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Greetings Little Weed Hopper,
Writers can never walk away. Hopefully your cowboy days find happiness. I know they all have internet now too so hopefully you are back to writing and have some more fantastic western tales to tell.
In short, I would like very much to continue reading your stuff. It is fantastic and carefully woven.
Thanks so much for "Just Hit Send"
Cheers,
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pipo
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Toe is in the water |
Registered: July 2008
Messages: 35
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Actually, Grasshopper is back to writing - he posted two new chapters to "Just One Starfish" this month  . I also like his work a lot - it often really touches me and I think it is among the best that this site has to offer.
Thank you, Grasshopper. I hope you'll be able to continue writing ... I'd sure love to read more of your great stories.
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Lol, people. Look at the date of the original posting of this thread. Grasshopper has written some wonderful stories since then. I guess this thread keeps getting resurrected because people plug "grasshopper" into the forum's search engine. That's to be expected though, he's probably the most beloved writer of gay fiction on the net. So, he is back to writing and getting better and better as time progresses
Youth crisis hot-line 866-488-7386, 24 hr (U.S.A.)
There are people who want to help you cope with being you.
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Uncle Roger
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Getting started |
Registered: December 2008
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I just got finished reading your story Just hit Send and it was hard reading through leaking eyes. It was so full of love and real life. I know that you think that you are happy with your new life as a cowboy but the writer in you will always want to be released. In the early morn when the sun peaks up onver the horizon, you will be filled with the wonders of God and in the evening as you unwind, you will one day take up your keyboard and pour out your soul so that us poor mortals will once again try to make sense of what God would have us do. You will use the talents that God have given you and you will enjoy the happiness that has been bestowed upon you.
Take care and may God Bless,
Uncle Roger
Uncle Roger
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I was thinking about our young author / friend over Christmas, and I do hope his fingers are on the way back to being healed and well again.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who's missed him in his absence. I always look forward to something new and a story by him. I'm getting withdrawl symptoms I think! 
Mike
(CW)
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pipo
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Toe is in the water |
Registered: July 2008
Messages: 35
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I second that! I have been re-reading "Darkfall" in the past few days and it moved me just as much as the first time I read it. Grasshopper has an exceptional talent and I sincerely hope he will be able to express himself in writing again.
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Wow, deja vu, Mike. I was just talking with someone today about Grasshopper and I was wondering when he was going to feel up to another chapter. I too hope his fingers are well on the mend. He is, by far, my favorite internet author. But what I think appeals to me most are his qualities as a human being. This kid is just a rare gem.
Youth crisis hot-line 866-488-7386, 24 hr (U.S.A.)
There are people who want to help you cope with being you.
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I tend to agree with you there, Paul.
I hope at sometime he meets the right person and has a happy lifetime. I think he deserves it for the pleasure he gives all the rest of us.
Mike
(CW)
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Cameron
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Toe is in the water |
Registered: January 2008
Messages: 70
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I agree with you both. He is a rare gem of a guy and I hope he meets up with someone as special as he is. He deserves a lot of happiness.
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Late to the party
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Getting started |
Location: United States
Registered: August 2013
Messages: 1
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After spending the last week reading most of Grasshopper's stories on this site--for the first time--I'm wondering what happened to this author since 2008. Does anyone know if he stopped writing altogether, continuing his life as a cowboy out west? His stories touched me deeply, far more than I anticipated when I began navigating "Just Hit Send" and all the other wonderful tales. I wish I knew that he was still out there somewhere and I felt the need to reach out and ask if he's well.
This is a great website--I'm sorry it took me so long to find it.
Late to the Party, but hoping to stick around for a while...
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timmy
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Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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The answer is that real life has taken over, and writing simply died away in his life to the point where that which was unfinished will remain unfinished. He no longer spends much time online and lives in the present in the real world, quietly, anonymously and well.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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And yet, his greatness remains. And the greatness unfinished will remain great. We can only hope that someday his itch returns. It will be a welcome scratch.
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Viktoria
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Getting started |
Registered: February 2015
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Dear Grasshopper! I hope you'll read it someday. I want to thank you for the love in your stories. It really changed my life, my attitude to family, love, commitment, respect, and so many other smaller things. You have God given gift to awake people hearts, and I hope someday you start writing again. Reading your stories I understood so much about myself, I could never believe I'd say it about fiction, but it's true and I'm so thankful for laughs and tears, for sleepless nights and daydreaming. Reading sent me in the world of vibrant feelings, intense emotions, a life changing experience. "Summerfire" is my favourite. I've read a lot (esp QaF fan fiction) since last December when I discovered your stories, but I will always remember your stories like the first love, pure, real, bright. Thank you again and be happy, you deserve it.
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ChrisR
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Likes it here |
Location: Western US
Registered: October 2014
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Thanks so much for posting your note and bringing Grasshopper to the forefront. I've spent the last five days reading 4 years' worth of "Just Hit 'Send'" and enjoying every moment. Outstanding creativity and even more wonderfuller writing! I must say I'm glad I wasn't reading this as it was being released or I'd likely have died from the anticipation along the way!
I'm sorry Grasshopper hasn't followed up the story, but he obviously labored long and extremely well along the way. Perhaps by now he's a Pulitzer winner and we are none the wiser. If/when he returns, I'm dying to learn what becomes of Jonathan, and there's an entire generation in that household just waiting to burst out upon the world. Then again, maybe it's our turn to imagine now.
Thanks, Grasshopper, and those who introduced us to him.
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Viktoria
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Registered: February 2015
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I wonder if you read Summerfire, In A Heartbeat, Just One Starfish? They include JHS characters. How do you enjoy the stories so far?
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Quttzik
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Getting started |
Registered: October 2016
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Grasshopper,
I'm not sure you will see this but I just had to leave a message actually just signed up to the forums to make this post. I have read every one of your stories here I started with the just hit send series and couldn't stop reading not very many authors enthrall me that much that I read all there stuff. It only took me like 4 days to read them all and I loved every single one of them. JHS had me laughing and crying all the time. I think though that my favorite was Darkfall such emotions from that one. All the evil that happened because of one nut case so called man of God. I really felt for Wes and Mercy all that they endured and lost. I was so happy to learn that they didn't have that mans blood.
Anyway i I just had to make this comment to you on the off chance you do happen to stop by sometime. You are one great author and I hope Cowboy life is still treating you right. Perhaps one day when you have time again you will share more of your wonderful creativity with us. I know how it is though that in ones life the only thing they have is their online life and that is the only escape they have but you it seems have found a good life outside cyber world and I hope like I said that its treating you well.
Quttzik
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This message is for Grasshopper.
No, you aren't imagining things. I'm writing to you in October 2024. Believe it or not, I'm not trying to be dramatic, but 2 nights ago as I laid down in bed next to my boyfriend and put on my blindfold to head into the land of the dreams, I suddenly remembered that story I had read almost 10 years ago or more. I could remember some country boys and something "Rain," but I couldn't figure out the rest right away. I literally jumped up in bed and almost cried as I remembered one of the first queer stories I had read during my teenage years in Puerto Rico as a confused, closeted young girl, probably 12-14 years old. I can't remember if I google translated it or if I found a Spanish translation to Beyond the Rain somewhere, but the point is I read it (I didn't speak or read English back then). And boy, it left an engraved burning memory within me. I remember crying while I read, jumping in excitement and kicking up my feet as I accompanied the characters in their self discovery journey. Wait, I got ahead of myself. Anyway, last night I remembered it in my dreams, the title of the story. I'm not lying! My subconscious loved this story so much that I woke up this morning and the title just flowed through my memory and I was easily able to find it again. I honestly can't believe I found this story once again, it feels like a dream, like a time portal back to my teenage years.
This story helped me carry so many heavy feelings back then and I truly, truly, truly love it so much, it means so much to me.
I'm now 24 and have a wonderful boyfriend with whom I live in Wisconsin. I'm pansexual and am very happy, satisfied about the person I've come to be.
I read Beyond the Rain today again, in just a few hours. I was at work but it was a chill day and I had plenty of downtime to indulge in your work. I hid in the bathroom and empty break rooms to read. This time I was able to read it in English and appreciate it as it was originally intended to, without mistranslated words and now with the knowledge that I currently have. I had to hold back the tears like Aaron did so many times (because I'm at work), I smiled, I jumped and i kicked my feet up while yelling-whispering. This has truly made my day, my week.
I'm not sure if you'll ever see this as I don't see any active comments ever since 2005 ish, but if you or anyone connected to you are still out there, I hope you see this fan letter. I admire your work and your intentions in this world.
I'll probably be checking out some of your other works too, there's so much of it that I can't imagine not doing so.
Sending a big, non-parasocial hug from a queer fan. Thank you.
Kuri
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