Al Norris Posted August 6, 2018 Report Share Posted August 6, 2018 "It Is What It Is" Chapter 19 By Eric Trager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Al Norris Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 "It Is What It Is" Chapter 22 By Eric Trager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Al Norris Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 "It Is What It Is" Chapter 25By Eric Trager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Roland Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 Eric Trager It Is What It Is Chapter 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Norris Posted September 6, 2018 Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 "It Is What It Is"Chapter 27 by Eric Trager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Norris Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 "It Is What It Is"Chapter 28 by Eric Trager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Norris Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 Here we are, coming up to Chapter 54... is no one following this story? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Al, Ken, I literally am home from work a half hour, saw the post about this story and went right to chapter one. I'm only about ten paragraphs in and I'm hooked. The writing style is fresh, smart, moves along quickly, and the introductory bits definitely draw the reader in. I will be giving this so reading time this week. Where did you guys find this writer? And why does no one know about this story? Be warned Mr. Trager: I may write a review of this story. Interest piqued! Tinker Taylor Soldier I 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Taylor Soldier I Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Be assured that at least one other CR reader is following this story. I've enjoyed it from the start, and anxiously await each week's new chapter. (Apparently we missed a new chapter this week... I hope that's not a bad sign.) I've been surprised not to find other readers commenting on it. I've written to Eric to let him know I like the storyline, his writing, and the accurate detail he has included. I like to visualize story locations whenever possible. So I was delighted to discover (in most cases) I can easily follow this story with Google Maps. Everything is exactly where he says... you can drive along with the boys as the story progresses. In his reply, he confirmed that he used real places he personally knows well, he only slightly changed things like street address numbers by a digit or two for obvious reasons. I found their schools, the football fields, the city park, the churches, and other story sites he describes so well. The Alamo is really a very handsome Spanish traditional structure... it's based on the historic 1920 Russell C Parker House (lots of old pics available online), located just as Eric describes in the story. And there is indeed a ravine behind it that flows to the next neighborhood... where "The Speaker's" home is located... and the real (now former-) Speaker lives there. I have to really enjoy a story A LOT to spend as much time "studying" it, as I have this story. But it gives me something to do while awaiting the next chapter, and keeps the story in my head. (The only other story I've studied this closely has been Drummer Boy... overwhich I'm becoming more than a little distressed.) So, I hope our fellow "It Is What It Is" readers are many. And, I hope to see many more chapters. Thanks, Eric!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Taylor Soldier I Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 Just read the latest chapter, and still greatly enjoying this story. The introduction of Billy Dean was a surprise, but it looks like this hot Texan cousin is going to fit in just fine. Looking forward to more chapters. Thanks, Eric! Al Norris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted June 25, 2019 Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 With chapter 64 being posted. This is brought me to where I have been reading this story on another site. I have always enjoyed this story and I look forward to reading it here on the CR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 I have been waiting for this chapter to be posted on CR. I have been enjoying this story from the very beginning. I have been reading this on an other site. Now it is up to date on CR I can enjoy it here. I look forward to reading more as the boys have grown and so their families. I see many more adventures to come as good as we have seen. I might say maybe even better. Let's get comfortable and enjoy what is to come. Tinker Taylor Soldier I 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Taylor Soldier I Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 Thanks for another great chapter, Eric! I'm continuing to enjoy this story very much. Really like the way it is developing and presented. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Trager Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 I’m working rather more quickly on chapter 66. Chapter 65 was difficult. Tinker Taylor Soldier I and Al Norris 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Norris Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 Hey Eric! I can see why it took so long to write that last chapter and why it was difficult. Are we going to find out what happened to Andy? I'm guessing whatever happened to Andy was what Madame Zastrow told him, back in chapter 49: “Andrew, yoo can neffer tell to Sean vat I am going to tell to yoo. I tell yoo now so zat ven da time come yoo vill know….” She then proceeded to give Andy some explanation that took only a short time. “Dat iss all vat I haff for yoo, Andrew. You are goot man. I vill not see yoo again. My time iss not lonk for diss vorld. I should haff been gone alreaty, but Gott said I must to stay for little vile yet. Goot bye, Andrew.” Whatever happened, it pissed Sean off thoroughly. Who is this "other" guy living at the Alamo? No, it isn't Andy. You would have said so. Fact is, Andy is not mentioned as being there (at this time) at all. All mention of Andy is in past tense - via flashbacks. Tim reached out and grabbed Sean’s hand. He didn’t let it go. “You got a guy back at home who’s been trying to help you. Who HAS helped you. You know that.” Then there is the Cabin (mentioned briefly in chapters 40, 41, 44 and 49). Something happened there (I have suspicions), and it revolves around Tim's (unrequited) love for Sean... And Why Tim is bringing Sean back there? Another signal that Andy is dead. Sean would never go there with only Tim, if Andy were still alive. Scott and I have discussed all of the above (and more)... We can't have been the only ones to notice these things. Hell! I have more questions than I have answers! Tinker Taylor Soldier I 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Taylor Soldier I Posted September 11, 2019 Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 You're not the only ones, Al and Scott. I'm right there with you... eager to learn more about what's going on as this story gets deeper, and deeper... especially now with the mystery related to Andy! (You typed the dreaded deduction, I shuddered to even think.) But in the end... "It Is What It Is!" (I remind myself... the story started in a cemetery.) TT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Taylor Soldier I Posted October 25, 2019 Report Share Posted October 25, 2019 Thanks for the new chapter, Eric! Continuing to enjoy this story a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Taylor Soldier I Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 Still reading and enjoying this story very much, Eric. Thanks for the new chapter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted June 18, 2023 Report Share Posted June 18, 2023 I have always enjoyed this story so much. I am re reading it now. It is as good the second time around as it was the first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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