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  1. Jeff Burton
    I think yall are going to like chapter 5.
  2. Jeff Burton
    In all seriousness though, the little tips you mentioned actually would help me out with a couple I'm stalled on. So thank you.
  3. Jeff Burton
    If there is anything that the people that follow me and have read my work know, I'm good at putting my characters through hell and back so yeah, I need to break into fantasy and make those characters miserable too. 😂
  4. Jeff Burton
    Luca waited patiently for the answer. I could feel the weight of his gaze, steady and open, as if he already knew I was fighting a battle inside myself. My first instinct was to shut down, to retreat into the safety of silence where no one could expect anything from me. After all, this conversation felt dangerously close to another expectation, didn’t it? I gripped the edge of the table, grounding myself against the familiar rush of panic. No. I couldn’t do that. Luca wasn’t my father.
  5. Jeff Burton
    You bet! I've always wanted to write something with a little bit of magic and mystery in it but I really wouldn't know where to start. But this thing you've got going on. Whoo boy. Regal magical wolves with tradition and honor. Treaties, alliances, and a steadfast Royal Family. Then you've got... Well. Ray. Touching things, talking too much, probably couldn't find up even if you pointed. It's such a lovely contrast. It's like the wolves are trying to have a serious civilization over here and there's Ray, breaking something that managed to survive countless wars, sieges, and almost 1,000 years of history. I absolutely love it.
  6. Jeff Burton
    I'm really bad at not commenting or hitting that like button when I read stuff so I'll have to make sure I go back and do that but... I normally don't read this kind of stuff, but you did such a good job of it I'm a fan now. Can't wait for the rest of it.
  7. Jeff Burton
    Compared to my other stuff this isn't even all that dark. I've done way worse to my characters I'm trying to keep the mental damage to these guys at a minimum lmao. I'm glad you're enjoying it though!
  8. Jeff Burton
    Yes. 💪
  9. Jeff Burton
    Yeah that's a whole other thing isn't it. And there it is. Wonder how long it'll take Jamie to realize this.
  10. Jeff Burton
    That's pretty much it. The poor dude is like a slow fuse burning on an old stick of dynamite. Well we all know how that turns out.
  11. Jeff Burton
    Its nice to be recognized 😂
  12. Jeff Burton
    Thanks. I actually had to skim this chapter because I forgot which one it was. I'm 3 ahead right now lol. I can say though it does get better.
  13. Jeff Burton
    Good questions, maybe you'll find out. I'm ahead right now by about 3 or so chapters. The first few are slow going imo, but it's picking up.
  14. Jeff Burton
    Thanks and welcome to the ride lol.
  15. Jeff Burton
    I didn’t turn the lights on. I sat down on the floor instead, back against the side of my bed, legs pulled up, arms wrapped around them. Just quiet. Just dark. Just me. It was easier this way. When everything was still. When I didn’t have to smile or nod or find the right answers to the wrong questions. I thought maybe if I stayed quiet long enough, the pressure in my chest would ease. But it doesn’t. It sat there. Tight, familiar. Like a hand on my throat. Not choking. Just... re
  16. Jeff Burton
    Just wait. Like everything else I've ever written here, things get a little worse with each chapter lmao.
  17. Jeff Burton
    It’s too loud. That’s the first thing that registered as my alarm clawed me out of sleep like it was mad I didn’t go to bed on time. I squinted at my phone and groaned–6:30. I hit the snooze once, then twice, then just stared at the ceiling. The events from last night kept playing in a loop behind my eyes. Not the whole night–just the booth. Just his voice. Just the look he gave me when I said my name like it meant something. It shouldn’t have meant anything. But it did.
  18. Jeff Burton
    It gave me the feels I needed to get this idea out of my head more than anything. This one isn't going to be as tragic as some of my other stuff, don't get me wrong it'll be hard for Jamie because none of my characters get a free ride but I think it won't be as bad.
  19. Jeff Burton
    Now I don't know if it's that good. 😂 Good news is you guys shouldn't be waiting forever on this one, it isn't that long and there's unpublished chapters already in the system.
  20. Jeff Burton
    Its funny that you mention that painting, because that's what I was looking at when this popped into my head. I needed to do something a little different then what I've got stalled here already to get my muse back. The feel of that painting is probably going to be all over this story.
  21. Jeff Burton
    I don’t come here because the coffee is good, because trust me it’s not. It tastes like someone burned a bad memory and poured it into a cup. But it’s hot and it gives me something to hold. Sometimes that’s all I need most nights–something warm, something solid. A reason to sit still. I’ve never been here during the day, always at night. It’s almost always empty at this hour, except on the weekends when guys my age drink too much and stumble in, looking for that magic elixir that’ll wa
  22. Jeff Burton

    Just Maybe

    Jeff Burton posted a story in Fiction

    They meet at a diner that serves bad coffee and better silence. Two strangers orbiting the same sleepless hours, held together by routine and maybe something more. Jamie draws to breathe. Luca edits video to fill the hours. Neither of them means to start unraveling, but in the late-night hush between classes and expectations, something begins. A glance. A conversation. A quiet they both understand. This isn’t love. Not yet. It’s just maybe. And sometimes, maybe is the loudest thing in the world.
  23. Jeff Burton
    Yeah I’m a bit late lmao. I need to blow the dust off this. My apologies.
  24. Jeff Burton
    I appreciate the praise. I try my best with what I write and as soon as the storm that’s been going on in my brain wears itself out, I’ll be sending the updates to the other, two plus get the other two I’ve been working on published out. All of you are fabulous, I just wanted you to know that.
  25. Jeff Burton
    Yes. lol hopefully this week
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