Falls Creek Lessons
Afterword
I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has
provided feedback on this story. As it is only the second major story that I have tried
writing, receiving messages of support and congratulations has helped me push through to the
completion. I would also like to repeat my thanks to Blue for the editing and feedback he has
provided. With well over 200 individual files in the story, it was a mammoth effort for him. I
would also like to thank the administrators of the sites hosting this story for putting up with
me. They also had to cope with the complexity of the linked files, which increased the work
they had to do. In one case, I know the administrator had to start learning new software to
allow him to manage Falls Creek Lessons and all the link files.
While I expect requests to continue the story, I feel this is an appropriate place to
finish. As one reader commented to me, the story was the journey of Greg’s coming out, and joining with Dan. That journey is now completed.
When I started writing, I was originally intending to just explore the use of hyperlinks to
enhance a story. As I kept writing, I became more and more involved in the story itself. It is
unashamably a romance story, but one that hopefully contains enough reality to make it
believable. It has some dark moments, but life is like that. It is how we deal with those dark
times that determines how our lives evolve.
I will admit that the characters changed on me while I was writing. Rob and Diane’s relationship was one that
grew in complexity as the story unfolded. Even my perception of Chris and Paul altered as time went by. Kelly and Garret showed depths that
hadn’t been obvious when they first appeared.
What has the story taught the author? It was originally intended to be a light-hearted
romance, but I feel it became a bit deeper than that.
I’ll let Dan have the last word about what this
story means to me.
Graeme
March, 2005