I know there were a number of my readers who enjoyed The Heart of the Beholder. If some of you would be so kind as to write review on Amazon, I would really appreciate it. Remember, the better the sales, the more money BCTS gets. Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B017OMUIO4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&....

Portia

This last week, we'll, actually since Wednesday, too much has happened way too fast.

of the Swiss saga - or is it?

Enjoy
Mads

I just want to tell you that do to me being very busy this week this week's chapter of An Accidental New Life Life is going to come out on Wednesday or Thursday, sorry.

http://www.people.com/article/trixie-maristela-wins-transgen...

Normally I don't cross post between here and Facebook, but I thought this warranted an exception

I have lost a tale. Or a tail. Either I am more confused than I thought I was, or I make up fantastic stories during the rest of my 3 - 4 hours of sleep left me after enduring the regular nightmares I have to put up with every night, These nightmares are things that were caused by my being at age two caught up in a horrible war - we lived then in the east end of London, and before we were evacuated because the house we lived in had a bomb fall on it and it fell to bits and I had to be dug free from the wreckage.

Help, I need someone,
Help, not just any one,
Help, you know I need someone, Helllp.

... but damn, it need revision. Lots of revision, as it turns out. Chapter 2, Scene 1 is more-or-less done. Scene 2 is cut completely - I may or may not restore it, but I think it is superfluous. Currently editing Scene 3, but with relatively fewer critique, finding and fixing the problematic part is more difficult. Same with the rest of the writing.

I think it is prudent to have more test readers, so.. anyone is up to it?

It was a little hard to come up with a third thing I like about me, but since I managed, I will continue my list;

I like that I believe I have made a small difference for tans people with my lecture, and with my openness online.

I think by sharing my story, my struggles, I have helped a few people understand what it means to be trans, and encouraged them to be compassionate to those who have this struggle.

It may be only a tiny ripple in the pond, but who knows where that ripple will spread to, and that's not nothing.

Since yesterday I talked about something I liked about me, I'd like to continue the trend.

One thing I like about me is my imagination.

Now, for most of my life, it was hard, having as active an imagination as I do, but now that I have (mostly) channeled that into stories - stories that people have read and liked - I am grateful for the gift.

How is a story listed as a solo? It seems I have to ask for someone to change the listing when I post a story and there is no intent to add chapters. I'm guessing there is that "weight" thing I read about in another blog when a writer kept having her chapters list out of sequence.
Thanks

The story starts in the 1960's and involves a long "lady" who runs away from home and finds life .... She meets a detective and his wife who run a motel and she becomes a detective/military ... Jump, emt ..... and eventually becomes an officer in the Airforce.

Any help?

One thing about me I'm happy with is the fact that I refuse to live in a bubble.

I have friends who have different viewpoints on religion, politics, and just about everything else. I read and listen to news sources from both the left and the right.

I think its a healthy thing, to be able to consider different views on things. Sometimes, I've even changed my mind or at least thought "that was a good point".

I'm not saying this to brag. Anybody can do this, if they want to.

does anyone have a link to this? I have found Football Girl Season 2 but i'd love to read season 1.

The Kansas City Royals have won the World Series 4-1. They came back to beat the New York Mets in the 12th inning of game 5, 7-2, after the Mets had a 2-0 lead for 8 innings. Hats off to the New York Mets for playing a hard-fought series. They were a class act.

On a side note, the Chiefs won in London! Good day for KC sports.

James and I saved the world again from the nasty people who do nasty things to other folk. Well he did most of the saving, I was watching his back, then in gratitude he runs off with a younger woman at the end of it! Honestly, men!

The stunts are amazing, everything is over the top, so I can recommend it and it has the lovely Daniel Craig - what more could you want? Just some popcorn or sweeties...

Oh yeah, no time to write Bike - I knew there was something else...

Just stumbled across this webcomic.

Here's the first one. Keep clicking "previous" to step thru them.

http://assignedmale.tumblr.com/page/135

I found this on the Guardian website which I must have missed earlier, might have been on holiday. If the conclusions are correct, then it's a frightening prospect especially for transgender people from black or other ethnic minorities. I have blogged about it before but it's still happening and needs to be brought to public awareness. Thanks to the Guardian for that.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/11/lgbt-murders-...

Eleven years ago, Jeannie died on the day before Halloween, the holiday she loved for its morbid humor.

Last year at this time, I got out of town and went to New Jersey to be with other friends and try not to notice the loneliness.

This year, I knew I would be alone. I've been depressed since I got back from New Jersey in June, having decided then that I would not run away again.

I have been very ineffective in getting things done the last few months. This afternoon, I re-read my blogs and poems from that awful time and I cried. I cried again for Jeannie.

Well, I made a small step forward yesterday.

I was contacted by my local mental health clinic and they did an intake over the phone.

I talked with the guy for about 45 min, and then he gave me an appointment to come in to see someone in December.

Baby steps ... baby steps ...

Some of you may know that I wrote the oneshot "The Hero's & Demon's Double Rampage".

Some of you may also know that I have a blog at http://hugginglove.blogspot.my/

What some of you may not know is that.. people actually visit my blog.

A Texas state appeals court has overturned a county court ruling that the widow of a fallen firefighter wasn't entitled to to his estate because she is trans, not GG.

Texas Appeals Court

We are at the time of year at my job where we can enroll or change our health plans and such. This year they are including a online questionnaire that's supposed to be from the feds. it's supposed to give someone a chance to freely and discretely list any and all disabilities so they know where to send resource's. there is also going to be a part where people can list any sexual and gender identities. it's supposed to be confidential and voluntary. I have spoken with a woman that I work with who is a lesbian. I've only told her that I'm bi.

Please keep Carla Ann, my editor and closest friend in your prayers. I have been swamped with real life this week and was getting worried I hadn't heard from her... Yesterday she texted me and told me she had a stroke about a week ago not long after she must have just written me. She's an amazing friend and I hope she bounces back quickly from this!

Hello,

Today Dan Shive posted a comic on his EGS:NP section that was very funny, and was a scene, dealing with the gender bending genre that is rarely mentioned, let along discussed.

The comic can be found here: http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp.php?id=374

I found that comic to be hilarious.

The scene dealt with that two gender benders, in their female forms, not having any body hair, with the natural girl being clearly jealous for them not having to shave their legs, among other things.

Ok an Update to the Community Game Project

We'll be using RPG Maker MV from now on soo we can post HTML

The game's will be released to http://www.darkkittengames.ga/ till we get a better domain name :)

We will be using DropBox as your Form of Editing for Collab Editing.

To join in you must own a Legit Copy of RPG Maker MV. If you do please leave me a PM about getting added to the Project's DropBox.

You don't need RPG Maker MV to help write Dialog/Story.

Our Current game is Called Quest.

Do to very bad cold This Wednesdays chapter is delayed. Sorry folks.

Every once in a while, the things I want to talk about in this blog are hard for me to actually get out.

Sometimes, its because they are from a dark place, sometimes, they are embarrassing, and sometimes, I just dont feel like I have the words.

Today's blog is a little of all of the above, but let me try anyway.

I was laying on my couch, watching tv, when a commercial for a product to help men get an erection came on. It was one of those where an older couple is doing stuff together, then they begin to PDA, and the announcer tells how good the med is.

There has been a recent flurry of stories concerning the view some feminists have over transsexuals, with Caitlyn Jenner being the touchstone. A recent one, published in the New York Posts tell us more about feminists orthodoxy and beliefs than about transsexualism.

http://nypost.com/2015/10/26/theres-a-feminist-civil-war-bre...

For anyone watching for a Crystal Hall update similar to the past couple weeks... we have good news. And more good news.

Would you pick an aggressive alpha male as a sex partner, and NOT tell him you are post op?

I wouldn't.

There is a post op woman that is doing this, 6 that live in the same building ( my old workplace/residence, a cockroach hotel ).
Personally I am suspecting that she is looking to get hurt. :/

Reading ‘Genius at Play: The curious mind of John Horton Conway' I note two things:- when young he was nicknamed Mary by a teacher (it wasn't a wanted nickname and by second school he was called Prof) and among his many girlfriends one suggested by his sister was a well known Australian lady. Ms Greer did not confirm or deny the story to Conway's biographer but in the light of recent publicity I thought it more than a little ironic.

Conway is a mathematician and someone I'm coming to think of as the mathematical Beatle.

My favourite hit single of all time is probably Pink Floyd's 'See Emily Play', written by Syd Barrett.

The song is named after Emily Young, at one time a close friend of Syd's. Speaking on the recent BBC documentary 'Psychedelic Britannia', she offered the opinion that the girl described in the lyrics was Syd himself. Given that so many of his other compositions are rooted in memories of his childhood, it seems possible that Syd may have been expressing more than just his feminine side.

https://youtu.be/oUHQTywSJYM

Well, tomorrow I get a physical and I am super anxious about it. Last year after my exam I came home shaking and crying, and I am already pretty shaky as it is.

If you could spare a prayer or a hug or both, that would be nice ...

A transgender media personality, like Caitlyn Jenner, is both a good thing and a bad thing for all trans folks.

1) it is great, they raise public awareness in a way that most can't.

2) it is terrible, the money they have gets them surgeries most cannot afford, which leaves us feeling even more depressed and critical about our own appearance.

I can't remember the name of it or the characters. I remember a couple lives across the way from an older woman who turns out to be a witch. She feeds the man herbal tea that over time mutates his soul so it resembles her body and no longer fits his own. Eventually he feels extremely broken down and she uses a kiss or mouth to mouth to swap their souls.

Familiar to anyone? I have been trying all sorts of search variations here and FM and striking out.

Thanks!!

Frank

Had a pretty rough day yesterday. Had a nightmare, then got so sick to my stomach I threw up. Been fighting anxiety, PTSD, and I am having trouble sleeping.

As a result, it may be a while before I can get back to Mercy.

Sorry.

That well know womens lib supporter has turned her guns on Transwomen.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34625512

I have been a supporter of her work in the past on Womens Lib and equality etc.
But now I think she's lost the plot. Totally.

She's PNG with me from now on.

Congratulations to the Kansas City Royals! Going back to the World Series for their second in a row. Hoping they bring back a win this time around. Painting the city blue!

I've finished writing the first part of Gaby Book 14 and as has become habit it will be available via Kindle and Lulu from Sunday, yes the 25th of October!

Overall i'm running a little behind schedule but not so much I can't catch up! The next segment should be @ 3 weeks away so after a long wait there will be a quick succession of Gabyness for the fans, I hope it's worth waiting for!

The completed book is still due over Christmas / New Year and with a following wind I might have the next Nena out about the same time - it's 2/3rds written already.

Ok, time after time I see stories with the protagonist whose "balls haven't dropped yet" and that either say outright, or strongly imply that they do so at puberty.

As someone born male, this always bugged me. Because I clearly recall mine being there as far back as second or third grade. Let's just say it involved a stupid dare, ok?

So I finally did some digging on medical sites.

Guess what? They normally "drop" sometime before *birth*.

I came home unexpectedly to my apartment in Cardiff to find my flat-mate Lexa cooking. The crazy thing is her mode of dressing to cook is nothing unusual, Lexa cooking however?? Now that is unusual.
I crept up behind her and asked if she was making 'Chicken Flap sauce' She nearly wet her knickers cos' she wasn't expecting me!

CHICKEN FLAP SAUCE!!

She's a crazy kid but she makes a mean sauce.

Okay, so it's three days late, but who cares? I have been a member of Big Closet now for ten years, a whole decade!

Let's Party!

Has anyone heard from Amethyst? She was having problems, then just disappeared from the site. I hope she is all right.

Waterdog

Hey!! It's our very own Piper's Birthday! Speaking for myself, I SOOO much appreciarte all she does to keep Top Shelf and other sites running. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY PIPER!!! Hugs 'n love for all you do and for all you are.

Catherine Linda Michel

I don't know if any one has seen this yet its a nice song about a Billy Elliot type of boy with a tg twist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbmjEv-OUDk

Does anyone remember the "Write Club Duels"? http://www.asstr.org/~Rui_Favorites/Write_Club/

I'm really annoyed today for lots of different reasons, and I can't really concentrate on work or the stories already in progress.

So to get my head in order, I'm asking for some challenges and ideas.
If you can please give me one or more of the following:
1) a really strange plot hook, 1 to 2 sentences.
2) three or more things, settings, locations, characters, etc, that don't seem to fit together.
3) a single sentence, the stranger the better, that has to be properly used in the story.