‘Oh come on Jeremy, like I’d waste my time checking your shit. All I have to do is ask, it’s not in the fine print that I actually have to searc..., though they seem to imply it pretty strongly. Get on inside you goof, I’ll see you later.’ ‘Yeah, hah I’ll see you then.’ Jeremy entered his building relieved and finally breathing at a normal rate. That had been as close as he ever wanted to come to being discovered. Yet, he thought as he entered the elevator and hit the 6th floor button, I’m being. How much impact do you think the "Joe Bates" saga had on spurring the writing and direction of other TG authors? I must get a message or so a month telling me what the Bates story means to them, for many people assume I wrote it! Gods, I wish I had the talent! I think the fact that it's unfinished has stimulated many to try their hand at it. Besides the time constraints and money, what is the biggest problem you face running your site? It used to be getting authors to write the "next chapter". “He gets that from his parents,” Beth said in a serious tone. She put her hands on Hailey’s shoulders and looked into the younger woman’s eyes. “Hailey, my son loves you; my husband and I adore you; my father and mother would trade me for you even up and my brother and sister-in-law would offer their daughters two-for-one if they could adopt you. Your father is proud of you and so are we. Do not let small-minded people make you second-guess yourself. David and I will not permit that and neither. "I stepped over to the other three and asked the same questions, but no one else had heard the notes or the laughter. I let it sit for the moment while we piled back into the Jeep and headed for breakfast.We'd pulled into Las Vegas the day before, not too much later than we planned, after a long run along the eastern side of the Sierras and across the desert. The descent from Yosemite had been as spectacular as it always is, and we'd had plenty of opportunity to enjoy the sudden appearance of.