by qhml1
This is an other great series. It reminded me of Gonna the bitch's car ,and also some from your last series Mr and Mrs America,S 7 stories. It's good to read something new from you again,and hope to see more in the future.
I have read and reread many of your stories. This one is up there with the best. well done! Keep up the good work
It always takes me awhile to read your stories that mention songs. I end up going back and forth from Youtube to the stories. 5 isn't high enough for this
I have never read a story on literotica that could bring a tear to my eye. this one did congrats.
For a beautiful story. Yes, it was over the top, but that's part of what made it so good! A very heartwarming tale.
excellent story. thank you for your hard work and effort. and thanks for sharing this story with us.
PHENOMENAL!!! YOU HAD ME FROM THE START. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.!!!
Welcome back! As fine a story as I've read. You still have it. Thanks!
to spoil the broth or pudding in this magnificent tale, TK U MLJ LV NV
I waited to the end to post my note to your story. Why? To prevent you from wading through my slobbering accolades to your genius. Please, please, please keep writing.
Thank You again for another wonderful story. You are one of the best.
Thanks for another wonderful romance. Love your stuff - PLEASE keep the creative juices flowing for your many fans here!
Happy Legends Day, Q!
Thank you for this story.....
A story that ends happily as at least some LW stories should!!
A great contribution to Legend's Day
Ed
You write amazing stories that live and breathe. You have a gift (and clearly work hard at it). I am always delighted when I see a new story from you. Thank you.
Thank you for a great story, from the best of the best. All the Legend stories have been great today and a huge thank you to all the authors! 10+
This was hard to believe, but I believed every word! A well written story is a treasure. It lasts forever and brings happiness to those that touch it. Thanks, Q!
Thank you, thank you,thank you, Q. What a wonderful loving tale for your return.
This legendary work proves you too , to be a legend .... the climax is a real edge of the seat tear -jerker..!!
"I looked at her phone and smiled" I looked at MY phone, you really need to watch your wording, you do that ALL the time.
as you called it. The story was a very nice return. As usual you gave a full circle of the main character's life and it was an exciting one.
We, your fans, are so happy and grateful to see another fine piece from you. Please don't keep us waiting for more. We miss you.
Woodmanone
But I'm glad that's over. Like a slow freight, dragged on and on. I seriously tried to get interested. Read it all. Just didn't do it for me.
Just magnificent!! A pinnacle achievement in storytelling. Added thank you for Randi dragging you out from daily professional endeavoring to bless us with such a rich tapestry in a fantasy tale. Thank you for such wonderful journey. What an entertaining read. Cheers!!!
'L' needs to create a prestigious writers classification to bestowed on very few that are its very best - I'd call it "Master Story Teller" and you "Q" would be a founding member. I just hope with your gift you keep blessing us with your stories.
Thanks and Salute (from an ole Nam warrior)
Is it LW? Do I care?
You excel at creating emotive imaging. Your affection for your characters communicates strongly.
Good to see this from you where I can find it.
Sincerely,
Green-something.
of this story when I felt things starting to drag, but overall it was a fun rollicking adventure/romance. For the LW portion, I'm not a fan of when the wife is revealed as a blood-sucking bitch in the first paragraph. Just sucks all the tension out of it for me. The LW stuff was like the least important part of the story though so it wasn't a big deal. The Amy/Dave thing sort of brought down the ending as well. Maybe should have just excluded that especially if you have no plans to follow up.
You're one of the best, so you have the license to indulge your whims as you wish, but really.... this was like a quilt beautifully sewn by a blind seamstress from whatever scraps were near to hand.
I mean, really?! Really???
I don't care what anyone else says or thinks, if this isn't a 5 star story, then there ain't no such animal. Was it "over the top", hell yeah. But heck, so was James Bond, and how many books did Fleming sell? I just wish "Q" would post a story like this every week.
I wish you had the time and inspiration to do the plot justice. Maybe someday.
There were so many great stories on Legends Day, that I'm not going to try to rank them, but his is certainly one of the best.
Thank you!
Truely awesome story. Who cares if it's over the top and unrealistic? If it was true to life it would bΓ© excruciatingly boring - ordinary people's lives are, that's why they are ordinary.
I loved the whole band thing. As someone who loves music but is cursed with no musical ability whatsoever, I am in awe of ( and deeply envious of ) musicians who possess any shred of true talant.
Personally, while I like Rhythm Of My Heart, i would much prefer you used Every Beat Of My Heart - but then that's just me.
Obo1 - you missed the point. The LW wasn't the cheating bitch Kim, it was Amanda. A woman doesn't have to be a cheating slut to be a LW
qhml1 - thank you for sharing your writing talents with us, this was a truely excellent story and a pleasure to read.
PaulFelly
I liked it. A good story. A happy endingππΌπ β
Gave it 4*s.
AMerryman
Great story thank you your a great writer and I hop to read more story's from you keep up the good work
Vote 1* for πππ π ππ ππππ ππππππ πππππβ’ (that's what her clients call her) aka BONNIE/VASTIE aka NEEDYOU200 aka 5+ANNONY!
Seems most stories I see no longer allow comments.
I liked it. Good story. It IS a LW story including two cheaters.
Now take a break and come back again for Dave and Amy's story.
Its hard to top 500 Annies in my book.
Jim C
Well written and yes it was fiction but I could envision every scene as you wrote it thank you
Thanks, 'Q' , for sharing another amazing literati adventure with us once again. I saved your submission until today (Sunday), so I could read the whole creation in 1 sitting. I like to wait for a big meal to settle before I have a special desert. Thank you for your time and creativity!!!!!
CorvetteJohn in Rainy Seattle
Yes, it was over the top in a couple of places and who cares? It was great, thanks for submitting. I spent some time in the Marines and I always loved Stewart's "Rhythm of My Heart", you used it well in this story (although I think you messed with the words a bit in the chorus). I would like to see the story about the rest of the band, of course with some more info on Ewan and Amanda - but I'm just being greedy. I always enjoy your stories and the longer they are, the better they are. Thanks!
The rhythm of my heart
Is beating like a drum
With the words "I Love you" rolling off my tongue
No never will I roam
For I know my place is home
Where the ocean meets the sky
I'll be sailing
Every time you come out with a new story it becomes my new favorite. Please keep them coming and thanks so much.
I've enjoyed every story I've every read of yours, and I've read them all but the novel. I'll have to get on that one. This was my favorite. I could taste the flavor. Every character was something to relish, every the villains. You are a master storyteller, and you haven't lost a step. Thank you, Randi.
Not a LW tale by any stretch of the imagination.
And too over the top to even be a good fairy tale, in my opinion.
Just like Randis story I thought this should be a romance not a LW story. Doesn't take way from the good writing and good story just my opinion it's in the wrong category.
Just my type of story, well written, and edited.
Like all of your stories, it carries itself through out the entire story and carries the reader also.
Thanks for the enjoyment!
The best of the lot. You're a magical wordsmith. Whether or not it was over the top or whatever someone may label it, it was entertaining as hell and a great read. This is what brings me here. The discovery of a golden nugget. Thanks so much for the story. I do hope you'll take some time and post again soon.
This was simply fabulous.
One Best of after another.
After all that has happened it is going to be hard to go back home to the regular life.
Sometimes there a stories that should be made into movies. This is one. I honestly would pay to see this in a theater instead of waiting for a hack on my firestick. Well done good sir.
For the whole story:
Fantastical - Yes
Enjoyable - absolutely.
Did note a few typos, but hey, you had a deadline...
Many Thanks for your outstanding prose.
Your best by far. And your best is just awesome.
Your right it was over the top, but that is they way fantasy's are supposed to be.
It was a lot of fun to read. Thanks. Yes, it was over the top, but I found myself sufficiently vested in the characters to not mind that much.
This is a wonderful βLW β 2nd chance at romanceβ tale.
my stories black with a spoon full of honey at the bottom BEFORE you add the coffee. The taste should make you wince once in a while and send you heart up a few notches either in hate, fear, or love. Frequently served in a dirty cup.
Qhml1 is creator of the Iced Hazelnut Macchiato enhanced with Roasted Chestnut syrup, toffee nut syrup and white chocolate mocha syrup. There is coffee in there somewhere, but you really can't taste it and if the barista forgot the coffee...you'd never miss it.
Starbucks sells a hell of a hot of those fru fru drinks than they do coffee you can float a horseshoe on. Our relative scores reflect this.
So while I bow to his skill and even my black soul found it enjoyable, it isn't my beverage of choice based solely on personal preferences.
But as always, he is a 'must read' author. I just wish he remembered to use the espresso machine to add some double shots more frequently.
Still don't know what she whispered to him in chapter 2 and I would have liked to see some closure with Dave, Amy, and the sleeze.
I didn't mind its being over the top. It's more fun that way, and you have a gift for the epic gesture and larger-than-life characters. I quite fancy you wielding your literary Claymore. Well done!
I realize there was a deadline, and I truly appreciate your putting all three parts out on the same day, rather than making us wait. I do wish you'd had time to edit more thoroughly; that would have made it 5* for sure.
Thank Q very much for such an entertaining story--hard to imagine anything more full of action, variety, tall tales, and yanks on the heartstrings! Beautifully done.
Thanks, ohio
But...Damn. Um. Good stuff. Yeah, I'm Scot descent and live in North Carolina, so it hit harder and all.
However. One final note to any who missed it: the real hero of this tale is and was Randi for arranging and making it so that the masters had a special voice, don't you all think?
I personally have missed you, Q. Don't know where ye've been me friend, but I see ye've won first prize!
Brendan
Five star effort, just felt it better suited for another category. Five stars.
I've read all the rest but waited to read yours till last...because I always know how good it will be. I wanted to anticipate, then savor yours.
You fully delivered! Thank you!
As you said, a bit over the top but a fun story. Once again, in this one, you need to either proofread your work or get help from an editor. Going from third person to first, or the opposite, does get distracting.
A happy ending does make a good story better and this one is better. I hope it was as fun to write as it was for us to read. Keep up the good work!
Tiny Tim
What was not to love? A story well thought out, designed and told. One of the best stories that I have had the pleasure to read. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
Just FYI. The British might pronounce it leftenant, but they still spell it lieutenant.
I absolutely loved all three chapters. So what it's not realistic, it's a story.
One of your best. I will read Pt. 3 several more times. Thank you so much for this one.
Well told, as usual. I shed a tear or two, myself (allergies, I think). My one quibble is the jarring change of person and POV. This happened at least twice within a sentence! Even cursory editing should catch this. That said, this may be your best work yet. Thanks. JPR
Thanks for a great story and an entertaining tale. Keep up the good work.
Your stories are what I compare every other author against. You are simplly the best thank you for another amazing take! 5 stars as usual
Great story. Simply great. Five out of five.
Sure it is unrealistic and over top as you yourself point out, but it was loads of fun.
A few words of constructive criticism: as others have mentioned the tense and the POV changed a few times. A quick edit would fix the tense problems.
As for point of view I recommend you do what Daniel Q Steele does. The husband's POV in first person and change hers to third person - she said etc. That instantly avoids confusion.
I would have liked to have seen his ex-wife suffer some regret, and try to explain why she dumped him. But that's just me.
I have no problems with Ewan being a super solider. But if he had a flaw he had to overcome - maybe jealousy - that would make him more interesting.
But I am nitpicking. Thanks for a great story.
Steve
when you get on a roll like that. What a great story and brilliantly told. I have to stop looking at the story title and just look at the author. Thanks for sharing.
Just my opinion,but it looks like you may have the basis for a couple more stories from this one.For sure,the fall of Dave and Amy in LW. Also maybe Rob and Molly in a romance. Both could include different perspectives on some events in this story,as well as having the other characters from this one maybe past and future,too.
Heroic, Dramatic, Romantic, Most,
Over the Top? Of course, that's part of its charm.
Thanks for the entertaining read.
The story goes off often on unrelated tangent, and is full of grammatical and typing errors. What gives? Maybe you should retire before you embarrass your self too much. 1* of course.
Annie.
Sorry could not let the last comment left on here be from the size queen annette bishop. That being said spectacular work as usual cheating spouses should always get their just desserts in the end. Again thanks for your time and imagination. 5 stars.
You assholes that bitch about some REALLY minor errors in syntax and grammar are the same people that try to teach art -- you have no talent and are jealous of those who actually create from whole cloth, that which entertains us. You are the people that complain about television content, and forget that one can change the channel at any time. And those who comment as anonymous -- you are the lowest of the low: No guts; no ability. If you wanted Shakespeare, why are you reading Literotica?
I contrast this favorably with Peaks and Valleys, where the devoted wife inexplicably changed into an adulterous murderer. Here Amanda fought tooth and nail for the man she loved.
Just wonderful!
A 'senile' qhml1 is head and shoulders above damn near every other author on this site. I was mildly irritated by changes in tense and person within sentences. Then I was entranced by the story and forgot all that crap. Yes, a copy editor would have helped. This is still a gem of a story by a true wordsmith!
Annonybird. Go read web spinner...whoever the hell that is. Also, the next time you are on the loving wives site, go to the hall of fame and check out #1,2,4,5,8,9 &13. You just dissed possibly the best writer in literotica. Web spinner...give me a break...phantom writer
I swear... I was just rereading the last S7 tale and I thought "ya know, this is Q... this only only lacks the lead wearing a skirt"...
And then I remembered this one.
Green - something
The ending was in fantasy land. A little over the top. The head doctor posted bond and skipped . How w could they charge him if she wasn't there to press charges. I say you rushed the ending it could have use another chapter. .still gave u a 5
I loved it, please keep writing. Not enough stars in the voting board. Thanks for the wonderful yarn.