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Deathtrap

Deathtrap 18 has been published two days later than intended as I wasn't initially happy with my editing. The next chapter should appear on Wednesday and the story ends on Chapter 20.

For a bonus, this time, I've included a google map of the locations used in London.

Shiraz

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Connecting with main stream authors

I'm hooked up with a thing called "Instant Freebie" and get a lot of free eBooks through that. One of the authors sends out a news letter sent out an invitation to get to know you. She gave a little information about herself and then invited me to contact her via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. She included her email address.

I emailed her, explaining that I didn't really use social media all that much, so I was emailing. I'll insert come excerpts from the exchange. After giving some (very little) information about me and my family, I wrote:

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Gaby again

Hello there!
Romance isn't dead - well it looks like Gab is checking out that idea in this weeks, thrill a second instalment of Gaby - Sweet Sixteen!

Having a funny old week, not just as I'm approaching a minor milestone birthday but buying nursery furniture at the same time! Kids, who'd have 'em?

That's it for today
Mads

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Need Some Help

So I need some writing help. I'm currently developing a story with a young person who when born was mistaken for male up until puberty. When puberty hit, they started to develop like a young woman and not a man. I'm wondering if there is a specific medical condition that can describe that. I don't really want to create one for this story because it just won't feel accurate to me. I want it to feel real and plausible. Any help would greatly be appreciated :).

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Returning to Writing

So I've been away for a while... I'm planning on working on some of my unfinished works as I have time but I wouldn't expect things to happen very fast. I'm not sure where the various works stand and I will have to re-read them to try to figure out where i was going with them in the first place...

Samantha

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Better Late or Better Avoidance!

Well its been a better second part of the week - a couple of short bike rides (80km and 135km!) and slightly better weather - well its got above 0c a few times even if I still feel a bit out of sorts.

The next Gaby chapter, Filmed, is now up for reading and i'll get cracking on the next instalments this week in the prelude to Gab's birthday next Sunday.

In the meantime, here's an extract from Avoidance 2 just to get the juices going!

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Help with legal story line requested

I'm wondering if anyone who had worked as a solicitor or in a solicitor's office in England can help me get the facts straight for a proposed storyline in my latest novel "There is Nothing Like a Dame". I know it's only a story but I do like to get things as accurate as I can. Any assistance will be gratefully acknowledged.
Regards, Bronwen Welsh

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Sarah Emma Edmonds' "Nurse and Spy in the Union Army"

I've been slowly reading through Sarah Emma Edmonds' Nurse and Spy in the Union Army (1864). She was a Canadian immigrant who disguised herself as a man to serve in the Union army during the American Civil War. One passage of her book reminded me of those TG stories where someone is transformed into a woman either in order to evade military service, or as a punishment because they are unwilling to serve, such as The Professor's "Draft Dodger Rag" and many others:

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A major job ahead

Good morning all,

Someone recently posted on one of Penny's (excellent, of course) contributions suggesting that the small writing at the top with the keywords such as 'SEE' or 'JoB' or 'Somewhere Else Entirely' or 'Anmar' is too small to actually grab the attention of readers. They requested an Anmar logo or symbol to make our stories leap out from the page more.

Penny has selected such a logo / symbol which I reproduce here:

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Among the missing? Hypatia?

Maybe I missed something, but anyone know what happened to Hypatia? She had some great stories and hinted at more to come, but... nothing.

I emailed her yahoo addy, but no response yet.

Catherine Linda Michel

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just passing on the fun!

I know some of you love the little vignettes Nuuan and I do with the Drow twins and his Kelly or others that invade into the real world and ponce about having fun and driving their authors NUTS!

here is a new cartoon on Amazon prime that is all of that!
dealing with cartoons on the loose in the real world and them meeting their 'creators'!!

The --- Re:CREATORS

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y3KGYR3

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Colds Suck!

and heave and splutter and are THE PITS! Yes as you may have guessed, I'm still laid low with the cold / virus thing, Lemsip is my friend and doing anything remotely strenuous is out. So no riding still - not that the arctic temperatures, snow and rain have exactly encouraged outdoor activity! But hey ho, it can only get better right? More concerned about my dad who's got a dose of the same but what can you do?

Now I've got that off my chest, (but unfortunately not the cold) we can get down to business!

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NEW Twin Swap Illustration

Happy to announce that I recently added an illustration done by the incredible Kylene Devlin to the end of my story "Twin Swap." You can see this illustration at the end of the "Twin Swap Epilogue" (https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/72783/twin-swap-epilogue) and see more art from Kylene at https://kylenedevlin.deviantart.com/. Hope you enjoy!

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Story Characterization

I was walking through a Safeway grocery store today, browsing for the ingredients to put in a nice stew. The store is in Clatskanie, Oregon, and I was on the way home from a sanity break at Astoria at the beach. It is a quaint little town along the Columbia River, in the center of Commercial Logging country. I've been living in the city for so long I must look completely like a city girl, like totally.

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Missing Persons....?

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Forgive my short sightedness if this has been answered recently, but has anyone heard from or been in contact with Angharad? I know she was hurt sometime back in December, but while she doesn't have as much time or energy to devote to Cathy and her mob these days, I did notice it has been several weeks since she updated Cathy's memoirs and I was afraid that Bonzi and Whizz might be holding her computer hostage (by the usual method of sleeping on keyboards and chewing cords and such). Nevertheless I have grown a bit concerned. (For Whizz and Bonzi of course!

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When She Stops Saying She Loves You

“When She Stops Saying She Loves You“ is a combination of two stories I tried to write a long time ago but never had the subplots:

Jumper
Sun-Eyed Girl

The first one dealt with a family falling apart with the husband not sure if its really his fault or not and he goes to a violent extreme to make it all right in his mind (yes, the title is a three eyed blind reference)

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The Family Girl #090: Danny Update - Feb 10 2018

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Blog #90: Danny Update - Feb 10 2018

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Hi, everyone!

Still making progress, but my output has slowed down greatly.

Grrr!

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update, and new "Branded" chapter up

Just a quick update: My brother had his surgery, and seems to be doing fine. Without the worry in my head, my muse decided to show up and I have a new chapter of "Branded" up to share with you all:

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/73038/branded-chapter-3

hope you all like it

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I'm BACK baby!

Well, much to my insanely great relief, I just received an email from Amazon informing me that after conducting an audit it was discovered that my account was terminated in error and I've been fully reinstated. Everything seems to be back to the way it was, though the Kindle books aren't yet available. My guess is it'll take a little bit of time to reactivate them in the store but it shouldn't be long. I just want to thank everyone here who offered me such great support and advice about what to do if things ended up going to a worst-case scenario.

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New 4th book-Cheerleader: Lee Leads The Cheer (Lee Corcoran Book 4)

Word Count: Almost 73,000 words

Lee Leads the Cheer, the fourth book in the Lee Corcoran series, follows Lee Corcoran, a senior boy in high school whose life is not going as planned.

In the first book, Boy for the Cheer, Lee became involved in a girls cheerleading program where he was reluctantly introduced to cross-dressing. Lee finds that he enjoys the softer side of clothing. Circumstances seem to be forcing Lee to wear a feminine wardrobe in more situations. His freshman summer stole any attempt at masculinity.

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Where is Milsy?

A question I've been asking myself fairly often the last few days. Unfortunately, the answer is, as usual, stalled by Real Life.

I've just been too busy, although I have found the time to write. It is just that things are fragmented right now and it's difficult to concentrate.

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The joys of dealing with Amazon

So, on Saturday, I was in the middle of shopping for groceries when I received this email from Amazon's KDP division:

Due to repeated Content Guideline violations in regards to books you have submitted through your account, specifically books that disappoint our customers, we are terminating your account and your Agreement effective immediately.

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Need some help looking for a story

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone knows about a story that I'm thinking about. The main character plays a rose gold trumpet and has a famous dad in football? I knows it's vauge but I have forgotten many details. Thanks

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Needing more candles.

I know how every single one of us rarely have enough time in the day to get what needs to be done. I know most of you all have heard the term, 'burning the candle at both ends' but lately it feels like I've a candle in each hand and both of the ends are burning... I've been pretty open about my job (aircraft mechanic), and that I have two of my daughters with me now. The job along along with single parenting duties were taxing enough, giving me very little time to write. Now it seems that my wonderful daughters have gotten me roped into yet more...

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The Family Girl #089: Just a Little Danny Update

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Blog #89: Just a Little Danny Update

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Hi, everyone!

I just wanted to let everyone know that I’m just chugging along and am still on track with my final Danny instalment.

And I am Pooped!

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Long time lurker, New Author

Hey all! Been a long-time lurker and reader of many stories from here, so decided to post my fan-fiction Whateley U. based book: Into The Light. It's the first in a multi-book arc, second book is already drafted and in the dreaded editing phase. I'll be adding parts 2 through 6 of this one over the next couple weeks as I have time to convert the formatting. Hope people enjoy! Erisian
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Destination Unknown Series

I Just wanted to let everyone know that I haven't giving up on the Destination Unknown series, My computer died while i was working on Part 7. I have ordered a new computer through Bestbuy and I hope to have it sometime this week. Luckily everything was backed up and I didn't loose everything but it will still take some time to reinstall all of my software that I use for writing but on the plus side the computer i was using was prehistoric and I am looking forward to using the new computer.

Hilary Richards

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Editor proofreader needed

What I need: A proofreader, and possibly an editor. Someone to check spelling, grammar etc. Also someone to help me with flow and consistency issues.
What I'm working on: A Whateley fan fiction or Whateley independent fiction.
What I have: Currently about 10,000 words +- a few... I'm not stuck per se, but can see some issues with what I have written.
What is posted: look here to get an idea of what I'm writing.
Thank you for your help!

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Where have all the ...

SOLO's gone?

Ok, I have to say that I've posted more than one multi-part story in the past year but these were intersperced with solo pieces but it does seem that there has been a big drop off of SOLO works in recent months.

Do people not like writing then anymore? I do and most pieces I start, start off as SOLO's and only go to multi-part when it becomes obvious that it will work better when published like that.

Look out for SOLO story from me over the weekend. It will be called 'The First Time I Saw Her Face'.

Samantha.

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too much too fast?

I was away working for the past ten days. I had a lot of free evenings and while I couldn't upload to BigCloset I did a lot of writing.

I apologize for posting multiple things this week instead of stringing things out.

I was overdue for Portrait 6 and wanted to get it up and away before I started thinking about 7, 8, and 9.

Because Wildcats was published on Amazon almost two weeks ago, it was important to get the Wildcats short story up to remind everyone that Wildcats was birthed here.

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Entwined Fates Series Amazon Page

So, I just wanted to let everyone know (for those that are interested anyway), that my Entwined Fates series on Amazon has its own series page so people can find the whole series to read or buy easier. It can be found here on Amazon.com.

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a question

hello everyone.

I have many things going through my mind about the whole transgender thing.

I am a father of three boys who are showing no signs of wanting to be female.

I used to be really against the whole transgender thing but as I get older I am trying to be more accepting of everything and everyone.

if any of my boys told me that they want to be a girl then I would now be 100 percent behind them and try to help them in any way I can.

I do have a question though.

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Harriet delayed

My apologies to everyone following Harriet's latest story. There will be a delay in posting the next chapter, just a few days I hope. Sometimes other matters take up writing time, annoying though this is.
My sincere apologies. At least you weren't waiting for the resolution of a cliffhanger.
Best wishes, Bronwen welsh

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Call of the Hunt: An Awakened Novel

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For Aiden, bladecraft was life. It was all he ever wanted to do. School, friends, a social life, none of that could ever compare. To say it was a calling would be an understatement. It was a family tradition he was more than happy to continue.

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Joining the Sisterhood

Those who are my friends at this site, I consider my Sisters. There are Authors at other sites who get so much support and love from other Authors and readers. I have seen this and it makes me sad to not see members here who are just as supportive.

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The Family Girl #088: Just a Hi, and a Little Update About Danny

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Blog #88: Just a Hi, and a Little Update About Danny

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Hi, everyone!

I just wanted to let everyone know about some fixes I made regarding the posted Danny stories.

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