Sam Wyer

No, not often

My comment is... no comment Although, it would have to be a pretty spectacular explanation! But now I’m further distracted with Kaiden Pargetter supporting his partner with their book tour of My Life In Kenya.

I’m going to go with ‘probably never going to happen’, but if it does, it will currently be number 6 in the queue of stories to write/finish.

I feel a new story coming on

I love MacArthur Park, with a passion! But I’m sure many people share your feelings about Kaiden and Jake.

Obviously I can (or should that be will?) neither confirm or deny your suspicions.

@Rndmrunner has great power for sure, but in this case, I’m afraid the story has already been written, well, more or less

Too true - maybe we should be feeling for the “skanky ass new boyfriend” ?

Thank you! For me, it’s all about character. Second is plot, because without hat you just have (hopefully) interesting people doing nothing interesting. And last by some significant margin is technique - which is why for my next story (and hopefully beyond) I now have a team of highly skilled masters of their craft to assist me.

Kaiden as Miss Havisham - I can exclusively reveal here that this isn’t an image I’d ever had before

I think a lot of people here share your feelings on this.

I don't know why I love this so much! Thanks for reading, and commenting, hopefully you'll like where this ends up.

Perfection would definitely get boring very quickly, for me anyway. Maybe things will progress even further in the next chapter.

Wow - there I was imagining it would be Jake getting the hate. But great to know you’re so engaged with their world.

*gasp* it’s a lyric from MacArthur Park, a great Donna Summer track And yes, I agree, it would be hard for me to move past cheating, so I wonder how these guys will work out? Oh, yeah, I keep forgetting, I already know the answer to that.

Thanks for reading I guess we’ll see how it all works out soon enough.

Returning to University in January, things were actually much harder than I liked to admit. Not the work, that was all OK, enjoyable even. But after the all round perfect few days over Christmas, I was missing my family a lot. And Jake, well, I struggle to describe how much my heart hurts when I’m without him. It felt as though it was actually more difficult this time around than when we were first away from each other. I suppose that the first time, I had the relative luxury of not knowing

Thanks! It’s good to know you’re enjoying it. What’s next? Well... that’s a very good question. There’s another young guy with a slightly complicated life who I think people might like, or maybe Connor, oh and also I owe Joe James the rest of his story, and the novella competition entry, and I can’t forget about..... See, too many options for me to choose from! But first, the end of this story.

Damn it, I want to bang their adorable heads together sometimes! Another great chapter, thank you

Yep - totally a threat And Vegas was, well, it's Vegas. Awesome, surreal, extreme, fun. And I saw Cher.

Nice one Rob, looking forward to more already

Trick and Cody are great, I think I could be in love with them Things had better work out good for them!

Yay! This is a great update to come back to

This is, quite simply, awesome. A great story, superbly told. Of course it's anything but simple. With so many highs and lows it's sometimes hard work as you follow the life of Joey, and of course Allen, but it's worth every second. The story alone is a good enough reason to recommend this, and the writing of it is equally notable. There are moments of joy and elation, but Ronyx doesn't generally let you off the hook to enjoy those for very long without the sometimes punishing counterpoints. So if you want plain sailing 'everything just gets better and better', this definitely isn't it. But if you think you can deal with something that is challenging, addictive, and thrilling, as well as being occasionally despairing and hopeless, then you most definitely are at the right place. It has dragged me, emotionally, through all kinds of experiences, which has been exhilarating. If I can ever improve my work to achieve even 50% o this, then I'll be an exceptionally happy (and lucky) guy.