I really enjoyed this story. Very well done.
Intrigue, back-room shenannigans, and a few twists and turns that I did not expect in what I at first thought was going to be a 'simple' story.
Very, very well executed, especially the last chapter!
Fantastic work, CalvinC.
Here is the first chapter:
http://www.eunuch.org/Alpha/E/ea_170848elite_ac.htm
Find the rest in the archive.
Thank you for writing and posting, CalvinC !
"Elite Acadamy Programme"
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Re: "Elite Acadamy Programme"
Thanks Stefan, for the link and your kind words. Also for your encouraging emails as I wrote this story.
I very much enjoyed writing it and getting feedback from people. I think I have something of the writer's bug now, and find that I have more ideas than time to write them all
But I hope to write something else very soon.
I very much enjoyed writing it and getting feedback from people. I think I have something of the writer's bug now, and find that I have more ideas than time to write them all
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I thought this was going to be "boys messing about" but it turned out 2b something more. "Miserable sneaky nasty but also brilliant little boys": Tony B? George W B? Nicolas S?
I would like to know about whether Jacob can save Tristan - but no, he mustn't.
Anyway, great story - write some more about this world.
I would like to know about whether Jacob can save Tristan - but no, he mustn't.
Anyway, great story - write some more about this world.
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Thanks Felix. You are the second person to ask about Tristan. I am not sure I can write his story just yet though. On the other hand, I definitely feel like returning to this world. I may write something completely different first though (somewhere I have all kinds of haf started stories that I always intended to write. I may finish one of those).
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Calvin, congratulations for this story. I was naive enough to hope for (and expect) Jacob to pay the price for his misdoings, but the ending turned out to be a lot more profound than I ever expected.
I do believe that most of us can think of a Jacob among the people we have known. Only that probably most of us can't forgive our Jacobs as readily as 437 could. Such forgiveness probably takes a good dose of eunuch calm.
I do believe that most of us can think of a Jacob among the people we have known. Only that probably most of us can't forgive our Jacobs as readily as 437 could. Such forgiveness probably takes a good dose of eunuch calm.
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Re: "Elite Acadamy Programme"
CalvinCaerndow (imported) wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:36 am Thanks Stefan, for the link and your kind words. Also for your encouraging emails as I wrote this story.
I very much enjoyed writing it and getting feedback from people. I think I have something of the writer's bug now, and find that I have more ideas than time to write them allBut I hope to write something else very soon.
Calvin, very, very good indeed!
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Re: "Elite Acadamy Programme"
Thanks both for your comments. I think the story of how Alex eventually comes to forgive Jacob will need telling one day. Right now I am working on something quite different ... I am not sure about posting it up yet though.