I happened to do my evening check on the new URL they have and guess what? It worked. Looks like FM is back, at least for awhile. http://www.fictionmania.tv/searchdisplay/new1.html

Thanks to ALL involved.

3rd Installment of Metamorposis 2 is now up at Lulu

Please note that The May Day Dress has been unpublished for the moment.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Hugs
Sue Brown

For those who know about SCC this blog will be, perhaps, a bit redundant. For those who don't know, SCC is the biggest TG convention/conference in the world! It's been being held annually for the past 18 or 19 years and attracts TGs of all stripes, from all over the world, to Atlanta Georgia.

Tomorrow, is Memorial Day. Many of the authors, commentors, and readers of this site are in the or have served in the military. I would like to thank you all for your service.

RAMI

A few days ago, someone asked about a story on the TG Fiction Yahoo group and it started me thinking but not coming up with an answer. Someone there mentioned Brandy Dewinter's "Only for You", which is a very good story but not the one I was thinking of to answer the query.

We live in a 200 year old stone cottage (they're very common round here) and the walls are really rubble-filled double piles of stones. One disadvantage, amongst many, is that they provide spacious accommodation for small rodents from time to time. We don't usually have a problem in warmer weather; mice infestation is normally a Winter problem and relatively minor. Not so right now.

This has raised it's head again in my 'never-ending' tale of life and dormice. It's done so because it is a constant problem. My own transition was quite public and was known to hundreds if not thousands of people locally. I've also been 'outted' in the press two or three times, including mention on local TV and radio. So short of sending out six billion letters notifying everyone on the planet, it meant there'd be some who didn't know.

Some years ago, I came up with what I call My Three Rules of Behavior.

BBC Radio 4 Today programme, included a piece on a project to monitor and reintroduce dormice on the Isle Of Wight, which isn't far from Portsmouth. In one wood alone they have 400 nesting boxes for dormice.

I'm delighted that my story is reasonably close to real life, and even more so to hera that in areas where they are being monitored, the rate of decline seems to be decreasing. Go for it Spike!

Angharad.

I just thought I'd give those who care a little warning this time that part 5 of Pass On What You Have Learned will probably be delayed.