Comments on: Lavender, cigarettes and burning wedding dresses.

By: Lora B.

Lora B. — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:45:02 +0000

Love this story – how long did it take you to come up with the idea? Did you know the ending before you started or did the idea come as you were writing? Keep it up! xo L

By: Tara

Tara — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:27:09 +0000

This…is…awesome. I love it!

By: sandyb

sandyb — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:53:32 +0000

Thank you a hundred times over! What a compliment (I’m afraid my head is growing by the minute here…!)

Lately, I find I’m gravitating towards shorts more and more, mainly because the style can keep up with my bouncing, random thoughts. Apparently, it’s a dying art, although I think all fine forms of writing always have a revival. Maybe this is the year the short story reinvents itself?

Question for you – what lit mags do you subscribe to? It’s a realm I haven’t explored too much and am on the hunt for recommendations.

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:37:55 +0000

I just re-read this; hairs on the back of my neck still standing up!

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:10:16 +0000

Regardless of who wrote it, I think that would be the single best short story I’ve read these last 12 months (I subscribe to a couple of E-zines and a print shorts mag, buy another one a year at a time in back issues cos that way I don’t pay £4 postage on £14 in cover price, have been reading Laurie Moore on the recommendation of TKOG, buy anthologies and still…). Given that it was you, and how you feel about wedding dresses, does give it an extra kick though.

You’re right about the dress seeming more symbolic to the Bride than even her fiance, her ex-BFF, and the wedding bed to be; I’m sure Freudians would have a field day with that!

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:14:56 +0000

Awesome story, Sandy! I actually didn’t see the ending coming, although you gave us hints all along the story. Beautiful writing!

By: sandyb

sandyb — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:13:13 +0000

Holy shit. I love this. LOVE. I mean, “I’d start an impromptu slideshow of the compromising pictures for all our guests while they had to stand there in front of everyone shocked.”

Sweet, sweet revenge. Nothing better.

By: Jessie

Jessie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:39:00 +0000

great story! i love it :)

By: Suz

Suz — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:59:57 +0000

Great story. But I don’t know if I could burn the dress…all I’d be able to see was my hard earned money going up in smoke. I would have taken pictures of the 2 of them in bed together and then instead of walking down the ailse, I’d start an impromptu slideshow of the compromising pictures for all our guests while they had to stand there in front of everyone shocked. Meanwhile I would go back to the apartment and throw everything of his out on the curb…then throw a match to that.

By: sandyb

sandyb — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:04:53 +0000

You know, it’ wasn’t, actually. I gravitated right to it. The Wedding Dress symbolizes so much in our society (don’t even get me started!) and wearing my own on my birthday is a bit of a rebellion (versus cleaning and storing it a way like good girls do) as it is fun. I didn’t realize it, but my character in the story burns the bed BEFORE the dress. Hm. The dress seems to be the big finish here and maybe it’s even more symbolic to her. I’m sure you’ve met a bride or two who loved the dress more than the guy, no? Ha!