Ante, wow…I’ve long been a fan of your nonfiction (especially the local restaurant essays) but this is the first fiction piece I’ve read of yours. You put the reader right in scene and the dialogue is so realistic. I have to ask, is this taken from personal experience?
That is so nice to hear; thank you. I have not served, so it's just from reading. I've read stories about the deployed experience during the holidays and riffed from there. I write a Thanksgiving story for my friends every year, often comic or darkly comic, but I was asked to write something uplifting this year. This was my attempt. Glad you enjoyed it. xAP
Ante, wow…I’ve long been a fan of your nonfiction (especially the local restaurant essays) but this is the first fiction piece I’ve read of yours. You put the reader right in scene and the dialogue is so realistic. I have to ask, is this taken from personal experience?
That is so nice to hear; thank you. I have not served, so it's just from reading. I've read stories about the deployed experience during the holidays and riffed from there. I write a Thanksgiving story for my friends every year, often comic or darkly comic, but I was asked to write something uplifting this year. This was my attempt. Glad you enjoyed it. xAP
what a great story!! missing you this thanksgiving