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A lot of people seem to have been reading Being Christina Chase lately

No one is more surprised than me, but it sure seems like a lot of people have been reading Being Christina Chase lately. I've gotten a few very kind thank you notes, there's been some chatter on the social medias, and I still get the odd comment on BC directly.

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I'm working on something different but...

Hi All,
I'm trying to write something different from my usual, although that is quite varied already if you look at my short story as well as serials page. It's could run to a couple of parts or one longer story. I don't want to divulge too much about the outline but it should suit those who like a bit of action rather than vanilla tales of twelve-year-olds.

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New Shadowsblade is up....the drow are back in town

Well I am back after fighting for benefits from the feds for over a year....I won and now all is much better
(if you need to know I got a bit of nerve damage growing in both legs, been going on for over a decade and stopped most of my work in the last few years)

But I am back and will try to write a bit more, it helps to write and have something to do that is not CSR work on a home computer!

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Emma Anne Tate

Emma Anne Tate has been a wonderful editor, critic, and writing assistant.
She is a dream come true.

You can see her fingerprints all through the Saga that began with Dan Becomes Dawn!
Trust me, all the mistakes are mine!
She taught me many nuances of writing.
She is patient, but tells you the truth.

If you are fortunate enough to have her assistance, BE ADVISED, she tells it like it is!
Not for the faint of heart or easily offended!

I'm a big fan!!

Thanks

Kathi Jo Daniels
KathiJo25

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Sorry, nothing to post today

I just ran out of time. I was out dormousing much of the day and I fell asleep and didn't wake in time to finish writing. I'm trying to continue my latest serial and also working on a new short story. I may do some more tomorrow but no promises, I am quite tired and have a busy week in prospect.

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The Passion: Test Drive III

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I’m getting better at using prompts for this series so the AI has been able to make a better storyline. It’s still very limited and I still need to make edits.

I’ll post chapters 1&2 tomorrow as one post.

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The life of Riley part 22 - The final chapter

Hi everyone. I am back on here. I wanted you to know that I finally wrote the last chapter of a life of Riley. I apologize for taking so long but I have been going through some stuff I cannot mention here. If there is one thing I learned while writing this story is that when writing a multi chapter story make sure that all the parts are done and edited before you publish any parts.

"The life of Riley" and its prequel "The beginning" were not planned as a multi chapter story. It just happened this way as I was writing it and I was making my first steps on here.

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About my story

I just wanted to reassure people that I haven't completely given up on "I accepted magic to fight evil and it turned me into a girl, but I don’t think I really mind?", but I've been suffering writer's block. I do have an outline, but I've been having trouble fleshing it out. I made lots of progress when it was a hyperfixation and my ADHD was newly medicated, but now I can't seem to focus on it. I'm going to try to build up a buffer of a few chapters before I start posting again, but that could take quite some time. I guess what I'm saying is, don't wait up, but it will happen eventually.

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Fantasy Story....

I wrote another story. Its fantasy with magic and transformations. Its still on the front page. Probably won't be by the end of the day with how quickly stories get pushed off it these days. I'm looking for engagement because honestly, I'm tired of writing the same story over and over again. Authors can write different things you know. It doesn't have to be all the same shit over and over again *sighs*.

Maybe I should find someplace else to publish my stuff.

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Currently

There seems to be speculation about me. Okay, I'll address that. Yes, I'm still around. I did have a side-gig going on but not anymore. I still write. I do have a project ongoing, but slowly. Those who follow me on facebook know I'm kind of active, but I do not use any other social media platforms. I think covers the highlights. Thanks for any concern.

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New Story Again

I generally try to post a blog about my new stories when I post them but I always forget. New story was posted on Saturday, for the May contest. Here's a link :D

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/106229/i-was-teenage-...

Here's the pic just in case something like that draws people in LOL.

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Pop Goes the World Chapter 1: Mother’s Opinion

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Rhett Sanders cannot catch a break when her boyfriend’s mother attends an anti-LGTB rally and decides to have the school board throw her off of the girl’s track team

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Choir Question

I have the start of an idea for the May Summer Romance Story Contest, but the inciting incident involves a 14-year-old boy filling in for his mom (who has laryngitis) in the local church choir. I was wondering, is it too far of a stretch for a boy that age being able to sing in the same range as an adult woman?

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Five years ago today...

Elsbeth disappeared five years ago today.

She posted so many wonderful stories on BCTS. My favorites are Harry Potter - Season of Change, Freyja's Daughter and The Lost Queen. I still re-read them regularly. In 2020 she was posting a chapter a week, regular as clockwork, in addition to logging in to leave comments several times a week. Many of us were in a private chat group guessing what was going on in The Lost Queen. We were so SO happy whenever a new chapter came out and we could see how close we are.

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Intersecting threads

As my faithful readers know, I interweave almost all of my tales. With the current stage of 'Mates', coupled with the 'Prequel' in 'Black and White', there is an unfinished story there, of Neil and Maddy.

Obviously, I know where that story goes. I am considering fleshing it out, as I did in 'Black and White', but it comes after all the stuff I have already written. I think it might work as a standalone, even so. What do people think? Should I write and post it now, or leave it till after 'Mates' has run its course?

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Tell me what you think.

I get the impression that some readers think that Bike has got a bit stale, mind you lots of readers have never heard of it though I believe the Kindle version is still bringing something for the site, up to book 24 I think.

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Your Favorite Story

THIS COMMENT IS NOT MEANT TO DISPARAGE THE WORK OF ANY OTHER AUTHOR.

I have been thinking about what my favorite TG might be and my thoughts keep returning to "Captive" by Melanie Brown. In some ways parts of it parallel to parts of my own life. For me, as with the protagonist in the story adapting and accepting is what is available. It is not such a bad life. It got me out of a painful marriage with a drunken abusive woman.

I did not endure the kidnapping and torture in the story, but the end results are much like mine.

Gwen Brown

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Chins Up

I have notice a fall off on reviews both here and on Fictionmania.
I have asked there whether this is a reaction to these troubled times, when the very small and thoroughly pleasant transgender community has been picked out as the substitute jew to be hated by pliable majority. Are people frightened to put their names (even pennames) to a few words in praise of our evident perversion?
I just hope that is not true and that the courage to simply stay calm and carry on still exists

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I swear

I swear, I overthink everything. Here I am, scrubbing words like “earth” and “inch” from my novel because they don’t exist in this world—while writing the whole thing in English, a language my characters wouldn’t even speak.

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Weeping Willow

I'm just about to start posting a new story. It's called 'Weeping Willow' and is, as my other, longer, efforts, about a gifted musician. It will be the longest story that I've written and runs to five books of over twenty chapters, so a half a million words. Like my other long stories, it just seems to carry on in short bursts of writing. It starts with a central character a good ten years younger than I’ve normally written about. Ninety-five percent of the places mentioned are real and viewable on Google Maps.

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An Apology...

Well, this weekend has dealt me pressure I didn't expect to face and landed me in the awkward position of disappointing readers... something I promised to never do again.

With Focal Point's start being reposted as a BCTS Classic, it's gotten people reading my long dead work all over again and sadly, many are finding out that like a lot of my work back then, it was unfinished. This wasn't intentional, but it happened and It was something I promised I would never do again.

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I blame Jo

I blame Ms Barbarella. she commented on one of my stories, as she often does. and it collided with my writing method, which is to construct a solid back story for every meaningful character.

I am now 11,000 words into bringing Neil's back story to life. In two evenings of writing.

STOP IT, JO!

Seriously... apologies for the resultant hiatus in 'Mates', but Neil and Maddy have my writerism by the scruff of the neck.

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I'm ill

I'm sick with a bad cold. It's not the flu and I tested negative for Covid, so it's just a cold. And now Melanie has caught it too, but we are getting by. Today it feels like it's turning around for me, so I expect to be fine in another four or five days.

Not to worry.

Hugs,
Erin

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Needing help and advice

In my next book, my main character has her SRS.

Since this is not in my ballpark, I need advice and help to portray an accurate description of everything. Google only gets you so far.

I'd like to create a dialogue with others who could look at what I've written or help me with questions.

Thank you for reading, and hopefully, I will hear back.

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DopplerPress News! New distribution channels!

We're trying out a new distribution channel with our latest DopperPress release. It's called Draft2Digital and will make our books available on many different online sellers, including Amazon, Apple, SmashWords, Kobo and more!

We get a wider world footprint, more flexible pricing, more help with promotion and simpler uploading for eBooks as well as better potential for producing paperbacks and audio books.

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Revisiting and refreshing other author's work.

Twenty-five years ago I read a story on another website and the story of a TG romance has never entirely left me. I decide to look up the story again and it is still listed on a small TG part of a story site for gay men. It is a story that has nothing to do with being gay and there are no characters in the book that are gay.

I read the story again and it still appeals to me. It is called Skin-deep. It is really a novella, and although the author says that it was edited. I see very little sign of any active editing.

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Julia Phillips and Anmar

It has now been just over a year since I last heard from Julia. Our regular email exchange broke off in the middle of a conversation and I have to accept that she is no longer with us.

I want to provide some notes about her and what her contributions mean for the future of Anmar.

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Patreon Confusion

There are a number of very good stories that have gone to Patreon. I did try to pay Patreon but for some reason, my bank takes exception to their charges. The people at the main branch are fine but their "Loss Prevention" folk are awful to deal with. I'm on my 4th Debit Card in as many months. I wonder if there is a way to open an account at BCTS to pay for the various stories. OR... if those stories will ever go to Amazon Kindle??? I am not making demands here, just trying to work something out.

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