Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll

[mariez]

. . . . Although 'all the way to France' certainly has its good points   

Can't argue with that, Fabienne!   

Any ... thoughts?

You bet. . . . just need to do another, slower re-read and gather them coherently.

.  . . One million words later... 

Holy crap - are you serious?  A million.  That's mind-boggling - a million amazing words.  Ideas? A few words on what "Taking Chances" and the entire saga means to you? (I could write more than just a few words on that).  On a lighter note -
Favorite moments by category?  Favorite Wayne-isms?  Wes-isms?  Favorite Ellery pose?  Favorite getting fancy moment? 

Marie

[Lumière]

Everyone,

We have an important anniversary coming up on Thursday, May 3rd...that is the day, one year ago, that Louise began writing "Taking Chances." In her original vision it was going to be a short story, detailing the visit of a rural gay man to a discreet "men's club" in the city. One million words later...

I'd like to have some sort of celebration. Thoughts?

Leslie

I love Marie's idea! 
Although I can safely say that my favorite getting fancy moment would be practically, um, all of them..

[MaineWriter]

Everyone,

Louise will be beginning an epic journey at 2 pm tomorrow (midnight tonight, EDT). I have written a few details about it in my blog, "From the World International Headquarters" over on the Your Daily Thoughts board.

Please hold Louise close in your hearts and minds as she travels (literally) around the world.

Leslie

[MaineWriter]

I like the idea of favorite moments, favorite scenes, whatever! Let's have fun. Remember, if you post a direct quote that references Ellery's devoted and loving life partner, his name is Colson now, so please edit accordingly.

Just to get things started...

Favorite Wayne-ism (and this is from memory): "He asked me if I liked to suck cock. What was I goin ta say...NO?"

And this, from "What I Did On My Day Off" is one of my absolute favorite paragraphs...

And rushin down those stairs, throbbin everywhere a man could throb without bein beat up, was when I realized I’d fallen in love with a man I’d just met, and at the moment when there wasn’t a damn thing I could do about it. It was time to be the law. For that half hour, I really fuckin hated my job.

Leslie

[belbbmfan]

favorite props maybe? 

I'll go and have a look in the gallery.

[magicmountain]

I have just come into possession of Ellery's "little dress" (his silk robe).

I came across this pic and immediately thought of Ellery in his little dress.

[Lumière]

Who the heck is that, Jo? lol..

[opinionista]

Who the heck is that, Jo? lol..

That's Freddie Mercury!

[mariez]

I just have a sec - but here's a favorite moment I found when I was looking over the re-read posts (and I know it's one of Leslie's favorites, too) - it is beautiful and sweet and tender and oh-so-sexy all at once:

“You spoil me, Colson, I swear.”

“Thank you,” Colson leaned over, brushing his thumb across Ellery’s damp cheek, pushing loose strands of hair back from Ellery’s forehead and tucking them behind his ear. “It’s cause I love you.” Then Colson leaned down and brushed his lips softly across Ellery’s lips, kissing him as gently as he had penetrated him earlier... giving him a subtle message.

Ahhhh . . . .

Marie

[ranchgal]

There are other things Ellery wears that show all the way to France though.

Something to keep in mind.

By the way I have not got a lot of feedback on the most recent chapters and how people feel about the subtle but nonetheless important additions to Colson's inner dialogue.

Any ... thoughts?

I don't know about the inner dialog, but I found it very interesting that Colson is becoming a more complete person and actually went through the work to get a GED---very interesting, I haven't figured out quite where it came from but it puts him on a more equal footing with people who may possibly judge him for only his grammar and occupation.   It means his circumstances were overcome by his decisions to do the best he could for himself.  Interesting development and somewhat changes the inner idea of who he is, and maybe what he is capable of.