Wayne Gray

Thanks, Snowblind! I'm glad you rode along for the tale. Now that I know from where you hail, your screen name makes sense! 🙂 You and MacGreg have that in common, I do believe!

Thank you very much, Parker! I love posting to GA just to read the comments. That's pretty fun. I've yet to dive into your work, but I plan to do so. What do you recommend? Feel free to link it here. Plug what you're proud of!

Yeah. We get paid too. I think it's $11 a day. lol Something idiotically small.

Thanks, Chris! You've been there from the start, and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

MOST loose ends. A fella can't solve all the problems and answer all the questions in one story. We need plot hooks for the next! And mmmm ... Paul sex .... Thanks for reading and commenting, Thorn. I appreciate it!

Thanks! I'm really happy you enjoyed it, warts and all. 🙂

Thanks! It was a challenging write, as I mentioned before in other comments. I don't know if I could do another one, I really don't. I'll probably try at some point though because it was really rewarding to finish Guarded. The twist in chapter 19 was soooo fun. My beta reader had no idea, and he read it. When he did he CALLED me. lol. That was such an awesome conversation. He was flabbergasted. Hahaha. At that moment I felt like a supervillain revealing my ultimate plan in a wild blaze of glory.

My work only pays three days of that. It's considered a "financial hardship" for anything longer than a week for me. I've never had to actually sit for that reason. Three weeks would clean out a chunk of savings, and that sucks.

That was remarkably unhelpful to alleviate my trepidation. Unintentional, I'm sure. 😉

HOLY shit. That video is awesome, @MacGreg. Thanks for linking it. It's going on my play list. But, if you don't post another chapter "soon", then this is cruel and unusual punishment!

Thanks, Mac. I'm both thankful and a little saddened that this resonates with so many. I wish there wasn't so much pain in the world, but thankful love allows us to shoulder it.

I am soooo happy to see I'm not the only pesky one.

Thanks for the feedback on the changes. Yeah, little things here and there. Not sure if asked you or not, but did you see the additional scene with Chad and Corbin in Chapter 18? At the police station? Camp Refuge and A Silent Song are probably next ... I figure we might as well keep to the same "universe" for a bit. That'll give me more time to work on Bluegrass Symphony anyway.

Thanks for reading and commenting Estiveo! It's always great to get feedback, so thanks for taking the time to drop some.

It was indeed my first and so far only suspense. I sort of fell into it. I started out writing a mystery (who is this Corbin guy? What is he doing in Idaho? etc) but it just snowballed into this crazy ass ride! I don't know if I could ever do anything like it again, but I'll probably try at some point. We'll see how it goes. 🙂 Thanks for reading and commenting. That stuff keeps authors writing!

Thanks for reading and for the comments! And yes ... you can never leave! There are all sorts of things possible to explore. Paul was willing because Corbin seems committed to going as legit as possible. If there's money to be made in legitimate activity, then there's no reason not to undertake it - even if you are a crime family! Chad is absolutely no dummy. He will eventually figure things out. Where that leaves things in terms of Paul/Corbin/Chad would remain to be seen. Zampa loves her Paul - she's even warming up to Corbin, finally. I'm glad you liked the tale. It was so fun to read and reply to the comments on it. 🙂

Hahaha ... Well, thanks. There is more coming from me. I think this one turned out as well as I could have hoped. Cooking features in everything I write. I can't help it. I love food!

Thanks, quokka. You've been very encouraging from the start, and I appreciate that.

Thanks, Dante! Yeah, it was probably hard to see a way forward for them a few chapters back. But, that's really the idea - make things look hopeless until one key bit of information is revealed. I'm happy it appealed to you. Thanks for writing and letting me know you enjoyed it. I'll post another story soon. But, if you want something to read in the meantime, go give Mac's story, Dissonance a read. He's good. And he needs encouragement. 🙂

While I'm glad it's worth being sad that it's over, I will say that I've written a few other things you might enjoy. We'll see. I'll start posting another story soon, and you can decide if it'll be for you or not. 🙂 Thanks for reading and commenting. That is always appreciated.

Thanks a lot. It was interesting to write it too. There was a lot to track, plot, and consider. It's tough to drop hints without giving away the whole thing. I had to delete entire scenes, and simply start over because I said too much. But ultimately I think it was worth the effort. I really like how it turned out. There will undoubtedly be some sort of follow up. Corbin and Paul might not be the stars, but they'll be side-characters in the next drama all the same. Till I start that, I'm working on a different sort of tale entirely. I do think I'll begin posting my latest effort soon. I'd love to get impressions on that work as well. It's nothing like Guarded, but rather it's a story about a guy who tries to go home again. Regardless, thank you for your feedback and readership. I appreciate that.

Thanks for the comments and for reading. That's the thing about suspense/mystery writing - once you reveal who the bad guy is, and what really happened you're sort of out of story. Though, I've considered what it'd look like for a certain pair of young men in Corbin's employ to be tasked with resolving a mystery of some sort of their own.

Thanks, Rupert! I'm working on a new one that'll eventually make its way onto GA. Maybe I'll start posting it sooner rather than later.

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That seems ... late?