Dayne Mora

I have a few...erm...cards up my sleeve.

Cory's brothers don't know where he is, according to Cameron. It was a while back, but Cameron already knew about Cory (Cam walked in on him fooling around with another boy several years before the events of WLM, but was cool about the whole thing).

We kinda got small hints here and there about Connor Sr., but since we're still seeing him from Cory's perspective, the dots aren't connecting. But, yeah, things don't looks so good.

College football and basketball is pretty huge in the states. I still gets me that the Jacksonville Jaguars (professional football team) has to blackout local coverage of their games because not enough people buy tickets to fill Alltel stadium (which was built for the 2005 Super Bowl), but the annual bowl game between the Florida Gators and Georgia Bulldogs fills it to capacity, and then some. You'll see people sporting logos for various colleges, even though they've never attended said college, or have plans to attend. It's worse in Texas, especially for high school. You wouldn't believe the sports complexes they build out here.

Thanks, Blue. Luckily, I've just posted the prologue for book 2!

Cory's first semester of college had ended on a high note--a boyfriend who was crazy about him, a budding romance between his best friend and his newest roommate, and more new friends than he could keep straight (but were cool that he wasn't). His life in Virginia was better than he could have imagined all those months back. So, what the hell went wrong?

E-P-I-C, Book 2: Wild Card Wild about Wild Card ~Ally Horton, LonghornSportsCast.com Tomorrow, the Friday Night Lights will light up across Texas as hundreds of high school boys take the field. Crowds will gather, and many a young man hopes a college recruiter or two will be in the stands. Of course, for one high school in the lower part of Hill Country, those recruiters are a sure thing. But, their sights are set on one young man. As seventeen-year-old Cibolo Hig

OMG PUPPI!!!! Congrats my dear.

Thanks, Jeff. My original concept for this chapter did not include the first 3 scenes. Could you imagine me just dropping that bomb and walking off?

*poke* He's around here somewhere.....

Was I just put on notice?

I loved working with the third parties as it gave me a chance to show different sides of the guys.

Think about the limits of 1st person. We think Cory and his parents are good because that's what he thinks, and outside of the small scene at the beginning, we haven't seen much of them to confirm. As for Facebook, 'Rain and Cory have been careful about their public image, but Preston (and Indie to a certain extent) are of the Zero Fucks school of public perception, so their pictures will be different.

I'm currently mobilizing my cat army in case the pitchfork mob comes at me. I have one that will lick them because she's weird, one that will hack hairballs at them because he's furry, and one that will look at them disdainfully because he's an asshole.....which means I'm pretty much fucked if I don't get writing! I liked playing with the 3rd person POV, and will probably do it again, cause why the hell not. As for Cory, he's done this before. When he and 'Rain were fighting, he shut down completely and avoided people. Here's hoping his friends can pull him out of it

I'm bringing it! Thanks for the review.

Not too long.....maybe...........I hope.

Thanks! I'm about 30% into the prologue to WC, with a little bit on chapter 1. Don't worry, I can't leave my boys hanging for too long.

lol! I take it that you liked it?

When you have characters as hard to crack as Indie and Preston, sometimes you have to get someone else's perspective.

Don't worry, I'm working on Wild Card (as well as another project!).

You help me with the cliffy mob, and I'll help you with the Donny vs. Twoey battle.

Epilogue -- Christmas Eve Eve Molly Jones thoughtfully sipped her wine as she leaned against the kitchen counter. Indiana was all over the kitchen preparing their evening meal. He said it was just a simple Mexican soup recipe one of his roommates had taught him, but it looked delicious—whole chicken pieces with hearty chunks of potatoes, carrots, zucchini, celery, and cabbage, along with just enough jalapeno to give it some heat. He had an avocado in the fridge, which he told her would go on

Alrighty, time for some more Church of Been-There-Done-That insights: Oh course Twoey is taking the path of least resistance and mourning Erik's loss! Abusers follow a pattern--grooming (in which the abuser earns the victim's trust and locates areas of vulnerability), isolation and dependency (in which the abuser makes the victim completely reliant on them), tension building, acute abuse ("straw that breaks the camel's back" kinda thing), reconciliation, and calm. The last four cycle over and over again, while the first two continue in the background. Victims learn to feel that they have no other option, which is sometimes why others have to intervene. After separating from their abuser, victims feel cast adrift and have to re-learn how to be independent. Erik picked up Twoey after Danny's death, and wormed his way in during his recovery. Then, when David told Twoey he'd understand if he didn't wait, Erik looked like the only option. Now that the only option is gone, Twoey feels alone. Without knowing David's mind (even if he knew that he and Donny were hanging out, Twoey wouldn't read too much into it). Twoey's responses are completely in-line with his experiences as a victim of abuse and his current knowledge of his world. Now, here's an idea on Ginny's responses: Ginny had been against Twoey pursuing David, and urged Twoey to forget about him, at least until David figured out his own mind. But then, the incident with Danny happened. She almost lost her son, but things seemed to be going well between David and Twoey. However, David was still leaving Twoey hanging. But then, this boy comes along and suddenly her son is happy. Could she have been turning a blind eye to Erik's behavior and the obvious changes in Twoey?

You probably wouldn't have enjoyed Bob the Drag Queen's first appearance on Rupaul's Drag Race. She had on this little white body suit that had "unt" across her tummy in black letters and one sleeve in black. When she put her hand on her hip... Then there's the "Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent" mantra they've been repeating for over 110 episodes. "Cunt" has been part of the "reclamation movement" for a while now. Inga Musico published Cunt: A Declaration of Independence back in 1998 (dude, it was right next to the bookstore register and had "cunt" in big letters, of course I bought it), and she was more a sign of the times than a harbinger. Of course, it's still highly taboo for those not in possession of a "cunt" to use the word (much like the n-word, fag, faggot, etc is taboo for those outside of those particular groups), and it's even fairly taboo and problematic for those within that group. However, it has been one way to remove the negative and hateful associations tied to that word. And it has worked. Yes, "cunt" and "bitch" are still used as epithets, but they've lost their bite.

My work here is done!