it!<br /><br />"plugged into someone else's amplified instincts" - awesome.<br /><br />btw was "cyclist peddling" intentional like paunching? if so I didn't get it :)mazzz in Leedshttp://mazzz-in-leeds.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-2054810043127863872010-03-26T11:01:20.470+00:002010-03-26T11:01:20.470+00:00I'm slow on the uptake but was so taken by the...I'm slow on the uptake but was so taken by the prose I kept going. Nicely crafted, truly.Michael Solenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120045114297450520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-80973024645610484372010-03-26T02:11:38.138+00:002010-03-26T02:11:38.138+00:00Yup. That's how it goes. Morning has broken me...Yup. That's how it goes. Morning has broken me... love it. <br /><br />Interesting voice. She's one intense, type-a mama.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110078016784294934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-24173293046648706732010-03-26T01:11:16.624+00:002010-03-26T01:11:16.624+00:00I love your stuff and this is such a playful pleas...I love your stuff and this is such a playful pleasure to read - what might be a casual moaning tale of the exhausted mom, reads more like a poetic disturbance, the actualization of motherhood. <br /><br />Gorgeous, as always.<br /><br />DJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-46708569015011938532010-03-26T00:59:41.407+00:002010-03-26T00:59:41.407+00:00I think I need to lookup a few words, You've e...I think I need to lookup a few words, You've expanded my vocabulary! :)Cat Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160039271069426174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-77867094571259406442010-03-26T00:35:44.995+00:002010-03-26T00:35:44.995+00:00Luscious, fecund, pregnant with goodness! :) Reall...Luscious, fecund, pregnant with goodness! :) Really loved the sentences leading to the rest of this wonderful piece.<br /><br />Click-click. Ack-ack, indeed.<br /><br />Writing about something so universal in such surprising curlicues of language made me sit up and say, "This is really good stuff."<br /><br />Wish I could think up words more ingenious to laud your piece, but...<br /><br />Pure enjoyment, this was.Marisa Birnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17945909737147497606noreply@blogger.com