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 | Keeping Time  [E] Daily Flash Fiction 12/18/22 W/C 297  |
| (4.5)| Hi QueenNormaJean maybesnow?! I am reviewing your flash fiction, "Keeping Time" on behalf of "WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group" . I found this item in your portfolio, and I was drawn to the title.Please remember these are purely my own opinions, and any advice given is done so with the sole purpose of being helpful. As I started to read, I could wholeheartedly relate to the wife who is annoyed at her husband who keeps interrupting her while she tries to read a book. Is there anything more annoying than being interrupted when reading? As I continued, I found the reason for her husband constantly asking what time it is: he is winding three clocks and wants them all to tell the same time. Okay, so he could probably be forgiven for the interruption in that case. If I'm honest, I was a little confused at first. When I first read, "What time is it?" I thought it was the narrator asking the question. There are a few lines without dialogue tags, and I had to go back and re-read it a couple of times to get it clear. That may well be more about me than about the writing. This story made me smile. Because it is so relatable, it is very funny and really made me laugh. I thought this was fictional at first, but those paragraphs at the end sounded like they were coming from the heart. It sounds as though this is true. When you speak of how you haven't wound the clocks since John died, it was really sad. I kind of relate to that. When Dad died, I had a desktop calendar where you had to tear the page off every day. After Dad died, I couldn't turn the page at all. I think it is our way of holding onto the life we had with them. As I said, it's very sad. If it is autobiographical, I am sorry for your loss. Thanks for sharing this with us. It is well written, funny, and poignant all rolled into one. Rachel   My review has been submitted for consideration in "Good Deeds Get CASH!" .
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