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Sorry about that Miles. Good news is that I've been doing a bit of writing lately. :-)
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Well if I'm keeping you guessing, I must be doing my job. :-)
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I think that having Lady Elgin aboard would just be bad karma. I can see Jardines staying in Tenedos. After being an outcast and a wanderer, to finally find a home must be heavenly. And while going back has its appeal, it would also be full of challenges. I wonder if Jardines is really up to them.
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Glad you liked the chapter. This story has been moving a bit slowly, but the pace is about to pick up. :-)
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Thanks Jason. I always love your reviews. Stef has always equated sex with love, and when he had these problems with Greg, it devastated him. I think they'd be this germ of insecurity, just waiting there in his psyche to explode when this happened with JP.
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I'm so glad I could contribute to your geographical education! (SMILE) Brad isn't the quickest on the uptake when his feelings are involved, but in the end, he usually gets there.
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Thanks for your thoughts, Gary. I enjoyed them as usual. Cody and Brad as a pair is interesting, but I don't think it would ever work. Brad is too insecure to handle Cody, and Cody is too insecure to stand up to Brad when he'd need to. Better than Robbie, but not enough.
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Thanks for the link. I thought it was important to show, in this story, that AIDS isn't gone. Will is spunky and self-righteous, which makes him both interesting and annoying. And somewhat divisive with readers. :-)
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Thank you. I had some good advice on HIV and it's possible trajectories. :-)
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Brad is a hot mess. LOL. Classic description. I think that JJ has that potential, but he's not as domineering as Brad, and lacks his control-freak nature.
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I thought Darius really summed it up well when he noted that Brad lets his personal (romantic) life trump all the other things. For Will, family occupies that position.
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Great review. I think that the stresses definitely contributed to JP's problem, but as you noted, it could probably be as much an age-related thing. I thought that as our protagonist rolls through his 60s, it was a good topic to address. I think that with Brad, you have to look at his whole history with Will. They really are both so dramatic. Brad probably figures that the best way to deal with people who are being assholes about demanding attention is to ignore them. He's probably wrong. :-)
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Well that sums it up. :-)
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I think Zach would be jealous of both of them, but ironically, he'd probably be more threatened by Tony, unless Will told him the whole story.
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Faces for Mark's Stories
Mark Arbour replied to methodwriter85's topic in Mark Arbour Fan Club's Topics
I ran across this picture of the Marquess of Douro (heir to the Duke of Wellington) and his wife (Jemma Kidd) and they struck me as a nice characterization of Alex and Mary Ellen. -
July 12, 2003 Escorial Will We all stared at Stef, waiting for him to tell us what else was bugging him. To be honest, when he’d talked about my father losing his edge, I probably would have bought that that was the thing that had really upset him, but looking at him, and knowing his moods so well, I could see that there was more. “What’s bothering you?” I asked gently, to try and change the tone to one that was more supportive. “It is a personal issue, one t
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You do that (ruminate). You're right about Stef, IMHO. I think that he's probably been uncomfortable broaching the issue with Brad, and in this context, it sort of overflowed out of him. As one of the key officers in the Will-haters club, I figured you'd "enjoy" this chapter. Looking deeper, though, you'll see that the next generation figured more prominently in this dinner, as they begin to more fully take the stage as blossoming adults. Darius and Marie were also both integral to the entire scene, and even JJ spoke up, in his own way.
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Thank you! I hope you enjoy it!
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Thank you so much! I tried.
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Yeah...not a lot of foreplay. Sometimes that's not good. ;-)
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Maybe it's the food?
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Thank you so much! Wow! I'm blushing.
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LOL, and thanks. I think that Isidore is spot on. I mean, this was unpleasant, but at least this way the tension won't be spilling over onto her wedding. She got the unpleasantness out of the way.
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Thank you! I hope you enjoy the story.
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He is predictable.
