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Rona Maynard's avatar

Hi, Anna. Reading your exhilarating work makes me happy, even when you’re writing about barf and bad choices.

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Anna Schott's avatar

Thanks so much, Rona

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Molly Moynahan's avatar

Just fabulous! I love the unapologetic “bad” behavior. I once danced a tango (never learned) completely blotto. The narrator’s lack of insight is also very funny!

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Kathleen Clare Waller's avatar

The vomit is almost a welcome image! How fun to play with the unexpected in these scenes. Music is always a welcome metaphor and allusion. Beautiful story of the difficulties of navigating relationships (and the power/desire dynamic of being a groupie!).

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Jennifer Ward Dudley's avatar

Anna. I have to stop reading rather than my banal writing attempts. You definitely capture my attention . Haven’t been drunk enough to upchuck in eons but some times people make me feel vomit in the middle of my throat!

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Anna Schott's avatar

Haha, thanks!

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Miriam Cruz's avatar

Hahahaha I loved this read. I feel like it caught so many universal truths / experiences along the rollercoaster of dating / falling in love / confusion.

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Anna Schott's avatar

Thanks Miriam. A (mostly) fun ride, for sure

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Istiaq Mian's avatar

love a good love triangle. though this was wasn't quite a triangle since you were positioning the other two..more like chess :)

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Jeffrey Streeter's avatar

I loved this: "I always forget about Men’s Feelings because I’m too busy worrying about mine. It never occurs to me except in retrospect that maybe I wasn’t always on the verge of being rejected, maybe the guys involved were feeling things too and maybe they were just slow or confused or, let’s face it, hopelessly cloth-headed."

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Anna Schott's avatar

Thanks, Jeffrey

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Joan Fernandez's avatar

LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!

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Anna Schott's avatar

Best comment ever

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susan thornton's avatar

love this post - and for the reminder that men have feelings too!

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Emily's avatar

"But that was before I knew about the Hidden Depths." Weeeeeeeeeee... that was something!

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