Hawgdad

YEAH... I'm totally invested in this story!!! It just keeps getting better and better and better! Your sharing enlightens! Tom

My husband has those links in an email to read and listen tonight!!! Tom

Assembled Smith Machine pics... some of us like to see "substantial".

Well firstly the machine, but I'm sure most of us will be glad to hear about your workout gains, too. Hopefully Smith Machine squats will do their magic.... WOOF to squatters' thighs!!!

Your are going to keep us posted on your progress... yes?

Marcus desperately needs someone not to just tell him, but to SHOW him that he is just fine as he is... and just as deserving of love and stability as anyone else in the world. Marcus is pre-programed with a negative "self-tape" courtesy of the lies he has been fed by the very people who should be supporting him. He badly needs an alternate "family" to show him a true and better way forward. Tom

Stanley and Kent continue to experiment and find their own way. Circumstances congeal Nate, Tad, and Christopher as a loving threesome. And again we know what brought these things about, how things happened, and why they work for the guys. The momentum builds... another great chapter. The farther we go I become more and more invested. Thank you for sharing your insight and talents with us. Tom

Relationships, Parents, et al... Oh buddy what a chapter. I really love seeing someone have vision (and yeah, guts) to show loving relationships that are even farther outside the norm than just plain ole happy gay men. AND... to put them into contexts that show not only are those relationships ok, but show how they came about and why they work. WOW!!! And parents... between my experiences and those of lots of gay guys I know, I've come to believe that lots (if not most) parents in our conformist society are just simply not prepared to deal with gay children. Make no mistake, I absolutely do not like that fact nor do I condone it. It's just the way things are, and sometimes a little knowledge makes it a bit easier for us to deal with situations. Tom

Man, I'm sorry you had to go through that. Until you are ready to turn on your heel and walk away.. forever if that's what it takes, they have you where they want you.

My mom and I have managed to work things out so far, but a lot of that has to do with the fact I can be silent, too, and can out last her.

Yeah... parents can sure be like that, can't they?

I really like the "side arcs". They are closely enough related to enrich the plot vs distracting from it. The interplay in the course of the chapters adds to the quality of the reading experience. Kent and Stanley's little divergence from run of the mill vanilla m4m sex is refreshing, as well. Dominate/submissive sex can be really involved and complicated but it doesn't have to be. I think I'm going to enjoy watching them explore to find what works for them. It isn't explicitly stated, but "safe, sane, and consensual" will go a long way toward keeping them out of trouble. Also, we've come a long way from the days when all gay fiction was supposed to end in heartache and misery at the very least and Stanley saying that finding a gay romance without a tragic ending was nice reinforces our progress in a subtle manner. The guys might ending up being a relief valve in several ways. Another great chapter. Proud to be on the journey. Tom

I really enjoy your ability to share a character's journey from latency, through a variety of growing steps, through self-realization and acceptance, to a life well lived. Thank you for bringing Marcus into the Eternity family and allowing us to watch his journey unfold. Great chapter!!! Tom

This was an incredibly involved and emotional chapter. Thanks for allowing us to share in it. Tom

OH YEAH... I haven't checked the edit word for word, but Nate sure comes across as a lot more "caring". Ironically, although on the first read I could see him as kind of a jerk when I really stopped and considered he was just out having his share of NSA fun playing around. Been there and done that... hopefully I didn't come off as quite that self-absorbed. This is quickly becoming a complex and absorbing story. It's one that leaves me wanting to get into the next chapter.

I'm still reading ahead on the Drive versions. Then will go back and read the edited versions as they are posted. It just keeps getting better and better and better! Tom

I'm game buddy. Just let me know where and when.

Somehow it didn't quite turn out that easily, did it?

4 & 5... Oh holy cow... the caldron bubbles and the tables get turned. You're doing one hell of a job Wayne!!!

1, 2, & 3... lots of elements beginning to swirl... Do I sense the onset of "bubble, bubble, toil and trouble"? I read on to see. Well done Wayne.

WOW.... First it was being shown to GA. Now my first trip to the blog. I knew there had to be a reason for the extreme sense of place with Symphony. I was already fully invested, but I think the add ons here are just going to multiply it. Tom

Wayne, you just made my day. I was/am broken... my husband was/is broken, but by making things work we've made almost 25 really good years. I wish the same for Ben and Travis. Tom

Sorry to be reading almost after the fact, but I certainly owe Wayne Gray for showing me the way in. That last scene totally blew me away on first read, and continues to do so!!! Only someone who has been in the "neighborhood" has even a clue how real the scene was... HD