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That thing with the alligators, oh god, that took me all the way back to 1st grade. That was impressively subtle and powerful, all at the same time. I, probably like a lot of us, am just plain enraptured by how this story is turning out. Fantastic work, simply fantastic. I can tell you're gonna make me cry again, hehehhe.
And I'll probably enjoy that cry as much as the laughs that are waiting in this story as well. Awesome.
Cya on the other side,
D'Artagnon
It's not the wolf you see you should fear, but all the ones he howls with. Don't be afraid of the song, but don't piss off the choir.
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Registered: January 1970
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I write JHS for many different reasons but, throughout that story, the prejudices are all directed toward being gay.
In Dreamchasers, I wanted to see (1) if I could write something other than teen angst and (2) if a gay story could be written where that would never be the main focus. We'll see.
I've been told so many things from readers: that my characters are saccharine; that I write from a very rose-colored view of life; that there's not enough sex; etc......Well, you know what? That's just who I am and that's how I see things.
I'm glad you're enjoying the new story. "Alligators" is how my Mama taught me  Thanks for the kind words and encouragement. J
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Hey my Friend
i don't know what the other readers are saying to you but, i think your stories are just great;-) i enjoy your style of writing and i think you should stick with it. i have just started reading your latest so i can't comment just yet but i will let you know. if it is written anywheres as well as JHS i am sure i will love it also. Don't change just to please some readers as long as you are happy with it i think that is all that really counts.
Tony
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Location: currently So Cal
Registered: May 2002
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Every writer's characters are always too something or other for someone. I've been criticized for too much violence in Lion's Den. Some of my readers wanted to hang me when Chris committed suicide. Some thought I should get off my soapbox about dealing with suicide as a topic while some thought it was great to bring up the subject and show people how it effects those who are left. There were those who thought Mike should have been the suicide victim because they don't like him. Some readers commented that there wasn't enough sex, others said there was too much and it gets in the way. Then of course, I didn't write it fast enough or I sometimes posted too many chapters too close together. Some people thought Secret Space was boring and went overboard on description. Some liked the ending, some said it was too fluffy. There were those who liked Strangers in Town and those who thought it was really stupid. I got criticized for writing a ghost story that wasn't even scarey and posting it for Halloween.
But I'm not complaining. Not a single word of the feedback that I received wasn't appreciated. I enjoy hearing what the raders had to say and even took some of the suggestions to heart. Some of the feedback did have an effect on the story, some didn't. I don't write to please the readers. I write to please myself, but I also feel that I can't grow as a writer if I don't listen to what others think. That includes the good and the bad. I tried to answer each and every email that was sent, sometimes getting into discussions that meant sending several emails back and forth.
When you started writing JHS, I thought it was a nice, refreshing, little story about a couple of boys who really deserved to have something nice happen to them. It was refreshing. But suddenly, it took off. You found a direction to take it, and it went. That nice, refreshing little story became a heart-wrenching drama. Those characters who some may have thought were saccharin in the beginning were transformed into real people with strengths, weaknesses, and faults. They never lost who and what they were, but I don't see how anyone who read the entire story could think that they were saccharin by the end (except maybe for JD, but little boys are supposed to be, aren't they?). In Deamchasers, I see you taking everything you learned from writing JHS and applying it right from the start. It is truly a remarkable beginning.
Think good thoughts,
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