Carlos Hazday

Thanks, Renee!

What? No 'Thanks for the sex scene, Carlos?' CJ wouldn't mind casual drug use, he'd probably be jealous. But let it happen on a regular basis and watch out Chipper. I'm REALLY glad you recognize partaking's normal at Coachella (and most music festivals). I'm definitely too old for those things these days, but I live vicariously through my nieces and their boyfriends. Although I'm told most X is now laced with phentynol so MDMA crystals are the safer option.

Maybe I didn't use the right word. Most MM romances read like a man/woman relationship with the woman being replaced by another male. Based on experience, personal and that of friends, men are more interested in spreading their goods around. Funny I say that considering I made the primary couples in my work monogamous. If we went by most MM stories on GA, men straying's always a bad thing, while most couples I know play around some. Gay men's sexuality is seldom accurately described.

The Hawaiian's straight. However, he'll be back. He wants to be on Broadway, so I'm granting him his wish. I have a revival in mind. I think they may do preview runs (or whatever that's called that's not coming to mind right now) in Boston and at the Kennedy Center. Your question may apply then when Aslan takes a bow.

The two main characters in my series met and had sex a couple of days later. They fucked like rabbits. They ended up marrying, but after 8 books and 5 years. I even had one of them tell a show's host on national TV that love at first sight didn't exist, that it was lust at first sight and love grew slowly. I think that fits better with your appraisal. The series has been well received. Men and women are NOT alike and too many MM romances end up emasculating at least one character.

LMAO Only when I initiate said molestation. Think about it. I have 10 chapters of my next book written but my editor won't get to see the first one for a couple of months (he has his own stuff to deal with), and I won't start posting until the entire story's written and at least half edited. It'll be months from now. Wolf writes, I go through his chapters twice, then somebody does a final review. Weekly postings mean 13 chapters every three months and it takes at least a week to get through each of his. Considering this is chapter 14, that means even if I reviewed this one right before he started posting (which wasn't the case) that would have been back in February. Wolf waits to have the story finished before he begins posting. I think you can tell the difference in quality between an author who takes his time to get things right, and those who scribble something and post it the same day or week. Maybe that's why he and I get compliments about quality writing?

You tell 'em sis! Although I'm still feeling the effect of partying with a bunch of kids Friday night. Oy vey!

I either repeat comments I made to Wolf, except the ones NSFW, or mention something I didn't bother telling him.

I wouldn't know how to write something g that wasn't profanity laced.

Driving home yesterday, I was tempted to stop at a rest stop to read the chapter but those places have a reputation and I was scared someone e may try to molest me. Could there be more like her? Maybe subsequent rains and floods were due to to a water Elemental? Is there someone in Australia who pissed off the Elementals High Council? Loved this chapter months ago, and a new reading didn't diminish that.

Nope. I'm not writing more of the sappy/mushy stuff. Coincidentally, yesterday while driving home, I was plotting a story with a little romance in it. I realized my objection's not so much to a sappy scene here and there. I've written plenty of those. But an entire story based on a torturous road to a couple ending together usually makes me barf. I prefer small doses sprinkled through a lot of other stuff. Usually more realistic than two people meeting and being in love a couple of hours later. A couple of people meeting and boinking a couple of hours later is acceptaple, though.

LMAO Four of them actually. Plus assorted, similarly aged boyfriends. My brother, his wife, and the parents of two of those girls (my nieces besties) had a party Friday night to celebrate their law school graduation. Since my brother's the only one living in Atlanta, it was at their place. The aforementioned boyfriend may not be around much longer.

Thanks, Jeff. This story was meant to show Ritch stepping into adulthood, and I wanted to show how family can influence the way we turn out. Lessons learned at home, whether we realize it or not, are the foundation for the values we hold when we fly on our own.

Gratuitous sex? Moi? LOL Too often, we question why the abused doesn't just walk away, without us realizing how difficult it can be. The moment disagreements turn into physical abuse it's time, and I did not want Cristina to go through it twice. She might make excuses trying to salvage the marriage, but Chipper's tough love will probably save her, and in some ways her daughter, from possibly worse. At times, particularly when it's family, I think it's fine to meddle and be pushy.

I loved using Milwaukee as the setting for this chapter. I figured CJ and Harley could further their bonds using their interests as the basis. It was also good to share some of the places I've been to and enjoyed. Milwaukee's a beautiful city. Harley sticks wround for a while.

Thank you, Erik. That's what I was shooting for. Glad it worked.

Next time I have them in Malibu, you should come for a visit. I'm sure I can find you a spot in the rotation. LOL Mann helped a lot w/the VW by insisting I simplify. Glad you liked the finished product.

Thank you, my man. Before we look at their future, we'll revisit some of the events in this book from CJ's point of view. I plan to flesh out things like the family Christmas in Vail and the Cadets' spring break in Cancun adding details I wanted to save. Both of those I finished without including interactions between CJ and Ritch, or CJ and a couple of cadets.

Two years before, when Ritch and his crew were in Cancun, there was a little drama. I wanted this second group trip to be all about college kids letting go and having a good time.

Thanks, Tor!

Thanks, Jose. Some of these characters feel just as real to me and I do consider them family members. I can only dream the real world would function as well as the one I write about.

Crap, don't even think about spinoffs from a spinoff story. LOL Too much on my plate already. I do plan to retain some of the characters introduced in this story and incorporate them into future encounters. Only fuzzy ideas so far as to who, when, and how. I'm certain some of The Wing will be part of a President CJ Abello administration.

Commissioning as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force and graduation. LOL

You guys are gonna make me blush. Thanks, bud.

Thank you, Theo. It's always a treat to hear readers enjoy my work.