Comments | the_vernacular: LJ Idol Topic #13: Inside Baseball

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LJ Idol Topic #13: Inside Baseball

Feb 11, 2011 01:26

I was twelve the first time Poppa Joe let me hold it ( Read more... )

history, lj idol, fiction

Comments 25

basric February 11 2011, 08:10:53 UTC

Well done as usual. Makes me have writer's envy.

the_vernacular February 11 2011, 14:40:07 UTC

Aww, thank you so much! That's very flattering!

I know the writer's envy feeling. Right now I have it for Suzanne Collins, who doesn't seem super technically skilled, but can tell an amazing story. Usually it is for Kurt Vonnegut and Roald Dahl!

i_17bingo February 11 2011, 11:37:02 UTC

This was riveting.

the_vernacular February 11 2011, 14:40:29 UTC

Just like Rosie!

Thank you!

myrna_bird February 11 2011, 17:55:59 UTC

I like the feeling of nostalgia. Nice job.

the_vernacular February 12 2011, 02:17:42 UTC

Thank you! I love history and learning about the invention of the cork-core baseball was really neat!

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the_vernacular February 12 2011, 02:20:53 UTC

Wow, thank you! I hope that my story is more about the characters and the baseball references are really just the setting for the story-- I wanted to write a man talking "inside baseball" about what is inside a baseball!

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the_vernacular February 12 2011, 19:55:09 UTC

Thanks! I'm very glad you were able to enjoy it!

team_jessie February 13 2011, 02:20:56 UTC

Great use of characters here to tell the story. I could picture it all clearly.

the_vernacular February 13 2011, 02:31:26 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!