Andrew Q Gordon

Young Mr. Granger certainly does seem to get around. But at least Bell is his own age. Good luck with Lt. Travers. He seems more apt to tease Mr. Granger than do anything physical. But George seems to have done an about face with Lord Calverton. Now lets see what he has in mind for the repentant Lord Calverton. Knowing you, I suspect it will be something memorable.

Mike, That had to be the singular best post EVER on my forum - bar none. That said, I don't have an iPad - I bought a Nook. iPads are too limited to justify buying one. The Nook does what I would need an iPad for - reading on metro, occasionally surfing the web. I much prefer my MacBook Pro to an iPad But still Best Day Ever. Oh yeah

Kyle kinda screwed up by not telling Cooper, but Cooper isn't exactly an angel either. Perhaps they should both sit down and clear the air, not more lies, or half truths. Cooper being upset about the deception is understandable, but it is also a bit hypocritical. He's able to justify stuff, but he isn't okay when Kyle does the same. Not sure that Kyle's not going into the Sigma's is his best choice. Betrayal doesn't become better just because you give up something important to prove your love. But what do I know right? Maybe Cooper will figure out that he doesn't have clean hands either and give Kyle a second chance. Ah well the tangle web the wolf doth weave has only gotten more complex.

Well I suppose Markists* was taken so all the good ones are gone. *I know it is spelled Marxist btw

Mark, You do realize as a lawyer [prosecutors are still lawyers - I think] I always have something to say - usually it is somewhat snarky but I try to keep that side of me under control - so Since I just started reading Bridgemont, you are sorta stuck we me for a while - you may want to pull your stories to avoid me even. So Dom Luka has the domaholics, what are your rabid rowdy readers called? [Please don't say Arbourists ] And are you 'Team Mark' in the GA world and do we have to choose sides? How come this place doesn't have it's own rules of conduct. If you need help, you know I am very good at making rules Andy

Can I say double finally without making you mad???? Having sorted out the boys and their feelings, how the heck are they going to get Kynan away from the possessive and all to randy Prince of Darkness?? Maybe Kynan should have told him a bit more about where he was and what to expect instead of having a tickle fest there at the end. Thanks for my weekly fix, now I can go back to whatever else I was doing On a slightly more serious note, and maybe I go to the goodie laden forum you are tempting us with - but reading Kynan's emotions I was like 'dag, this is really good.' That really was well written - just figured I give you your props for that. Andy

FINALLY!!!! - [did I say that last chapter or the one before too?] Stupid Demon, bought time he 'manned' up and recognized what's what. Men errr. wolves ...err lovers like Alan don't come around that often - you gotta grab and hold one Okay so now we got that sorted out, how in the blue hell is Alan gonna get Kynan out? Oh and lest I forget - I am still confuzzled over the time line stuff. Are you keeping this linear or are you bounce back and forth a tad? I mean is the dreamscape here during or after the part where Jacen is tending to Alan? And what about Duncan's little scene? Double Oh - at least Duncan got confirmation that Aure wasn't lying about him being an.

I get the sense that there are allies and enemies already on board. Wilcox seems like he is going to be a problem. Whether it is because he is Jr and was hoping to the new guy would be or it is just his sunny personality. And poor George has the hots for Travers but gets a hand job from someone he finds repulsive. Ah to be young and randy, not sure anyone I found repulsive - no matter how good his ministrations were would get me hard much less off. Hopefully his next bit of fun is with someone a bit more desirable.

So I get to be the first - hopefully not the only - review for the moment. No wasting time for you eh Mark? Got them scoping each other out at the drop of a hate - damn this has the making of a randy ship if ever their was one. Interesting how different George is from his brothers - will be interested to see how their dynamic get's fleshed out. Have a terrorizing brute of an eldest brother and a good for nothing, whoring, gambling lout of a middle brother didn't seem the recipe for George turning out okay. Is the Gunroom going to turn into the Funroom by story's end? One can hope I suppose.

Does that mean there is no Rule 7 either?

I think if you have to ask for permission, you have your answer. viva the :king: !!!!

**Smacks the annoying bee** Do you know how close I came to hitting that little red "-" [j/k okay, I kinda thought about it a lot but didn't do it ok?] I may have to write a rule 7 "No editing or pointing out grammar mistake See the new proposed Rule 7 - and while you are my [and I am possessive just remember] editor, there is no need for editing of Forum posts

Oppps Missed that. No one ever said playing God was easy. Gonna have to figure out to close that loop hole Thanks for point it out - and feel free to start your topic, but I think I still get final say by virtue of this being Andyland

Wow when I saw you'd posted a review I was like Trevor reviewed them all - or so I thought. Peter was emotional too - he had his feelings and his demons. Here he was a year into his relationship with Jason and Jason was talking about going to ex-gay classes because he didn't want to lose his parent's support. Look at it from his point - he was doing it, why not Jason? AND what's more important, Peter or money. That said, even he would admit he didn't handle it the best way.

Okay, so I posted these the first day I got this joint and I had my friend Sensei Lugh to pin this so it will always be at the top. Feel free to comment, question, seek clarification or propose new rules. No promises that I will adopt them but I will always listen - for a time at least. So with that I give you the Rules of Q'Topolos Rule 1 -Everyone has to follow the general Rules of GA - (So hard I know) Rule 2 - F'bombs are fine, WTF, What the fudge, F'in all are fine. The bad C word - no. Rule 3 - there is no Rule 3 Rule 4 - Feel free to stop in and start a topic. Unless stated otherwise within these rules, there is no topic that is off topic in Q-Topolis. ** Rule 5- No politics, because frankly I was told this is a semi antonymous universe where I get to be King [Even thought I am not THE King, I am Master and Commander of Andy Land, so I rule by fiat, ergo obviating the need to talk politics because there are no politics here other than mine ] Finally Rule 6 - Be excellent to each other. ** [Thanks to Maria - a.k.a. Marzipan - for pointing out a problem with Rule 4.] Welcome and enjoy.

I use Pages for Mac. Pages will let you save the file in a .doc format which helps because neither my Beta nor one of my two editors has Pages - [thankfully Jian has both too] Two points. It appears that GA does not preserve some of the formatting from Pages - I specifically notice it eliminates the italics. Which so far has not been an issue but there is something I am working on where I use italics a lot so I may have to post from a .doc file. Another reason I like pages is it takes all of a minute to convert the longest story into an ePub document that I can transfer to my eReader and take it with me to read on the Metro every morning. All I do is copy, export, name, and save and I am done. Not sure if Word offers that feature. And since I have a Mac and Pages is complete compatible with Word, I just stick to Pages. Andy

I feel like I am on the last post win's thread with all the emoticons and so few words. But I know better than to challenge the King Bee on that issue. We both know the Bee always wins.

Actually thank you for reading it and for telling me you enjoyed it. I had to pause and think about what you said about skipping along - then I laughed when I realized you were spot on. **Slightly embarrassed but glad it worked** -- I should say there were times writing this I could feel what I was writing and it almost had be in tear - sad I know but I think that is what helped me capture the emotions I wanted to convey. Thanks again for taking the time to comment, always appreciated. -- Andy

Yes I would - Here

Y'ah know, I could just tell you what's gonna happen and then not have to write the darn thing

Or something - I'm a gang prosecutor after all, my 'clientele' isn't exactly calm and peaceful

Well I take Krav Maga, which is the Israeli defense training they teach everyone. It is - for lack of a better term - organized street fighting. You don't need to buy robes or stuff, just go as you are. They have beginning classes on up. If the classes you take are anything like the ones I take, you will learn a lot of defensive technique. It isn't as visually appealing, the moves are not like you see in most disciplines but they are effective. Think of it as high on the Martial, and low on the arts. Oh and it is a hell of work out.

Chapter 4 of Purpose is up here: Purpose: Chapter 4 Still no chapter titles, but we'll see what I can do this weekend. Thanks to the few who are reading Andy

Chocolate is one way to get me out, thought it might be easier to get me to let you in.

Okay so a part of me wanted to be an ass and mess you and say this as a joke: But I figured if I did that and only that folks would kill me and not realize I was joking. BUTTTT since you asked - Here's my honest assessment. The good - You lay out your world amazingly well - world building is hard but you do a good job of it. I can see in my mind an image of what you are describing and I don't have to struggle to see it. A+ You give good depth to your characters - I feel like I know them when I read - you balance the action and the need to give us internal feelings. That gets harder as the story goes along because you can't just wash, rinse, repeat with emotions. More over, as the action sequences get more central, the easy way is to skim over the thoughts/feelings/emotions of the characters - so far you've avoid that and done really well another A+ The needs work. Sometimes you get a bit wordy - I could give examples from the story but it wasn't a big issue, just something to keep an eye on going forward. A general example would be - something like - he bent over to pick up his clothes off the ground [that is not one of yours, just an example] You could shorten that to - "he picked up his clothes" - especially if we knew from the previous action they threw them on the ground. Just watch for that. See where you can cut out words that can be inferred from the action. This is a great read. You should be really pleased with how it is coming along. That's just my opinon and we both know applies to me not you Andy