| F.A.Q. (Frequently Asked Questions) |
Q: What is Tales From Another Broken Home?
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| A: Tales From Another Broken Home, is a piece of gay fiction, written in the style of a teen t. v. series. |
| Q: Who is the author? |
| A: I prefer to go by the pen name of xtruthx and also like my anonymity so I'll leave it at that. |
| Q:Do any of the characters resemble anyone else in any way? |
| A: Some of the characters are based on friends, actors, musicians etc. Anybody who stands out to me will probably end up having elements of themselves put into a character in TFABH. |
| Q: When did you start writing Tales From Another Broken Home? |
| A: I started writing this June 2005 and took a years break from it due to problems with my internet connection but in that time I wrote somewhere in the region of 25 chapters. |
| Q: Will the story have an ending? |
| A: There is no planned ending so far, it will keep running as long as I have new ideas, and I'd rather take a break from the story then end it altogether so it should be around for awhile. |
| Q: Is the story in any way non-fiction? |
| A: There are elements that reflect my life but it's mostly fiction or the transference of my real life issues into a fictional context. |
| Q: Is there a purpose for the story? |
| A: This story has no grand philosophical purpose, I just use it as a creative outlet. |
| Q: Why a gay story? Why a story about boys that aren't legal age? |
| A: Mostly because I am gay and wouldn't know where to being writing a straight love story. The legal age part wasn't a conscious decision but I felt like starting from the stage where Riley became aware of his sexuality, it just seemed like an obvious starting point. |
| Q: Will you ever get the story published? |
| A: I can't see it being published in it's current form. Perhaps an edited version condensing the chapters into a more manageable time frame and length. |
| Q: Where do you get your inspiration from? |
| A: Books, movies etc a lot of it is emotional and reflect my moods so in a way I let that guide me and inspire me too. |
| Q: Will there ever be a movie about it? |
| A: Even with films like The Heart is Deceitful, Mysterious Skin and Wild Tigers I Have Known I can't see a market, or way of filming this story that would be acceptable to the mainstream or even fringe media. |
| Q: You bring up the idea of being straight edge many times, why is that? |
| A: After a long term struggle with addiction I made the decision to become straight-edge. The story reflects my life and it's become a major element of it. |
| Q: Do you consider eating meat a bad thing? |
| A: I've been vegetarian for 5 years and am attempting to live a vegan lifestyle and for me personally I view it as morally wrong to eat meat. |
| Q: Why a character from a "run down childhood" as apposed to one that had a good childhood? |
| A: I don't think I could write from a rich kids perspective with out over-glamourising it, I wanted the story to have a gritty edge to it and I could achieve that easier with a central character that had a more frictional upbringing. |
| Q: Characters from a poor family always "rebel" in such a way like getting tattoos, drinking booze, sneaking out, etc? |
| A: I think that's a stereotype but that it might have some elements of truth to it. Everyone's different socio-economic status doesn't really categorize someone beyond their income. |
| Q: The story constantly talks about the scene, local bands, punk kids, etc. Is this just a style or a way of life for those? Is it just some fad and is beginning to catch on and spread? |
| A: Music scenes have been around in some form for a long time and I can't see it going away. I enjoy seeing local bands with local kids in them and helping out in anyway I can to aid the progression of my local scene. I'd see it more as a way of life for those who are dedicated to it. |
| Q: The quoted lyrics for each chapter, are they there to foreshadow that chapter? To set the mood of the chapter? etc. |
| A: Some are, others are simply what I was listening to as I wrote the chapter. |
| Q: Why the sudden "point of views"? |
| A: I started the story with Riley as the narrator and that turned out to be a bad decision as it limited my ability to express what other characters where thinking/feeling so sometimes if necesary I'll switch to their point of view for a chapter to cement that into the story. |
| Q: Why the sudden change in characters, not mentioning the former ones for a while? |
| A: I felt things were getting a little stale and I'd been planning a location change for awhile so I just bit the bullet and introduced LA and Brody to the TFABH world. |
| Q: Will this ever become some sort of site containing pornography? |
| A: Producing or hosting visual pornography isn't something that interests me but some may view this as pornography. I wouldn't, it does have pornographic elements but I'd prefer to see it as a love story. |
| Q: Any long term goals for the site? |
A: I'd like to host some other peoples stories on here along with some spin-off's from the main TFABH story.
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Riley
Matt
Jerry
Brody
Jade
Hailey
Carrie
Mike
Riley's Mom (Alex)
Ryan's Mom (Angie)