But then he remembered Luke’s lips against his hand. Not that he could forget, what with the skin still prickling as if it had been asleep. As if Luke had woken it.
Ahhh, that's it, Reid. Not all the computing in the world can tell you everything. For some things you need the empirical evidence. In other words: you don't know what Luke's lips on yours will do to you until you kiss him.
But I feel a lot of respect for Reid's ruthless search for the truth about himself. He will not disrespect either himself or Luke by bumbling around in denial or unexamined confusion. Poor Reid. It's not easy being an anomaly and having to figure everything out for yourself. I can sympathize. I'm bi, I know that without a doubt, but I've also found myself wondering what the heck I would do with a woman in bed exactly.
I have to say I find your writing so humorous. Not in a one-joke-per-line kind of way, much more dry and subtle. I love it and I'm mostly smiling my way through your chapters. This is serious stuff and uncertain ground, but there's no sense of impending doom or anything.
The gay porn scene that wouldn't stop. Geez, you're really determined not to censor yourself here, aren't you? I can think of only a couple of things that you DIDN'T cover in Reid's Internet research, and I'm SO grateful that you didn't. After all of Reid's sex dreams involving Katie and Luke, and now this, I'm extremely interested to see what will happen if/when he and Luke ever get naked together.
Ahhh, that's it, Reid. Not all the computing in the world can tell you everything. For some things you need the empirical evidence. In other words: you don't know what Luke's lips on yours will do to you until you kiss him. You always get me. ♥
And it means so much that you can relate at all to what Reid is going through. Because try as I might, there's nothing bi about me. :)
The gay porn scene that wouldn't stop. Geez, you're really determined not to censor yourself here, aren't you? Oh, you have no idea the pressure to censor myself. Especially when I know a chapter would be much more beloved (and, in this case, more balanced) were I not to include certain things. Fortunately, I didn't have such dilemmas writing First Love -- there was only that one truly risky moment near the end. But Outlier is, of course, more controversial on multiple levels, and it has been a constant struggle not to water down the original conception. If I were trying to make this more marketable or literary there would no doubt be some changes. But that's the beauty of ff…I can just put it all out there. :) And it does help knowing that once this story really gets started(!), there should be near-universal happiness…
I can think of only a couple of things that you DIDN'T cover in Reid's Internet research, and I'm SO grateful that you didn't. There are some lines that even I won't cross. ;)
But then he remembered Luke’s lips against his hand. Not that he could forget, what with the skin still prickling as if it had been asleep. As if Luke had woken it.
Ahhh, that's it, Reid. Not all the computing in the world can tell you everything. For some things you need the empirical evidence. In other words: you don't know what Luke's lips on yours will do to you until you kiss him.
But I feel a lot of respect for Reid's ruthless search for the truth about himself. He will not disrespect either himself or Luke by bumbling around in denial or unexamined confusion. Poor Reid. It's not easy being an anomaly and having to figure everything out for yourself. I can sympathize. I'm bi, I know that without a doubt, but I've also found myself wondering what the heck I would do with a woman in bed exactly.
I have to say I find your writing so humorous. Not in a one-joke-per-line kind of way, much more dry and subtle. I love it and I'm mostly smiling my way through your chapters. This is serious stuff and uncertain ground, but there's no sense of impending doom or anything.
The gay porn scene that wouldn't stop. Geez, you're really determined not to censor yourself here, aren't you? I can think of only a couple of things that you DIDN'T cover in Reid's Internet research, and I'm SO grateful that you didn't. After all of Reid's sex dreams involving Katie and Luke, and now this, I'm extremely interested to see what will happen if/when he and Luke ever get naked together.
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You always get me. ♥
And it means so much that you can relate at all to what Reid is going through. Because try as I might, there's nothing bi about me. :)
The gay porn scene that wouldn't stop. Geez, you're really determined not to censor yourself here, aren't you?
Oh, you have no idea the pressure to censor myself. Especially when I know a chapter would be much more beloved (and, in this case, more balanced) were I not to include certain things. Fortunately, I didn't have such dilemmas writing First Love -- there was only that one truly risky moment near the end. But Outlier is, of course, more controversial on multiple levels, and it has been a constant struggle not to water down the original conception. If I were trying to make this more marketable or literary there would no doubt be some changes. But that's the beauty of ff…I can just put it all out there. :) And it does help knowing that once this story really gets started(!), there should be near-universal happiness…
I can think of only a couple of things that you DIDN'T cover in Reid's Internet research, and I'm SO grateful that you didn't.
There are some lines that even I won't cross. ;)
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