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A good'un from Gwen!
I'd dearly love to give you a Kudos, my dear, but sadly I don't see the button for some reason.
So this will have to do:
KUDOS!
Thanks for an interesting tale, quirky like its writer!
Penny
Dogs have owners; cats have staff. Grand-daughters have minions.
No Kudos! It is a plot! :)
Dear Penny:
Your taking the time to write me is worth 50 kudos to me. With Erin's patient, help, I only just figured out how to get the pic that I had intended for it go load. Yes, I am a bit quirky, and I likes it! LOL I think one must be a bit off it to survive.
Ma Salaama
Khadijah
Kudos hiding!
I think the're hiding from the Taliban or Kaita, just in case?
LoL
Rita
Age is an issue of mind over matter.
If you don't mind, it doesn't matter!
(Mark Twain)
LoL
Rita
Brilliant Gwen.
Hi Khadijhah.
I'm really, really glad you finally posted this story and I feel privileged that you allowed me a preview of it.
I have tried to contact you on skype the last few days but not been able to.
I hope everything is okay!!! Your blog about being lonely worried me.
This is a bloody good story and I'm looking forward to the next part.
Love and hugs,
Beverly.
Maasalamah.
I was very afraid of posting it.
There are 100 silly reasons I was frightened to do it. I do hope that you liked it. The next chapter will be very different than the first. At this point I am thinking that it will run 4 to 10 chapters, depending upon, well just depending.
Much peace
Khadijah
Awesome story Khadijah:)
The Kudo was out but I loved this story anyway. I really liked the infusion of comedy into the story and the verbal games and turn around with the Sufi was spot on. You even made us aware of a few things over there that are largely glossed over like the stuff she saw/faced/experienced while out country.
Well worth the wait, really worth the wait.
Bailey Summers
This was supposed to be a comedy.
I originally intended it to be a vapid comedy; the usual transformation thing, ya know? I've been working on it for well over a year and somehow got into some scope creep. LOL This story will go to astonishing places, I hope.
I was really anxious to get this written and out because I have a good half dozen other stories I want to get out.
Khadijah
More stories
"I have a good half dozen other stories I want to get out"
You and me both. I just wish there were more hours in the day...
Actually, the style of this is interesting... the shifting from comedy to tragedy to sheer f**kup and back again gives it an interesting, not unpleasant tone. Even though you say the next segment is going to be different... no problem. Different country, different atmosphere.
Penny
Dogs have owners; cats have staff. Grand-daughters have minions.
Life is sheer F**Kup
I'm sorry, but I could have saved a lot of wasted time had it not been for my own bloody idea that life was orderly. You'll perhaps see a bit of some of the other authors here in my work. I assure you it is pure imitation born of admiration.
The biggest problem with my posting before now was my anxiety disorder. Erin and Admin have been very patient with me and today, well, it seemed to go smashingly well.
I don't know if I will suffer a genre shift that takes me entirely away from TG , but I have been wanting to write more Science Fiction. I think that by its naure, it lends itself more to zanny comedy. I think there is a great abundance of writers sharing their pain, as I have so much. My first years after ... well they were bloody awful.
Hopefully from now on, people will look to my work when they need a change of pace or a giggle or two, inshallah.
Khadijah
Much peace
Khadijay
Good Story
Khadijah, I wasn't sure I'd like this story when I started reading. But as I progressed I came to like it more and more. By the end of the story, I'd started hoping to see more chapters. I'd have given you a Kudo if the button were there, but it isn't, so this note will have to do.
BTW, I loved the bit about Afghani men being several hundred thousand years behind... it seems so true! The depiction of how the men treat women... is one of the major reasons I don't like their religion. Sorry, nothing personal, but my ancestors 500 years ago were more advanced in their treatment of women than todays Islamists (if that's the correct word).
Anyhow, good story, would like to see more.
Some days you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue
Not offended at all.
From talking with Afghani women, the "Talibanic" treatment of women there is the exception, not the rule, though it is very bad for locals in some areas. Often the Burqua and force confinement at home is not the idea of the husband, but something they have had to do to avoid being killed by the Taliban.
Of course, this begs the question, "if it is OK there then how come they are here? Well we know that it is NOT so good there".
I make no defense of Talibanic pseudo Muslims save to say that I can do more good from within than without, inshallah.
Much peace
Khadijah
No Kudos button?
That's terrible so I'll just give you mine right here. As I'm sure you've noticed I'm one to use science fiction and humor and enjoy both in a story. This one has those, and more.
About all I can say other than that is -- Nicely done and I'm glad you got it posted.
Maggie
Wonderful
Khadijah,
Al' hamdu' Allah!! Quais Khabir!
It's a wonderful story, so true to life it's scary. Your vision of Afghanistan, and Islam are right on!
Thank you for such an innovative story!
Beth
This one would make a fantastic comic strip
I don't mean comedy, I mean artwork etc.
I believe it would become a collectors item.
Loved it Gwen, thanks for all the hard work!
LoL
Rita
Age is an issue of mind over matter.
If you don't mind, it doesn't matter!
(Mark Twain)
LoL
Rita
I am not an artist
Nor do I impersonate one on "Saturday Night Live".
The pic is simply a regular picture that I turned inside out. It captured the feeling of a blinding flash, I thought.
Thank you very much.
Shukran Jazillian
Khadijah
The expression
The correct expression is two stops short of Dagenham - this is in fact Barking Station in Surrey.
Three stops beyond barking
Sorry, I did not clear this one with my UK friends, however most people have groaningly learned to tolerate my messed up idioms. :)
Khadijah
Barking
Eh? I thought the sense was barking (mad) rather than anything else.
Oh, and Barking (the g is never pronounced) is in Essex, not Surrey.
Penny
Dogs have owners; cats have staff. Grand-daughters have minions.
The only British General I ever met.
Yes, well actually he was on BBC, I think master piece theatre. So, I had hoped that no one would be offended at my edgy attempt at dry humor.
Jolly good then.
Khadijah
Afghanistan et.al.
From some reason the "good story" button returns an error message rather than registering a "Kudos", therefore we'll try this.
I'm enjoying the story, and look forward to Lt. Katia's further missions/adventures, regardless of the continent or planet. Its an absorbing read. What I like most is the message. When the West abandons Afghanistan (and there are many good reasons to do so), what happens to the women, and girls who are being educated, who are unable to escape the new dark ages.
That Was a Lot of Fun
That was quite a fantasful ride. Just remember 'power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Portia
Portia
Very good!
Not what I expected, and thank you for that! I look forward to reading more!
Wren
OMG!!!
I am positively thrilled to read this thrilling story. Its timeliness makes it that more enjoyable. I have a soft spot in my heart for female forces of nature so please don't keep us waiting too long for part 2. Brava Khadijah!!!
May You have Peace...
Kelly
Lt Katia In Afghanistan
Katie is one who gets mad, then even in a very brutal way. NEVER piss this girl off, if you can help it. LOL.
May Your Light Forever Shine
May Your Light Forever Shine
I enjoyed that
Wow, that was an awful lot of work. There's enough going on here to fill five chapters. Definitely worth the kudos and comments!
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This was my official entry into Sci Fi.
Before this whole TG thing hit the fan, I was writing Sci Fi but it was really really bad. Then came all the TG stuff and lots of writing practice. I "think" this will be my last TG story, but all this is incumbent upon the acceptance of my Muse.
Thanks for the comment.
Khadijah
After reading the first few paragraphs
I thought, I'm going to like this story.
Now that I've read an entire chapter I am definitely liking this story. Thank you Gwen.