This is the end, my reading friends, of...
Dancing to Ray Charles, a coming-of-age series set in a small, southern town in the summer of 1968. It focuses on a 'nice' guy, the beautiful lifelong best friend he now loves but feels is unobtainable, and the seductive party girl who, after years of rejecting him, has unexpectedly become very obtainable.
Along the way, the story touches on: love, friendship, betrayal, integrity, compromise racism, church fire bombings, the Ku Klux Klan, the Vietnam war, class differences, changing values, redneck honky-tonks plus other fun stuff.
Please check out as many of the twelve chapters as you can stand and let me know what you think and how it can be improved.
Here's the complete list of chapters:
ch 01, Two Dancers
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-01-two.aspxCh 02, Hot Fries and Cold Beer
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-02-hot.aspxCh 03, Ailing Amy
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-03-ailing.aspxCh 04, Peace Talks
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch04-peace.aspxCh 05, Trash Is Easier To Handle Than Life
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-05-trash-is.aspxCh 06, Cards and Cuddles, pt 1 of 3
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-06-cards.aspxCh 06, Cards and Cuddles, pt 2 of 3
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-06-cards-1.aspxCh 06, Cards & Cuddles, pt 3 of 33
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-06-cards-and.aspxCh 07, Summer Inactivity
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-07-summer.aspxCh 08, Boudreaux Family Values
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/drama/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-08.aspxCh 09, Darrell's Disaster
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-09.aspxCh 10, Moonlight and Revelation
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-10.aspxCh 11 Journey South
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/flash-fiction/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-11-journey.aspx Ch 12, Love on the Levee - last chapter
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-12-love-on.aspx
Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwords.[/ - ROBERT HEINLEIN
Schemers Scheme -- young women talking about young men OF WAR, AND PEACE, AND MARY BETH: my contest winner, honestFor Whom the Good Tolls an 'RR' and it's short, no kidding