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Constructive Criticism makes a story better

I want to acknowledge the sweet people from BigCloset who create such a dynamic mechanism for posting a story. My latest effort, Vacation, is a work in progress. I eagerly read and responded to all the comments.

But, what was especially helpful were the folks who offered constructive criticism. And because the design here lets me edit my work, I was able to redo entire passages to reflect what I learned from readers. Chapter Three is the best example of rewriting to clarify what I should have said initially.

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Butterscotch 46 (of 48) Bleachers - on Patreon for Members

A drive through Los Angeles with the sun setting in the western clouds—thin as promises, brilliant as lies. Is Kissy's new life about to come crashing down around her?

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Kissy has discovered she is too much of a chick to ever be who she was before, but can being herself really make her happy?

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Pete's Vagina -5- Huddle on Patreon for Members

Pete's block-and-tackle spontaneously turned into a canoe. It's devastating. Can his football career survive?

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Because of a few graphic descriptions, this story has to be marked 18+ on Patreon but for only $1 a month or less than $11 a year you can be a http://patreon.com/bigcloset member and enjoy this and other member only stories and advance previews while supporting BigCloset in continuing to provide free transgender content on BigCloset TopShelf.

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Erin should NOT have to do this...

every month! There are more than enough of us members that can afford to give ONE DOLLAR every month! That would eliminate the debt that exists AND more than meet the needed funds every month to keep the site online!

There are a few who do a LOT more than that every month and I salute them for how much they do! Without them, this site would have probably faded into non existence the way others have.

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RL Cyber Stalking

This is a real life story of malicious cyber stalking where a young woman's life was almost destroyed. She spent time in court, jail, etc for doing things she didn't do. For all you writers who are interested in expanding your knowledge of the monster I think of the internet. This is how easy it is to disseminate lies and misinformation whether it is from an individual, main stream media, or individual groups.

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Back burner is bubbling...

I currently have ... I think ... a couple dozen story ideas sitting on my back burner. One of those stories has been bubbling recently. The current working title I have for it is "Ward of the State".

In this story, being homeless is ... not exactly a crime, but it *is* an issue the state (of Norcal?) governor promised to "fix" as one of his campaign promises. Once he's been inaugurated, a law is passed, where anyone who is homeless is automatically declared a ward of the state, without regard to the age of the person.

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You Are a Meany, Personal info, I am the Goat and We Are Made of Stardust

Hopefully, I am able to put a lot of information in this short blog. Here is an update on You Are a Meany. Chapter 30 has finally gone to the editor earlier today.
The delay comes from me making a decision in my personal life. I am starting towards a new career. When I go to the computer to write I end up looking up information about the choice. I want to find out as much information on it. In taking online classes and reading first-hand accounts of the issues of this profession I am finding out more about myself.

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N.L. Paradox's Huge Stories

I happened upon the Author's stories while rooting around on Amazon. I do not know how old the stories are or where the Author comes from. The stories I've read so far are really large, 500 pages or more. They are well written and easy to read. I'm intelligent enough to interpret the sometimes colloquial terms for Transgender when to me, sometimes the person referred to is Intersex. I've been unable to find the Author anywhere but on Amazon. Is the Author familiar to anyone here? The stories pleasantly stand alone even if the TG references were not there.

Gwen

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Updates

Hey everyone, lots going on right now with me. First, I got the new laptop all set up and I'm working on writing or re-writing chapters since the hard drive from the old comp was toast. I posted chapter five of Cold Fey today to give you all a little something until I have more to post and I'll hopefully have chapter 11 ready to post on my Patreon tomorrow. I did write a short called Dude! that I posted on Patreon for now, for those who follow me there.

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Update to A Life Forever Changing and new chapters incoming

I updated A Life Forever Changing as I found out new things about myself after my ultrasound showed a vaginal canal. My mom told me that I had a micropenis at birth (I've been diagnosed with that and hypogonadism since I was 12, but didn't know it went back to my birth). Since that story's my autobiography, I updated it with the newly learned info. I also updated it with the intersex tag.

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:) yes I can do it !!

well it's Monday and the first of my self imposed posting deadlines. I managed it after tweaking the next ADA chapter is up. By goodness it feels so good to be writing regularly again. It's also getting the moose munching again, darned thing Prue left me with that image as well as maggie the kitten many years ago when I first started out writing.

The upshot of it is I have a story idea for a new story and universe floating around in the echoing caverns of my mind. I'll be working on the outline today.

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Has Bike lost its attraction

I am beginning to wonder if Bike has had its day. It's interesting because when I stopped writing it for a year or two, I had regular pleas to start posting it again, but peculiarly, the people who lobbied hardest no longer seemed interested in commenting, so I presume they were no longer reading it. Comments are the only payment we receive as authors and I notice the number of reads and comments are dropping although the kudos stay about the same.

Do I continue posting Bike, or has it had its day? I am asking for your opinions.

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Portraying religious and spiritual beliefs in stories

In the next chapter of the story I'm working on, some religious/spiritual practices are discussed for a bit. I've been sorta struggling on how to portray the scene in a way that feels honest and realistic, without coming off as preachy or heavy handed. Does anyone have suggestions on how to best portray that sort of content in stories?

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Butterscotch 45 (of 48) Mercy - Now on Patreon for Members

We watched the big guy at the gate for another moment or so before Rory suddenly stood up. “That's Armando, he's stalking you!”

I looked up uncertainly. "Rory?" I said.

“Stay put,” he ordered me. “I’m going tell him to lay off!”

Princess Kissy
Butterscotch
45 (of 48) Mercy!
by Erin Halfelven

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From a Diary to a Novel

It's taken some considerable number of months but I've managed to finish the conversion of the short first-person Tammy's Summer Diary into Tammy's Summer Fling, a 64k word novel.

What this means is that I now have a little more time available and will split this for two writing projects. The first of these is the third Unaccounted Gains Book (currently expected on Kindle in August) and the second project is a brand new Tammy story that will be premiered here later this summer.

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What if I'm the One

Ever since being a part of the "One Dozen Roses" anthology I contemplated if I could get my characters together to talk. I decided to go with the guys in each story and allow them to drop (even more) of their defenses and we get to hear what happened after their perspective stories.
The seven are forced to go to group therapy due to various issues: Matt, for example, has to take it as a part of his probation; Spencer, because he was found floating in the Spokane river after jumping from a bridge.

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It's dead, Jim

Well, it finally happened. I've been doing everything I can to keep my computer alive for the past few months, but I can do no more and this morning it finally breathed it's last grinding breath. Since I can't really hunch over my tablet (like I'm doing now,) squinting at the screen and typing on a tiny bluetooth keyboard for 6 to 8 hours a day to be productive I had to get a new-ish laptop.

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Writing Walker's Path Chapter 10

Hello out there,

I'm happy to announce that the Writing Walker's Path for Chapter 10 is out!

Chapter 10 is longer than all of the other chapters so I spent a bit more time on the blog talking about it. I feel there's still a lot of room for improvement when it comes to the blog so if you have any suggestions please let me know.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy it.

Lots of love,
Katherine

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New Release of Walker's Path!

Hello out there,

Walker's Path Chapter 10 is now out!

Tomorrow I'll be releasing the "Writing Walker's Path" blog and will post a link to it here. There's been a good reception to the blog so far and I know I have you partially to thank for that. (I appreciate all of you!)

Not going to keep you here. Enjoy the Chapter!

Lots of love,
Katherine

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Writing as Tag Wrestling

As mentioned in my prior blog about my third Amazon collection “Misfortune and Other Romances of the Old West” the opening story "All her Misfortune” was a joint effort between me and the artist known as Joyce Melton. As I already said it she told me little about a plot she had in mind for a story other than it started with a street kid in Chicago in the mid 19th century escaping from a crime scene and heading west, and she sent me the cover she had drawn up. I have to say that (as it sometimes does with me) I saw the image, and something clicked. I started writing.

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Maryanne Peters goes West

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Some time ago I sat down and decided to write a novella – a western novella - because aren’t they just the best novellas that there are?

I wrote one chapter. You know the one. The stranger rides into town - “Man and horse looked tired – dog tired. Both their heads hung, and the hooves moved slowly along the dusty path …”. Chapter 2 might yet get written. I am more of a short story writer.

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Looking for a story

I'm embarrassed on this request. There was a long story posted recently about a guy who marries his long time sweetheart and moves to Arizona for school. He is of native American ancestry and is a "two spirit" person. Many adventures and accomplishments. I don't think the tale ended and I think I remember the author mentioning health issues. It hasn't been that long but I can't remember the author or full name of the story.

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New chapter of Virtually Feminine is up - thanks to Gabi

I've just posted my latest chapter of Virtually Feminine after a bit of a dry spell. I had a touch of depression following some stuff in my home life.

Thanks to Gabi for her support and editing that helped me get though it.

I hope you enjoy it and I would love any comments you may have.

Morgan

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