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tim
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Location: UK, West of London in Ber...
Registered: February 2002
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The publisher who has book one's manuscript at present is encouraging. Look, they are asking questions instead of rejecting out of hand. I may need to do some rewrites, perhaps to increase the age by a year or so, but I am cautiously optimistic.
This may seem unusual for a publisher, but I have some questions about your story. It is well-written, but it is the first male lovers book either I or my YRB submissions reader has read. In my mind, it borders on pornography, as it is extremely graphic and the age of the leads is a concern.
- The young boys seem to have an inordinate amount of sex. Is this normal for that age? There are almost too many sex scenes.
- Many of the sex scenes are touching, intimate, and loving. Would inexperienced 14-year-old boys be that tender and knowledgeable? I can't imagine it of the young teen-age boys with whom I'm acquainted. I would be more comfortable with the subject matter if the boys were more mature.
- It was a tad unbelievable that the parents were totally accepting and allowed the boys to spend the night together often. Parents of a young boy and girl would not allow their teens to spend the night together and have sex. Is this more acceptable where you are?
- Do you think that Chris coped too readily with the idea of having a male lover? It was only a couple of days, and he didn't think of himself as gay.
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Chris and Nigel
By: tim on Thu, 14 February 2002 16:25 |
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Re: Chris and Nigel
By: trevor on Thu, 14 February 2002 16:32 |
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Woo-hoo - congrats on getting this far!
By: trevor on Thu, 14 February 2002 16:35 |
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Re: Chris and Nigel
By: tim on Thu, 14 February 2002 16:47 |
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Re: Chris and Nigel
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I am now agonising over my answers
By: tim on Fri, 15 February 2002 15:37 |
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I think you argued very well...
By: lenny on Fri, 15 February 2002 20:17 |
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If anybody ever says to you:
By: tim on Fri, 15 February 2002 20:49 |
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Hey, I was only speaking the truth, and... Errr.... *blush*
By: lenny on Sat, 16 February 2002 09:15 |
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Tim, you have dreamed of this day, but you never dreamed it would come
By: Steve on Thu, 14 February 2002 16:40 |
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Hugs. Still a long way to go
By: tim on Thu, 14 February 2002 16:48 |
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Well done ...
By: mihangel on Thu, 14 February 2002 19:07 |
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Re: Well done ...
By: tim on Fri, 15 February 2002 08:51 |
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don't count the chickens
By: tim on Fri, 15 February 2002 17:45 |
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Fingers crossed here, too!!
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One signed copy is headingt this way
By: tim on Sat, 16 February 2002 12:14 |
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Good Luck!
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