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Adios, Carlos. Vaya con dios.

Carlos, one of the themes in your recent stories and this recent group of story outlines is CJ & Owen mapping out and beginning to implement CJ's run for President -- given a behind-the-scenes view of what it takes to be a successful and ethical politician. Similarly, your story outlines give us a glimpse of what is involved in writing a successful, high quality and high moral outlook (and funny!) of stories. I'm taking them as scrumptious hor d-oeuvres to tide us over until the stories are written, published and (sorry, I can't resist) added to your oeuvre. Love ya, Carlos.

Outlines of 4 CJverse stories, all in the World Buildingfolder ("do not expect fully formed stories here") and all on long-term hold. Three are jam-packed weekends and one is an even more jam-packed week. I hope CJ & Owen have enough energy to do all you've outlined for them -- and you have the stamina to write all the details for us. I'm looking forward to these four exciting reads.

Yeah, yeah. Did you forget this is CJ you're talking about?! Somebody is bound to yell out his name. Besides, the President did ask CJ to go. I won't be surprised if Jake shows up at their door a week before they leave for Japan.

I suspect that what you descrfibe is a rare talent. I know I don't have it. That you do is to our benefit.

So you want to see a story about wolf shifters traveling in Cuba?

Keep on exploring and trying new things. It'll keep your mind agile and keep us alert. Maybe CJ could ask for Stephen to be assigned to Cuba to process visa requests. 😈

Here's an example of what makes @Carlos Hazday such a great writer: Owen blew him a silent kiss and returned his attention to Camilo. “Now that we know how much we all love each other, I have some questions for you.” The weather was beautiful, and the windows were down; the breeze carried a tinge of brine mixed with earth from agricultural fields flanking the road. With the highway devoid of traffic in the pre-dawn hours, Camilo barreled eastward on Via Blanca. CJ moved up in his seat to ensure he heard above the whistling wind. “I know this Nature Conservancy meeting was on the drawing board for months before I was asked to join the delegation. And I realize I was invited so you guys could get your hands on my husband. Why did you wait until after we left Mexico to bring us in?” The middle paragraph ("The weather....") is totally unnecessary to the conversation Owen is having with Camilo, nor does it advance the plot. What it does do is make the story richer and more alive. I especially love CJ moving forward to hear over the sounds of the wind created by the car's speed. Such details add up to make the characters fully human and the action believable. Bravo, Carlos!

Austin!!! He's super cool. I bet he and Cap hit it off (or did that already happen in CDMX).

I remember Eli. I'm sure your wanting to bring him back is not at all related to how hot his body was. 🙃 Flynn's kids would be interesting, a contrasting view of the long-term impact of the accident.

From time to time, I wonder what happened to the boy who CJ intervened for by decking the motorcycle homophobe back when CJ was 15.

Very impressed. I've built some large spreadsheets myself, so I've experience with the challenge of maintaining them and with not getting lost in the plethora of data. I'm very, very impressed. BTW, you may steal, er, use "plethora of data" in a story; it's deliciously hoity-toity, if I may say so myself.

Magic was a motift in Inked. So it's not a surprise that the trident was able to transport itself into this story. Althought the magic must have run out along the way and the trident shrunk. (You just can't rely on transporters these days. Then neither could Kirk.)

Dry, no. Juicy, yes.

Great chapter. A lot of fun. Camilo continues to shine. What a delight to get the full story of the discovery of the treasure ship that you dangled in front of us is one or two other stories. Owen is more a fully rounded person in this story than in those earlier in the timeline, perhaps because we're getting glimpses of his prefessional expertise (which has mostly been alluded to in other stories, even CDMX). (Or I may just be having a memory lapse.)

If I remember correctly, Owen wears the doubloon around his neck. The Cuban government gave it to him in gratitude. (More of Carlos's zipping around in the CJ timeline.)

So Jay's going to play a part in CJ's plans. Something sinister and incompetant, perhaps. Or comic relief.

I didn't notice this the first time around: "Sodas are only allowed during the weekend." That was the rule in my family too when I was a kid. 😇

¡Camilo, si! A fun spy, for a change. I looking forwad to CJ having Camilo and Spike over for dinner, I bet there'd been a lot of laughter. Maybe add a little sophistication by including the Chinese spy. Another great chapter. Smooth. Lots of fun. CJ on the beach where Abo ashes were spread was sweet.

I got a personal trainer before the pandemic who knows how to with older folks. y body is in much better shape than it was 5 years ago, with fewer pains and better balance.

I'm turning eighty in two weeks, so yes you're a youngster.

What a delight after a busy few days to come home to two chapters from the Cuba story you've been dangling in front of us for a while. Very well written -- I can tell you are really enjoying "being" in Cuba, drinking and smoking cigars. Oh, I got mixed up, that's CJ (wink, wink) doing that. Happy Birthday, youngster.

Sounds like my life, meetings via Zoom and many folks dear to me that I don't get to be with. Except I don't have the benefits, nor the responsibilities, of being a pack alpha.

I'm surprised Spanish pensions are paid in pounds sterling.

Great chapter. Nice to see Aiden & Ethan again. I'm glad Trev called Aiden out -- it's seemed odd to me them being alphas from afar.