tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post7101258816970902706..comments2024-03-18T23:49:07.106+00:00Comments on Nick Wilford, Speculative Author: Q is for QuireNick Wilfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03841776353790635132noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-31367445048712510702015-04-22T19:05:25.488+01:002015-04-22T19:05:25.488+01:00Cute! I would be doing the same thing! Great wor...Cute! I would be doing the same thing! Great word choice. :)Mina Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14483363743530076604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-65198420156262376752015-04-21T23:43:58.092+01:002015-04-21T23:43:58.092+01:00Must be difficult, dealing with selling your home ...Must be difficult, dealing with selling your home and juggling the A-Z Challenge at the the same time. Hope it all goes well!<br />I ran out of pre-written posts some time ago and it's been a constant struggle, so in other words a REAL challenge. LOL<br />"Quire" is another word I hadn't heard before. Thanks for the vocabulary lesson. The end is in sight. WHEW!Debbie D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/13153118405565035071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-53014111767236114512015-04-21T03:38:19.787+01:002015-04-21T03:38:19.787+01:00And the paper airplane is invented. Great word, to...And the paper airplane is invented. Great word, too.Shell Flowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127004188099765270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-9018141411761733242015-04-21T03:24:49.655+01:002015-04-21T03:24:49.655+01:00Great Q word. Good luck with the real estate. Great Q word. Good luck with the real estate. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-89881667409360329012015-04-21T02:43:59.350+01:002015-04-21T02:43:59.350+01:00Quire sounds very similar to a word I made up for ...Quire sounds very similar to a word I made up for my fantasy story. Oh well, it's too late to change it now.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-41302710019366492542015-04-21T01:44:23.301+01:002015-04-21T01:44:23.301+01:00Great word use. It flows nicely in there. Having j...Great word use. It flows nicely in there. Having just done the whole house selling and moving and all that cleaning and everything else, I wish you luck and lots of coffee...and probably a few bottles of pain relievers.Jean Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-89452100253237129782015-04-21T00:11:44.700+01:002015-04-21T00:11:44.700+01:00I love your story!
Trust that R-Z will come, and ...I love your story!<br /><br />Trust that R-Z will come, and they will. Have fun with all of them :)Carol Kilgorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03745686632918324803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-21663430172172158012015-04-21T00:10:38.977+01:002015-04-21T00:10:38.977+01:00You can do it!
I'm still working on v and x...You can do it! <br /><br />I'm still working on v and x. Today I finished u. But I'm happy to have w, y, and z done already. Woot! <br /><br />I thought the story was awesome. For a piece written at 5 am. Hope there was coffee with that. Or tea. <br /><br />I would srtrangle the Chihuahua alarm clock if there wasn't coffee handy. Not that I don't love the wretch.djinniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552593765592424706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-41326102981946431502015-04-20T22:34:21.444+01:002015-04-20T22:34:21.444+01:00Huh, interesting. That word is familiar to me, alt...Huh, interesting. That word is familiar to me, although I can't figure out why. Hilarious story, too.J E Oneilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-26458302496783077532015-04-20T22:32:29.103+01:002015-04-20T22:32:29.103+01:00Loving your posts in the A-Z challenge so far. I s...Loving your posts in the A-Z challenge so far. I suspect a lot of us are in the same boat now - my last pre-written post is for S! We all deserve a big pat on the back for getting this far, I think :)<br />Feehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14309564885215393677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-30242668190294429962015-04-20T20:30:30.765+01:002015-04-20T20:30:30.765+01:00LOLOLOL! For a 5qm piece, that's very funny, m...LOLOLOL! For a 5qm piece, that's very funny, maybe you need to write more with less sleep! ;P<br /><br />Good luck with the house sale - I've only moved five times and if I have my way I m never moving again! <br /><br />I was on holiday for the start of the A to Z, so I could get round everyone's blogs without a problem, but now I'm back at work I'm having to go round blogs in the evening after work, so I'm a lot later visiting, but it's still fun. :D<br />Sophie<br /><a href="http://sophiesthoughtsandfunmbles.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Sophie's Thoughts & Fumbles</a><br /><a href="http://fantasyboysxxx.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">FB3X</a><br /><a href="http://www.wittegenpress.com/wp_main/blog" rel="nofollow">Wittegen Press</a>Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-69709126710718999072015-04-20T20:15:49.506+01:002015-04-20T20:15:49.506+01:00Thanks, everyone! I've had a Monty Python vibe...Thanks, everyone! I've had a Monty Python vibe come on in the last couple of days. With some of the letters still to go, I get a feeling the rest of my stories are going to be ridiculous!Nick Wilfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03841776353790635132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-18935395663308806672015-04-20T19:57:11.117+01:002015-04-20T19:57:11.117+01:00I only like to be about five days ahead during the...I only like to be about five days ahead during the A-Z Challenge. I know many write all 26 posts before the event, which - to me anyway - makes the whole thing lose its charm. <br /><br />Well, I had a huge convention this weekend, so I'm totally in trouble. I'm not blogging one day at a time! Yikes.Jay Noelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04757777693161610861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-59672206821956240942015-04-20T19:47:55.315+01:002015-04-20T19:47:55.315+01:00Drinking tea here, and just ended up coughing it a...Drinking tea here, and just ended up coughing it all over myself! Brilliant story :-)<br /><br />I use the word Quire in Scrabble all the time, but I've never known what it means.<br /><br />I still have to write my T and V posts - I have used up all my ideas :-(<br /><br />Annalisa, writing A-Z vignettes, at <a href="http://annalisacrawford.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Wake Up, Eat, Write, Sleep</a>Annalisa Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943610814274794998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-73001900839839256942015-04-20T19:37:22.194+01:002015-04-20T19:37:22.194+01:00Now there's a good use of paper when you'r...Now there's a good use of paper when you're frustrated or bored. :-)<br /><br />Getting a house ready to sell is time consuming. Do you have another place picked out? Or are you waiting for this one to sell first?<br /><br />The latter part of the alphabet articles haven't yet been written here either--titles yes, general outline, pretty much, written, no.<br /><br />I thought you did pretty good with your little story, Nick.<br /><br /><a href="http://siamckye.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Sia McKye Over Coffee</a> ~Sia McKye~https://www.blogger.com/profile/08470562659597351033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-19056939450688147102015-04-20T18:50:36.847+01:002015-04-20T18:50:36.847+01:00Quire is not a word you hear every day! Nice job ...Quire is not a word you hear every day! Nice job using it in a sentence.Sherry Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844837212122243321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-83935518608738459312015-04-20T18:18:18.920+01:002015-04-20T18:18:18.920+01:00The Quire is my favorite part of a cathedral. It&#...The Quire is my favorite part of a cathedral. It's an intimate area where I can sit on the stalls alongside the choir. I like paper airplanes too - duck!Keith's Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564578491652021492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-52561298776569828262015-04-20T17:30:00.629+01:002015-04-20T17:30:00.629+01:00Did he get in as much trouble as the rest of us wh...Did he get in as much trouble as the rest of us when we threw paper airplanes when we're supposed to be working?Susan Gourley/Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669793865290876168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-10718885289621779222015-04-20T17:12:19.226+01:002015-04-20T17:12:19.226+01:00LOL. Clever Friar Jacob! I did not know the word q...LOL. Clever Friar Jacob! I did not know the word quire before today, but now I do, and I'll remember it, too, because of your clever story.Bish Denhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359927719391990534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-2445528906883156392015-04-20T16:56:33.101+01:002015-04-20T16:56:33.101+01:00Doing well here, and good luck on your house. Hold...Doing well here, and good luck on your house. Hold it sells quick.<br /><br />I look forward to using this word the next time I add paper to the printer. :)David Powers Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942728197352977520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-72280547339259931052015-04-20T16:00:04.899+01:002015-04-20T16:00:04.899+01:00So now I'm back to never having seen the word ...So now I'm back to never having seen the word before. :-(<br /><br />Oh well, I enjoyed the bit of fiction you created to put it into a context.cleemckenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456109243453726483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-91440415745706605922015-04-20T15:53:44.517+01:002015-04-20T15:53:44.517+01:00Ha! I like this one a lot. Paper airplanes do soun...Ha! I like this one a lot. Paper airplanes do sound a lot more fun. =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-64885187939186430412015-04-20T15:21:56.046+01:002015-04-20T15:21:56.046+01:00Hi - You have a fun theme going on there. BTW, I&...Hi - You have a fun theme going on there. BTW, I'm dropping in from a shout out to your blog on Rosie Amber's blog https://rosieamber.wordpress.com/.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14933210603732214226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-87914323330713153302015-04-20T14:46:29.788+01:002015-04-20T14:46:29.788+01:00I lose steam about now. Just read my Q post. I am ...I lose steam about now. Just read my Q post. I am hoping at the end of this A-Z that you will incorporate all of your words in a story. No? Really!T. Powell Coltrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160774009926623671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040914078355130442.post-71377081405872919572015-04-20T14:36:27.510+01:002015-04-20T14:36:27.510+01:00I have to agree; making a paper airplane sounds a ...I have to agree; making a paper airplane sounds a lot better than a quire :)<br /><br />Oh my gosh, lots on your plate! I hope the house sells quickly; such a "pain" do deal with viewings especially it seems here everyone always wanted to view when it was the dinner time hour.<br /><br />bettybettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323135450742337670noreply@blogger.com