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Carlos Hazday
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@Daddydavek's gonna complain a lot soon enough. Short chapters so far.
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@BlueWindBoy I read this chapter yesterday and I did a double take on that phrase. And I wrote the damn thing! Not this time. Just a fact for singers, actors, and athletes. LMAO - Each book it gets harder to write sex scenes; it feels perverted to intrude in my family's privacy. I think I wrote a more detailed straight one in another book. It's Ajax and Marina and Alexis and Marianne.
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Thanks Erik! Ritch did facilitate his brother meeting Obama so it was fitting he would meet a new president thanks to a phone call to CJ.
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Yeah, but your payback usually means quality comments. You know I've changed stuff based on your suggestions.
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Unfortunately some people's egos get in the way. Mine's big enough, but I try to ignore it and pay attention when someone's trying to help me. It's one of the perils of a place like GA which frowns on anything but positive feedback. I rarely care enough to spend the extra time needed to compose a PM. If someone can't handle having errors pointed out, I'll just move on to the next story.
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Those 13.00 monthly dues add up too! Amazon made a fortune lsat year.
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That's my attitude! I know no matter how well I may write, multiple sets of eyes help make any story better. Most people who think self-editing's enough are foolish.
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Thank you! If the stars align, I'd love to post twice a week with the next story. Chapters are all under 3k words right now, although I'm sure that will change. It all depends on the number of chapters entirely ready by the time I start sharing.
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I may have posted the wrong photo. His new boat's costing him 1/2 billion. As for the cost of Ritch's car, think about it this way, had he attended a quality university for the same degree in Aeronautical Engineering, the dads would have spent more than that in tuition, room, and board. I say they got a bargain.
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Putting words down is often easier and faster than the subsequent cleaning. What did you think of the additional glimpse at CDMX?
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Good. I kept imagining Diana Riggs and George Lanzeby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Without killing off Lucy like they did Ms. Riggs.
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And he wields it with abandon and impunity. That's something else I've learned from him. Ask @WolfM or @astone2292, they've both suffered through my nitpicking.
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Thanks, buddy. I'm enjoying readers' reactions.
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I'm writing, I'm writing. My Friday routine of posting when I wake up and replying to comments throughout the day is also interrupted. Unfortunately, I have yet to master writing multiple quality stories concurrently so there will usually be a gap between stories.
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LOL - I did think about having them ride off into the sunset, but timing interfered. I didn't want them hanging around all day and waiting for twilight to get on the road. The cowboy movie reference might be appropriate considering they're in Colorado. However, what I was shooting for, with the car, Ritch's gloves, and Lucy's outfit, was something out of the 1960s romantic comedies or even from a James Bond movie. I do use Italy as the setting for a story I'm working on, but I had to use the imagery here. I'll come up with something else for the Italian setting.
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Thank you, sir. Hopefully, the next one will be even better. My goal's to always improve the quality and not to repeat myself too often. The situations I place my characters in and the challenges they face are hopefully sufficiently different to keep the stories fresh and interesting.
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Thank you!!! I have a tendency to drag out stories when talking which often leads to listener's eyes glazing over. In writing, I discovered I could be long-winded with impunity. Of course, I do try to limit wordiness, while still providing sufficient detail for readers to capture whatever it is I'm trying to say.
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LMAO I think I've pointed out I dislike stories where people meet and a day later are all but married. In my book, guys usually have sex first, then build relationships.
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I love the black sails...
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Cadet First Class • VII
Carlos Hazday commented on Carlos Hazday's story chapter in Cadet First Class • VII
@Anton_Cloche Thanks, Tony. I don't name the president because considering Biden's age and the belligerence against him from segments of the population, it could be President Harris delivering the speech. Interesting you bring up motorcycles, I decided to keep them out of this story, but I'm itching to write a ride out somewhere. Hopefully some time soon. Cadets tucking money to match their graduation year is an Air Force Academy tradition. Not sure if it happens at other military schools. I'm sure not all of them do it, but if they did, that means over two thousand dollars flying though the air. -
Cadet First Class • VII
Carlos Hazday commented on Carlos Hazday's story chapter in Cadet First Class • VII
Thank you! For sticking with me and for the great insight. I think my writing has improved since those early days and the stories are tighter and better thought out. Even when writing improbable events like CJ meeting celebrities, I try to provide logical reasons for it. And as far as the angst goes, I explicitly set out to have as little of it as possible. My attitude was CJ would encounter a problem and deal with it head on instead of agonizing over it endlessly. -
I think I keep the foot on the accelerator for a couple of chapters.
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LMAO I did turn the heat up, didn't I? I wanted to show CJ faces HS bullshit just like most kids do, but he reacts differently than most of us would. There might be more of that coming soon.
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Talk to me after you read the next chapter.
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LMAO Fine, here's a bit more...
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