Living With Johnny, by Nigel Gordon

[rec]

Over at AwesomeDude.com, a fine story by Nigel Gordon is beginning today--one I helped edit, by the way, to its end. The ex-wife dumps her gay teen-age son at her ex-husband's doorstep after a long estrangement from him. This starts significant changes in the ex-husband's life involving well-rounded characters. Highly recommended.

[Paqman]

I've been following it. I'm not sure if the narrator is writing a book on metrology, meteorology, or combining both (a book about the science of measuring metrological phenomena). I thought of emailing Nigel , I did a couple of weeks ago as he left a suggested edit in ([ brackets, suggestion), but didn't want to appear as if I'd missed something in a chapter explaining why the book on measurements was about the weather.

[nickbor34]

On 8/29/2020 at 4:11 PM, rec said:

Over at AwesomeDude.com, a fine story by Nigel Gordon is beginning today--one I helped edit, by the way, to its end. The ex-wife dumps her gay teen-age son at her ex-husband's doorstep after a long estrangement from him. This starts significant changes in the ex-husband's life involving well-rounded characters. Highly recommended.

I liked your annotation.

Edited March 1, 2021 by nickbor34

[Paqman]

17 hours ago, nickbor34 said:

I liked your annotation. Can you link to this book?

http://awesomedude.com/nigel_gordon/living-with-johnny/index.htm

[drpaladin]

I've been reading this one as well. It is a good read

[chris191070]

It's a great read. He's written some fantastic stuff.

[Paqman]

I'm trying to guess at which trial Johnny reveals his mother used to pimp him out . The criminal one, as a prosecution witness, but behind closed doors, or the libel case, with more publicity. Either should destroy her career, and possibly get her imprisoned.

 

[nickbor34]

Can you link to this book? I can recommend you a well-known book about human friendship and kindness. This is a novel  https://samploon.com/free-essays/romeo-and-juliet/ "Romeo and Juliet". I think he can teach us to feel each other correctly. A lonely person is an outcast who needs support.

Edited March 1, 2021 by nickbor34

[chris191070]

21 minutes ago, nickbor34 said:

Can you link to this book? I can recommend you a well-known book about human friendship and kindness. This is a novel  https://samploon.com/free-essays/romeo-and-juliet/ "Romeo and Juliet". I think he can teach us to feel each other correctly. A lonely person is an outcast who needs support.

http://awesomedude.com/nigel_gordon/living-with-johnny/index.htm

[Talo Segura]

Or http://iomfats.org/storyshelf/hosted/nigel-gordon/

and a couple of his ebooks here: https://the-gay-fiction-library.site123.me/  plus an author bio https://the-gay-fiction-library.site123.me/about-nigel-gordon

 

[Paqman]

I didn't expect that today.  

[Paqman]

Iomfats has now overtaken awesomdude in postings, one chapter ahead.

[ancientrichard]

I read the last chapter and the epilogue today. I've enjoyed it very much. It includes one of my favourite characters, Miss Jenkins, and as a bonus mentions a number of towns I know. The story is supposed to be the first of a trilogy, so there should be a lot more to come. Johnny is supposed to receive a medal so royalty may be involved eventually. 

Edited March 17, 2021 by ancientrichard
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[Daddydavek]

I too finished the epilogue at IOMFATS today and have enjoyed the story and its large cast of characters. 

I've wondered if Johnny gets his medal; if Bernard comes through his bowel surgery for cancer; if Trevor survives; if the rags get their bottom line impacted by a lawsuit and a hundred other questions!  So the idea this is the first book in a trilogy is very welcome indeed!

[chris191070]

7 hours ago, Daddydavek said:

I too finished the epilogue at IOMFATS today and have enjoyed the story and its large cast of characters. 

I've wondered if Johnny gets his medal; if Bernard comes through his bowel surgery for cancer; if Trevor survives; if the rags get their bottom line impacted by a lawsuit and a hundred other questions!  So the idea this is the first book in a trilogy is very welcome indeed!

I emailed the author, he's on chapter 27 of book 2, hopes to finish for a Christmas time release. We get Arthur's speech in Chapter 60 of book 2.

Edited March 18, 2021 by chris191070

[ancientrichard]

8 hours ago, Daddydavek said:

I've wondered if Johnny gets his medal; if Bernard comes through his bowel surgery for cancer; if Trevor survives; if the rags get their bottom line impacted by a lawsuit and a hundred other questions!  So the idea this is the first book in a trilogy is very welcome indeed!

Indeed; I wonder about all those questions, and especially what prevented Trevor from attending the award ceremony.

[chris191070]

He's hoping to start posting Book 2 late December early January.

[ancientrichard]

32 minutes ago, chris191070 said:

He's hoping to start posting Book 2 late December early January.

Excellent. It's a splendid story so I'm eager for more.

[Daddydavek]

Me too!

[George Richard]

And me as well!  Book 1 ended with unanswered question. 

[Daddydavek]

A recap and Chapter 1 of the second book went up yesterday at AD.

https://awesomedude.com/nigel_gordon/being-johnny/index.htm

[George Richard]

First book was great, and the second looks to be too!

[chris191070]

It's a shame he's not an author on here

[Daddydavek]

9 hours ago, chris191070 said:

It's a shame he's not an author on here

I agree, he would get some great feedback and comments!  I really like the story and the characters and the whole crew at the Priory and the farm.  After the first chapter we are still wondering about the fate of Trevor despite him coming through surgery.  Johnny seems to  have plotted with the gardeners about planting some misdirection  with the newspaper people and hopefully that will work out. Still no report on how Ben is actually doing and a million other questions to answer. 

[chris191070]

2 minutes ago, Daddydavek said:

I agree, he would get some great feedback and comments!  I really like the story and the characters and the whole crew at the Priory and the farm.  After the first chapter we are still wondering about the fate of Trevor despite him coming through surgery.  Johnny seems to  have plotted with the gardeners about planting some misdirection  with the newspaper people and hopefully that will work out. Still no report on how Ben is actually doing and a million other questions to answer. 

The story is amazing, with so many questions to be answered.