"Glad to hear that!
And yeah, dialogue is something on which I spend a lot of my time, trying to make it believable."
J.L. McGrael's Page
J.L. McGrael's Blog
A Thunderstorm in prose
A bright red morning, and a dark gray noon; when clouds all march across the sky to wind-sung flutes and battle drums. Tonight's a night for death. The clouds reach their field, where glory waits in white unmarked graves, the drumming stops, and darkness falls; the soggy air dances and flirts with the time dripping sharply from its grasp.…
Posted on May 7, 2010 at 6:30pm — 14 Comments
A Thunderstorm
(this is a poem I wrote from today's prompt... took much longer than 10 minutes but I thought I'd post it anyways.)
Continue
A Thunderstorm
by: J.L. McGrael…
Posted on May 7, 2010 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment
You Believed Me, After All.
Slivers of ice in the last glass of lukewarm lemonade the summer has to offer, floating to the top, dying with the cicada's song, beneath the warm, buzzing air.
"You know mom, school'll be starting soon." John says, age in his voice.
"Is she enrolled for this year?" His mom says,…
Continue Posted on May 5, 2010 at 4:00pm — 10 Comments
Profile Information
- Favorite Work of Fiction?
- Favorites include: Grendel by John Gardner, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann, 1984 by George Orwell, and lots more I can't think of off the top of my head.
- Favorite Author?
- Too many to name.
- Favorite Quote?
- I have a poster that says, "Do I dare disturb the universe?" which is a T.S. Eliot quote (from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock): academy of american poets national poetry month 2009 poster, it's pretty cool so I'll put that.
- About Me
- I am J.L. McGrael: writer of poems, short stories, and a few novels in progress that have a long way to go.
I write to keep my sanity... sometimes it works.
Latest Activity
Salvatore Buttaci commented on J.L. McGrael's blog post You Believed Me, After All."I never say what I do not mean. It gets me in trouble sometimes."
Salvatore Buttaci commented on J.L. McGrael's blog post You Believed Me, After All."Great writing, John. Believable dialogue."
J.L. McGrael commented on J.L. McGrael's blog post A Thunderstorm in prose"thanks!!
i'm glad you enjoyed it :)"
M. Haynes commented on J.L. McGrael's blog post A Thunderstorm in prose"Beautiful! Your first paragraph is emotionally gripping and visual. I enjoyed this piece."
Lydia Stefanovska commented on J.L. McGrael's blog post A Thunderstorm in prose"Very beautiful prose JL."
J.L. McGrael replied to D.B. Dean's discussion How quickly will Aliysa and I get fired once our bosses discover this site"my mom had twin boys, and then another boy a year younger...
now we're 18, 18, and 17...
dad's a doctor and was never really there while they were still married, but shes been completely single since i was 6...
she's pretty much a…"
J.L. McGrael replied to D.B. Dean's discussion How quickly will Aliysa and I get fired once our bosses discover this site"nahh, i'm not THAT young
I had a job two summers ago though, but I'm still a student full time so I can't work full time, which is what I meant by a real job"
J.L. McGrael commented on J.L. McGrael's blog post My Own Little Smoky-Grey Wings (Capstone Challenge)"Yes, you had read the first draft of it... I posted it on monday for the campenella point prompt... and I decided it'd work well with the rest of the weeks prompts... I'm really glad I edited it though, cause i was going through that first…"
"J.L. I think I read part of this somewhere... I like the changes, and its really not that vulgar I know I've read worse. Anyway, liked this the first time, like it this time... excellent piece!"
Edward Dean commented on J.L. McGrael's blog post A Thunderstorm in prose"Very vivid prose JL.
@Michael; okay, I'll bite, what's Sturm und Drang????"
J.L. McGrael commented on J.L. McGrael's blog post My Own Little Smoky-Grey Wings (capstone)"well thanks!!
(i feel sort of obligated so drop a "fuck" in this reply somewhere, but I feel that this piece has enough of those in it to keep me covered)"
Edward Dean commented on J.L. McGrael's blog post My Own Little Smoky-Grey Wings (capstone)"All I can say JL is ; Excellent fuckin' piece! :)"
J.L. McGrael replied to D.B. Dean's discussion How quickly will Aliysa and I get fired once our bosses discover this site"I feel like I'm the only active member on this site who is young enough to not have a real job, it's pretty great."
Prompt Schedule
© 2012 Created by Blake N. Cooper.
Comment Wall (13 comments)
You need to be a member of ThinkingTen—A Writer's Playground to add comments!
Join ThinkingTen—A Writer's Playground
I respond -well you are liberal just so you can rebel against your parents and cant really think for YOUR self...so there!
I thought that piece was great but that's how this stuff goes sometimes. People don't have the time or like the content, or it's moved off the main page and nobody has time to go back (that would be me)
View All Comments