Krista

I have three prompts on my "to do list..." but I never find the time to devote to them. I do have a story that loosely would work for Prompt 298; entitled "Sara's Joey." I wrote it ages ago, it was supposed to be for an Anthology, but missed the deadline by about two or so weeks like usual.

Yeah, I can dish it out, but I sure as hell can't take it. lol

Well you know, I did have a giggling Wildthing once tell me that I smooshed the poor balls off Jackson with the position I had them in. So, having help is helpful, even when it comes in the form of a cheeky Wildthing.

My oldest is hitting her early teenage years. I have that coming, the not listening. And yes, I believe that too. I didn't listen to my mother plenty of times, I do remember that. She reminds me often that my paybacks are growing like weeds... we'll see, there's four of them after all. Five if you count the selective hearing of my husband, but I also have selective hearing when it comes to him, especially if the words like 'camping,' 'deer season,' and, 'I want to fry some fish for dinner,' comes out of his mouth.

I've seen the cat gloves, the globe, and the kitty sleeve vets use just to trim nails, give meds, or shave matting, so flossing I'd say knock the little devils out. I'm saying this as a cat and dog person... I like them both. I do just own dogs at the moment though.

Aww, that sounds tragic. Also, if it does seem odd that I forget my own writing, I will say that TBY took a lot of years to write. I can't remember how many, so parts of this story were written a lot longer into the past than the end-date of the last chapter. I lost a lot of readers because they grew tired of my lack of posting, having to read chapters over again to know what is happening, and so on. This story is the reason I adopted the strict rule of not posting before I am finished with the writing, so I can keep a schedule. Unfortunately. At least you don't have to live through that torment if you continue your reading anyway. I am so far removed from parts of the earlier sections of this story that I can no longer remember it. The only claim to it is knowing that I was the original author. If you get a hint of my disconnect in some of my responses to you, that's more or less why... lol

He didn’t talk as I led the way across the hardwood of the living room floor. My cleats clicked and threatened to glide right over it, my feet were sore from having worn them as much as I have. Starting up the stairs, I felt him behind me. I wanted space but didn’t want him to leave my side either. I didn’t want one of them to get past him, even though all of them were out of the house leaving us to it. I wanted to get it over with before Mom convinced Cody to come back home. Being back so soon

I'll take your word for it, as I can't remember why they've fallen out, or how difficult flossing a cat would be.

Too bad he didn't hear this pep-talk.

It should be no mystery that sometimes Jackson is his own worst enemy.

I am not a good smut writer, but I am decent with dialog. I will always interject with something else during the act. I know in some circles, they will tell you that it is sometimes bad to interject and take away from the action, but when it comes to sex and sex stuff, I think dialog will forever be something I interrupt, or progress the actions alongside with. So, that is why there will always be some kind of talking there, some of it hot, some of it awkward, funny, and whatever else I think the scene may need to fill out the space. glad you liked it though.

Yeah, for once all the girls were a mess. I guess none of them are used to having long lasting falling outs with one another without anyone coming around and apologizing. I must admit I do not handle passive aggression well, I would have flipped out a lot sooner than what Heather did.

Yeah, I'm thinking anyone, but maybe Luke would have hit that door pretty hard, slamming it shut, and finding somewhere else to be. School or no school, failing, or not. Also, if he did make that decision then, he could have at least more easily finished out the semester. Finding a place might have been a bit difficult, but then again Toby is an only child with a single parent, so there's probably room. I think Grace and Craig would be like, "No, too close for shenanigans..."

Yeah, everyone who could mess up, did... not tiny little oopsies, but big.

At the rate you're going, unless you go insane, you probably will finish more than three.

A pistol loaded with a lot of ammo and no filter.

Yeah, someone else said there wasn't enough tension. That I needed to show Luke a bit high strung and anxious about the answer. The question would have caught anyone off guard. She probably didn't know the 'first' time he said it, but when he repeated it, it may have clicked. We're in Jackson's head, so we can't know for sure unless she explains it to him, which she did when Luke wasn't in the room. And yes, her answer was more or less to spare Luke, get him in the house, and off his line of thinking. I guess for me, when I know the answer will upset the child that asks the question and I know they're not ready for the answer, I will soften it and spare them. It is a lose/lose situation when someone is upset or frustrated and they ask you something and you want to lead with honesty, but you also know they're doing the asking in a very bad mental state.

Shame, because pine is one of my most favorite scents, especially natural straight from the tree. Also, weaponizing someone's allergies is a boss move, to be fair. I don't think she did that intentionally, but she knew it would happen all the same. She was just looking for that special pray the gay away concoction and it happened to need pine... but still, very bad move on her part. Also, I have to behave and post it Friday or Saturday. Ask Wildthing, he put me on a strict posting schedule and I've already broken the, "Post every Sunday, rule.." I started this whole thing with, so there you go.

Maybe for a test drive...

She started out about as rough as Jackson did. At least, most of the readers thought so and it surprised me a little until I read back objectively, and saw how early on they did a lot of parenting with little stability or follow-through and/or listening. Although, Jackson didn't give them much of a path either.

Damn it... well. Hmm.. too late to edit. Another notch along the fast moving journey of me developing a complex over people reading finished works...

The first swim competition chapter, right? Mercy that one was rough, and long, and daunting, and tiring. Made me realize that my little knowledge of competitive swimming, and my researching was a bit off. I loved the non-swimming aspects of this chapter, back to my comfort zone. I knew I needed to make the swimming as realistic as I could to make it somewhat plausible. I added a lot of fictional sports elements that weren't, but it was done in first person, creating the tension, conflicts, etc that wouldn't have settled into real life that easily was something I struggled with as well. And yeah, I think if you have someone like Jackson, who is predictable as in, you expect smartass remarks, a little untamed shenanigans, wanting to joke and be the life of the party... when a character like that distances from himself, people notice. When you add in an unknown and odd factor into the mix like a Luke, who wasn't on their radar, not a friend, and not similar in nature like a Derek, Toby, Heather, or to a point Ally, into that dynamic - almost forcibly, people with eyes can see things. But, here's to Luke and Jackson being blissful idiots in this part of the story.

Yes, I've had his story recommended to me numerous times. It needs to be on my to-do list one of these days. I am not put off by the 173 chapters, I just know that when I get into it I'll not want to do anything else... and I do need to work, raise my children, keep my husband out of the hospital when he gets into his tinkering, and do my part in adding to the word and story totals here too. Maybe I'll make a point to pick a story and read one chapter a day.