Congrat to islandcarol

May I add my congrats as well. A sterling achievement.

I was late noticing this one too. Congratulations and many thanks, saarilaulu (which is a horrible mistranslation of your pen-name into Finnish).

Your comments are always thoughtful and thought-provoking.

Thank you for your always thoughtful comments.

Congratulations IC. I cannot think of anything original to add, other than thank you for your advice and support. Always constructive and encouraging. Here's to the next 2000.

I too thank you, for you have send many of those comments my way. Apologies for not picking up on this thread sooner. Congrats!

Congrats, I love your writing and try to follow each story, it is great that you participate, thanks.

I second what everyone said. IC's comments are thoughtful and insightful and always welcome. Way to go!

Actually she's NOT always constructive and encouraging - one school story from a well-known writer she reviewed simply with the word "despicable" which I thought was strong but it did feature a punishment regime which was quite sadistic, so not inappropriate if she found it upsetting. But very few commentators would have said so, merely passed it by in silence, so it did make me think whether the story was a good one or totally OTT. Having the courage to say things the author might not like to read is valuable and rarely embarked upon.

A laudable landmark, IC - my grateful thanks join the ranks above. You're a special one.

Congrats! A few of those were on my stories so I'm grateful for that!