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Posted by: Don, May 7th, 2020, 1:18pm
The D'Angelo Way by James Austin McCormick - Short, Sci Fi - An unscrupulous journalist sets out to uncover the secret of a fitness guru’s eternal youth. It's not the healthiest decision he could have made. 20 pages - pdf format

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Posted by: steven8, May 11th, 2020, 12:17am; Reply: 1
Ha ha!  I loved it.  At first I thought it might be too wordy, but it came out just right.  I really didn't see the android bit coming.  I thought it would be some kind of black magic thing.  Well played.

Mrs. D'Angelo needs to have her programmers put in a terse mode that she can switch to for after the show, to avoid that happening again!
Posted by: James A McCormick, May 14th, 2020, 5:43am; Reply: 2
Thanks Steven- I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for your feedback
Posted by: eldave1, May 14th, 2020, 4:28pm; Reply: 3
Pretty nice story - congrats.

Several areas need tidying.


LUCA D’ANGELO (69 but looks at least twenty years younger),
a tanned, muscular, perfect specimen of manhood in a garish
track suit, stands on stage.

Tracksuit is one word.

This:


Quoted Text
(CON’T)


Should be:

(CONT'D)


Quoted Text
LUCA
Always are my dear.


comma after are.LUCA


Quoted Text
LUCA
(Excitedly) You’re certain?


Wrong format. Should be:

LUCA
(Excitedly)
You’re certain?


Quoted Text
CARTER
Not true ma’am, I assure you


Need a period at the end.


Quoted Text
CARTER (CON’T)
It would be a great honor for me
sir.


coma after me.


Quoted Text
LUCA
Two minutes Mr Carter. Ask your
questions.



Quoted Text
SARA
I think you have enough Mr Carter.
comma after minutes.


comma after enough.






Posted by: James A McCormick, May 19th, 2020, 11:53am; Reply: 4
Thanks so much for pointing these out.
Posted by: eldave1, May 19th, 2020, 3:02pm; Reply: 5

Quoted from James A McCormick
Thanks so much for pointing these out.


My pleasure
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