Timothy M.

I shall have to go and count. I can see you are follower no 41 on TTP - but it's strange with the notifications, since you follow me as author. I assumed that's why you didn't need to follow the stories, and you did it now for CC to get it to 100. Maybe the notifications got buried under the COTT forum fun ? does your taste in cake reflect your taste in men ?

I look forward to hearing what you think of it. The only tiresome thing is the 'suspend over boling water' thing, but it makes the cake fluff up nice and thick. Make sure to push the cake mixture towards the sides of the baking pan, so that the cake doesn't get too high in the middle.

A couple of Danish cake recipes: Orange Chocolate Cake Danish Dream Cake I have a good recipe for Turkey or pork stew wth rice, if anyone is interested. Comes from the largest Danish Dairy Company, so heavy on butter and cream and creme fraiche. Karolines Køkken

We need some more promising authors.

To celebrate that CC now has 100 followers (thank you, Kitt, for being no 100) I give you the dream cake recipe Danish Dream Cake (Drømmekage fra Brovst) 3 eggs 200 gr (7 oz) sugar 50 gr (1.7 oz) melted butter 250 gr (8.5 oz) flour 3 teaspoons of baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 dl (0.4 pt) of milk Whip eggs and sugar and suspend over boiling water (hang bowl on the edge of pot with gently boiling water in the bottom). Whisk frequently until mixture thickens. Pour in melted butter and add vanilla extract if using this. Stir well. Mix flour with baking powder and vanilla sugar if using this. Fold in flour alternately with milk. Pour the cake mixture into small flat, greased (or baking paper lined) baking pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes in the middle of the oven at 200 °C (= 390 °F). Prepare topping: 100 gr (3.5 oz) butter 250 gr (8.5 oz) brown sugar (this kind: brun farin) 100 gr (3.5 oz) dessicated coconut (this kind: kokosmel) 0.5 dl (0.1 pt) of milk Pour all of it together in pot over low heat and stir until mixed together. Pour on top of cake, even the topping out, and bake cake for another 5 minutes at 225 °C (= 440 °F). Remove cake from oven and leave to settle before cutting into squares. Enjoy. PS. you can double the amount for a large baking pan.

Glad you like it, Drew. So where are the reviews? (I don't expect you to comment on every chapter, but maybe the two or three you like most.)

I agree. Thanks.

You might alert Cia to this, if you can't get them to shut it down. GA might be able to back you up on the demand.

This reply from Mark to Tim's review made me wonder: Can Zach give up sex from now on? If he can't, what is more likely to out him? A secret relationship with Will or a series of clandestine hook-ups with guys? Unless he has found some way to fuck women again. I can't make up my mind, but I guess most gay sportsmen (that came out later, so we know of them) took the route of random sex, so it makes sense if Zach does the same. The question Zach has to ask himself is this: if he gets outed anyway, was it worth losing Will over? I bet Will would have backed off even more, helped find ways for Zach to 'prove' his straightness, done the 'pretend boyfriend thing,' convinced Darius to spend time with Zach and him, dealt with blackmailers, whatever was needed. He might even have agreed to take a break in their relationship to cool rumors down. But what Zach did was cruel as well as stupid, based on what we know at this moment. The best way to piss of Will is to not communicate - he's like Brad that way.

LOL, probably a good idea. I already sent him an Ooops email.

Before anyone rants at the editor, I'd like to point out, someone harassed poor JAR so much he posted the unedited version. But now you know why I drooled...

But the prompt only applies if you're fully caught up with the story. But I guess Chris is, if he's asking for ch 12. I can only say, you'll all love it. (I drool whenever I read it again).

Vultures ?

Well, then we can be tedious together. If it's any comfort I got one feedback comment for the first chapter of CC (the old version published elsewhere) which is even more critical than yours - and included the word tedious. If you want to see it, hit the spoiler button. Oh and it was before I spiced the chapter up with some dialogue. I promise I'll do some more Copenhagen descriptions in coming chapters, just for you my friend. And everyone else can go skim,

I've been thinking this over, and my opinion is that the feedback is not as negative as you feel. Though I can certainly understand why you felt down about it. However, I think you should focus on the fact that the reader liked the story in general, and that the things he criticizes are what we like. And his feedback gives us a chance to say so. I identified three points in his feedback The detailed descriptions The inclusion of other characters The flashback on how Jay and Miles became friends Concerning 1) Those parts which he finds tedious because of detail, can be skimmed without losing any understanding of the story. Now one reason he might not like them, could be that he's young. For readers your age, those description take us on a trip down Memory Lane (even if I can't recognize all the US stuff, but the general feeling is there, and it's interesting to compare with how it was in Denmark). In fact those parts are what distinguishes your story from hundreds of other teen stories. However, you can use the feedback to make yourself think about whether this or the other description could be shorter and tighter, and then you can expand on them here. That would also generate more traffic in the forum. Also, I have had to force myself to move from describing to showing, so you might want to make as much of the other content dialogue and action and reserve descriptions for those ones creating the 70'ies flavor. If you reply, tell him that most of your readers appreciate those descriptions and suggest he simply skims past them. But that you'll think about the purpose and lenght of these parts. Concerning 2) my reaction is a shrug, since he is wrong in my opinion. Expanding the story with more characters have kept it going and I like complex stories with lots of characters. But then I'm reading CAP and Leopard Spots with pleasure. The only thing is the name of the story is perhaps a bit misleading now. And finally 3) I fail to understand why he did not like this. I was eager to know how Jay fell in love with Mike, and due to the way your story started (by prompts) you could not tell it sequentially. So this was a great way of doing it. Perhaps if you explain that, he'll come to appreciate the flashback. And most of all, think about why he say these things: it's because he likes Jay and Miles so much and is desperate to see what happens with them. Now that's a big compliment.

Well, I guess I may forgive you after all. But I'll reserve judgement until I see how the Leopards do against the Hawks and if Ty gets fit enough to play. It was nice to see more of the clever Patrick, but Ty may not forgive the Blues if they only draft him and not Dad. Of course Jim will set him straight and Ty will also owe a debt to Carlton if the Leopards win the grand final and Ty is able to play. I loved the way you're using Ty's father to scare off other potential Clubs. Plus it will be a sweet revenge to see his face, when Ty gets drafted in spite of his efforts. Even more so if the bastard tries to turn up at the club and gets told that one condition of Ty's draft is that he does not have anything to do with his father and that he's banned from the Club (Leopards and Blues), including matches. (Can they do that?) Glad to see Ty's friends and teammates rallying aroound him, and Karen is doing her best too. She's so good for Ty. I guess I should say sponsors too, I hope Tony organizes something extra nice for Greg and Matt, and the other sponsors who donated money for this. Although winning the trophy migt be all they ask, I think there should be an acknowledgement of some sort at Awards night. And finally I'm laughing my head off at Julie's new nickname. I have no doubt it's gonna take, at least for now. They might stop if she becomes their main coach. I so want Peter to leave with a championship, and of course it would increase the chances of Julie getting the job.

I agree with Chase, the whole reveal scene was beyond hilarious, truly one of your best comic situations, Mark. I come back to read it again and again.

I think we can all agree that the killing of Cecil was trophy hunting and illegal poaching at its worst. And I can't see the fun of trophy hunting myself - but then climbing high mountains never struck me as fun either. In fact I can't understand why those hunters don't sneak up as close as possible and take a picture. That would be a lot braver. However, if there is a surplus of a species and if money from an occasional trophy hunt benefitted the local people and made them more accepting of the wildlife and willing to preserve it, then I find it hard to argue against. But as I said the theory is easy, but in practice...

This is one of my favorite chapters in all of CAP. And it's even better when you know what happens next

Thank you very much, Victor, that was so sweet of you. I loved the way you described Russell and Jacob.

Yikes, James, you scare me, you know.

Made me fall over laughing. Now I know why I never bought a dog.

True, I'd forgotten about that. And there was also the discussion about who went to Claremont or not. Brad's kids did, but Claire's didn't.

But Mrs Shaw has said and shown that she understands how important Linc is for Jack. I may dislike her for several reasons, but she has my respect for understanding that Lincoln is the love of Jack's life. She told Hamish at that horrible dinner, and she's shown it in other ways too. If we accept that she understand and condones their commitment, then it follows that she would trust Linc to take care of Jack. And I think she is trying to do it. I'm not blaming her for clinging to Jack at first, I'm only saying CG was right in pointing out that she needs to give them more time together. It's what Jack wants; and it's what Linc wants and needs, and he is higher on my priority list than any of the others. Linc is the reason Jack wants to live, and the more time they spend together, the better. And if Jack doesn't make it, Linc will need the memories of their intimate moments (and I'm not thinking sex here) to sustain him. I can understand Jack's mum being protective and all, but she should put Jack first, rather than her own needs. Isn't that was Dignity was all about?

Belated hugs and warm thoughts from Denmark.