Life, the Universe, and Chapter 6
I had a rough day today.
I don’t want to go into too much of my personal life (it would take too long), but the short version is that my brother recently married a woman who is systematically breaking our family apart. The new wife and my brother have alienated my mother (who was living in Germany with him, but is now moving back to the States), and I’ve been trying to play the part of “calm intermediary.”
I tried to stay impartial, to see things from both sides, but I had my first phone conversation with my new sister-in-law today. I think it went well.
I only called her a “fucking cunt” once before she hung up.
Now, she completely deserved it (she was combative, rude, and a thorough bitch), but most women don’t actually hear anything after they hear the word “cunt.” They hear an angry buzz instead. I don’t think men have a similar word. I certainly don’t hear an angry buzz when someone calls me a cocksucker, motherfucker, or worse. But I digress…
So my conversation with my new sister-in-law didn’t go well. I called back to apologize (an apology costs me nothing, and I want to salvage my relationship with my brother), but my brother wouldn’t let me get a word in edgewise. Now, he was performing for his wife’s benefit, but it’s hard to hear an apology when you won’t shut your fucking mouth long enough to let the other person give it.
I have a friend who has a great phrase: “You can’t un-fuck a pig.” Well, I fucked the pig today, and I can’t un-fuck it. I still think the arrogant bitch deserved to be called a cunt, but that’s another story.
I can be an adult, though, and I’m willing to apologize… sincerely, even. So I sent an apology to my brother and his wife. It was contrite, and I didn’t make excuses. (Those are the only kind of apologies to make… if you’re wrong, don’t try to justify your actions, no matter how justified you think you were.)
The mature thing for my brother and his wife to do would be to accept my apology. Then I’d like to hear her apologize for her side of the argument. After all, it takes two to tango, right?
Sadly, I don’t think my brother or his wife are mature enough to do either.
So I guess that means I won’t be talking to my brother until he gets a new cunt… I mean wife. Like my friend says, you can’t un-fuck a pig. (She really did deserve to be called a fucking cunt, and I don’t use that word except about “Hanoi Jane” Fonda. But justified or not, I shouldn’t have said it, because I know what kind of effect it has on most women. I digress… again.)
What does this have to do with you? Well, aside from being a glimpse into my pig-fucked life, I was in the middle of editing Chapter 6 when I got into the shouting match with the fucking cunt my sister-in-law. Talk about wrecking my concentration!
I’m still pretty preoccupied, obviously, re-thinking the conversation and planning my responses if they do or don’t accept my apology. I hope they’re mature enough to realize that she was just as guilty as I was, but I don’t have high hopes.
I should be able to talk to my brother when he goes downrange (soon). He won’t be around the fucking cunt his wife, and she won’t be whispering in his ear all the time. Talk about a fucking viper!
Anyway, I did manage to concentrate long enough to finish editing Chapter 6. I sent it off to the editor tonight, so it’s in the pipeline for publication.
I haven’t had much time to write lately, but I have managed to work through half of Chapter 9, which is good. Unfortunately, I’ll probably be preoccupied with the situation with my brother for a couple of days. Not much I can do about that—it’s how I am.
(FWIW, I’m the same way when some fuckwit reader manages to piss me off. I stew about it for a while, until I manage to convince myself that I should just move on. Harder to do with my brother, but I’ll survive. Besides, sooner or later he’ll discover that she really is a fucking cunt, and things should get better between us.)
Back to the story… look for Chapter 6 in a week or so. It’s a good one, if I do say so myself.
As for the rest—my brother and TFC—only time will tell. But I do wish I could un-fuck the pig.
- Nick
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I feel like such a nerd. Even after reading the entire post my first instinct was that TFC stood for Team Fortress Classic. I need to get out more -_-;
Anyway, sorry to hear things are fucked up. It always sucks when a family member gets involved with someone who just sucks.
Hooray for Chapter 6 though!
You are not alone my friend.
I have a sister-in-law just like her. She constantly tells my brother we don’t care about him and does everything she can to keep him seperated from us. She even email my mom once telling her how she didn’t love my brother and tons more BS. Mom was smart to keep it from myself and the other 2 brothers, because any one of us would have killed her.
For 6 straight years now they have gone on vacation and either have to drive an hour past where our parents live, to visit her father or are 3 hours drive away at the beach. Yet she won’t let him stop to visit my parents or our 92 year old grandmother, who also lives in the area.
He sees through her BS now, but he stays with her because of his daughter, who he adores.
Ahh the joys of family I too have a brother who sadly did the same as yours. Be forewarned if you attack her hes going to defend her no matter how blatent the lie the bullshit or the backstabbing. Its VERY hard to admit when you make a mistake admiting you married a backstabbing lying control monster of a cunt well that takes time AND some major issues cuased by her before it will sink in and then he has to have the guts to try and get out. Just remember hes still family and with any luck someday she will be an ex or hit by a bus.
Best of Luck
J
well for your brother….
he can’t unfuck a fucking cunt…
well he can, but it will cost him..
better him than you tho.
look in email btw
hugs
annette
Its not far for anyone to try to ruin a family relationship.
Wise-mind: I agree you were both wrong
Emotional-mind: ah fuck TFC she tried to ruin your family
lol its a hard thing to chose maturity
good luck!
Hehe, so Paul and Nick have more in common than I thought.
(I just finished reading SC4-Ch3 where Paul hangs up the phone on Kendall when she worries about his flying. Talking about anger control on the phone
Mmm if I remember correctly, Gina’s sister is quoted with the wise words: “The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference.”
What does that tell about your feelings for the TFC, Nick? :-p
As Jerry implied, she may be a fucking cunt, but she’s HIS fucking cunt, so he’s got to stick up for her (at least until he gets his head out of his ass). You’ll always be brothers, but he CHOSE her, so probably feels he has to justify that decision (as stupid as it may have been). So he’s probably going to be stubborn and childish about it for a while.
On the other hand, I *strongly* urge you to keep trying to reconcile with him as soon as you can.
I know you’re trying to now, but if you’ll indulge me, I’d like to share my experience in this area.
My twin brother and I fought endlessly as kids and kept a distance into adulthood. About 8 years ago, through the magic of group therapy, he developed these false memories of our childhood that were much worse than how I remember things. He held that against me for years, until 2 years ago when I finally apologized profusely and repeatedly that I hadn’t treated him much better. He finally got it and forgave me. I’m really glad we did, because he was later diagnosed with cancer and died from it last month. Had I not made an almost-heroic effort to make up, he would have died not knowing that I loved him dearly, and I would felt that for the rest of my life.
Life’s too short for squabbles. If his wife’s a fucking cunt, then he’s suffering enough.
Good luck
Sadly Nick if we are talking maturity the ‘c’ word wouldn’t have been used in the first place.
Don’t care how much she wound you up there is NO excuse for using that word and I’m hardly surprised your Brother was ranting down the phone at you.
Good luck in sorting this one out, but I suspect the rod you’ve made for your back is going to take a rather long time to straighten out.
@Alan
Sorry, Alan, but a word is a word is a word, and the “no excuse to use it” argument is bullshit. “A rose by any other name,” and all that. She IS a cunt, and I’ll call her that.
The “no excuse” argument is that I shouldn’t have called her a cunt to her face, since I knew how she’d react. (Let’s forget the fact that she was looking for an excuse to cut me off when I wouldn’t play her game.)
But while I’m on the subject of words, what’s the difference between cunt and nigger and fascist and gang rape and genocide and whatever else you can think of?
The word isn’t the problem. The word simply describes a body part, a race, a belief, an action, an event, etc. The problem is the hate behind the word.
So let’s not try to rid the world of certain words. Instead, let’s concentrate on the intolerance behind the words.
Words are powerless without emotion. Trust me, I’m in the business of connecting the two.
- Nick
Hi Nick,
Sorry to hear about the situation with your brother. Unfortunately, Jerry (I believe) pegged it right… he chose her to marry, so he’s going to stick up for her.
I was in a similar (but much milder…. it was a relationship, not marriage, thank GOD!!) situation to your brother… I was with a girl who was not-so-slowly trying to pull me away from my family, and she was starting to succeed just a little bit.
Thankfully, my sister always let me know that she had my back, regardless of the fact that my gf was a lying cunt, so that when I finally opened my eyes somewhat and saw a bit of who she really was, my sis was there to lend support.
So, i guess my advice is: don’t let your bro’s cunt of a wife get between your brother and you… to me, it makes little sense trying to convince him that she’s a cunt… he has to see it for himself. Your job as a brother is to ensure that he knows you’re there for him when the blinders finally come off.
PS. Although not everyone agreed with your action, I think if she deserved to be called a cunt, then you damn well call it like you see it (at least once). That way, she’ll know that she can’t play the ass around you… she’ll know that you won’t stand for your BS. So, in a sense, she’ll have that ‘respect’ for you, in some form or fashion.
In any case, good luck.
Wow! Good luck with that! I had my ex surgically removed, so I can empathize with some of what’s going on, but you just can’t get past the “c” word. It seems to have an emotional weight of it’s own.
It is amusing to hear a talented writer describe the situation! I hope you take that as a positive; good luck!
Well, at least you didn’t actually FUCK your sister-in-law like I did. My now-ex-wife found out and nearly had a seizure she was so mad. The neighbors even called the police on us the night she freaked out because she was so loud. Needless to say, I got kicked out. It turned out to be the best thing that ever happened.
You see, I’m still regularly bagging my ex-sister-in-law on about an every other month basis. She is also married and lives about two hours away, so we take the same days off from work and spend the day together in a small town halfway between us. God she is a nasty sick slut in bed. She does it ALL… I love it.
I shall never, ever, EVER get married again. Ever. Never * Infinity.
Awesome news about the next chapter. I hope you are ok with your brother.
Nick,
You gotta admire Dennis’ take on things, be glad you didn’t take her to bed and really screw things up with your brother. Kudos on being the adult, and trying to mend things with your bro. I hope it works out.
Nick-
I cannot bring myself to declare that you said the wrong word or that you did the right thing. However, as has been said before, but I would like to reiterate, your relationship with your brother is far more important than expressing your feelings about his (hopefully) soon-to-be ex-wife. Try to keep a level head and take a lesson from Susan. You did create her…
Anyway, good luck, and it’s good to hear that Chapter 6 is on the way. I’m sure it will be, heh-hem, entertaining.
John
p.s. Perhaps you could use Dennis’ enlightening anecdote in a future story? I’m sure he wouldn’t mind. I would be proud if one of my sexual conquests inspired one of your short stories.
Yeah, Dennis… that might be worthy of a story sometime.
You know what they say: the truth is stranger than fiction.
- Nick
I totally sympathize with the situation you’re in, Nick. My uncle married a woman like that (amazingly, they’re still married after 30-odd years), who more or less estranged him from my dad and their parents. Unfortunately, it took his father’s deteriorating health (Grandpa’s now in the Alzheimer’s ward of a nursing home down in Florida) to make him realize what an ass he’s been, and that he ought to patch things up with Dad and Grandma before it’s too late. Hopefully your brother won’t take that long to come around.
Regarding the C-word, well, you know what you stepped in and have about as good a plan as possible for working your way out of it. All I can say there is to be patient and hope things work out for the best (preferably without your brother’s little wifelet around).
Looking forward to Chapter 6!
Ah, Paul….I mean Nick…..I see now who the inspiration is for a character we’ve all come to know and love despite his irrational actions at times….don’t worry. It will get better, or not. But, no matter what, “You’ll have to do better, Mr. Scipio (or is it Hughes?)”….
Hope you get the tongue in cheek references as listed above…..
AL
It’s often hard to let things go, when someone is being an asshole/bitch, and you feel like a sucker or punching bag if you don’t fight back and put them in their place.
Still, regardless if a woman deserves it or not, it’s probably best never to call a woman a cunt if you plan to have any relationship with her in the future.
What’s done is done, can’t unfuck the pig. It sounds like the whole situation is far messier than just a few heated words with your sister-in-law. Hopefully your brother will have the sense to not cut off contact completely. Best of luck.
Dang, that’s awesome you got her worked up. Well, I’m sure you already know, TFC only told your brother that you called her TFC. Nothing of the conversation that took place before it. He will hold it as long as she is feeding him her stories. It will take a long time to convince your brother otherwise.
I don’t speek to my brother because of a similar situation… his wife, and his kids were getting on my nerves. I don’t visit with them anymore.
Good luck on that with your brother.
Great news on the next chapter… I can’t belive that it’s been over 2 years since I’ve stumbled onto your Summer Camp
Keep up the good work
Hi Nick.
I love your work, it’s some of the best written erotica on the internet.
I feel a bit uncomfortable giving you advice about this, but I realy hope you manage to work things out. The most important thing to bear in mind in this sort of situation is that the person who gives in to emotion in these arguments allways comes off looking worse. If you manage to talk to your brother. Remain calm , be suportive and above all be objective. The more you say to try and pull the two of them appart the tighter they will cling to each other. If you make no effort to do so and calmly cut off any conversation civily while making your reasons clear whenever his wife makes it immposible to continue then it will underline how unreasonable her behaviour is.
Hopefully, over time, this should force him to realise where the trouble realy stems from. If after this he still refuses to leave her or stand up for you then I can’t think of anything else that will work. When someone is willing to overlook reason and fact to make a relationship work then there’s nothing you can do about it.
Something similar happened to my friend Gordon, except that it wasn’t just his family se tried to cut off, but he eventualy saw through it all (since she cheated on him with the maid of honour’s boyfriend).
Good luck.
this german proverb applies here:
“Der Klügere gibt nach” ( The wiser one gives in. )
All those german people, who heard that once too often, usually reply:
“… so lange, bis er der dümmere ist.” ( … until he becomes the dumber one. )
So, I can´t really say “well done”, but then again you didn´t do too bad either…
The one thing you fucked up, was letting him marry her in the first place. (Get over it, go meditate, do a spiritual cleansing, in case you don´t know how, look it up at fakesteve.blogspot.com
I hope that TFC isn´t german (though I wouldn´t be surprised 
- me, being german 
My best friend was - 10 years ago - on the brink of proposing to his longtime girlfriend. He told me. I was able to talk him out of it.
(That girl was “special”: rude, not funny, not intelligent, not beautiful, no social qualities whatsoever, couldnt cook, did have a cleaning tick, couldn´t drive - she must have worked wonders in bed, cause there wasn´t a single person, who knew them both, that didn´t ask: “What does this really nice guy do with that bland bitch?” - Not one! )
Finally, after 10 years with that idiot bitch, five years after I talked him out of that wedding idea, (talk about time wasted, or “lesson learned by a slow learner”) he split up. - all friends rejoiced!
Not a year later he married his highschool love, 5th anniversary is due in a couple of weeks, they have two daughters age 4 and 2.
Anyway, you mention your brother coming downrange? - Don´t count on it, the bitch has plenty time to talk him out of it :((
I wish you all the best, but you better plan on travelling to Germany to have a word with him. (I.e., you might want to help your mother move some stuff). DO NOT announce your visit beforehand (at least not to your brother); you can always tell him the email got lost.
Go up to their house, excuse as profoundly and as heartfelt as you can muster to both of them and then ask to have a word (or a couple of beer) with him only.
And then tell him how you feel, what had happened, and that you are available to him anytime. Also that that bitch just has a major personality problem and this is what she does (you´d like to make a list beforehand with choice quotes, and why your mom moves). Tell him that this was the last time you mention it, that both of them are welcome to come to your house as long as his wife knows how to behave, and as “blood is thicker than water” it would be a pity to throw a family ( i.e. a family member, depending on perspective) away.
The one thing you have to try, is to get him to sit down with you for 15 minutes until you are through with your act. -
This will certainly not lead to him dumping her. But, the idea is to start a little process in his head on backburner, and hopefully he catches more of her antics in the future, and gets to his senses rather sooner than later.
He probably won´t speak to you for a couple of weeks / months.
It might very well be, that he´s already fully infiltrated, and won´t speak to you ever again. - Shit happens, at least you tried.
Still, you will call him every year on his birthday, maybe also newyear or xmas, and write a card on xmas and his saint´s day, making sure he´s constantly reminded of you. (three times is plenty: calling is necessary, to make sure he even knows you try to contact him)
Honestly, make already room in your schedule for a transatlantic flight; the minute you know he won´t come downrange, cause if he chickens out this time, there won´t be a next time.
—
OK, that was this, consultation hours is over
BTW, in case you make it to Germany, take a detour to Madrid on your way back, the offer to tapas and beer still stands.
all the best.
Matt
“My best friend was - 10 years ago - on the brink of proposing to his longtime girlfriend. He told me. I was able to talk him out of it.”
Maybe i should elaborate that one. No, I´m not the master of words, and that friend is certainly no frigtard that jumps when I tell him. The conversation went like that:
him: I think, I will propose to her.
me: Why?
him: Well, we´re a couple for four years now, I know the good, the bad and the ugly, there won´t be any negative surprises, and it´s probably good to put theis relationship on solid legal feet.
me: Love?
him: You know, uhmmmm mmmm mmmmm
… and a little bit more of the same …
OK, that paints him in a somewhat dimwittish light, but this was just a momentary lapse. - Not sure what caused that, though. - Anyway, aside from having lost 10 years, nothing serious has happened … (yeah, 10 years is serious enough :))
Matt
Nick,
I believe that you perhaps think that cunt is a word. It’s not, it’s an acronym…
Can’t
Understand
Normal
Thinking
Sorry that TFC took time from your writing, and your fans enjoyment.
You know the situation better than any of us, and it seems you are doing your best to if not rectify the situation start the path to recovery. Just wanted to leave two cliché pieces of wisdom: 1. you can pick your friends but you can’t pick your family. 2. time heals all wounds. Thanks for your writing so far I look forward to your future work only when you are ready and satisfied with it.
Hey Nick,
If I could buy you a cold beer I would!
Karen
Hey, we’ve all said things we regret - but I dunno how you can give them a sincere apology like you say you’d be willing to do when you also say that it’s all perfectly true and you meant every word? Still I rage at my brother regularly and we always get it back together.
Like my 1957 auto, families are the best - when they’re running. But most of the time in they’re up on bricks waiting for parts. Still, the car means a lot to me. Oh yeah, the family too :->
Same story different names, compadre, except my brother is TFC (you can gender-ize the C if you like, but my brother is a cunt) - my sister-in-law is a sweety.
No, you can’t un-fuck the pig. But that doesn’t mean you have to keep visiting the pig sty.
My wife writes mystery novels, so I’ve learned to quit asking and just read ‘em when she gives me the binder (pre-punched paper is on my top ten list of man’s greatest inventions).
Avid Reader (yours AND hers).
TFC haha CLASSIC…I think I’ll start calling my sister-in-law TFC and snicker to myself in my mind
(as opposed to snickering to other people in my mind…which yes, I do)
Hmmm, Birthday theme picture of the day this year. Birthday theme picture of the day same day last year.
Happy Birthday!
I thought TFC was married to my business partner. I’ll have to check and see if she left. Might be why he has been a good mood lately.
all’s fair in love and war…
when you called her a cunt, I can see where you were coming from. She has no right in detroying your brothers relationship with his family, you can see this happening being a third party, whereas your brother can’t, seeing as his wife (from now on referred to as “The Cunt”) has been whispering in his ear for quite some time, (Wormtongue anybody?)
Some people marry for love, others marry for money, some even marry because they are lonely, and of course, there are those that marry for power. I’ve seen all three, and they only work if the other party is ignorant. The Cunt, was looking for power, your brother was probably looking for love.
And as Robert Frost once said
Life… It goes on
Let me give you from asian chinese view of point.
It obviously that your brother choose his new wife. All you need to do now is to make sure your mother is well taken care. This is life.
Dont you type the sentense before “Life sucks”.
Move on and carry on your life if you cant do anything, live well and enjoy life.
Nick, I don’t doubt that she is an unpleasant person, but the fact that you’ve escalated this to a public forum must cast some doubt on the sincerity of your ‘apology’.
Words like cunt and nigger have acquired cultural meanings and power beyond their literal meanings and it’s not unusual for members of the more powerful parts of society (e.g. white, male, American) to be unable to perceive this - after all they’re the ones who benefit from their use. Having said this, I guess the derogatory use of one of the finest words describing a woman’s body, is nothing new for porn writers, even the better ones.
As for your denigration of Jane Fonda, if only there were a few more like her your country and mine might not be in such a mess over Iraq.
Nevertheless, good luck in sorting out your family problems!
TFC sounds a lot like my mother-in-law.
If going “downrange” still has the same meaning it used to, your brother doesn’t need any distractions right now. He has to concentrate on being aware while he’s there, and keeping his head in and on the job at hand, including survival. He is married. Mend your fences with him now, deal with the marital situation after his safe return.
Nick,
Things could be worse! Thank God she is married to your brother and not you. You only have to deal with her from a distance, he lives with it full time and believe me, living with someone like that can change a person. Hopefully he will see reality a lot quicker than I did.
I would swear TFC was my ex wife but then again she was PBFH Psycho Bitch From Hell!
Until then, please try to have compasion for the hell he lives thru daily.
Nick,
For this response I am going to go against the grain and reply contrary to the majority opinion of the other responses to your blog. Say what you will, and I’m sure I will hear about this from your other fans, I think you should stop complaining about the inconveniences of life and accept the hard knocks for what they are. Your other fans coddle you in hopes that you won’t respond angrily and delay their precious summer camp sequel but I believe things have gone too far. You create a story in hopes that people will appreciate and come to love what you write. For this I respect you and even admire you, but lately it seems that you portray us as owing you something and I believe this to be an exaggeration. If anything you owe US, for reading and believing in your series to the extent that we wait for years upon years for its completion. I have waited and read your blog for long enough, it is time to speak up. I have known many authors and other people who have worked under FAR more stressful and extenuating circumstances than yours and have completed their goals in far less time than you AND with less complaint. Rant at me if you will, but this is the truth. I have waited several years, and I repeat YEARS for an end to this short story of yours and your endless excuses of why it isn’t on time is unacceptable. Despite what you claim, you DO have a responsibility to the readers who praise and love what you write and it is ridiculous to delay and postpone what should have been completed some time ago. I am sure that at least some others will agree with me, we have tried to be patient, but sometimes you just have to man up and deal with the hard knocks that life deals you. Life is hard for everyone and harder for many others than for you, so perhaps you should suck it up and deal with it like most others and meet your responsibilities head on despite adversity. Despite what you think Nick, we owe you nothing, we read your stories because YOU write them, and we praise you because it’s what you desire, to be appreciated. Yes, you write well, better than most, but that doesn’t mean we owe you our subservience in hopes that you will continue to grace us with your writing. Condemn me if you will, and I’m sure you will have at least something to say about this, but please at least take this to heart: Man up, and finish this thing, because like it or not, you have started this story and it IS your responsibility as an appreciated author to finish it. For all our sake, put down your pride and self-righteous anger, and finish this story in a timely manner without whining about the rather mediocre hard knocks that life deals you. I know you’re weary of complaints of your pace of writing, but consider that you do have some responsibility to your readers and these constant procrastinations are unacceptable for a REAL author. It is time to decide Nick, no more coddling, no more worshiping you in hopes that you won’t get angry, ARE you going to write like a real author who appreciates his fans for reading, or are you going to continue to rail at life for not allowing you to write at your leisure and demand our worship so that you will continue to feed us your long overdue chapters in hopes that we will rain compliments down upon you? I know this response sounds aggressive, but your seeming demands at recognition for, at best, decent writing is beginning to wear at my tolerance. I do enjoy your stories, but I wish that you would stop complaining about the rather lame difficulties that life apparently throws at you and just write like what you’re writing about matters to you and the acceptance of your readers matters to you. Because, like I said earlier, you DO owe us, because without your readers, your stories are little more than viewerless nuggets of information that pass without appreciation. There, I’ve said my piece, block me, or rant at me as you will, so long as you have read this and at least processed what I have said. For what it’s worth I’m sorry to those who believe I’ve delayed the continuation of the summer camp series but this had to be said. I’ve read enough emails, and blogs, and updates offering delays and explanations and I’ve had enough. Write and actually appreciate our reading or just stop writing at all. I’m tired of your whining.
Hmmm was that the TFC. :p
Sorry couldn’t resist.
If you have that little patience, perhaps you should stop reading the story.
Also if you are going to flame someone atleast have the doodads to give a name. Jeez some people.
This is almost as much fun as reading you stories (which are great).
Frightening as it might be - your sister-in-law has acted as a bit of a muse..
Anon–first of all you truly weren’t afraid of reponses or being blocked you would have used your real name…mine is Pam BTW…LOL.
You know there was one main problem (amongst so many) in your post. As amazing as Nick is…he isn’t a REAL author. A REAL author has a publisher, a contract and gets PAID you idiotic fuckwit! (Man Nick–I really love that word)
If Nick got paid, this wouldn’t be an issue. You would get updates all the time…. But see, here is the weird thing…Nick has a life that includes a family, a job, responsibilities including TFC.
I just don’t understand why people feel he owes us anything. Nick writes cuz he loves it and it probably feeds a need in him. he has promised to finish SC and I beleive he will. Unfortunately for me, that means I have to wait. Just like I waited six years to read JK Rowling’s last Potter book. At least she got PAID!!!!! And we fans had to wait while she had 2 kids, and had a LIFE!
I am anxious to read SC as well…hell I was so sure that ch 6 would be out last week that I have been checking the site many times a day. Why don’t you go check out the naked chicks and just chill??????? hey Nick—still requesting some naked guys…although that would delay SC further…OK scratch that.
As far as your post delaying SC, oh well. We fans have waited years (me only 2 cuz I am a latecomer) and we will wait years more if necessary. Personally, as much as I hate seeing poor Nick have to deal with idiots like you, it does make me laugh to read his posts. Sorry for enjoying your pain Nick
And..you had to be an ass and post this message during Nick’s birthday week. The man is entitled to a decent birthday…first TFC and now you. Nick I hope you had a good birthday. All I can say is no worries and you know your true fans will wait for you.
Anon–ya gotta be kidding us. What torqued you off?
When you pay for it, you can complain about the timeliness or what the author writes in his personal blog. You also then have the right to bitch about what a “REAL” author would do, because until you pay him, Nick’s just an amateur. Which means, as long as it’s free, you’re just a gift recipient, complaining because it wasn’t exactly what you wanted how you wanted it (do you do this at Christmas too?).
Sure, some of Nick’s fans fawn, but trust me, that’s not why he’s writing. He’s not engaged in some passive aggressive thing to get coddling either. The praise is nice, but it’s really not worth all the work.
The fact is, writing is hard and it takes a lot of time. I DARE you to try to write something 1/100th as long as SC, and 1/100th the quality, and get it out in a timely fashion. Cannot be done if you have a full time job, family, and other commitments.
But in addition to this cluelessness, you’ve managed to do something extremely self-defeating in your post. First, you point blank invite being banned. I’m confident Nick will grant your request. But second–you’re responding to a post in which Nick explicitly says that it’s responses like yours that piss him off and delay him writing any further.
Which means instead of helping get what you want (more chapters, faster), you’ve pretty much guaranteed that (1) you personally won’t see them, and (2) Nick will release the next chapter even later. Self-defeating behavior, anon.
I hope your response helped you feel better, because it certainly wasn’t smart.
Wow, “Anon”, that was really swift.
Nick said in his post that chapter 6 was on its way soon. That should be enough for you.
Why did you try to push him when he doesn’t need any more stress?
- Dennis
Anon, Anon, Anon…
I, too, look forward to the next chapter. But, for me, there is more to this Summer Camp experience than the reading of a book.
There is a whole community that has evolved:
There are discussions in the Forum and Chat about various topics - Summer Camp or otherwise.
There is Nick’s website, the POTD, other pictoral ‘amenities’ and Nick’s blog.
There is the opportunity to exchange ideas with Nick, other authors and fellow readers.
I love it when a new chapter arrives, but it is bittersweet - for that means we are closer to the end of a fabulous journey.
So I guess what I am trying to say is - I like that there is time between each chapter. That just means we get to hang out together and talk SC a little longer.
T.
My Father’s older brother was similar to your TFC. Yesterday my sister and I laughed about how he was shoveling coal Down Below, and by now was probably second command down Down There.
Good luck with the family sociology. Most of all, protect your Mother.
Could you add a few MILF’s to the mix in Beauty of the Day, for us old codgers? Keep up the good work.
CT
To Anon…
Fuck off, Mom!
My mother, ladies and gentlemen. Isn’t she a piece of work?
Yeah, just kidding.
Godspeed Nick!
JG
Zen is hard.
Anon sounds like the tosser who always tries to twist Nick’s tail. He’s a troll who needs the opposite of love.
Good luck with the TFC, Nick. Thanks for the good news about Chapter 6.
Anon,
having read your post agree with the rest of the people that have responded to Nick problems, family comes first we will wait until he has sorted them out. His mother needs him and the TFC is more then enough for him to deal with with our you getting on your high horse. I will say one thing to you don’t let the door hit you on your fat ass on the wait out.
Nick take the time you need we will be here when you are ready to post. Take care of your mother and family.
Mick
Hi Nick, why worry about chapter 6? Just tell us more about TCF
Btw it will help you to get over it!
Cheers
Peter
Get ready to flame me. I agree partially with anon.
I think he has a few good arguments. A lot of ‘real’ writers are addicted to writing. They don’t write for money or fame, like Nick. They write for the story and for the characters, like Nick. Unlike Nick they forsake family and fortune to finish a book.
A lot of ‘real’ writers also die alone and penniless. It’s OCD and it’s not healthy. While we may have to wait a bit longer, I salute Nick for being able to give priority to things that are actually important. Writing should be a joy not a chore.
I also agree with anon about the TFC. You hate your sister in law, you don’t get on well with your brother. Welcome to the club.
But, I think anon doesn’t get the point of a rant. I rant about a lot of things that really aren’t important, but it’s important to complain about them anyway. It clears the air. Ranting is good for you. I’m sure nick realizes that the TFC situation isn’t as bad as a lot of things.
Now advice: your brother loves this woman. Be honest with him, but realize this. YOu will have to learn to live with the TFC. Be fake friendly. It’s what families do, except at thanksgiving when we all get drunk and argue with our relatives after rediscovering why we only get together a few times a year.
I enjoyed anon’s rant and I think he writes quite well, Its rubbish but well written rubbish so I suggest anon that you fuck off and write your own story and then after you have finished it had it fully edited and had it published come back here and I’m confident you will be able to read SC B4 to completion.
Two comments
First of all, Jane Fonda should go to Iran and work towards eliminating sexual descrimination there. While I don’t agree with everything that has happened in Iraq, I will say that the media is promoting the idea “if you are in risk of being raped, spread your legs and enjoy it.”
As to anon - I wonder if tfc found this place.
Anon… so that Nick seeks recognition? being praised? even being loved by his readers?.. yes, that is his only payment, apart for the fulfillment of being able to write stories that a lot of people read and find really good. SO WHAT¡. You’ve got a point, i dont share it, but i can understand being inpatient, but not being completely unpolite to someone that gives you something extremely valuable FOR FREE, which nowadays is just fucking unbelievable.
Cannot wait? get a life of your own or, even better, try to write and publish something, just as SofasloB suggests.
Nick, you cannot unfuck the pig, but pig’s exposure isn’t always a good idea, i have to tell, although it decompresses the spirit. Doesn´t it?. I am sorry to see how fu.. bothered you are with all this. Cheer up the spirit. As we say in Spain, no hay mal que cien años dure (there’s not a single bad thing that lasts for a hundred years)
As for chapter 6, Kavafis (i know, i repeat myself) wrote time ago that the important thing is the journey, and what you get from it, not its end. It has been a great journey up till now, and i still have years to live in this journey…. I can wait.
Whenever you are ready…
Anon….
Your wall of text hurts my eyes, please use “enter” key.
Peter> Indeed. My eyes are bleeding. Love the “wall of text” expression.
Just read Anon’s “whatever” … wouldn’t it be fun if we all got together for a party ?
Just a thought that’s all.
Karen (my husband Jason agrees … the party)
Alright, Nick. I agree with Anon. Quit your whining, don’t call your wife-in-law a cunt, and learn how to write. All these men, and apparently Karen, just read your stories for the sex. I know I do. I don’t care all that much about the sadly repetitive Paul and his worries, kind of like I don’t care about yours. Quit your bitchin’ and get back in the kitchen.
Oh, and fuck all of your responses, you fucking gun-toting, war-mongering, capitalistic bastards. I can jack off so somebody elses less-than-mediocre erotica. I’m out.
John I.
And I gave a name.
Hey John I:
Don’t let the swinging door hit you in the ass on your way out!
Y’know, the nice thing about Afghanistan (when the dust settles) is that, out here on the Dark Side of the Moon, the altitude makes you not waste energy and cut right to the chase:
If you’ve already fucked the pig:
1) Kill it
2) Apply fire
3) eat heartily
4) Burp
5) move on to the next target
(the above was literally written as a flight of F-16s rattles the windows, on the way to Drop Democracy on those who need it.)
When the smoke clears, fill in the crater and drive on.
(BTW, SC is now a BIG hit with some of the pilots here.)
That is all.
Carry On.
I like (most of) nick’s writing.
I totally disagree with nick’s political views which he expresses all the time. otoh, it is perfectly fine for him to express those views, just as it’s perfectly fine for me to disagree.
However, blasting another person on your blog and calling them names (the “C” word), especially when it’s a family member is decidedly low.
I guess it might be acceptable to call someone names on a discussion forum, at least as long as the person you are blasting is either another participant in this forum (so they can blast you right back), or is a public figure (eg paris hilton, donald trump, jane fonda, bill clinton or cheney the dick), which in current general “netiquette” is considered to be OK.
But blasting (and calling names) some private citizen, who does not participate in the blog/forum, and can’t defend themselves on an open to the public blog is just low.
I assume that this blog-entry was written under great emotional distress, and may be understood (though not excused) as an expression of “net-rage” by someone with poor self control.
But leaving this shameful entry for 10 days now, where you should have cooled down, is disgusting, and shows absolutely no class at all.
My suggestion, nick: remove this block entry completely, with all the responses, including mine.
Leaving it on the net show very poor manners and judgment, and the main person you shame is yourself. I would never even know you had a sister-in-law, and I have no opinion of her whatsoever, but my opinion of YOU after reading this blog entry is decidedly lower than it was before I read it. You are better off without it.
Regardless of all the above, I want to thank you for your writing, and let yo know that whenever chapter 6 (and 7, and 8 etc.) will see the light of day I will read it eagerly and will be as grateful as I am for the past 3 books, 5 chapters, and the rest of your writings. Thanks!
why should he remove it?
I mean, he called the woman a cunt. He didn’t murder her and bury the body.
But seriously Nick: you know how sometimes your wife is entirely wrong, but you still say she’s right, just because it’s the right thing to do. This is one of those moments.
wow … could have sworn I was reading SC stories because it reminded me of my life as a kid growing up. SO HAPPY THAT “JOHN I” CLEARED THAT UP.
I can finally sleep tonight!!!!
Karen
Just an FYI, one of the beautiful things about this country is the freedom of the press and the ability to express your individual opinion.
If you do not like one’s personal opinion you have a right to express your displeasure or acceptence.
With all the political, ecomonic and social crap that is floating around some people are taking it way to serious.
Nick Scipio is writing a story, he has created a blog to share is thoughts.
If some of the readers can not offer constructive crticism then go wait in line at your local supermarket and read the National Enquirer.
i.e. GET A LIFE
Ps oh I lost a sister in on September 11th in New York. My wife Karen has a brother in Irag on his 3rd tour of duty.
enough said.
Jason (Karen’s husband so far 31 years)
Joe S, you’re a cunt, he didn’t use her name so go blow yourself! and John I go fuck yourself don’t read the blog if you don’t want to hear “whining” because no one wants to hear your bullshit or your whining! From me and just about everyone else FUCK YOU!
can’t you feel the love?
this post is great!
Wow!!! The love in here. Karma is flowing folks…..
Oh, caaaaaaaaaaaaan you feeeeeeeeeeeeeel the looooooooooooove toniiiiiiiiiiiiight? :p
Nick,
I’ve been reading your work for about 4 years and wanted to say thank you for your persistence on the Summer Camp stories.
I want to chime in here about a few things.
First, I am a little troubled by the fact that you are being labeled as an “amateur” writer and not a “professional” writer just because you are not choosing to demand money from people.
I read avidly, and the level of craftsmanship of the work you have constructed would fit in comfortably with the books that I go to Borders plop down $24.95 to buy.
To me its the quality of the work that you produce that determines whether you are an “amateur” or a “professional”, and to me you are very much a “professional”.
Next, and a little off topic I wanted to comment about why “we” keep reading.
If those of us who read your book were just in it for the sexuality, then we would already be long gone because there are 1000 places online to find fresh sexual content in text and video.
Therefore, it must be about something different.
I know that I keep coming back to you because I really don’t know what is going to happen next in the story you have been telling, and I can’t say that about most entertainment I am offered in the marketplace.
I also think your charachters and the architecture of your plotting are wonderfully complex for your genre. You could pull out the sex scenes and still have a very good book. If only everything in this genre was created with such love and attention.
Finally, I wanted to make a suggestion re: TFC.
There are many stories of parents coming to forgive the murderer of their children.
If someone on death row can “un-fuck” murder, then you can probably unfuck your relationship with your sister-in-law.
However, there’s not much hope of doing that until you get past the name calling and begin engaging her on a different level.
The challenge here isn’t that you’ve called her a “cunt”. You’re right, it’s just a word.
The challenge is that once you sink to the use of labels you make a choice to freeze communication.
Nick: “You’re a cunt”
TFC: “No, I’m not!”
Nick: “Yes, you are”
TFC: : “No”
Nick: “CUNT”
TFC: “ASSHOLE”
NIck: “No, I’m not”
Obviously, this is circular and goes nowhere.
That reality is that TFC is a person (like all the rest of us) who says words and does actions. She uses words and actions as tools with which to interact with the world.
The first step here is to give her some clearer feedback about how she is impacting you.
She says words and does actions that:
* elicit feelings of anger from you
* leave you feeling more distant from her
* cause you to tell stories to yourself about her motives and intentions towards your brother and your family
Engaging her about how her words and actions impact you creates a space for dialogue.
For example, you could tell her:
“TFC, when I heard that you told my brother not to talk to his mother every day I feel angry and distant from you. The story I tell myself is that you are doing this because you think my mother is prettier than you are and you worry that my brother will see that and leave you.”
This gives her a space to respond about what is really going on in her head when she does the actions or says the words that impact you in a negative way.
When you take the labeling out of the way and start to get really precise in what you (and your entire family) is saying to her, then you create a sincere opening for her to change and for her to give you clear feedback as well.
The benefit to doing this is that it puts you on better strategic ground to resolve the conflict. If TFC choses not to engage you and your family on this level it will make her appear that she is not interested in resolution.
This will impact your brother’s perception of TFC more than labeling and name calling.
Either way you win.
Either things get better between TFC and your family OR your brother leaves TFC because he comes to see who she really is”.
I hope some or all of this is useful. My step-mother can be a really fucking cunt too
and when my wife, sisters-in-law, and I step back from the name-calling and engages her in this manner we achieve much better results.
Thanks again for what you do. It is appreciated.
Regards,
Dave
Wow… I haven’t read the comments in a couple of days.
I read Anon’s rant and just chuckled. It’s easier when the fuckwits are long-winded… I can ignore the “wall of text” (good one, whoever came up with that). So, thanks, Anon, for being a long-winded fuckwit.
John I… Goodbye. Good luck. I’ll mourn your loss for… wait a minute… never mind. Just goodbye.
To everyone else, thanks for all the feedback, support, advice, and general commentary.
I’ve been writing a lot lately (it’s a distraction from real life), so I need to write a new blog post with an update.
Think I’ll do that now.
- Nick
I would never, ever, ever use cocksucker in a derogatory manner. I never understood that. Great cocksuckers are to be revered, in my opinion, not defiled. Even lousy ones should be applauded for their effort. At the worst, they should be made toothless.
Bob
Well…. suck my cock and lick my ass…
I have been having an “affair” with my sister-in-law for about thirteen years. Actually, since shortly after I married. How did the affair start? My mother saw me riding in a car with her, and wanted to know who I was sleeping with…. yeah, my mother can be a “fucking cunt”, but hey, I love her. this is the same woman who once sent me a bill for 150,000 dollars for raising me.
My in-laws, have treated me with more respect and love than my own family ever did…. sure sister-in-law gets bitchy, but hey, so do I and I have the balls to prove it.. Literally. I can’t say the same thing about my brother’s wife though, that woman… if she sucked a dollar bill up her cunt, she could spit out change… what a bitch. of course, my bro sees this too, but he loves her… I digress.
My advice… ah fuck it… I will keep it to myself, too many other mindfuckers sharing this month…
thanks for the continued story line, Nick. We wait with baited breath for the next chapter, and will both celebrate and mourn the completion of the series.
Carl
First of all my name is meaningless, be it John or James or Nick whatever, it means nothing so say what you will of my cowardice. Second, you are fools if you think Nick does what he does for free. He does it because we love what he writes and we want more. He writes because we WANT more. In that sense he DOES owe us. Say what you will, again I believe you coddle him, he owes us our attention, not reasonable human being wishes to wait months upon months for a single chapter. For many of us our lives are more demanding than that of Nicks. (Forgive my aggressive attitude, but I’m trying to make a point). There are many harder situations than that of Nicks and his personal life. Sure my folks are dieing, sure my brother is going through a rough diverse, wow my life doesn’t go on hold. You retards can bitch about my opinion if you want but your sucking up is pissing my off. Life is hard for everyone. If you want to make something of it with me personally my e-mail is Fadedwarder16@yahoo.com and you can tell me personally how candid my reply is. Other than that I think you are exceptionally cowardly in you attempts to constantly appease Nick. An before you complain that he has had it rough, and deserves a break from his so called “altruistic writing”, think about your own life and the lives of others which are quite frankly quite harder than his own. Then perhaps you will bitch less about complaints to the his own lax in keeping up with his promised efforts. And before you bitch more about his free writing I want you think about the time and effort you have gone into reading/writing about his writing and be able to tell me he really does this for nothing, because if you think he does this for nothing you truly are a fool. Every positive/negative comment/feedback are payment to him, and as an unpublished writer he has to settle for the non-paying readers such as us to compliment/criticize him. Without us he would be nothing. Think about that before you rant at me or so readily defend him. That’s all I have to say. Please respond to me and I will happily point out how wrong you are. Thank you for your time.
First, contrary to Anon’s rambling diatribe - you don’t owe me jack shit! I accept your handouts at the pace they are offered, and am appreciative of every morsel. And Chapter six was quite tasty!
Hang in there with your brother. I have a brother that I, nor anyone else in our family, has seen in over 10 years. Two weeks ago we all got an e-mail stating he and his own TFC are going their separate ways. There is always hope.
I sometimes think it would be great if authors could put the same emotions in their stories as we face in real life, but then realize that when they do, reading it seems like voyuerism.
Thanks for the stories.
Hi Nick:
I used to think I could solve family problems, If I could only explain it differently or more eloquently, or more persistently… In the end I learned to stop and let time go on. I am now 55 as of last Saturday. I am not smarter or wiser just slower to claim anything. I do admit I like your WRITING!!!! Anyone can tell YOU LOVE YOUR FAMILY… You will find the resolution you seek because you want and need to. It is your story and no one would or could live it but you.
On a aside. I have two siblings. One sister and one brother. We fight and disagree but still need and love each other. I guess that is all the matters.
Hey a Blog is a good thing…..
Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!!!
“Fucking Cunt” - brings to mind the sexual act, pornography, procreation, giving/receiving pleasure, ect!!!!
What I’m sure you meant to say was “Useless Cunt” - implying something wasted and worthless, not being put to good use, ect!!!! (Ladies I apologise for the last one).
Seriously though, I have a sister-in-law just like yours that wants to rule the roost and run the family (I’m betting she is the oldest/only child).
Anyway good luck with that, I have haven’t spoken to mine except twice in 2 years (Xmas only) and it is wonderful.
Regards
Paul
I didn’t read the whole list of entries for this incident, so someone might have already said this. “Hope she doesn’t know about your stories”. If she ever finds out, your secret identity will be toast. She sounds vindictive enough to spread that around.
My brother was married to his ex 23(?) years and had three kids. I try to like everyone I meet, especially if they’re going to be family. Didn’t work with her. I think the pulling a firearm on me was the clincher. Shortly before he told her he was getting a divorce, she pulled one on him. Lots more baggage to go with the whole relationship (his & hers) but I won’t go into it here. Today he’s divorced, has a girlfriend who’s a whole lot nicer (I should be so lucky) and things seem to be going a lot better for him.
Hope you can get things worked out between you and your brother (notice I didn’t say anything about TFC). Life’s too short and we’re not getting any younger.
Mike.
Hi Nick… I have a similar sister in law although I’m kinda lucky in that she no longer speaks to anyone else in the family, mostly. She’s an evil fucked up individual, my wife calls what she has ‘FITH Disease’ as in ‘Fucked In The Head’