Changes by Mikiesboy

[Mikiesboy]

45 minutes ago, droughtquake said:

Of course! I read them all! …Oh, you’re asking if I’ve identified which one is yours! Of course not!  ;-)

 

I’m a lazy reader and the only guessing games I like participating in are @sandrewn’s daily Status Updates! I’m horrible at figuring out which writer wrote which story! As you might remember from the Advent Stories where I was wrong more often than right!  ;-)

dont worry .. i'm the same.. can never figure them out ...LOL

[Mikiesboy]

The final chapter of Changes has posted.

 

Bittersweet is the best to describe the end.  Here is what i originally wrote in the end notes. Sadly.. 120 characters too long:

 

 

Thank you to all of you generous readers who followed from the original Sneak Peek or who have just found the story. Each like, comment and discussion on the Forum is much appreciated.  I am glad that you enjoyed it.

As always, my love, respect and gratitude to AC Benus. His insight, generosity, and talent I am always grateful for. Thank you my dear, dear friend.  Xo

To two others, Lyssa and MacGreg, thank you for pushing me and sharing your knowledge with me. This story is so much better because of you both.

Now, to my new permanent beta-reader, mollyhousemouse. Thank you for your friendship and for your excellent reading skills. We don’t always agree, but you’re invaluable to me. Thank you. If I could choose a sister, it would be you.

And lastly to @Blindambition, my friend and older brother (I’m cuter!). Thank you for your support of me, my writing and of Changes. Thank you for allowing me to use some lines from your wonderful poem, Changes. Please read the full poem here:

https://www.gayauthors.org/story/blindambition/puzzle-pieces-my-poems-and-thoughts/21

[Brayon]

It was another excellent chapter, in an excellent story, tim. Great Job. Also, you got your first Story Review, now that it's complete.

That review I did of your story, was my 69th one. So, I guess that means your story is Divine? (69 is divine!)

[Mikiesboy]

Just now, BHopper2 said:

It was another excellent chapter, in an excellent story, tim. Great Job. Also, you got your first Story Review, now that it's complete.

That review I did of your story, was my 69th one. So, I guess that means your story is Divine? (69 is divine!)

Thanks A!! I appreciate the story review .. 69, eh? Very much devine!  Thanks for reading it my friend and your support. xoxo

[Reader1810]

“We’ll be disqualified.”

 

Just read this line. Only three words, but boy did they affect me. I’m thinking that’s not the point of the race for Don and Louis, because that’s not what is important...

 

 

[Defiance19]

Bittersweet as it may have been, it was a wonderful final chapter. You did great tim.. as  always..You should be so proud! 

Edited October 14, 2017 by Defiance19
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[FormerMember4]

I will miss these characters. They represent loving, well-intentioned and humanly flawed people. Sometimes stumbling through a difficult situation. Sometimes just holding on by the thread of their love.

I’ll miss this story for its honesty. So many stories on GA. Some are excellent, some are mediocre, some are just awful. Changes was well-written and plotted. What makes it excellent, your connection to characters and situation throughout. You want these characters to have a future.

[Defiance19]

Well, you know the story left it’s mark when we had the same idea to leave a story review. 🤗

[Brayon]

I think it's now the most reviewed story on the site.

[Mikiesboy]

On 10/14/2017 at 10:34 PM, BHopper2 said:

I think it's now the most reviewed story on the site.

no way.. 

[Mikiesboy]

I just have a few things to tell you all, as i sit here this morning reading the last reviews on ch13 and then the story reviews and the tears will not stop. Changes was a chapter that sat in my folder for a year or more. It was the first chapter more or less, like After The Past was.  I liked it and couldn't let it go. 

 

Changes i began to work on in earnest in October 2016, yes a whole year to write and publish 13 chapters. i suppose i could have dashed it off, but they deserved better, the people who read it deserve better and so did i. I knew nothing really about wheelchairs, janka ratings, spinal cord injuries, recovery rates and expectations.  I knew little about marathons, how they worked, how wheelchair racing worked, about training. Much of the year was spent doing research. 

 

Changes wasn't a full time thing, I wrote other things and i finished Changes in July 2017, then we edited, read and posted. 

 

You get so involved, and emotionally invested and you also invest so much time to create these people and their lives. So at the end, to have it mean so much to people who read it...well, for me it is humbling and emotional. I have trouble believing that something i did, .. along with my editor, beta-readers and friends who supported me, kicked my butt and challenged me .. was enjoyed and accepted like it was. 

 

I want to thank all of you for that.. for helping me along the way.  I thought I'd take a little break but Don and Louis are in my mind and I've started writing notes, maybe not for another 13 chapters but something more i think. But it won't be right away .. several things need to be finished and soon. 

 

Thanks ... i mean that ... thank you all.  

 

xo   tim

[FormerMember4]

3 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

I just have a few things to tell you all, as i sit here this morning reading the last reviews on ch13 and then the story reviews and the tears will not stop. Changes was a chapter that sat in my folder for a year or more. It was the first chapter more or less, like After The Past was.  I liked it and couldn't let it go. 

 

Changes i began to work on in earnest in October 2016, yes a whole year to write and publish 13 chapters. i suppose i could have dashed it off, but they deserved better, the people who read it deserve better and so did i. I knew nothing really about wheelchairs, janka ratings, spinal cord injuries, recovery rates and expectations.  I knew little about marathons, how they worked, how wheelchair racing worked, about training. Much of the year was spent doing research. 

 

Changes wasn't a full time thing, I wrote other things and i finished Changes in July 2017, then we edited, read and posted. 

 

You get so involved, and emotionally invested and you also invest so much time to create these people and their lives. So at the end, to have it mean so much to people who read it...well, for me it is humbling and emotional. I have trouble believing that something i did, .. along with my editor, beta-readers and friends who supported me, kicked my butt and challenged me .. was enjoyed and accepted like it was. 

 

I want to thank all of you for that.. for helping me along the way.  I thought I'd take a little break but Don and Louis are in my mind and I've started writing notes, maybe not for another 13 chapters but something more i think. But it won't be right away .. several things need to be finished and soon. 

 

Thanks ... i mean that ... thank you all.  

 

xo   tim

The good thing about characters and stories... They don't have expiration dates. 

[Mikiesboy]

3 minutes ago, BlindAmbition said:

The good thing about characters and stories... They don't have expiration dates. 

Gosh you made me think of Mission Impossible then... stories that explode after a certain date...

[Reader1810]

4 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

I just have a few things to tell you all, as i sit here this morning reading the last reviews on ch13 and then the story reviews and the tears will not stop. Changes was a chapter that sat in my folder for a year or more. It was the first chapter more or less, like After The Past was.  I liked it and couldn't let it go. 

 

Changes i began to work on in earnest in October 2016, yes a whole year to write and publish 13 chapters. i suppose i could have dashed it off, but they deserved better, the people who read it deserve better and so did i. I knew nothing really about wheelchairs, janka ratings, spinal cord injuries, recovery rates and expectations.  I knew little about marathons, how they worked, how wheelchair racing worked, about training. Much of the year was spent doing research. 

 

Changes wasn't a full time thing, I wrote other things and i finished Changes in July 2017, then we edited, read and posted. 

 

You get so involved, and emotionally invested and you also invest so much time to create these people and their lives. So at the end, to have it mean so much to people who read it...well, for me it is humbling and emotional. I have trouble believing that something i did, .. along with my editor, beta-readers and friends who supported me, kicked my butt and challenged me .. was enjoyed and accepted like it was. 

 

I want to thank all of you for that.. for helping me along the way.  I thought I'd take a little break but Don and Louis are in my mind and I've started writing notes, maybe not for another 13 chapters but something more i think. But it won't be right away .. several things need to be finished and soon. 

 

Thanks ... i mean that ... thank you all.  or anything read it. 

 

xo   tim

tim, whether it be Changes or Delcious or timmy’s poetry or anything else you have written, it’s been a privilege to be able to read it. So, thank you for sharing your amazing talent and imagination with readers like me to enjoy again and again. 

[Mikiesboy]

1 minute ago, Reader1810 said:

tim, whether it be Changes or Delcious or timmy’s poetry or anything else you have written, it’s been a privilege to be able to read it. So, thank you for sharing your amazing talent and imagination with readers like me to enjoy again and again. 

 

[R. Eric]

Okay, I was late for the party.  I was again looking for some mature lovers, not twinks and...I prefer a little realism.  This has been VERY real.  The emotions are real.  The on and off again settling of minds is common with people that have trauma.  It isn't just the victim that has to deal with his injuries or illness.  The other, the partner, husband and family need support for what they are going through.  I did!  Experience taught me a lot.   Don needs to realize Louis is taking his vows seriously.  Sure, this will be an ongoing struggle.  They can get through it if they stick together and are honest!  Great STUFF!!!  I am green with envy!   

  

[Former Member]

8 hours ago, R. Eric said:

I was again looking for some mature lovers, not twinks and...I prefer a little realism.

Tim works very hard to make sure his stories are very realistic.

Edited February 24, 2018 by Former Member

[Mikiesboy]

7 hours ago, R. Eric said:

Okay, I was late for the party.  I was again looking for some mature lovers, not twinks and...I prefer a little realism.  This has been VERY real.  The emotions are real.  The on and off again settling of minds is common with people that have trauma.  It isn't just the victim that has to deal with his injuries or illness.  The other, the partner, husband and family need support for what they are going through.  I did!  Experience taught me a lot.   Don needs to realize Louis is taking his vows seriously.  Sure, this will be an ongoing struggle.  They can get through it if they stick together and are honest!  Great STUFF!!!  I am green with envy!   

  

i appreciate the comment about realism. It's what i go for even if i am writing about, goats, fairies, zombies or humans. Thanks, I appreciate you taking the time to read Changes .. no need to be green. I've started reading a story of yours, which i will finish and leave you a review for... but you have no reason for envy. 

 

tim

[Reader1810]

Just finished rereading chapter three. To refresh everyone’s memory, chapter three contains Louis and Rena’s walk through of Louis and Don’s future home. Never mind Louis and Don, the descriptions were so vividly wonderful, I want to live there.  

[Mikiesboy]

4 minutes ago, Reader1810 said:

Just finished rereading chapter three. To refresh everyone’s memory, chapter three contains Louis and Rena’s walk through of Louis and Don’s future home. Never mind Louis and Don, the descriptions were so vividly wonderful, I want to live there.  

thanks  Reader .. i kinda built my dream house.. 

[mollyhousemouse]

22 minutes ago, Reader1810 said:

Just finished rereading chapter three. To refresh everyone’s memory, chapter three contains Louis and Rena’s walk through of Louis and Don’s future home. Never mind Louis and Don, the descriptions were so vividly wonderful, I want to live there.  

it is a great place, isn't it?

17 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

thanks  Reader .. i kinda built my dream house.. 

seems like the thing to do, you'd be able to describe it in depth and with passion

 

[Reader1810]

I have now read this wonderful story for a second time. Even though I knew what was going to happen, it was still a great read.  

[Mikiesboy]

We'll have to dust this place off ... not right now, but in a couple of months.

[Former Member]

5 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

We'll have to dust this place off ... not right now, but in a couple of months.

I'll help sweep out the cobwebs

[Mikiesboy]

3 minutes ago, AC Benus said:

I'll help sweep out the cobwebs

Yes .. those comma shaped ones..LOL