Sam Wyer

Thanks - but I’m eating toast first

You’re very welcome Moggy However, it’s 00:15 here so I’m going to sleep soon, but please feel free to hang out and draw in other unsuspecting passer’s by into the dark side that is the GMT zone.

Ha ha ha - I’d say the seats are reasonable, for sure. Oddball might actually be an entry criteria (it’s not), and absolutely ask questions. Questions are good.

Hello!! And please feel free to drop in at any time. I’m imagining it will be fairly relaxed here.

Well thank you! And yes, they will both be up at some point.

I really haven’t! But logically, it will probably be the finished one. It’s still a good story.

I’m still trying to decide between a finished but possibly not super-exciting, and an in-progress but (at least personally) more interesting character.

All good places, I’ve loitered myself, but thought I’d have a go at making another. Good to see you stopping by

The fact that you’ve posted already makes it international. Success beyond my wildest dreams!

Thanks - I like to think I do an OK enough job at representing Cal’s world. Shopping - generally speaking, hell no. Am I sure I’m gay? - hell yeah

Seems I was definitely erring towards ‘ambitious’ with his then

Hmmm. I'm not (or at least haven't been so far) into anime at all, but i feel like I need to watch this.

Thanks for you comments, and I like the way that you label this as your first rant, so I'll be expecting more In response - I'm aware that Cal's grammar is far from perfect. Much like my own. I have sometimes found it hard to determine the right balance between what is 'correct' and what is believable/in line with what you'd expect to hear from a character. Although in this specific example, I wouldn't go with your suggestion because it steps out of the first person narrative of the story. Which isn't to say I don't appreciate your attention to details such as this, there's always room for improvement. I hope you enjoy how story plays out.

I like it, it made me smile, and I was very happy that they were saved

It's Friday, I've just got home from work, the weekend has started

Hi I don’t know if this will work, but I thought I’d experiment anyway. I’m based in the UK, and whilst that’s OK in many ways (we’re not getting in to politics here), one of the downsides is that it feels like most people here on GA are just not awake during the hours that I’m around. One of the implications of this is that there’s not much chatting going on. So I was wondering if anyone is in a similar place? I’m not around during every waking moment or anything, but I check in when I can, so it would be good to know if anyone else is around too. Also - I’m really not anticipating a lot of chat about the GMT time zone specifically, or any other one for that matter Although stranger things (by far) have happened. I just like passing the time with people, particularly if they don’t mind a sometimes weird/dark sense of humour, moderate flippancy, and a good handful of opinions. So maybe I’ll hear from people, I’ll not take it (too) personally if not. Sam

I just have more questions now, but I guess that's OK. I trust you.

This is dark and brilliant in equal measure, a powerful start. I can't wait to see where it goes.

Thanks very much! I hope you enjoy how it plays out.

I'm pleased you've enjoyed it. And yes, you're most likely right. Most things aren't as simple to move past or deal with as just binning one letter. But I like to imagine that Cal now has enough good people in his life to make that process a bit easier.

That's great to hear, thank you. As for a sequel, there's no plan, but never say never.

Thanks very much, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.

I'm sure there's a place for rainbows and unicorn farts, and probably with added glitter too. It's just not in Cal's world Although, I'm looking for a title for a new story... It's great to know that you cared, thanks for reading.

Thanks very much As for being draining, I don't think that's the right word. There's hopefully no pretence that my writing is altruistic, I get a lot out of it too. Although some characters really do manage to get inside you, like Cal, and that can sometimes be a little annoying. There's more to come, but I think I'll leave it until next week until I start posting something different.