Diane enjoys(?) that essential experience of shopping for a new dress...

Longtime no see everyone! I wanted to let everyone know that after waaaaay too long of a time I've completed my draft and first edit for Suddenly Royal 2: Royal Performer!

Life and writers block had interfered with finishing it until now, but it'll be coming soon! I'm hoping to publish the complete book on Amazon later next month, and I'll post a chapter a week on here as well.

I just had someone ask me about any upcoming books, so I thought I would share the news with you all!

"Dust" is a maker of internet short videos. I got curious about them, who they are, where they are, how they function and all that. I did not find out if they use sources outside their group, or if they pay them. It's just an idea but perhaps some of the better writers on BCTS could submit their work to Dust, you know, take a flyer. They might even be interested in TG content. I see a lot of TG content on YouTube nowadays.

Just an idea.

Ahabidah

DINGDINGDING

You hear that? That's the chiming of the bell signifying the end of voting for the contest! So without further ado...

I'm in my third decade as a BC author.

During the last six months BC has been on a tremendous UP!

Not to disrespect a great group of departed authors, but it just might be that fifteen of the top twenty-five BC authors of all time have posted since January First of this year.

I would include in that group: Rasufelle, Jenny North, Jenny Walker, Laika, Erin, Bru, Emma Anne Tate, Erisian, and Melanie Brown. . .without giving it too much thought.

Who would you add to this expanded Mt. Rushmore?

Jill

I was just cruising Amazon Kindle and saw "Jane" by Joyce Melton. It this a continuation of the 'Jane' I already read? OR is it the same one?

Ahabidah

Allison Zero has reached a major turning point. I've been talking about this in both blogs and the comments on the story for the past few parts. The story is not done, and will continue, there's a lot left to be told, it's just, as the readers will know, reached a point where there's a significant change to Allison's life (beyond gender.) Certain "discoveries" have been made, which readers have commented on in the last part of the story.

I've been wanting to comment more here, but I realized that I am so much better at communicating when I write fiction. Being my bland self feels tedious and really I want to write. I want my writing to be free of constraints and liberating (to me at least). Much like how some of my stories seem to liberate some of my characters from the contents in their pants. Consequently, I've decided to take a stab at creating three personas when I comment.

“Stay away from her. She’s poison.”

It’s not fair at all. You’re not even a girl!,”

Is Diane the prettiest new girl in middle school? Oh, Please!

Oh hey! It's been a minute.

This seems really random, but do y'all think that the name Isskalt Abyss a little on the nose as a name for an artic region in my story? Isskalt means freezing cold in Icelandic, but I just thought it made for a funny pun because it sounds like "Is cold" when it's pronounced in my American accent.

Prompted by a query from an eager reader (hooray for those!!), I thought it time to post another 'here's where it's at' progress statement for Book 6 of the Light Saga, Hope's Light.

As of an hour ago, the draft just crossed 100k words. There's likely at least another 20k to go to wrap up (maybe more?), but it's on the rapid slide to the ending as things all come together. Current plan is to finish the draft by end of summer, and by end of autumn have the entire work proofread and ready to start posting on a regular schedule.

Just looking at the reception for "Andromeda Smith". I've been Beavering away and so far, have the beginning of 5 chapters. If the reception does not get warmer, I won't bother with further posting.

I've had enough of my complaining off topic about the sins of Micro Soft and the billionaires who victimize us.

After pecking away in MS Word today at "Andromeda Smith" I was feeling doubtful that it was any good, and started to read it out loud to myself, then found out that the software will do it for you. So, after I sat there and listened to the less than 1000 words, any flaws just jumped out at me. The AI that does this is rather limited in places so I don't know how I can get it to interpret stretched out pauses, that I would normally write as ...

This is fun.

Allison Zero is turning out a little longer than I expected. Maybe 35/40%-ish extra to get to the point Part 12 makes it now, at least according to standard sci-fi novel word counts. Although I have added some elements that should make the later parts of the novel more accessible, as well as to answer the primary medical transition questions — which I decided not to hold back on quite as much. Part 12 is, though, a significant turning point, something I’ll deal with later in this blog.

I'm interested in conducting a survey of the members here and I hope to get you interested as well.

1. Are you currently acting as a proof-reader or editor for other writers?
2. Are you willing to help others with their writing?

Just a note since the question came up: you need to have your own account to post stories on BC. It's free and essentially anonymous, but yours alone.

Hugs,
Erin

well, believe it or not, I managed to bang out a third entry in the "Fresh Start" contest!

you can read it here: https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/102626/star-tower

please kudo and comment if you like it!

2:00 AM, going to be hot. Not breathing well. Despite the site rules, are non-TG stories allowed? I think so. Just checking.

Gwinn

I am still only about a third of the way through writing the next Masks story, so I am posting an unconnected short story. This is set in the same world as "The Master of Cuts" and "In the Hollow of the Devil's Hand."