A.J.

That is good advice about keeping a single writing theme throughout the poem. I think my goal was getting the feelings across and less using a specific writing strategy. Thanks for your review and comments.

I think Dark did the interview before he changed his name. I've updated the blog entry fixing the name and links.

Happy Birthday, Joe!

People need to stop trying to steal my life story.

My favorite part of this chapter was when Corey makes Clinton ask him to sleep with him. I thought it was cute.

Happy Birthday

I loved this story and would love to hear more about what happens. I hope you write something that will bring us back to Synchronicity. The story left me wanting to know more about the planet's magic and how the new bond between Ipisov and Miken will grow. I think my favorite part is the initial encounter with the necromancer.

Happy Birthday!

I left my main entry about Vic on the news blog, but I'd like to post in here about Vic and DomLuka. Vic turned me onto Dom's stories when I joined and he took the time to read Desert Dropping again with me so that we could discuss the chapters together. I remember telling Vic that I thought Luke and Rory should be together and he told me I was an LRITE just like him (check the FAQ). I still have in my Skype archives conversations Vic and I had about Dom's stories and the hope that one day he would return to complete them. Vic, I'll tell new members about Dom's stories and continue hoping that one day he will return to complete them. Your passion for his writing and the writing of other author's on this site made me fall in love with this site and want to be a staff member.

To my sweetheart Vic, From the first moment I met you in GA chat on my first day until the last time we spoke the night before your heart attack, you were my friend, my family and a part of me. If you would have told me that first day that within a month we would become so close that both of us would complain if we didn't talk for a few hours each day, I wouldn't have believed you. I would wake up early to talk to you and you would stay up late to talk to me while I was at work. Every minute that I spent talking to you is precious to me and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I'll remember many of the things you said to me and the life lessons you taught me in our short time as friends. The two of us developed a bond and we just seemed to sync. I could often complete your thoughts and you could complete mine. We would share jokes in chat that others wouldn't get because they didn't share what we shared. I miss you testing me by saying a line from an older movie or changing details to see if I would recognize your reference. Amazingly enough, we rarely couldn't guess what the other was trying to say. I've been lost without you and run the gamut of emotions since that day and others have noticed the changes in my behavior. I hope you've heard the things I've said to you when no one was listening. You made a man of science drop to his knees multiple times and beg whoever might be listening to bring you back to me. I regret that I joined GA so late when I had found it initially years ago. I could have shared more time with you rather than the 7 months we shared. I echo what Joe said above ... It wasn't enough time to spend with you and there never would've been enough time. I am not the same person who joined this site, and you are one of the biggest reasons for that. I will not forget you, or let others forget you. Love always, Jackson (Vic called me by my middle name in private) P.S. For those of you who read my poem "Teach Me How" I would like to publicly acknowledge that this poem was written about Vic.

Happy Birthday Boss!

I'm sure I would have made the guy wait if I had actually forgiven him for misleading me. Thanks for your review.

Commander Chris Hadfield, who is currently on board the International Space Station, recorded a revised version of David Bowie's song Space Oddity. I think this is really cool myself.

I like the La Jolla area myself. I recommend going there, visiting Scripps Pier and Birch Aquarium. A lot of people like Old Town San Diego, but I think the mexican food isn't really any better there. The downtown San Diego harbor tour is cool as well. You usually get to go past naval aircraft carriers, which are cool.

I would say that Zombie has a point. My comment is that you probably want to research this a bit if you decide to do it. The CIA was founded after World War II and it succeeded the Office of Strategic Services (often referred to as the OSS). Was the person really 17 or posing as a 17 year old for instance? (sort of like how we have adults playing teens on TV all the time)

Thanks for your review Wayne. I think this process helped me a lot including responding to reviews about it.

Thanks Layla for your review. I appreciate your kind words about it.

Knowing people have read it seems to help. I'm not sure why. I think that and time has helped.

Thanks for your review Fishie. I sort of have a rhyming problem. I can't seem to write a poem without it. I think writing it did help.

Thanks for your review. Yes, a puppy to snuggle might be nice.

Yettie, you are right. Although I am not as upset as I once was, things still happen which make it all come back. Some little thing will remind me of him.

Awwww... I didn't mean to make anyone tear up. I think I've done enough of that. I still like your poem better.

Thanks, I wrote more but found that it didn't add to the piece and took it out.

It did hurt to write it, but it also felt like a weight had been lifted off me that I could share this with all of you. Thanks for your review.

Thanks KC for your review. Sharing it has helped me to release a little bit of the emotion surrounding this.