daffy106

This was a great story. Cannot wait for further adventures from CJ's mind! Daffy106

Oh my! I admire and embrace in my own stories, your enlightened approach to human consensual sexuality and morality, and I understand how you are injecting Nicotolianism into the story, but the exact interpetation of it seems to be a minefield. As I am not a biblical scholar, I googled Nicotolian heresies and some of the straight up definition pages defined the way you use it, although some commentators seem to interpet your approach to consensual intimacy as Nicotolian also. (I don't!) Enlightenment was specifically mentioned as edging on Nicotolian heresy by some of the commentators. But the loudest sites were "Christian" sects who accuse all the mainstream religions as Nicotolians because they celebrate Christmas and Easter!!! Apparently these people believe any joy or pleasure at all is to be condemned as un-Christian, that the more we suffer, the better chance of "salvation". What a horrible way to live. I am greatly enjoying this story and look forward to its continuation. daffy106

Delicious ending!!!

How does one write a critical review in the "LIKE" society we have today? Many of the reviews I read seem to be only praise, even for very unexciting and rather dull stories. If I recall, GA once had an "I DON'T Like it button" that disappeared without comment, as if there should never be a negative word on a story a person was uninspired by. I read a lot; we have a 5000+ book library in our home filled with books I have re-read because they were good. There were some where I have read a chapter, and put it on the shelf to donate to my local library; maybe someone else would like it, but not me. I like to think I have a good sense of what works in writing and what does not, but I am terrified to write any comment whatsoever, lest I hurt someone's feelings and get myself severely trashed for doing so. (Yes, this has happened to me!) Right now, I have been reading a story I really do not care for, just to check on where I am in liking or not. The story, after 25 chapters, is still less than excellent to me, and the author, one of GA's "Signature" writers, seems to have a limited comprehension of male sexuality, as I, a very sexually active male, understand it. In all of the decades I have been having sex, and talking to others about it, I have never met or heard about another male with such an approach to his own sexuality. This makes the central character less "believable" to me. How do I say this? Many of the reviews, mostly by one reader, are vanilla praise. As for my own praise, the story is well written, the English is stellar, and the flow is fine, but....

This is an exciting start. I'm very much looking forward to the next chapters.

Well here it is a year later and the justices took the easy way out. That's OK, I'll take all we can get right now and the door is still open for a sweeping decision later. Here in California, I'll be marrying my partner of 26 years very soon, something I thought could not happen in my lifetime. I was a friend of some of those Stonewall drag queens and I still love them for their courage and heart. Daffy106

This story seems to be blazing ahead! Kudos! daffy106

What a beautiful, sensitive story. I am looking forward to reading more of your writings. daffy106

Well all other things aside---- Have a great sabbatical----Or trip or journey. Learn some new things----See new views of Being. Love someone----The ability to do this is the Universe's greatest gift to mankind. Make some love to someone in some way----With the body; with the heart...who cares? Rest when you can----Perhaps the hardest thing for passionate humans to do. Be refreshed----Let it happen! Find some happiness----Easy, just look for it. Appreciate the Good in our world! Come back to our community whole. Daffy106

Hi Mark. I have been following this story all along, and am enjoying it immensely. I hope you continue it to it's fullest extent rather than stop with the next chapter. I would suggest that the very long length is putting off some people from continuing to write feedback to you. I, however, like very long stories, and hope you continue to like to write them. I would like to point out I have devoted many hours of my time reading your story. I have a story on a minor site, (World of Slash) and I am thrilled that a just few people have read it, and just a couple of them have given feedback, both praise and critical. I appreciate their time spent to enjoy my story. I wish I had the time to write more, but my life, even at 74, is very crowded. Yet I still read, the passion of my life. If you decide to finish this story for just fans, please include me on your list! I encourage you to keep going!! At least one person cares a lot. Daffy106

Well, finally!! How sweet you made this chapter. I hope it works out; I like the two guys. Daffy 106

Just when I think things are getting a bit slow....BOOM!!

Don't you think calling me a troll is a little over the line?

My goodness, this group has fabulous taste in movies! All of the above plus: 300 (a whole new style in historic war films) Across the Universe The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 Original) All the President's Men (Still a thriller after the fact) Amadeus (If you like Mozart, this is the one) American Beauty (Twisted Love) American Graffiti (George Lucas' best film) Angels in America (Powerful!!) Australia Avatar (The best visual effects to date I would suggest) Babel Babette's Feast (A woman spends her life savings on one dinner) Batman Series including The Dark Knight (Full of unreal characters that take on a life of their own) Beauty and the Beast (Disney) Billy Elliot (Coal miners son struggles to become a ballet dancer) Blade Runner Boogie Nights (Soft porn, but still amazing) Brokeback Mountain (Gay love; have a box of Kleenex handy) Butch Casidy and the Sundance Kid Caligula (Nasty hard core but bluntly historic) Casablanca (One of the great movies of all time) Chicago (A gritty Musical with biting satire) Chinatown A Clockwork Orange (Bitter violent social comment) The Da Vinci Code (A mysterious romp across Paris) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 Original - Still relevant in 2011) Desk Set (2 great actors doing their thing on and off camera) Diary of Anne Frank (Hard to watch history) Die Mommie Die (Drag queen madness - hilarious) Fame (Original Irene Cara version) Fargo (Pregnant cop solves a puzzling murder) Field of Dreams (If you ave ever clashed with your parents) Flashdance (Steel worker want to become a ballet dancer) Forbidden Planet (Intriguing Science Fiction) The General (Silent Buster Keaton masterpiece) Ghost (One of the best romantic films made) Gone with the Wind The Graduate Hairspray (Heart warming musical about my hometown Baltimore High School I went to, but filmed in Canada) Home Alone (Very funny kid slapstick) Independence Day (totally schlocky Aliens vs Earth with humor and a heart) It's a Wonderful Life (Another top classic) Jerry Maguire (About a talent agent with a soul) Kick-Ass (About a wannabe super hero) King Kong (Original 1930's uncut version) Momento (Takes your mind to new places) Midnight Cowboy (An American in Turkey) Milk (The life and death of a San Francisco gay hero) Mystic River (Murder in Boston) North by Northwest (Hitchcocks masterpiece) On Golden Pond (Henry Fonda's last movie) Ordinary People The Pianist (A Jewish Pianist/composer in Warsaw in WW II) Pretty Woman (A hooker falls in love) Rent (Musical - Get out the Kleenex again) The Robe (Biblical Spectacular - The first Cinemascope Picture) Romeo and Juliet (Leonard Whiting Version - Shakespeare made beautiful beyond words) Saving Private Ryan (War irony at its best and worst heartbreaking) Sherlock Holms (The new one - tons of fun) Sister Act (Nuns acting up) Some Like it Hot (Classic Comedy -Marilyn Monroe at her best) Star Trek 11 (A powerful refresh of a previously tired theme) Titanic (DiCaprio! Victor Victoria (The funniest dance scene in all the movies) Windtalkers (American Indians in WW II)

Life does not end after so many words. It probably a basic instinct to want to know what happens next in a well written story. I myself try to seek out the stories with the most sequels, which means I can literally wallow in someone else's world for a long time and integrate into it more completely, thus getting a lot more flavor from it. The books don't even have to be tightly related. Just the act of introducing a set of major characters into a different new story immediately and effectively injects all the book long complexity of those previous persons into the new story, with only a few words actually written. Jack Scribe is a master at this. Mercedes Lackey is a major writer who also likes to transfer characters from one story to another. These are examples from the best. I would note that many of the world's best selling fiction writers write long series of related books, and given their sales, it seems a lot of people like stories that never end. Daffy106