ricky Posted January 3, 2010 Posted January 3, 2010 Andrew moves from Oxnard California to the deep back woods of screw your cousin land. What he didn't know was that someone there had fantsized about him coming two years before he ever got there. Do fantasies come true or do they end in a mess? Either way, this is The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of A note to my British readers. I make reference to "Bibs" and I know the term is foreign to you. So these are Bibs:
Nephylim Posted January 3, 2010 Posted January 3, 2010 yeah.. I knew what they were... the best thing about country boys, especially when they don't have a shirt underneath. Perfect for a roll in the hay
ricky Posted January 3, 2010 Author Posted January 3, 2010 yeah.. I knew what they were... the best thing about country boys, especially when they don't have a shirt underneath. Perfect for a roll in the hay I thought everyone in the world knew. But the mail I got when i first posted this story was shocking. "What are these things you keep calling bibs or something or another?" And by the way, you guys are still cranking out the best treble voices on the planet. Music and poetry is still running through the Welsh veins. Voices like Steffan Rhys Hughes are beautiful clear through to the marrow of the bones. The Language, however beautiful, could still use a vowel or two. Cheers. r
Nephylim Posted January 3, 2010 Posted January 3, 2010 We have just as many vowels as you do... we just make them work harder
ricky Posted January 5, 2010 Author Posted January 5, 2010 Chapter two just posted! Chapter 02 This was another fun chapter.
ricky Posted January 23, 2010 Author Posted January 23, 2010 Chapter 05 of "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" has been posted.
Nephylim Posted January 23, 2010 Posted January 23, 2010 It's a nice one too. I like the way you sneaked a little politics in and shown a real strength of character in Andrew. The gym scene was hilarious especially the end and the whole thing has added depth to the characters, especially Tad who has been kind of weird and almost a caricature in previous chapters. I am liking the story a lot
ricky Posted January 23, 2010 Author Posted January 23, 2010 It's a nice one too. I like the way you sneaked a little politics in and shown a real strength of character in Andrew. The gym scene was hilarious especially the end and the whole thing has added depth to the characters, especially Tad who has been kind of weird and almost a caricature in previous chapters. I am liking the story a lot Tad has always sorta existed in his own little world. In some ways he resents having to open it [his world] to the outside influences. What he believe to be true are absolutes. He has very little gray. Andrew on the other hand has existed only outside himself. Shutting down anything that might break the camouflage of life. He is now finding the intimate self and finally reveling in it. Together they are a contrast of self and society. They bring an interesting mix to the table. I like to study the complex in the simplest terms. It always makes the complex, less. Thanks! Although it is a story that will bring much growth it remains my favorite.
ricky Posted February 1, 2010 Author Posted February 1, 2010 Chapter 07 also posted. I figured I better before everyone got pissed off over the religious part added.
Nephylim Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 I don't think anyone would get pissed about the religious part. It's nice to see two characters with very different religious beliefs being open about them and, I hope finding the middle way... not that Tad found the middle way in Chapter Seven but it was soooo hilarious I think that was the favourite chapter of the whole story. He's a clever little bitch that Tad
ricky Posted February 4, 2010 Author Posted February 4, 2010 I don't think anyone would get pissed about the religious part. It's nice to see two characters with very different religious beliefs being open about them and, I hope finding the middle way... not that Tad found the middle way in Chapter Seven but it was soooo hilarious I think that was the favourite chapter of the whole story. He's a clever little bitch that Tad Like you said before, he is really a slippery one. You have no idea how right you are.
ricky Posted March 1, 2010 Author Posted March 1, 2010 "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" Chapter 8 has been posted. I know I'll take some heat over this one.
ricky Posted March 6, 2010 Author Posted March 6, 2010 The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of CH 09 has been posted.
David McLeod Posted March 27, 2010 Posted March 27, 2010 So very sorry not to have gotten to this thread sooner. The story captivated me with the first chapter, and I'll never hear "Chiclets" (or walk past the gum in the supermarket checkout line) without reliving that scene. Ricky has created yet another fantasy world whose reality [sic] anchors it in the mind of the reader and whose characters parade before our eyes as fully three-dimensional people with fully developed personalities.
ricky Posted March 27, 2010 Author Posted March 27, 2010 So very sorry not to have gotten to this thread sooner. The story captivated me with the first chapter, and I'll never hear "Chiclets" (or walk past the gum in the supermarket checkout line) without reliving that scene. Ricky has created yet another fantasy world whose reality [sic] anchors it in the mind of the reader and whose characters parade before our eyes as fully three-dimensional people with fully developed personalities. Thanks for that. this was the very first love scene that I ever wrote. It took me two weeks to get past it. Every time I would go back and reread the story to get back into character I would get to this scene and . . . well . . . I would get busy with other things. There was an old quarry near our home when I was growing up and well it was a gathering for young teens. Many a drunken party occurred there. As well as other activities. Many fantasies were fulfilled there as well. Unfortunately not for me. So I guess when I wrote it I drew upon some of those forgotten dreams. At least for the location. I guess it reinforces the idea that we write for ourselves first, the reader second. So glad it left a lasting memory. Something to chew on for a while.
ricky Posted March 29, 2010 Author Posted March 29, 2010 Chapter 12 "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" is posted
ricky Posted March 30, 2010 Author Posted March 30, 2010 Ummmm... I think I have mixed feelings about this one... at one hand, it's really nice and playful as all ricky's stories, on the other one, it's heading to a not pleasant part of a story I suppose... I think I'll have to wait a bit till there's a bank of chapters published to read through it at once as I don't like too much drama as it would distract me from work With ricky's speed of posting the waiting is going to be a Tad Bit Longer Hi Paya, always glad to hear from you. And you are right, I love playful and fun. You don't like drama? Did you NOT read the "Tissue Alert" issued with this one? In the very FIRST chapter. It specifically says it deals with great sadness. (Great Sadness = code word for "Significant Drama") This story has loss in it. That is always sad and dramatic. Having said that it was my very first story in this genre and it remains my favorite. NOTE! I DO NOT recommend that you read this story at work. Unless tears blend in with your work. You have been forewarned! So no whining later.
paya Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 Hi Paya, always glad to hear from you. And you are right, I love playful and fun. You don't like drama? Did you NOT read the "Tissue Alert" issued with this one? In the very FIRST chapter. It specifically says it deals with great sadness. (Great Sadness = code word for "Significant Drama") This story has loss in it. That is always sad and dramatic. Having said that it was my very first story in this genre and it remains my favorite. NOTE!
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