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I have spent the last couple of days reading some of Torey's stories and I thoroughly recommend them, most will leave you with a feel-good sensation. See what you think, I'm sure at least one will work for you.
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Thanks. I'm running ...
... "way low" on 'feel goods'.
Thanks for the Reminder
I read "Switching Playing Fields" again. I actually cried at the end.
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Thanks
I remember reading many of these. They were great then and they are great now. I went straight to "Switching Playing Fields". I too cried, not just at the end. I cried when Gina got hurt.
The only thing that could make it better would be Beth and Lucas in a romantic relationship.
Hugs
Patricia
Happiness is being all dressed up and HAVING some place to go.
Semper in femineo gerunt
Ich bin eine Mann
The Problem Is
Most of Torey's stories have preteen or barely teen protagonists, and that's just too young for me. Lots of unfinished stories, also. Especially the one with a little more teenage characters: "It's Not Easy Being a Demi-Goddess". I certainly would love to see this one finished.
"Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.”
George Carlin
I love Torey's stories
Very sweet stories. We usually follow the development of a young individual (without sex).
As for unfinished stories I personally don't find that a major problem. As in life, it's the journey that matters.
But
I find fruitless journeys to be a sad waste.
As far as the sex, I can do without the graphic depiction; but there is a major change in mentality between prepubescent and post-pubescent mind that after 60 years I can no longer make the leap to understanding that earlier state of mind. While some may revel in the adolescent life, I think I'd rather be shot than go back to that age. If I can't identify with the story and protagonist(s) the story is wasted on me.
"Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.”
George Carlin
One of the great things about BCTS is the variety of views here
I hope I made clear enough that the views I stated were my personal opinions, which I stand by.
I share your views
I think a goodly number of the readers here on BCTS also, at least partly, share your views. I like the stories that deal with the trials and tribulations of the tweens. I remember my self-doubt in those years, (now six decades ago). I also remember the thrill of discovery as I explored my feminine side. I was in my mid-twenties before I came to any kind of real understanding of who and what I was.
It's those tween years that provide the angst that produce the crux of a good story. The story needs to progress from the discovery of the feelings to a point where the protagonist comes to some sort of acceptance. If you want total understanding then the story would have to have a protagonist that's little older.
I write a lot of stories with preteen characters for that reason. The stories that I write with older characters are almost always with closet cross-dressers who get outed in some way or another; either caught, or feel the need to tell someone. Rarely, I won't say never, do I write about someone who has reached adulthood and then discovers the joys of femininity. Even then, they are not typical males. There is always something that should have alerted them that there was a strong feminine side to their personality.
Hugs
Patricia
Happiness is being all dressed up and HAVING some place to go.
Semper in femineo gerunt
Ich bin eine Mann
Yes, variety of views and probably of ages as well
I lived and worked in New York City for a few years and one idea that I've often repeated about that place is that each person constructs their own New York City. Being as it is very nearly a microcosm, and very dense in its variety, it would be difficult, if not impossible, for one person to have a grasp or meaningful relationship with the city as a whole.
Each person finds the neighborhoods that speak to them, where they feel safe, where they like to eat. Those neighborhoods can be scattered all across the island, and they're unified by that person who visits them and regards them as my New York.
I think that BCTS is similar in that way. There are stories that one person regards as validating, enjoyable, cathartic, sexy, funny... that another person wouldn't read through a ten-foot telescope.
I doubt that anyone has any accurate idea of how many of the various types of stories are in here -- or of the makeup of the readership.
I'm thankful to find people who seem to feel and think the way I do -- at least evidenced by the type of stories they comment on, and the content of those comments.
It is always a little distressing when another reader looks down their nose at stories or categories that I prize, but oh well. We're not all in the same place; we don't all have the same tastes.
- iolanthe