I congratulate all of you happy New Year!!! Authors and readers and site administration!
This year was uneasy for all of us. Let in new year at all of us will be less problems, a grief and losses. Let will be more than the joyful smiles, more than happy minutes! And if you cry, let it there will be pleasure tears, instead of tear of a grief, a pain and powerless anger!
Happy New Year you, the ladies and gentlemen!
Yours faithfully.

Ode to My Spell Checker

Original author unknown

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It came with my pea sea.
It plainly marks four my revue miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a quay and type a word and weight for it to say
Weather eye yam wrong oar write.
It shows me strait a weigh as soon as a mist ache is maid.
It nose bee fore two long and eye can put the error rite.
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it,
I am shore your pleased to no.
Its letter perfect awl the way.
My checker told me sew. "

Before I get going, I really did enjoy having a few days away over the Christmas period with Mum and Bessie (her yellow labrador).

However, on arriving back, I discovered the disadvantages of:
a) being a BCTS addict,
b) Going offline for a few days,
c) Reading so many concurrent stories on BTCS...

Okay... I have to admit to a certain fascination with a few things in terms of my stories, both the comments and the ratings. The way they move and develop over time is intriguing and at times angst worthy.

For instance, you have a story like La Faccia De Maestro, which I consider the best story I have ever written. It doesn't have a lot of comments nor a very high rating. This is bothersome as I think people are passing it by and I have no idea why. Those things hint at reasons but nothing just comes out and says it.

Hi,

A while ago, I created a tool that will convert the pages here in BCTS in ePub format. Just give the URL, and it gives you an epub version of the story.

I created it because I have an OLPC XO-1, and I wanted to read BCTS stories here without too much discomfort. To read the epub e-books, I use FBReader.

I have been trying to encourage the Author of "Healing A Princess" to seek out a publicist and make an effort to get the work in stores, making her some money. In my opinion, the story measures up favorably with any other work I have bought off the counters in Book Stores. We all know that AA has struggled financially because she has said so in this forum. I am hoping that with sufficent encouragement, you will at least give it a shot. There is of course Baen Books, Tor Books, and a host of other publishing houses.

We are nearly into 2010, and I hope that the new year will bring you all joy and happiness.

In the midst of our celebration of the new year, I think it behooves us to take a moment or two to remember those who are no longer with us. Whether taken from us by illness, ageing, suicide, or violence, they have gone to a much better place, and are: In "The Arms Of The Angels."

Spend all your time waiting
For that second chance
For a break that would make it okay
There's always one reason
To feel not good enough
And it's hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction

On December 15, 2009, Fictionmania author Tommy Davis died as a result of a heart attack. His name has been added to the Memoriam board here at BigCloset. Let us all spare a moment to think of his friends and family in this holiday season.

Hugs,
Erin

Hey everyone!
I hope all is having a great Holiday! As a gift Part 3 of Once the Hero is up at StarDust. Even better this one is a little longer than my other Chapters to date. Enjoy!

Hugs!

Grover