Andrew Q Gordon

Sorry, 'lil q was sick this weekend and then she gave it to me. This was my first chance to do more than just say thanks. Sorry again. -AQG

Wow, I understand the not wanting to go to jail for who you love. That sucks (to put it mildly) Not to go off on a political bent but I don't think people realize it as much anymore in the US now that we can legally marry, have kids, etc. If I ever redo this I might try to do some of this from Pete's POV. My plan was to write a sequel with them being 5 years or so older and it start from Pete' POV. Never got to that - obviously right? Again, it's that time stuff. One day (assuming I live that long lol) I wish you all the best and will admonish you to stay safe. As someone who has sent more than a few people to jail, (for actual crimes, not for who they love.) you don't want to end up there. -AQG

Secret? The guy in the shop was based off someone I met when shopping down on antique row in Philly. One hopes he never reads this and recognizes himself (assuming he's still alive my 'memory' was from the 90's lol) -AQG

Thanks so much Jaro - this was far more autobiographic than I should admit. I've been a prosecutor for 25 years so it's something I should be able to get down. Martin might be the closest you ever get to the real me in writing. Editing - sigh. I keep saying one of the days I'll get to it, but if I'm realistic, I won't be able to do that until I retire (which I'm hoping is soon - I'm pushing for an early one - before I hit 55, but we'll see.) Thanks so much again. -AQG

Like I said, you found my kryptonite. As for sex, hmm, yeah, I'm very sparse with what I write. I have reason, mostly that when my daughter reads this (and in time she will) I don't want her to think, hmm, is that what daddy and papa do? Might be a tad silly, but there it is. I also don't necessarily agree that a gay sight needs to have fuller sex. That's what slash fic sites are for. I'm generally very sparse on the sex. I prefer the fade to black and let me (the reader) figure out what's the do. Chocolate and Vanilla. As always - my thanks for the reading and commenting. -AQG

HA! You caught me with my great flaw - grammar. In my published books, I have awesome editor. I've also learned a lot from them over the last 5 years. But yes, it is always a struggle. Remember, when I wrote this (and I'm stunned it's so dated already) there were no out collegiate players, or pro. Now? every day another first. I think in another 7 years this will be practically historical fiction. What was so 'cool' then, is fairly common now. Nice to see I could see the future -AQG

Like I said earlier, it's been on here for - gasp 7 years? Uff, I'm getting old I was very much going for realistic, I remember how things were with me and some of this is my story (very little other than some of the emotions). Interestingly enough in the world of MM Romance this would be panned big time as not feeling the romance etc. The 'realistic' of MM Romance is fantasy and I write enough true fantasy to try to keep my contemporaries stories more realistic. Glad you're enjoying it. -AQG

As I get older I realize that being happy and content is a big deal. Some chase "contentness" by making money, getting stuff, others through their work (author?) and some just want to wake up next to that 'one'. For me it's a bit of all those things, but now that I 'lil q is growing up, what makes me content has changed a bit. Thanks for reading. It's very cool to hear from people that what I wrote has them caught up. (content ) -AQG

Ha, I can't comment, BUT I know you've read ahead by now, so you know. -AQG

Hey Jaro, This has been post for a few years so it's likely you read it a while ago. Thanks for reading and the comments. -AQG

Hey Neal, First, working with the perpetrators is not a boo worthy effort. There is a saying, the best way to bring down crime is prevent recidivism because so much of crime is committed by repeat offenders, so on that score - bully for you. The issues with parents and their kids. In theory I understand what you're saying, "You raised this person to be a criminal, so you need to be punished along with him." But that's problematic in so many way. 1st is the theory of notice - you have to be put on notice that what you're doing is a crime. Is spoiling your kid a crime? Not for most, but as the affluenza teen in Texas showed, it can be. So it might be more an issue of neglect - in DC for example if a child picks up 3 criminal arrests before 13 it's an automatic referral to the Child and Family Services to check out what's going on. (Never results in any charges of neglect however). 2nd - and more problematic from a prosecution point, how do I prove the nexus? Was it the parenting or the friends they kept? What if they are being influenced by another adult and are really good at sneaking out and hiding stuff from their parents? People work, they can't watch 24/7. 3rd - how does a parent defend themselves? How do you prove a non event? 4th - Last - what standard do you use? It can't be that you raise the child and then when they commit a crime the gov't asks a jury to review what a parent did and then decide if THEY agree with how the child was raised. Because that is what you'd be doing, asking the jury to decide if the parent had raised the child properly according to their standards. I definitely agree that better parenting in many cases probably would prevent a lot of the crime we see, but how do you enforce that? Any how do you enforce it without it disproportionately the poor and minority parents? Many of whom work 2 jobs and are home less. No one is going to want to charge the rich people who can afford an army of lawyers. Again, you definitely hit on a valid point - children are not born hateful. They're notice things, like Sally has darker skin or lighter hair, or can't walk or weighs more - but they don't make the leap to - I need to berate her, degrade her, call her names unless they are taught that's acceptable. The problem is that might not be taught at home. For instance, despite my job, we never talked about guns with 'lil q. But "Joey" at school, his parents do. He likes to play army and shoot things. One day 'lil q came home and was shooting things. We learned it came from Joey. We spoke to the teachers, they said they addressed it and they don't allow that - IF they see and hear it. Now we've talked to her, but she still does it now and then and we still tell her not to and why not to. But the point is, where you learn things isn't always at home, and even if the parents try to teach something the child can still decide Joey is cooler than Papa and I'm going to do what he wants. Children DO want to fit in, be liked, etc. And if Joey is cool, they want Joey to like them. Don't know if that answered it, but as with so many problems, there solution is hard to identify. -AQG

Sorry for the slow reply, Tony. Life has a way of interrupting me and this holiday it hit extra hard. GA decided a while back to do away with the forum's of authors who weren't as active (such as me) unless said author requested they be kept open. I chose not to keep mine open - sorry. My website is available for comments, though I have to say, there won't be much back and forth there or you can start a thread in the general signature author forum and if you tag me somehow, I'll pop in and answer/reply/comment. Not sure if that's a satisfactory answer, but there it is. But a big thank you for reading. As for an email - Andrew@andrewqgordon.com is my author email account. Shoot me an email there and I'll respond within a day usually. Best - AQG.

Thank you. I've wanted to write their entire story for years now - really, years. I remember I wrote this before my daughter was born - which would explain why I've not been able to get back to this for years. Sigh, one day

So as my little status update said, 'lil q will be 4 soon. Where did the time go? Where does my time go?? Despite the best laid plans (or is it overly optimistic expectations) I find I can not do all the things I used to do before she was born. I've finally given up on the notion that 'once she gets to "X" age, I'll finally have more free time again. That's a myth. I'll have my free time back when she goes to college perhaps, or when I retire, which ever comes first. I'm not complaining, please don't anyone read that into this, because I wouldn't trade anything (well maybe Mike) for her, but I do miss my 'old' life, even if I can't remember what it was like some times. Watching her run toward the playground today I was reminded what a blessing she is and how I couldn't imagine my life without her again. (then she got to be an irritating 3 year old when it was time to go and I wondered what in the hell possessed me to give up my calm, carefree, homosexual existence to be a parent?) I get here so infrequently anymore, you'd think I'd forgetton about Gay Authors. It's hard to forget the place you started; hard to forget the amazing people who gave me the courage to try; hard to forget the selfless people who run the place so everyone can enjoy what it has to offer. Despite my best intentions, however, I don't seem to get back here nearly as often as I want. For those few who still remember who I am, I'll give a wee bit of an update. Mike and I got married two years ago (I'm reasonably sure I mentioned that at some point) after 18 years together. Since 'lil q was born, we lost one dog to old age, and had one become a champion show dog and have puppies. We've kept two. Mike name the male "Farrell" after the MC in the Last Grand Master. Since she's been born, I've had 7 books published, two are free, one is currently being given away for free if you sign up for monthly updates. You can email me for details if you're interested. I don't know how often I'll be able to return, I'd like to for sure, but I've decided to stop promising things I'm not sure I can deliver on. As a parent I've learned how truly stupid an idea that is. But if you see me pop up, say hello, (or tell me to F' off if you're made at me - I'm okay with that, I've got thick skin these days. ) Here's a link to a slew of picture from the last five months if you want to see what 'lil q is up to these days. http://www.andrewqgordon.com/2015/09/a-summer-and-spring-in-pictures/ and my email if you want to get in touch and be sure I'll see it: andrew@andrewqgordon.com 'lil q is about to turn 4. My god, how time flies. -AQG

Sorry it took so long to respond, Someone needed to warn me 3 nearly 4 year olds are so demanding of one's time. I really loved writing this story (Second Shot and this.) If Memory serves me, I finished this just after my daughter was born. I think this one will always be special and I'll never move it to 'get it published' it would destroy what it was meant to be. That said, I would like to write something similar to the Trial book, I felt like in some ways it was my best stuff. But given it has no romance, no vampires, no shifters, no wizards, no star ships and no butt sex, no one is going to read such a book so I'll keep waiting for the day when I'm retired and can write any old damn thing I want. THanks for reading and especially thanks for going to the effort to leave me a comment. if you get a chance, shoot me an email at andrew@andrewqgordon.com and I'll show you how to get a free book or two from my publisher. -AQG

Hey ken, This was an anthology story so this is the end. Sorta. Im about 7 chapters into the rewrite. It will be a fair bit different but you easily be able to see the similarities ones it's finished. I'm not working on it at present but I hope to soon. Too many things to write too little time lol. Thanks for reading and contact me and I'll let you see some of the rewrite of your interested. -AQG

Gary Sorry I missed this. IF I had to do over I'd rethink the ending because I know what you mean. At the time I wanted something other that the nice clean HEA ending. My plan is to rewrite the entire story into either one long book or two short ones. We'll see how that goes. Thanks for reading and especially for the comment. -AQG

Thank for the note, glad you liked it. Just so you know, I've picked up and started to follow them during their senior year, though it is not a full novel length story, just short little bits that follow their lives after the trial. Thanks again for reading and more so for leaving me a note. Andy

Thanks, glad you liked it. I've been toying with it a bit on my site and Have a few more chapters to post soon to the short follow on-going, soap opera type story on my website. One day I'd like to return to this - I've even got a few chapters roughed out, but time is always so short. Maybe soon. Thanks again, Andy

As others have said, this is very sad. He was a good man. The world needs more people like him, not fewer. My condolences to his family.

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This was the goal all along, so I hope it worked. Some liked it, some I guess didn't. But we'll see about the future. I'd need to do some research to do something beyond the comfort zone. It's unclear how dangerous this 'other' is to Will, but it's clearly not something to take lightly. As for bringing it? Hmm we'll see what I do next. Thanks for reading. -AQG

Sorry it didn't work for you Mike, You can just give the next chapter a pass I think cause it won't really do more than wrap up things. Any confrontation is for another day/story.

Think of it this way. We 'know' Will and we know he will do the right thing but if you're in charge of keeping the country safe - how much would you trust him based on what little info you'd have available? I don't know about you, but I want my 'chief of security' to be highly suspicious. And yes it does make for good stories :-). Glad you enjoyed it.

I suspect that IF Gar meets newbie it will similar to a clash of titans. Or they could form an alliance and become masters of the universe. Of course this could just be a rouse to test Gar to better learn his abilities so the Govt can find a way to take him down. Who can say? But it would be fun to see what Would happen if Gar meets 'Other' but I have no idea what 'Other' is like yet. lol