Hunter Thomson
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Waiting around for Alex to show up was starting to drive me crazy. I know that he had school and that I should probably be getting back to school soon as well, but I couldn’t help but think that he should just skip out and bring me my stuff already. I guess that if he skipped out then he couldn’t bring me anything though, so that wouldn’t really work would it? I thought about doing something, but I looked at the clock and it was already 2:30, so it wouldn’t be too much longer before I figured h
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I just watched Boys Don't Cry a couple weeks ago. That was really hard to watch, but it's based on a true story.
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Christmas was in the air, and Chase was trying to get everything ready for his big surprise for all the Rangers, Kendall and Keeper. He knew that he wasn’t going to be able to spend Christmas in Amber Beach, but he wanted to be part of everyone’s holiday celebrations while he went home. He had been working on this little project to make sure he gave the best Christmas present ever for a few weeks now, and everything was finally ready so that he could give everyone their presents on Christmas Eve
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I woke up sometime later with a splitting headache, and I didn’t know where I was. The first thing I noticed when I woke up was that I was laying down, facing up at a very harsh, bright light, and that I was in a lot of pain. Dad was there, looking over me from my left side, and a couple of people I didn’t know were on my right. When I looked down at myself, I could see that I wasn’t wearing any clothes, and that I had been changed into a hospital gown, so I guess that means I was in the hospita
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Oooh yay, another baseball player!
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My dad caught me sexting someone online when I was thirteen. He decided the thing to do was to take me to go play catch (we actually did, though for him that was often code for "we need to talk without your mother hearing"). Naturally, the first thing he did when we got to the park was start throwing the ball around, and then he decided that he would like me to go see a therapist to get myself some help. I laughed at him and told him I'm not the one with the problem, and that was the last he mentioned of it until I pretended to date a girl and he got all excited until I reminded him I'm still gay. Mom found out later that week, and all she did was cry that she wasn't going to get any grandchildren.
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This was real, he was going home. He was in the passenger seat of Tyler’s truck, which Chase had conveniently borrowed for the weekend so that they could sneak away and visit Riley’s family before Christmas. Watching all the familiar sights and sounds pass him by put a smile on his face, and Riley took the few minutes of quiet that Chase was giving him to think about the last few months, and the last time he had seen the family. Intellectually, Riley knew it had only been a few months since he
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As a gay athlete, this makes me really happy. I'm glad to see that professional sports are coming around to the idea that LGBTQ people are just the same as anyone else, and that we don't deserved to be mocked or to have same-sex love used to degrade others. The crowd reaction was just priceless.
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Curling as a Pinkshirt Junior
Hunter Thomson commented on Hunter Thomson's story chapter in Curling as a Pinkshirt Junior
Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying the stylistic choices for my writing. It's something different from my other pieces. One day or another, I really ought to ask all of these people to share their sides of these stories. -
Riley and Chase were back at their apartment, packing for their trip to New Zealand. Riley was eager to go, as he’d never travelled before or experienced life outside of Amber Beach, and this was a chance to expand and learn about different people and cultures for him. He was especially eager to see if life was really all that different in New Zealand, or if Chase was just an especially relaxed and flirtatious person. Chase was much less relaxed about the whole thing. While he was really excite
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Curling as a Pinkshirt Junior
Hunter Thomson commented on Hunter Thomson's story chapter in Curling as a Pinkshirt Junior
I'm glad that you're appreciating where my writing is coming from and the way it's being told. For stories like these that are part of my life, I prefer this more conversational structure because this is really how I would have told the story if we were talking face to face. -
A pink shirt. Well, actually, four pink shirts that I could see, and probably a fifth for our fifth player. That’s what Adam brought with him to our game at 7:30 in the morning on a Saturday. It was a kind gesture… I think, but I wasn’t entirely sure why it was a necessary one from my crazy macho curling teammate. Of course, with his five inch long beard and steel pipe arms, we weren’t going to argue with him and we put on our pink t-shirts to celebrate my coming out of the closet. Two weeks pr
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As others have said, Mattie's journey from self-doubt about his abilities and the subsequent transformation into someone willing to try was well constructed, but I can't help feel like it could have been developed further. We don't really see that Mattie has grown to accept his talents, and his final decision to say yes feels more like a "let's see what happens" type of response, as opposed to someone who's analyzed himself thoroughly and realized his potential. Having said that, the plot was very believable and something most of us can relate to. I found myself identifying with both characters and appreciating both their perspectives. Well done Mikie
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More is coming! I've stepped up my publication speed so that the rest of the story *should* be published by the end of the month. I'm glad you enjoy the portrayal of my characters and their dialogue. Conversation is always the hardest part of story writing for me, so I'm happy to hear that it worked out this time around.
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I'm not actually sure about what to do, I've heard both sides of the argument, so I think it should be a personal preference thing. I did see an article on GA somewhere that talked about what can happen if you respond to reviewers, people can intentionally take things out of context and make your life miserable as an author. Having said that, I think its important to stay in contact with your fans, especially the ones who do take the time to contact you. If it were me, I'd respond to everything, but I know that can't always happen if you have a lot of emails to catch up on.
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Anytime I need something to perk me up, I've been listening to Walk Off The Earth. Not sure what it is, but I love it just the same. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_FjSae4siA
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Holy. Wow... that was really raw and intense. I just finished reading it and I'm still breathing heavily. Your writing is incredibly evocative and descriptive. I found using the dog's perspective to tell the story was a very good plot device that made your story unique from other stories of a similar theme. While the story's written in a first person perspective, it feels like a third person because we're focused on Timmy and Robbie instead of Sandy.
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https://www.gayauthors.org/story/altimexis/sandy/1 Just read this last night. Very interesting story perspective, but holy smokes, that got intense.
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“Why did you just do that Devin? I thought you weren’t sure about what you wanted and who you were into?” “I think I just figured it out” I replied cheekily. “You’ve always been nice to me, and I guess I never really put together why that would be. Besides, I thought I was straight, so this wasn’t really something I was even considering. At least not until now that the last week and everything else happened.” “Do you still like girls then, or what’s your whole deal Devin? Are we going to be fo
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Waking up in the morning, I didn’t feel too different from how I felt the night before. I wasn’t going to school today, but I was hungry so I went downstairs to have some breakfast with my dad before he went to work. I normally wouldn’t have bothered, since he was probably watching the news or something stupid like that, and I was usually too busy showering and doing everything else I needed to do to get ready for school, so we didn’t see each other too often before work and school. But today I
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The personalities of your two teenage characters come through strongly for me. Everything felt very realistic, and for a little while I forgot that I was reading a piece of fiction and could have imagined that this was someone's very real life. That realism creates more of an emotional impact, I hope that you use it often in your writing. As others have suggested, while the story is 'complete', I hope you consider adding onto the story and providing more closure Luke and Adam. The cliffhanger ending is begging for a resolution.
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Freshman Year Part I
Hunter Thomson commented on Drew Espinosa's story chapter in Freshman Year Part I
This is the kind of story I like reading. Not just the first person perspective, but the fact that you really delve into the thoughts and feelings of the narrative character. I think its really important to help build a real understanding of the protagonist's motivations and the underlying things that motivate characters, and your writing really encapsulates that for me. Having said that, I really got a feel for the emotions and the terror you were feeling. It brought me back to my own first day of high school and how much smaller I was compared to all the other seniors. Being five years younger than them, it was difficult to imagine how to survive high school. I hope you continue on with this story sooner than later. -
I woke up later that night to the sound of my doorbell. Shit, I thought, I completely forgot that someone was going to drop off my work. I wasn’t sure where dad was at this point in time, and I also should have checked to see what time it was. Obviously it was after school if someone was ringing the bell looking for me. I grabbed some shorts and went to answer the door, not even bothering to cover myself up with a shirt. I tried to imagine who it would be to drop off my stuff. No sense worrying
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You're very welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Fan fiction is pretty hard for me to get into unless I really enjoy the characters, so this was a nice little first attempt at something that I'm totally out of my league with. My other fiction pieces are pretty dark, so this was a nice change for me to write something fluffy and happy.
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Chase was laying on the couch in his and Riley’s shared apartment. He was glad that they had decided to move in together, since it allowed them to pool their money and get a bigger apartment, plus a few bonus pieces of furniture to help make the place feel more at home, like the very couch he was laying on. Of course, it was more of a loveseat than a couch, but that suited Chase just fine, it gave him a chance to be right up close and personal to Riley, who was finally starting to relax and lear
