JamesSavik

It appears that nowadays, there is always an algorithm to be served. I've noticed that many people react to CHAPTERS. If you like a story, please remember to react to it on the STORY TITLE PAGE. Those are the reactions that people see when they are looking for something to read. Scores of CHAPTER likes don't mean as much as a reaction to the STORY TITLE PAGE. This is something that's easy to overlook, but important to show others that it is a worthy read.

Even among the BRATs [Born, Raised And Transferred] there's always been a lively rivalry.

Ummm... I think I was seven when this happened.

Bonkers I, Jimmy, your humble narrator, was seven, and my best friend Scotty was six. We were getting old enough for our parents to let us roam in our neighborhood a little. Our neighborhood was cool because it was rural and surrounded by woods. The usual subdivision roads and utilities had been built, but only about a quarter of the lots had houses. That meant three-quarters of the lots were vacant, giving us plenty of room to play, plus there were the woods to expl

Putting Southern parlance into your writing is tricky. If it's authentic, to non-Southern speakers it might be incomprehensible. If you use a more regional dialect, like Acadian/Cajun, it can be as incomprehensible as Swahili. Maybe, it's like Brylcream and just a dab will do.

Two fearful boys meet an outstanding dog. Dedicated to all the dogs out there who are sometimes smarter than their boys.

When you have six cats, if you are lazy or forget to change the cat box on time, they can really REEK!

It's dangerous to read stuff by a science nerd like me. 😄

Oy! Pluvial rains are bad enough in warm weather. Add freezing temperatures and it just makes it perfect.

Jeff Mason is an iota series who was on Mars and started the New People. He got busted, the group was split up, and he ended up on Evergreen. Jeff Holloway is a Tornado pilot with the fleet. Rivers is his superior, and has become friends with Sokolsky - they're all thetas.

A whole county that Juts...

We're in act 4. We're about to arrive at the Republic of Pacifica for a congress of tech geeks who will play with very shiny alien toys. The current alien menace is done, but popping a big assed EMP in hyperspace might have been noticed by others far away.

Charlie Mike (1) Shuttle Sierra-Alpha-24 Sokolsky had a three-hour shuttle flight. Guam and her escorts had approached the planet closely to pick up survivors and were still on their way to rejoin the fleet. With some time on his hands, Danny used a TacCom channel to spend some quality time with Albert. The TIGER (Technical Intelligence Group Exploitation/Research) team forming aboard the Guam was impressive. Eight fleet officers were assigned. Three senior engineers and t

One of the best characters that Hollywood has managed for episodic television in decades was Dr. Donald Mallard (AKA Ducky) on NCIS, played by veteran actor David McCallum (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.). I don't know how it happened, as most Hollywood writers have long since forgotten the subtle art of character development, but he brought true gravitas to the part. Usually, the medical examiner is a bit player. McCallum made the role shine with dry humor and warmth. Compare and contrast Ducky with Hollywood's current crop of Mary Sue, casting couch bimbos, Rey and Captain Marvel. While McCallum brought dry humor, wit, charm and warmth to his role, they are two humorless, cold, ball-busting bitches. Is it any wonder why audiences have decided to change the channel? Rest in peace, David McCallum. You showed us how it should be done, if only anyone would deign to pay attention. Mark Harmon as Gibbs, with David McCallum as Ducky from NCIS. If you can write a character as well as Ducky, I'll be tickled to read or watch him, or her.

Engrish was easy for me. I spoke it, right? Why was it even a subject in skool? Then I got Mrs. Bat-Breath for and her Engrish in 8th grade, and her purism turned me into Gollum: I hatez it! I hatez it forever.

Bah! He's just a dilettante on the Slut Scale.

Kipling is the soldier's poet, and some of his stuff has made it into the Jar-head lexicon. If you've ever heard a Marine say Top wants something done most riki-tic, that means he wants it done yesterday. Even the E-4 mafia jumps at such orders. This comes from Kipling's poem titled The Young British Soldier: One of the most difficult things you'll have to do as a person who studies history is watching people make the same mistakes over and over.

The party of stalwart adventures stopped in for a mug of the Innkeeper's mead before marching off to explore the ruins of the Mad Lich King's tower.

As a writer, I often ask myself why do we do all the nasty things we do to our characters? The answer is the razor's edge of life is where good drama lives. Paint drying doesn't capture the imagination. Good drama makes you check your emotional chin strap. Well done, Mr. Anders. Your first chapter hooked me and made me care about your characters.

I have been thinking about this thread and my reaction to it. What I’ve been thinking isn’t very nice Part of my attitude about gay sexuality is my rebellious nature. Down here in Dixie, it isn’t the gay friendliest place. I grew up hearing religious people talk about us like we are beneath dirt. There are several natural reactions to that, and none of them are good. 1) Rebellion is the natural reaction to hearing the outrageous lies about us. You might have heard us Southern boy’s tendencies are slanted towards being stubborn and rebellious. 2) The next destructive reaction is disbelief and distrust. How can you trust people who think you are fundamentally evil? This motivates many to hit the border running at 18 and not look back. 3) The very worst reaction is to believe it. Consider carefully the implications, psychological and emotional, of believing that your sexuality makes you evil, and you are eternally damned. What sort of monster might be born this way? After damnation, what else can you do to the poor sod? All of this leaves marks on your soul that won’t just go away. It’s why guys like me are mystified by, and the very idea of monogamy seems ridiculous. After all, why would anyone buy what are obviously damaged goods?

Hollywood is infamous for its lecherous moguls and their casting couches. That has to be a symptom of the cultural rot that’s set in there and why they haven’t had a big hit or even modesty original movie for several years now. It’s all sequels, reimaginings, remakes, or regurgitations of older movies that weren’t all that to start with.

As gay people, something that has always mystified me is why so many on our side of the street insist on the straight/marriage/monogamous model of relationships. I stick the concept in my brain, it coughs, sputters, smokes a little, and then spits it out. For gay people, it is decidedly unnatural. Male sexuality and gay sexuality only fit that model if you pound it into the mold with a hammer.

It's not just a khaki colored horse. Paloma Cocktail