For many years The Breast Form Store and more recently, All About Crossdressers have sponsored BC.

What they pay in fees augments and supplements the donations. Their sponsorship has been essential.

Joanne, Emma, and I have been talking about holding some sort of writing event to thank TBFS and AACD. We would like to raise awareness and ultimately drive more customers to them.

Do you have any ideas about what kind of event we should sponsor?

There were some statements made a few days ago that require some context.

Sugar, people are fighting to survive with inflation taking everything and more than they make.

For the last three months, Taylor Swift has been playing in my car. I just don't get tired of her. I mainly play 1989 and Tortured Poets.

Two of my favorite songs are Karma and Bad Blood. Both are about karma.

I believe quite strongly in karma. Back when I still owned and operated businesses and felt like I needed a dose of good karma, I would make a donation to BC.

The number of times good things occurred shortly after a donation was amazing.

Do the tragedies never stop?

Based on scientific principles -- as explained by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. -- my transgender life has been caused by chemicals in water.

His arguments have been so compelling that I’ve stopped drinking water.

Now, before you start warning me about the consequences of anti-aqua, please let me tell you -- I’d rather die of dehydration than allow the evil and vast water conglomerate to suck out my morality through gender disruption.

I could “bearly” stand the news that RFK has suspended his presidential campaign.

Very exciting!

Jill

Project 2025 will end Big Closet.

Wake up!

Jill

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 expected several of the contest winners to donate their prizes to Big Closet.

This has been a BC tradition.

I was not prepared for double-digit participation in giving. This occurred without solicitation.

It appears our community is as strong as ever.

Thank you!

Jill

Please thank the authors who took a risk by entering the writers’ contest.

Only two days are left to post your remarks about the contest stories.

You can win $50 just for expressing your opinion. Follow this link to find out how to enter.

Thank you!

Jill

The writing contest will accept entries as long as it is the fourteenth somewhere.

We opened the contest on Oz time and will close on New Zealand time.

For those in the States, there is a five-hour difference between Auckland time and Minneapolis time.

Before the contest started, Emma, Jo, and I posted sample stories. They did not qualify for awards because we are the sponsors. In my opinion, all three stories were exceptional. They should have been because they were mostly group efforts.

Despite Explicit Underage Sex stories being excluded from the contest, it seems to have thrived.

The New Year's Resolution Writing Contest has resulted in the following to date:

New stories – 110. . . 100 Contest Qualified
Hits – 121,214
Kudos - 9,851
Comments – 1,447
New authors - 6

Fifteen More Story Comments:

You’ve written your story and now are faced with deciding whether or not to create a cover.

I’ve posted about one hundred and fifty stories on BC and have never created a cover. Mel and Erin have made covers for all of my Doppler Press books. I’ve often wondered what difference an attractive cover makes to BC readers.

Wow! We have received eighty-four entries for our contest.

Thank you.

We appreciate the effort it takes to produce a story for a contest. We also appreciate that all of you recognize that judging a contest like this is highly subjective and certainly not a science. All Emma and I can do is give this our best efforts, which I'm confident we're doing.

For most of the participants, the only compensation they will receive will be your kudos, comments, and reads. The following list might help you find a few more stories to read. The titles are a link.

Jo, Emma, and I love to write. We love to have our stories read and appreciated.

A primary goal of the current contest is to spur more people to read more stories. With that in mind, I've prepared remarks about fifteen stories entered in this contest. Eventually, I will post remarks about every story entered. Emma will be posting similar lists.

Please give these stories a chance.

Finding Joy

Having trouble finding inspiration for a 2024 New Year's Writing Contest Story? Or maybe, for your second competition story. (There's no limit to the number of times you can enter, although you can only win one prize.)