Mancunian

Compared to you nuking everything in sight that's quite mild

Send him a boa constrictor, that will give him a hug

I'm looking forward to reading it

I'll leave playing the lumberjack to you, it's too much like hard work, lol. How close are you to posting your new story?

You are much further on with your story than I am with mine. I've had a lot of paperwork to do, I finally got it completed with the necessary membership and licences applied for. I hope my client appreciates the work.

Hi

Hi everybody, how's tricks

Why are you always so touchy? You're such a nice boy when you stop telling the Drewth, stop nuking, stop killing endangered species. Oh, I forgot you will never stop, I take it back, you're not so nice after all. lol You know we love you really, I think 🤔

I like it, I will try to remember to add something like it in the future.

I thought it was more than that, lol

I've got reams and reams of paperwork to go through and a mountain of forms to fill in. I'm glad I have help with this contract so organising and conducting the training sessions has been delegated. This contract is turning out to be more work than I expected, but it's all good.

Good morning, afternoon, evening all (depending on where in the world you are)

Hi Bucket, hope your day has been a good one

Aloha Albert, I hope you and Steve are having a good day

That sounds fantastic, it looks like you are getting to know each other in a positive way. Things are looking up for you and I hope it carries on in that direction.

As an author, albeit not one of the best on GA, I welcome feedback and comments, including those that are tactful and constructive criticism. I feel that all authors should be prepared for the fact that not every comment or review will be a glowing recommendation. That being said, there are times when comments and/or reviews are neither tactful nor constructive, they are worded as a scathing attack. If any comments/reviews are like that I will ignore them although it is possible that they are not intended as a scathing attack, it may be a poor choice of words or phrases, but they can still hurt. I would ask that any reader who feels that they have a criticism to make do so with tact and diplomacy and think about their choice of words and/or phrases and do that with care. I welcome good constructive criticism, which is sometimes better to be sent via message and not made public. But I do not welcome or condone scathing attacks. Readers, please think before you write or post criticism and choose your words carefully. Some of my work has been poorly written, this spoils a good story, but very few people have commented on this and when I read those stories it hurts because I now see how badly they were written. It is a learning curve for me and I am trying to improve, good helpful constructive criticism will help with that. I am also trying to improve the stories that I have already posted by revising and editing them, they may not be perfect but they will be better. I am an amateur who writes as a hobby for enjoyment, I am not a professional author. This applies to almost all of us who post stories here, so please remember that when you comment.

I'm so happy that the date went well, I've got my fingers crossed for a third date for you, 🤞 That sounds like a horrible book for someone to recommend to you. If they recommend any more ignore them. But I have an idea, why not wright an alternative story with your favourite characters, that way you give them the story, plot and end that you feel they should have, and hopefully, that will override the horrible memories of that book. I've done it before and it worked for me, maybe it could work for you too. 😃

What is it about the book that has put you in a funk? I hope you can shake it before the date, I want it to go well for you.

I was drawn to the craziness, like a moth to a flame, lol.

As my Dad always used to say, the craziest ones are the ones who protest too much. Case proven.

Hey, I resemble that remark, lol.

Bryan has been good at hiding his feelings and putting on a front, but now that front is beginning to slip and his true feelings are showing through. Kenny was right in calling him out for hiding his true feelings and on the trust issues. Bryan's relationship with Steve is coming on nicely, although slow. Diego's initial actions toward Calvin, I mean the poor quality service and food, are childish but perfectly understandable. I'm sure that other readers, including me, would have done much worse and prolonged it even more. I think Calvin's lack of cash confirms what his motives are, but I am concerned about the methods he may use to get what he wants. I wouldn't put it past him to cause harm and try to blame Diego.

Remember @Daddydavek, your friends are here whenever you need us.

I agree with @Mrsgnomie, I don't think the post is intended in a negative way. I have intentionally treated it as a general observation and question. I have tried to answer the question that I think is being asked and hope that I have. I can only speak for myself, but I do feel that many others have the same, or similar, thoughts and feelings that I have expressed. GA is a welcoming community that I am happy to be a part of.

I should make it clear that I am not talking about writing 'blood, guts and gore' for the sake of it, only if and when it is in context to the story. I prefer happy endings, that is how most of my stories end, but even those that have sad endings I try to find something positive.