Uplifted Spirit

Jaro You're right. Matt it moving back to the old Matt. It's happened more by accident than on purpose, but he realizes how stupid they were and that he needs to take his life back. Andy, change some to, but he will remain being Andy for a long time to come. I have him up to no good again, but, while it's bad, it not like prostitution or porn. Thanks for writing.

Written in Bangkok, Thailand, March 2015 Knots 4 Chapter 23 Andy Matt sat on the bench on Friday night. As pissed as I was at him, it hurt to see him sitting there when he had a chance to start. I started the fight, but he shouldn't have interfered, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized how he'd saved me. Hell, Cole and Ashton had to spend a couple of nights in juvie and were then sent home to their parents. Noland needed to stand trial. He argued that Co

Written in Bangkok, Thailand on March 20, 2015 Knots 4 Chapter 22 Andy Matt was right. I was thinking hard about visiting Randy and Derrick on the set of their next movie, or any movie for that matter. A big decision faced me: should I go, or not. This wasn’t much different from when Matt and I first talked about prostitution. So here I was again with a similar decision. I’d made up my mind not to go when I ran into Randy at school on one of the rare

Written in Hoi An and Danang, Vietnam as well as Bangkok, Thailand. Knots 4 Chapter 21 Andy Derrick and his invitation to come and watch them make movies hounded me the whole week, especially after talking to Matt after we’d both talked to Dr. Walker. Matt said he held some anger toward me because he had sex with me the night he thought I was going to kill myself after I found out about Dillon. He said he resented it because he'd repeatedly warned me about Dillon.

Jaro What a nice comment. It is very thoughtful and full of meaning to me as a writer. I'm glad that my writing affects you in a positive way. I also appreciate that you take the time to write me a personal note on each chapter. Glad to see you're back.

Jaro I don't seem to get very many comments here at the site for some reason, but I did get a number of emails from those who liked the chapter and reacted the way you did. I have found most readers like these chapters over the ones with sex in them. But sometimes you have to provide a little gratuitous sex to keep some readers interested.

Jaro Your bring up a good point about the other characters because I think most everyone is concerned about Matt and Andy, but I like to use them to contrast the different behavior styles of the various characters to show how some people can head in the right direction, some in the wrong, and some bounce back from the brink. Thanks for writing.

Jaro YOu ask a good question. I wonder myself if they will ever get to that place. I think they might, but in the next chapter Andy decides that he can only hope to find someone like Matt, even if it's not Matt.

Jaro Thanks for your nice comments. I did yous second one first so am answering this second. Glad you like the insights Dr. Walker is guiding the boys through. The next chapter is a change a pace for a bit.

Jaro Thanks for your nice comments. I did yous second one first so am answering this second. Glad you like the insights Dr. Walker is guiding the boys through. The next chapter is a change a pace for a bit.

Jaro You're back. Glad to see it. You are right about Walker. I guess he's me. Glad you like him.

Written in Ho Chi Minh City and Nha Trang, Vietnam, March 2015 Knots 4 Chapter 20 Andy I didn't know what Dr. Walker had to say to Matt, but I couldn't wait to corner him to find out. My anger got the best of me because I thought Doc Walker was favoring Matt. But the more I thought about it the more I realized Matt has had the same idea about commitment for a long time and I'm not sure there was much I could expect Dr. Walker to do about it. The other thing that Wal

Written in Hong Kong 2-28-15 If you like this story, please write a review, click like, and follow me. Contact me at eliassctt@gmail.com I answer all emails. Knots 4 Chapter 19 Matt Andy came out of Dr. Walker's office pissed off­ at me for some reason. Said that Walker favored me. That was the first I heard of it or even thought it. Dr. Walker heard him and pulled him back into his office. Andy came out and didn't even look at me. Just walked off. As usua

Sammiam Thanks for your note. Sometimes I have no idea where the next chapter will take Matt and Andy, but I'm in my 70's and maybe I bring a different perspective to things after living so many years. I suppose in a way I just often think people take their commitments too lightly. You'll see in the next chapter that Dr. Walker challenges Andy's thinking. I often wonder if my readers will think I might be full of it, but it's something that has to be discussed. The reader can always make up their own mind. I guess I have just seen too many hearts broken because one or both partners don't keep their commitments which would require some work. I once asked someone how many times I would have to forgive someone for hurting me and the response was you try your best, but you don't want to become a doormat. I think he quoted Jesus' words on turning the other chieek. Then he added, you only have four cheeks (face and ass) I liked that. Glad you liked the chapter. Elias

Welcome from Manila, Philippines. Still managing to write. Thanks for all your support. If you like this story, please write a review, click like, and follow me. Contact me at eliassctt@gmail.com I answer all emails. Knots 4 Chapter 18 Matt The rest of the week after our talk was kinda weird. We hung together as usual, but there wasn’t any of the natural spontaneity we always had. Everyone else at our lunch table noticed it too. Gina didn’t, because she was off

I will be traveling in Asia for the next few weeks so the chapters will be shorter. But I’m committed to writing a chapter a week rather than stopping all together like I did in December and January. So be patient. I’ll be back April 1, 2015 and should then be on a regular schedule for a considerable amount of time. After all, we still have to get Matt and Andy through their junior and senior year in high school. I didn’t have any idea that it was going to take so many chapter or books to d

Thanks Paul. I enjoy writing about Andy and Matt too.

I hope I'm posting to the right spot. I'm headed to Tokyo, Manila, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Thailand but plan to continue doing my best to post a chapter to Knots once a week. Some posts may be delayed if I don't have internet access or time to write, but this won't be a vacation from writing like during December and part of January. That vacation did me a lot of good and I'm enjoying the writing again.

If you like this story, please write a review, click like, and follow me. Contact me at eliassctt@gmail.com I answer all emails. Knots 4 Chapter 16 Andy I dreaded having to clear things up with Matt mostly because I didn’t want to hear what he had to say. Jason wasn’t a problem, so of course I talked to him as soon as I could on Monday. I waited for him at his locker and a surprised look crossed his face before he gave me a dirty look. “I’m a horse, huh?”

Yeah, pitching a tent in the cold isn't a great idea, but I guess they figure they'll be pretty hot anyway. Glad you liked the chapter. Andy always surprises me with his humor. Glad you like the banter.

Paul, I think you're being funny because it was last year since the last chapter was posted. I'm glad to be back and am more highly motivated now that I'm back.

If you like this story, please write a review, click like, and follow me. Contact me at eliassctt@gmail.com I answer all emails. Knots 4 Chapter 15 Matt Andy and I kind of lost our memories for a bit. Andy did come over my house that night, but it wasn’t until after the football game. We had a football game that night, and he spent the evening hobbling along the sidelines during the game. My loss wasn’t lost (pardon the pun) on Frank Kutcher that afternoon

If you like this story, please write a review, click like, and follow me. Contact me at eliassctt@gmail.com I answer all emails. Knots 4 Chapter 14 Matt I was relieved when the election was over. Yeah, I’d lost, but I was still alive. Congratulating Billy Martin wasn’t nearly as hard as I’d expected. He was a pretty good guy and I thought he’d do a good job. Plus, it was a relief that I didn’t have an extra burden to deal with. Of course, I say that now, but it hu

Lisa I'm glad you enjoyed the month off too. And you're welcome.

I took a month off from writing Knots after publishing a chapter a week for about 98 weeks. I'm going to start again next week, the week of January 18th to the 24th. The next chapter should be posted no later than January 25. Taking a month off has been good and I hope I can come back with fresh idea and enthusiasm. Uplifted Spirit