So if you read Hayden's Shelter chapter six and then looked at it again you saw I cut off the end of it. It was a bomb I didn't feel good about dropping so I erased it. I slept on it then woke up the next morning and thought No no no! That was no good. I need to focus more on the relationship between Tank and Hayden. Tank is heading into a more alarming area. He's not the dreamboat Hayden thinks he is and there will be red flags. Great Big Flags! :) Ok maybe not. but we'll see what happens!
Thank you to everyone who checked it out and voted on it. I am trying to break it into ranking so more people can see it. I like where it is going. :) Please vote if you like it. :) I like making art for each chapter.
Next week we will be on a cruise in the wild! I am so excited. Husband is SO not excited. We have a beautiful room with a deck and champagne and everything. He is more concerned with the wifi in the room so he can keep working while we are on the high seas. That is ok because I will have his family to entertain me.
I've been listening to mormon podcasts and watching lots of youtube videos to research for the new series. Also I found a show called Big Love. It is interesting! It's about a polygamous family in Utah and wow it is good. I didn't grow up in a religion so it is interesting to explore.
How many votes do you need to rank?
ReplyDeleteThat is kind of a mystery. Lots of ranked stories have fewer readers and votes than mine :( I know I shouldn't care, but I get competitive with these things! I want to win! I want to be someone! I want to shine! :) hahaha
DeleteLol, you’re already someone. Yeah, it’s weird because I’ve read some of the top ranked ones expecting something more interesting than what was there. Hayden is waaay better.
ReplyDeleteI know, right?!? And I can totally hear my dad's voice in my head saying "Don't be a horn tooter Emmy. Just keep your head down and keep working to be better. You gotta be twice as good and show up early!" But writing is the only area of my life where I feel competitive. It's the only area where I'm not my husband's pretty, quiet boy. In everything else I am just his support structure, but writing feels like my one thing. :) Luckily summer means lots of time to just work on it and practice. :)
DeleteThat’s funny. Your dad sounds very sweet, and very parental too:) Has he read anything you’ve written though? I’m sure not Nifty (that would be crazy awkward) but school stuff or other stories? I bet he doesn’t know how good you are!
DeleteDoes your husband know how well you write? If they are not able to read it, and I get why, they would probably be surprised at all your readers!
I feel like they are missing out but I would not share anything even slightly sexual with my parents, or probably a partner either.
I think I like your writing in part because it keeps my attention. I usually go ADD on stories and skip around but you make even the little stuff interesting and relevant. So I actually read every word, kinda sad I’m proud of that but yet a compliment for you!
My dad has read lots of my stuff, but school stuff and things I did for competitions or getting published in little school stuff, definitely not gay romance stuff! The two men in my life are NOT readers. My dad would always take me to the library as a kid because it was good for me, but he would never get books for himself. He used to get books to read to me when I was little little. Other than that he does not read unless it is sports blogs which he loves.
DeleteSo he does know you’re talented, that’s good! Like I’d be too shy to even share Hayden even with a friend probably, and it’s mild! But so good.
DeleteLove the story, just read chapter 7. It's great and you keep getting chapters out so quick :-) Is this story easier to write than your 'Nifty-stories'?
ReplyDeleteAlso: is your husband still into the story, or did he move on? And what does he think about you publishing the online?
Thank you so much for all the upvotes!! :) It is easier to write when I'm not doing sex scenes. Those are harder to write than you'd think.
DeleteMy husband says he is reading it, but he is super busy and I don't press him. He is happy that I have something to get excited about. It keeps me busy and not worried about other things.
Zahir read chapter seven to me before bed tonight... I love the pace, and where I think you are headed. I also love to hate Aaron!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that writing about people having sex is hard. It is harder when your partner reads your work... "Is this something my baby 'REALLY' wishes to try!?!" His voice goes up an octave on the word REALLY.
Not writing/blogging as much as I'd like. I am on course-work overload. Zahir has said I 'AM' to take a year off at least before jumping in a masters program. One year of being 100% devoted to being his spouse/lover/help-mate/intern, it sounds like heaven to me.
The little white pill is kicking in, Goodnight Emri.
DeleteNo! I love Aaron! haha. I want him to end up being someone good in the series, or maybe very evil. Either way he will cause growth between Tank and Hayden. :) For better or for worse! :)
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DeleteI find myself identifying with Tank... and Hayden... how weird is that.
DeleteAs Hayden: I grew up in Miami... where gay was as common as a day that ended with y.
As Tank: The second to last family was (uber) religious. Funny this was the same family who 'hurt' me and then blamed me at 14 for tempting foster dad beyond his ability to control himself.
I had an "Aaron" in my life. He was a boy at my last foster home. He was so over the top gay he frightened Zahir, that takes some doing. My 'Aaron' took me to my first PRIDE event with officer Mike and his wife. He started dating a Cuban boy I had a crush on. Hindsight being 20-20 it was a good thing. I wasn't ready at the time and I wouldn't have been seen by Zahir the next year.
I feel for the Aarons and I haven't decided yet if he will be a good character, a bad character, or just conflicted. I have lost touch with some of my Aarons because they didn't like me settling down and thought my husband was too controlling, but just like they get to choose how their life goes, so do I. If they can't be happy for me then they can't be a part of this. right?
DeleteDrama is a wonderful thing to read and write, it's not a good thing to live. Surround yourself with joy!
DeleteI have 30 minutes to go to sleep or Zahir is going to shove a little white pill down my throat.
G'nite buddy.