D.K. Daniels

Perhaps he’s just scared, I guess we’ll find out soon enough what sort of person he is. Though Im glad that it provoked a reaction that you questioned Max’s reaction.

Thanks, I’m delighted that you are enjoying the story. I hope you continue to stop by when posts are made

I don’t like to waste paper, I care very much about the environment, so I don’t use excessive amounts of it can be avoided. The purpose of recycling is not to increase the amount to recycle, but to decrease dependence from over using. If I must use print outs, it is the last edit I will do before a publication for paid. However, since what I write is my first draft here on Gayauthors, I tend to skip that step.at the rate I write, I’d use way to much paper, and that would torture my soul knowing I didn’t need to use paper, unless it was purposeful. Though all to their own, don’t get me started about post-it notes. I make up for paper in post-it’s. I have a head like a sieve.

Ah yes, it was supposed to be wasn’t, sometimes after 3 edits, my eyes begin to miss mistakes. There is only so many times one can look at their own writing before it turns to crap if you catch my drift lol. Thanks though, I’ll correct this now so I know it’s one less mistake during publishing.

To Watson, Relax okay, I'm not going to tell anybody. I mean, I can't believe I'm right. Usually, I am the type of person to excel academically, but miss the par when it comes to humans. I promise my lips are sealed and nobody will know what we have talked about. I don't identify with how it feels to be gay, or what I should say to try and make things better. Except, I am inclined to say there is nothing wrong with you. You are just sailing in an entirely different vessel compared to my iden

I hope so too, I wish that Max does the right thing... well, in my mind anyway. Some people do find people with a disability a hindrance. Therefore, the idea is presented and I guess it is a waiting game to see what Max does with the situation. Indeed, in the olden days, people with an inability where shunned most of the time, or looked down upon, to say the least. One idea when I wrote was, I wanted the boys to have great chemistry, but have the concept of being biased on the horizon. Today, it probably doesn't present larger isolation for people in wheelchairs. Except, I can only assume it still remains, and some kids can still feel in the lightest sense of the words... odd... for having a friend with this ability. So, I wanted to have some real problems showing, and some real people who are indecisive, and capable of making mistakes.

Perhaps it was my constant annotations about not being able to do sports, or maybe it was other minor things like losing something you never thought was huge until it is gone. Ironic... right, I can't rightly remember what I fully wrote either lol.

Great to see the comment. I guess I hinted at a larger something through the entire book, and I didn't mention what it was, but I delighted that it came as a surprise. I can't wait to see how the story turns out myself, I hope you stick around until the end.

Well, let's see what happens in the future, we've just had a big revelation. And I know that it would be a pretty small and deceitful thing for a person to judge someone based on a disability, but let's hope that is not Max. I can't wait to see how it unravels myself, as I have no clue what is to come, as I have completely pantsed this book without any outline lol.

I hope the story is still interesting enough to read, even though you sort of figured Issac was in a wheelchair. At the start, I decided to put him in a wheelchair not long after the third or fourth entry. I had realized I knew who Max was, and I didn't know who Issac was, so, one afternoon I went soul searching for a character I'd never written before, and well, we entered a wheelchair from then after. I hope the book continues to hold your attention until the end

Yes... ehehe... I like being random, and I love to catch people out, I am stoked that I was able to surprise you. I have enjoyed writing the story myself, and I can't wait to move on to bigger projects. And yes, I will be adding the occasional story, but for the next year, I wish to build a reputation and a list of exclusive content for folks who want to read my work When I finished this, I can't wait to go back to an older title I wrote called Even If We Tried. I wrote 99k words the first time, and people loved it so I am going to complete it. I hope you enjoy the rest of the book Thanks for the comment.

I'm getting there, yes. The boys are close to meeting, but I have a couple of ideas in mind before I bring them to a conclusion. I am delighted to see that you are super excited to see what will happen with the lads.

I hinted throughout the entire story that Isaac has been in a wheelchair, and I wanted there to be enough valid evidence for people to be able to piece it together when the time came to have to announce it. Perhaps, I did in the later chapter overuse some symptoms that gave it away. Thanks for the comment I hope you are still enjoying the book.

To Sherlock, I'm not sure what I am meant to say to your last letter… Look I'm not gay okay. It's not my fault I notice the little things other people do. Don't... I'm okay. To be clear, I'm not gay. I'm not. You don't ask a person how to do things; you just notice them if you look for them. It's sick, I know. I've tried everything to make the thoughts stop. Except, every time I try, they never go away. They are in the back of my head like crickets on a warm night in July. You can't do a

The real question is what is normal. We all adjust our interpretation of the construct accordingly when we don't accept what we have built in our mind. Admitting that something is different can always help with self-growth. Sometimes content slips in from everyday life or people I have met, but no most things I put in my stories are made up in order to entertain me. I like being in touch with my emotions, and the way I see it if I don't feel anything for the characters then I am not doing something right. For instance, in the morning I wrote the coming out letter for Max, I was crying and practically injected into the mindset of a troubled 14-year-old. Whereas, after lunch, I was writing a confident Issac. I focus on how the situations make me feel and try to build a scene around the emotion. When I realized something was different about me I was about 11, and I did hide my sexuality for a little bit until I was about 15, but I never felt ashamed about. I accepted, and it did not define me wholely as a person. As for being the characters, I can say I felt nervous writing it from Max's POV, as the tears flood down my face and the panic and anxiety of the moment set in, I can say that Max was nervous. After all, I am Max...and Issac lol. We all have multiple characters who define us. The construct of us is far more complex than the idea of who the person you pretend to me every day. I have been many people in writings, but in the future, I hope to me more. As all of these people are a collection of me, at one point in time or another.

The real question is what is normal. We all adjust our interpretation of the construct accordingly when we don't accept what we have built in our mind. Admitting that something is different can always help with self-growth. Sometimes content slips in from everyday life or people I have met, but no most things I put in my stories are made up in order to entertain me. I like being in touch with my emotions, and the way I see it if I don't feel anything for the characters then I am not doing something right. For instance, in the morning I wrote the coming out letter for Max, I was crying and practically injected into the mindset of a troubled 14-year-old. Whereas, after lunch, I was writing a confident Issac. I focus on how the situations make me feel and try to build a scene around the emotion. When I realized something was different about me I was about 11, and I did hide my sexuality for a little bit until I was about 15, but I never felt ashamed about. I accepted, and it did not define me wholely as a person. As for being the characters, I can say I felt nervous writing it from Max's POV, as the tears flood down my face and the panic and anxiety of the moment set in, I can say that Max was nervous. After all, I am Max...and Issac lol. We all have multiple characters who define us. The construct of us is far more complex than the idea of who the person you pretend to me every day. I have been many people in writings, but in the future, I hope to me more. As all of these people are a collection of me, at one point in time or another.

Oh, I know what you mean about ideas not leaving. The real act of being a writer is choosing what to write when you have so many of these ideas drowning out each other.

No problem, I intend to read some of your other works once I finish some of the current content I am reading. Keep up the work

Great thoughts on time and wasted potential. If you don't take action you can kill what you have created. Yet, if you never learn to let it grow you can also let it die. Other than that, perhaps breaking up the piece into a couple of paragraphs so that the reader can take a break in between would help with the flow. I like the pacing in this one. Keep up the good work.

I am delighted that you enjoyed the short story. You have made my day Yes, unfortunately, the story was only a one time hit, but I am releasing on the first of March a collection of stories that take place on St Patricks Day, with five different couples, with all different ideologies and sexualities experiencing their first kiss. Therefore, you can see the boys a little again as they crossover into other stories slightly. You can find info on my website at www.dk-daniels.com

It is indicating time shifting and friendship changing. The sigh is to indicate finally its over. Whereas, the smile is a confrontation of finally making up. Fighting can be hard on people, and when you finally let your guard down people generally feel like they can breathe without setting off another person. That is how the friendship was with these guys. Except, when I mention the smile at the end it is referring to a timeless longing to just be friends and not be hurtful to one another. In other words, Noah wanted times to go back to when things were simple, but the story has moved on, so his wish came through and its a not quite the past, but the boys have a blank slate to make new simple times for the future. I hope this answered your question and I hope that you enjoyed the story also I also attached a song awhile ago indicating the tone of the piece. Perhaps that will give you some insight into what I was going for when I wrote it. The song is called Medicine by Daughter. This is the song on Youtube

To Watson, It's okay I don't expect an immediate reply, people get busy, things happen, therefore, no hard feelings. Plus, I am assuming your life is more complicated than mine. You have so many more people to spread yourself around to, and I know I'm only one person in your pond or sea… perhaps the ocean. I have no idea how large your body of water is. The dentist was okay, everything's good. I don't have any new surprise cavities that need filling. I got my mom to make me an appointmen

No, you are not mistaken, you have found a small, but not overly huge plothole. At the time I wrote the early story I was juggling 7 large novels. Plotholes are in every novel, however, since Gayauthors only gets the first draft of my work, the problems will be fixed when I do an extended, hard edit before I intend to release the novel on Kindle. For now, stick with the father being a lawyer. I'll have to go back to earlier chapters, to assess the mistakes. I really appreciate your find and time for pointing that out.

Thanks, when I started this chapter I was unsure if I'd have him close up, but it didn't seem like his character to me, so I had him practically try to burst but in denial. I think friendship is there, even if they are a little unsure of each other, they in my mind trust one another. Again, Max is easily led, so it fit the idea I am trying to paint. Sherlock may be a little more secretive and standoffish, but he does have a good heart. I agree we all need someone to talk to if we are having a difficult time. Sometimes if you have something that is bothering you, it can't be a best friend or a partner. Thanks for sticking around with me during the course of this story as you have done with many others

I think the problem was that I wasn't paying full attention to the format and that my attention was split between multiple books. I will be editing the book again for Kindle and when I do it, I'll try to fix some of the inconsistencies between the tellers of each chapter when I am doing that. Sometimes I to would forget who I was supposed to be, it happens lol. I did work more smoothly when both were in the same chapter, but after the entries began to get larger I split them. The main thing I wanted is short and snappy chapters for the most part because people are very busy in their everyday lives. So, I wanted something that could be completed in one sitting. Plus, if you wanted to continue on, you could choose to. It may seem long, and it has felt long to me, trust me. Except, above all, I do strive for realism or as close as I can get to it anyway. Two people don't just bond after two or three letters, and that was my intention from the start. I am delighted you are looking forward to more. I try to update every Friday