JonLeePeto

I wrote a poem called "Marriage: A Poem about Death". Perhaps it is more cheerful than it sounds:
          	
          	https://www.wattpad.com/1647697930-salt-in-the-breeze-marriage-a-poem-about-death

JonLeePeto

@AsianStorysketcher Ha, I guess getting momentarily philosophical is one of the purposes of poetry!
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AsianStorysketcher

@JonLeePeto You made me get all philosophical. I love it, haha. Life is what we make of it, so there are no wrong answers!
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JonLeePeto

I wrote a poem called "Marriage: A Poem about Death". Perhaps it is more cheerful than it sounds:
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1647697930-salt-in-the-breeze-marriage-a-poem-about-death

JonLeePeto

@AsianStorysketcher Ha, I guess getting momentarily philosophical is one of the purposes of poetry!
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AsianStorysketcher

@JonLeePeto You made me get all philosophical. I love it, haha. Life is what we make of it, so there are no wrong answers!
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JonLeePeto

I was inspired today and wrote another poem:
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1647681062-salt-in-the-breeze-a-river-flows-through-place
          
          You may not hear from me for a little while. I will travel soon to that % #hole country with a corrupt and incompetent leader to drop off my daughter at college and visit my mother.
          
          So don't let the poem worry you. I really am not in need of a mental health intervention, though I guess I have a dark sense of humor sometimes.

JonLeePeto

@Heartstrings66 May all countries be great again!
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Heartstrings66

@JonLeePeto You're as funny as ever. Farewell, just for a bit. Come back soon, my dear John!  and "Make Spain great again" 
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Real_nightman

Hey, thank you so much for coming back to read Wheels On Fire so fast. But unfortunately, I won't be able to return the favor very soon.
          I intend to submit The Closed Circle to the Wattys and I'm currently writing and publishing the final chapters in a frenzy. I'll be back once it's done, but that will be two more weeks. 
          Thanks once again. I'm profoundly amused by the sheer contrast between you spotting some fascinating blunders I've overlooked while the book was just shoved into @OpenNovellaContest's Long List reading list following its placement. Probably this is what we call irony.

Real_nightman

@JonLeePeto No problem whatsoever! Wheels On Fire will (hopefully) still be there. So take your time.
            But still, don't be too surprised if I suddenly end up reading another chapter. These split second decisions pop up from nowhere.
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JonLeePeto

@Real_nightman No problem. Things happen. I will read when I see that you're back. (I'll probably disappear for part of August though.)
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JonLeePeto

Suddenly QUIET has a huge number of people from a large number of countries checking it out. I wonder if it has been featured somewhere or something.

Real_nightman

@JonLeePeto That's some jump! Congrats, I guess?
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JonLeePeto

It had 8 k something and jumped in the last few days.
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Real_nightman

@JonLeePeto I'll guess it didn't have 9.5k reads before?
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Real_nightman

Thank you so much for getting started on The Closed Circle, sir! It really means a lot! 
          I hope the stolen copy of your book has been removed.

Real_nightman

@JonLeePeto Thank you so much, sir, for your honest feedback. It really helps to have genuine feedback and guidance, it really helps an author grow. Wheels On Fire is the first real book I've written (I'm not really to call anything I've written before books at all) and I'm still learning. 
            It seems exchanging reads with you really did me good, even if I'm somewhat occupied right now. Though, given your experience and all, it was expected! 
            I'm hoping to get back to Loud soon.
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Real_nightman

@JonLeePeto  Thanks. I'll do two chapters of Loud this week if you choose to pivot to Wheels On Fire. See you soon.
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Heartstrings66

Jon, sometimes when I scroll to see your comments, it looks like I'm not following you. Please let me know when this happens. It's not intentional.  Thank you.

JonLeePeto

@Heartstrings66 Ha, well, I appreciate your support too! All we can do is live and write!
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Heartstrings66

@JonLeePeto You're an amazing writer! I'm the one who should be thankful to have a follower like you! ❤️
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JonLeePeto

@Heartstrings66  Oh, you mean like last time. That one time you actually weren't following me afterwards. Thanks for following back!
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