User talk:MissBono/Cullen328

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Flashbacks
Good morning, Laura. My work schedule is a bit different today, so I slept in and just got out of bed. Of course, I will help when I can, so let me know when you will have two way email. Your thoughts about love are perceptive, and an adult exploration of the subject has to deal with pain and hardship as well as joy and pleasure. As for the flashbacks about arguments, that is your decision to make. My recommendation is to use them sparingly. Perhaps that is because my writing style is a bit old fashioned.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  16:44, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Jim emails' issue is hard for me right now, I don't know whenever I will be able to check them or receive them, it's something that comes unexpectely (or whatever this word is spell)..
 * I have the first part of the 1st chapter. Let me know if you want me to email it to you.
 * It's good to sleep in. I cannot do it often, tough.  Miss Bono  [hello, hello!]  16:53, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, email it. You don't have to ask for permission. Email any time.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  17:01, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Your email this morning
Hello Laura,

Yes, I would like to continue being your mentor. All I ask is that you ask me some questions from time to time. For example, if you asked me about DYK before you took your recent article live, I could have told you about the time limits. Instead of sending me an email asking if I am around, please ask a specific question. I am always around and I am always busy, but if you ask something specific, I will try to answer as soon as I can spare the time.

When I see you asking things in other areas of Wikipedia, and not asking me anything, it makes me feel that I am not meeting your needs as a source of information.

I am glad that you have found other people who answer your questions more quickly or better than I do. But I am still willing to help to the extent that you are still willing to ask.

I am very sorry for the various personal issues of yours that you mentioned in your email. Since you asked me not to discuss it on Wikipedia, that is all I will say. I have been very busy in recent days with a matter pertaining to U.S. politics that has required a lot of research on my part. Since you don't wish to discuss politics (understandably) I will say no more about that, and it has nothing to do with Wikipedia, or U2, or Cuba either.

Sometimes I return home after a very long day of work and driving, and just lack the energy for some lengthy editing, especially for creative writing. When a drive that should be one hour ends up closer to three hours, plus four stops for errands along the way, I am not at my best as a writer when I finally sit down to a late dinner. That's what yesterday afternoon and evening was like. My job in San Francisco was challenging but turned out well, my customer was wonderful and his home beautiful, the weather great, the money I earned good, and there were excellent views of the city I love in a beautiful neighborhood. All good. Returning home was so difficult though that I was exhausted last night.

I thought I was going to have plenty of spare time today, but a customer contacted me and I will be going to Sacramento to meet my son for a late afternoon job, so who knows when I will get home?

I don't mind reviewing your creative writing but I need time to deal with longer sections. I hope you understand.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  19:22, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Prologue copyedited
The warm feeling of having his body so close still amazed me. I stared at the curious movements of his naked chest as he breathed. He looked calm and peaceful and his lips were just perfect. He was still asleep but yet he made me feel safe. I'd always found the lines of his face attractive and interesting, and they'd told their own story. It was odd, because when you talk to him, he seemed to be alright, and that's what I thought before I met him personally. I even added him to my list of the most cheerful and charismatic people, but David Conner was more complicated that he used to seem to anyone who didn't keep close contact with him. He was one of those mazes, that the more you searched for an exit the less you find it... once you are in, there is no point of return.

His look had a melancholy air that hurt my heart. I felt attracted to his lopsided smile and the way he couldn't stop touching the ring on his little finger when he was eager. A kid was taking refuge behind that magical smile and that extroverted personality; a kid that needed affection and understanding, a kid who didn't like to be alone.

I'd met David Conner since... forever, I grew up seeing him and, in my teens I was already in love with his unfathomable bright blue eyes. Years went by and along with them my affection for Conner grew stronger. It wasn't easy to feel what I felt and knowing that I was condemned to bury my feelings forever, just because he was my father's best friend.

I always thought that Leah, his wife for nearly twenty years, had been the only woman in his bed; that his body, soul and those blue eyes belonged to her. But that night, someone else was keeping the sheets of the biggest rock star in the world warm. It was me.

Note: I kept my changes minor. Question - if Conner was such close friends with her father, why hadn't she met him many times over the years? Was she estranged from her father?

Answer: Jim Her mom and dad were separated, so, she sees him during holidays and some weekends when he is not busy with work. As for Conner, he has his own business and he is not always with her dad. I guess being in a band takes a lot of work and no time to do extra things.  Miss Bono  [hello, hello!]  14:11, 11 November 2013 (UTC)