Comments on: Breakfast in the Market http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/breakfast-in-the-market/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:14:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jim Murdoch http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/breakfast-in-the-market/comment-page-1/#comment-109845 Jim Murdoch Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:11:13 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=1272#comment-109845 That I hated this story so much is a credit to you as a writer. I was there with them all screaming on the inside. Very effective and some nice touches like the non-standard spelling of 'Melany'. And I loved "he wore a moustache and white ankle socks with open-toed sandals." I don't know how deliberate this was but Tom felt to me like something of a MacGuffin. I found myself more focused on his silent character than I expected. In fact right at the end I thought he might deliver the punch line and yet what he said was almost inconsequential. <strong>jb says</strong>: He's young, Jim. I keep telling him to age, but he stays young. If you asked him about this incident he'd insist he was misquoted. That I hated this story so much is a credit to you as a writer. I was there with them all screaming on the inside. Very effective and some nice touches like the non-standard spelling of ‘Melany’. And I loved “he wore a moustache and white ankle socks with open-toed sandals.” I don’t know how deliberate this was but Tom felt to me like something of a MacGuffin. I found myself more focused on his silent character than I expected. In fact right at the end I thought he might deliver the punch line and yet what he said was almost inconsequential.

jb says: He’s young, Jim. I keep telling him to age, but he stays young. If you asked him about this incident he’d insist he was misquoted.

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