Alex Sweeney

Thanks very much, I'm glad you like it - I don't write the humour in so much. It just happens...

I like Batman because he's just a guy. A guy with more money than most small countries, apparently, but still... I think it's too easy if you're born with your superpowers! But I have to go for Marvel because of Spider-Man. A guy that can creep in through your tenth floor window in the middle of the night - uh, we all know where I'm going here so let's not go there. I also like Santa Claus for the same reason. Although I have to say, my (off-topic) one true love is and always will be - Dredd. He is the Lore.

Nico Sartori just wants to get on with his life. He most emphatically doesn't want anything to do with Ryan Giannorino, the cop that made his life a misery six years ago. But when they end up in cold storage together, Nico finds he has to work with Ryan to find out why they're being targeted by hitmen.

Nico shuddered. “How come they left you your clothes and took mine off?” he demanded. “Guess I’m just lucky,” Ryan said. “I may be about to die, but at least I got a nice view while I’m doing it.” “I’m fuckin freezing. I think I’m getting a cold. An this place smells terrible. I hate the smell of raw meat.” “You’re worried about that at a time like this? You could be catching a chill, though. We get out of here, I’ll make you some chicken soup.” “Now you’re Jewish?” Nico rolled his eyes. “

Word, but I don't love it. I've had an extramarital affaire with a demo of Scrivener and I think we're going to run off into the sunset together...

I'm only on chapter 4 of my new novel and already I've had to trash a big lump of chapter 2 because some stuff happened too soon and some stuff that should have happened hadn't happened yet. I'm now in the process of writing an outline. Which I should have done to start with, I'm so lazy! I've heard of people that don't rewrite - well, I think I've read about one or two - but I think it's extremely rare. What you write in a hurry while you're in the first flush of lovesickness with your story doesn't always stand up when you reread. It needs a little grammatical Viagra if not a complete rewrite to emphasise whatever it was you thought you were talking about

Final Fantasy GTA Quake and Doom Elder Scrolls I desperately want to put Dragon's Dogma, probably my favorite game ever - but have to wait for the sequel before it officially becomes a series!

Ooh, tilapia, I can get that at my Chinese supermarket. Thank you! I've been making bagels recently, but apparently I need some malt extract to make them properly. I've just been throwing a lot of brown sugar in the boiling water. It seems to work, everyone likes them. I'm gonna make cinnamon raisin ones on Wednesday so if they come out okay I'll post the recipe.

I think age has something to do with it. When I was 15, my parents took me to a psychiatrist to get me fixed... didn't work People would look at me as if I was something weird - the only place I felt comfortable was in the gay community but even there as has been pointed out, you have to fit in. You have to look the part. If you're something unusual, it's best not to mention it. Not entirely to do with generation, though. Round here, the kids use gay as an insult. I'm not sure exactly what they mean by it, but they're definitely saying gay is something you wouldn't want to be! I was uncomfortable with myself and my sexuality for many years and spent those many years pretending to be what I'm not. It's only recently that I've come out completely as myself, to myself. It helped to admit that the long-term relationship I was hanging onto like the proverbial man on a raft was actually nothing more than a passing shark. I've not posted any stories here yet (new member, so please feel free to tell me the rookie shouldn't be so mouthy!) but I have a variety of things going on in them. Some guys are fine with their sexuality and always have been. Some are dubious about it and would rather fit into some more society-friendly category. Some are having problems with their families, who either don't accept them or haven't been told. When I post em you can see for yourselves, anyhow. Interesting discussion - everyone's got different things going on.

Speaking from personal experience, it takes a long time to get over something like this. The police, reputedly, are not as bad as they used to be. If she doesn't report what he did, what is to stop him doing the same thing to somebody else? Or to her - again? I'm sorry to have to say that, but sometimes people do that - like child abuse, if the victim doesn't do anything about it, the rapist takes it as a sign that what they did was okay, even welcome. I feel that reporting the crime will make her feel more in control of events and that is what she needs right now. What else she needs is to give up drinking more than a couple of drinks when she goes out. I know it's not fair - but a sober woman is more in control of a situation than a drunk man. Also, self-defence classes could help. Feeling that you can deal with being physically assaulted is helpful - also doing something like that with your body helps you get back into it after you feel it's, kind of, been taken away from you. All the best to you.

Hi everybody! My name is Alex Sweeney and I'm a wordaholic... Actually, I've recently recovered from fanfiction. I write constantly so it seemed a good idea to post some of my original stuff somewhere. I hope you all enjoy it - when I finally find the files and folders I've hidden it in