Sam Wyer

Thanks, they do make a cute couple, at least in my head anyway. As for Jake's Dad, things might be a bit clearer after the next chapter.

I know it's very well intentioned - but this makes me feel uneasy. Every time someone 'comes out' it also feels (to me) as though attention is just as drawn to the 'in' thus perpetuating the heteronormative view, and I'd much rather that everyone could just 'be'. Greater visibility is most likely a very positive thing, and whilst I'm sure that it does happen, I'm equally sure that NCOD wasn't conceived with the intention of pushing people into making a decision the weren't ready for. But still, it makes me feel unsettled. Sorry, this is now just mildly ranty and I'm not sure what I want to say any more. The Keith Haring logo is very cool too.

I've not got my head around the anthology entries yet, but it's on the list.

i'm sure that sounds more fun than the reality - but thanks

How right you are, thanks. Goes to show how carefully I read/remember those

Hey - stupidly busy, but OK thanks. Only one week left of my planned-but-still-ridiculous two jobs at the same time phase. Things are obviously quiet here.

Hmmm, phase one - test run appears too be non-successful. Likely contributory factors; failure to reach critical mass; over-estimation of need; cat needing feeding. NB, cat may not be related, but is very demanding.

Hi Can there be a single place to track/organise/link to/or otherwise collate the current (structured) opportunities for engagement with GA? For example, today, there’s (at least) the Halloween writing competition open for judging, the 2018 novella contest, and the anthology theme voting all open, but it’s not ‘easy’ to know that, or find them all. Of course you can use the search box, but then, you’d have to already know they existed in order to search for them, and even then, it’s not massively intuitive to get to the ‘right’ post. I’m sure that all of these things have appeared on the front page previously, but quite understandably, they also ‘fall off’ relatively quickly and before the respective events are over. Sam Edit: I realise that every such new feature requires time and effort to implement, and for something like this, ongoing effort to maintain. I think I’m a relatively engaged user of GA, and I’d happily volunteer some time if I can help.

Nope - I’m absolutely sure that none of my writing belies even the tiniest aspect of myself OK, fine, so maybe just a little, here and there. But (seriously) that’s never deliberate, I don’t ever set out to write anything at all based on my own life. Of course, sometimes people I’ve met or known, things I’ve seen, places I’ve been to, they might pop up, or at least influence some part of a story. My imagination isn’t that good.

Not too scared I hope We all need a bit of health neuroticism.

I’d like to officially register my complaint... this is way too hard to choose!

National Coming Out Day? There’s so many questions I have about that. But I don’t think it will take a whole year for Kay to get that far, not now that he’s started.

Awwwwww

Yeah, you’d think so wouldn’t you? I wonder if he will

I think “intense” is a good description of this experience. Personally, I’d be mortified.

Not having any plans for my weekend, I walked in to town and browsed around the shops. Which was really half browsing, and half waiting to hear from Jake. Maybe not even half and half, probably closer to 95 percent waiting, 5 percent browsing. I tried on some clothes, new T-shirts, jeans, usual sort of things, but I didn't like any of them. After a couple of hours, and no contact from Jake, I decided to head home. I walked past the coffee shop, as usual, and looked through the window ju

You did say there would be drama.

That’s kind of manic!

Yay!

You are, of course, mildly stalker-y and absolutely right! Thank you for making me feel better Although, strictly speaking, does it count as FanFic if it's 'just' set in an already imagined universe?

I’m not entirely sure I’m reading this in the ‘right’ order - although I’m easily confused. Anyway, Ive st6arted here and this seems like a great introduction to Aeris and to a lesser extent John and Miriam.

I’m mildly embarrassed to admit that I’ve never (knowingly) read any fanfiction. I think the reason why is my perception of a high barrier to entry, as in, I don’t think that I already know enough about any particular character or series to be able to engage in whatever has been extracted, extrapolated or inspired from and by the original. Logically, I can see the flaw in my thinking here, because if it’s good writing, much of it will stand up on it’s own. But still, it puts me off. Similarly, over on another site, I automatically avoid anything tagged with ‘celebritry’ because frankly, I’m almost guaranteed to not know who the ‘celebrity’ is in the first place, and so I feel as though I’m bound to miss something. I said at the start that this was embarrassing, and I mean that in the sense that as a writer, I know that reading is vital to me improving and growing my own output, and my attitude here is excluding a significant body of work. Once day I’ll either get over myself enough to just do it, or else, and maybe more likely, stumble into a story that engages me anyway. That’s certainly happened here in GA, where I’ve found myself avidly reading stories that are so far outside of anything that I would usually have chosen, either because of the subject matter, or the characters identity, and enjoyed them immensely.

Thanks for reading, and it’s awesome to hear that you enjoyed it so much. Feel free to write a review for other readers As for a sequel, you are not he first to mention ithis However, there’s no plan at the moment, but lots of other projects underway (another story being posted currently, another couple being finished, and a novella for the summer) so hopefully you’ll find something you like amongst those. Of course, as I’ve said before, never say never, I guess that there’s always a chance you might get another chance to enter the world of Cal and Davey.

Agreed. And also, whatever you do, don’t talk to Jared.

Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll have a look.