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New Ranma Chapter

So I finished a unfinished chapter and am on the way to do some work on 300 Rains. The Ranma was nice and light. It was a good break from a lot of heavy thinking and relaxing. Gotta get back to 300 Rains to finish that up so I can move on to Tegan with a clear plate. That would be nice but I don't really see that happening. So I posted this for fun and I hope you all enjoy.

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Preethi's statement

A friend of mine said,

"Our ability to change our circumstances is often woefully limited. However, each of us has an unlimited capability to choose the attitude with which we respond to those circumstances. We can look for joy in the smallest pleasures of life, while accepting the trials to which we have been subjected."

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Bike: Blowing Out Four Candles

Try this:

  1. Go to the Home page of Big Closet Top Shelf.
  2. Look at the set of links at the top.
  3. Click the link entitled 4-YrsAgo. [I've even added the link here, so you can miss out steps 1 and 2.]
  4. Scroll down, and there you'll see the first few installments of Bike.

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Server Rescue

My understanding from Kristin Darken is that Bob was hosting sites for a lot more than just the TG community. The following is the post I made on the Crystal Hall, which may be pertinent to the BCTS/TG Server/Site Rescue Taskforce.

If the servers for the non-TG sites are on physically distinct machines from "our" sites, our (narrow vision) end of things would be relatively easy, just get "our" machine(s) moved elsewhere.

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Any one taken the Rorschach test

An online conversation I was just having caused me to remember taking the Rorschach test, along with the MMPI and a whole bunch of other stuff. The Rorschach Test made no sense to me at the time, and I am not even sure that I finished it. One does look like a human pelvis to me but in a purely anatomical sense, not a sexual one. I just looked it up on wiki and have to say that it seems even less relevant than when I was taking a ton of drugs.

Has anyone taken this test and did it make any sense to you? Should we question the sanity of those who think the results mean something?

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World Cup-Susan Hurst

Just wondering, as the world's most famous female soccer (football) player will Susan Hurst be a featured celebrity at the World Cup in Germany tomorrow. I am not sure if there is an equivalent to as in baseball in the U.S. some celebrity throws out the ceremonious first pitch. If so I nominate Susan Hurst. GO USA.

RAMI

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I've gone back to just cross dressing.

Yep, I'm gonna go work the hot stuff again, poking around in live electrical panels, climbing a few poles, pullin some wire, and changing some 10,000 horse motors. Yep, it will be back to $36 dollars an hour and all the beer I can drink after work. Anyone got any idea how bad it hurts if I slip a spike and mash my tits on the side of a big old oily pole with giant splinters?

Well, that is not the truth ... but.

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I feel all mixed up (like thats different from my normal?)

If there is a record for the fastest one can go from emotionally up to down and back again, I think I must hold it. I was all over the place at work last night, and I don't see any reason why tonight will be any different. Ah, well.

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Justice Department seeks to keep enforcing DADT

Found today online:

"Justice Department seeks to keep enforcing 'don't ask, don't tell' for now"

"The Obama administration wants to stick with the timetable set in last year's congressional action to repeal the controversial policy.The Obama administration asked a federal appeals court late Thursday to suspend its decision last week ordering an end to enforcement of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which bars gay people from serving openly in the armed forces."

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Thank you all from Bob's sister

I wanted to thank you all for giving me insight into how many friends Bob really did have. He seemed to live such a solitary life, but I now realize his life was much richer than any of us imagined. Please know that you will be with us in our thoughts as we go on with his memorial service and as we try to get his websites back up and running.

Your messages have brought me much comfort during this terribly difficult time.

Please feel free to keep in touch.

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Another birthday!

(Yup - it really seems to be the season for birthdays and anniversaries!)

I have it on good authority that the person responsible for these characters (and many more)...

Montage of ten EOF characters

...has a birthday today.

And not just any birthday... it's one of the milestone ones. (No, this person has definitely not arrived at their End Of File!)

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Bob Arnold

I am Bob Arnold's Niece and I have been reading all of the comments and stuff about him and I have found his stories he has written and it is a totally different side of him that the family didnt know. I am happy that he touched so many of you in different ways and I hope whoever takes over his sites will keep them running as a memorial to him and will let the family know when they are up and going so we can actually see the side of him that you all saw on his website stardust thank you all for the kind words and many of them are being read at his memorial service on friday

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Letter to an Absent Friend

Bob,

I have no idea where to send this, but I have to write it anyway.

You did so much, for so many people. You took care of so many things and yet you forgot one thing. Dammit, why couldn't spare a bit of that for yourself?

But that wouldn't have been you, would it? You always were one of the most giving, unselfish people I'd ever known. You helped people you barely knew and asked for nothing in return.

Dammit again, why, why couldn't you just spend a little of that to take care of yourself?

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25th Anniversary

Tomorrow, 14th July - Bastille Day in France, is the twenty fifth anniversary of my transitioning - when I turned up for work the first time wearing a skirt. These days we have a uniform of tunic and trousers - all that fuss for nothing.

I'm getting together with my daughter and my ex on Sunday to have lunch together by way of celebration. It seems a long time ago now and of little significance in the greater run of things, but I thought I'd mention it. Twenty five years of living the dream - if you say so.

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A fitting tribute

I have been fretting all day over the news of Bob's passing away. While I did not know him, I knew of him, how can you not ... story edited by, site maintained by and the list goes on. I wish I had the words to express the sorrow I feel within, but I am not that good with words. All I know is he will be missed terribly.

So, here is to Bob's memory, his work and legacy. God speed and may your rest be peaceful.

Kendra

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Acceptance

Max, FanficWriter (my wife) and I were spending a few days in Washington, DC this week.

This morning, we were packing up to come home. I had decided, that I did not need to pack my bra and breast forms until we were all ready to go.

So everything was packed, we had been making the final rounds, checking all the drawers etc...

I asked my wife if there was anything else, and then hugged her. It was as I began to hug her, she suddenly noticed my breasts... and started to say, "You.."

I said, "Just wanted to wait as long as I could on that... But, you just noticed?"

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Man's penis cut off, put through garbage disposal.

Man's penis cut off, put through garbage disposal.

Fantasy Meets Reality. I do not know if any stories on this site, have included, a situation as presented in the accompanying news account. But I am sure that such stories, including BDSM, and the like appear on other sites such as Fictionmania.

The news account can be found at the below site.
Truly sick. She should be punished to the full extent of the law.

http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2011/07/12/news/doc4e1cc0...|met:300|cat:0|order:1

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Bob's Obituary

Below is Bob's Obituary. As we all know it only tells a small part of his story and little of what he meant to all of us. But, I thought some of you would be interested.

The memorial service is Friday at 3:00. Whatever you are doing at that time, please pause and offer your thoughts to a wonderful man.

Robert D. "Bob" Arnold, 58, of 3024 Tag Road, Canastota, died Sunday, July 10, 2011, at his home, following a lengthy illness.

He was born on Jan. 4, 1953, in Canastota, the son of Robert and Betty Nye Arnold.

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Bob Arnold

I just learned the extremely sad news of Bob's passing. I have a very hard time expressing the grief I feel. Bob was a wonderful friend. He was also my editor, but I don't think that editor is an appropriate description of what he did for me. Yes he corrected my mistakes, but more importantly he pushed me as a writer, he made me better, he helped me grow. He also brought me into his world by allowing me the honor of using his wonderful character of Jen Stevens in my stories. I know how protective he was with her.

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Long time no update....

Well, I haven't updated this in so long, you must all be thinking I died or something....

I haven't died, in fact things are going a lot better than they have had in a long time. A Long time....

First, the job: I'm in the routine now. And I'm actually enjoying it. There is a lot of crap that goes along with it, like stupid users, but that's actually minor. I've been able to get 99.9% of the people I interact with to leave a call with me happier and more satisfied than when they came on. I actually TRY to fix their problem. Which is the actual point of the Level 1 Helpdesk.

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StarDust-TuckerSpawn-TGLibrary-CrystalHall-Fictioneer down

Bob Arnold died and his family evidently turned the servers off. Some of the sites above were hosted on his machines and some just had their DNS (net pointer system) hosted there.

The DNS problems will be sorted in a day or so, the site outages will probably take a bit longer.

See other blogs and announcements here for news and to read about Bob Arnold and what he did for the community.

Hugs to all,
Erin

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Anyone Feel Like Chatting?

Hi. I don't know if anyone feels like chatting, but with Bob's passing, the chatroom here is no longer accessible. It was his server that provided the access. If anyone would like to chat about that, or anything else, Amber-Willow has put up her own IRC chatroom, at least for temporary use.

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ANOTHER GREAT LOSS

ANOTHER GREAT LOSS for our community , just the aother day their was a question about BOB and has anyone heard from him and as I signed in today I saw the news about BOB and it hurts that he died alone at home and he was found X days later GOD BLESS YOU BOB and MAY YOU REST IN PEACE you will be missed WITH MY RESPECTS ---RICHIE2

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Bob's Passimg

Bob has passed away. We however are still here. Whomever is able to help out, please let Erin know - ASAP - I know Bob did a HUGE amount of work behind the scenes for Big Closet and other sites.
He set up and tested newer versions of the software that funs this site and Stardust...he just did so much to help out and will be sorely missed even by the visitors here who don't have a clue as to he was or what he did around here.

{{hugs}}

Frank

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Bob Arnold Caricature

RAMI

This is a link to an article that Bob Arnold wrote for the Madison County, NY Courier. It has a cute caricature of him behind his computers. It is from May 20, 2011. I am still looking for an obit. It is possible that if this is a weekly that there will be nothing for a few days.

RAMI

http://www.madisoncountycourier.com/tag/bob-arnold/

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Rest in peace Bob

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The Family Girl #002: Bob the bear

                   
The Family Girl Blogs
(aka "The New Working Girl Blogs")

Blog #2: Bob the Bear

To see all of Bobbie's Family Girl Blogs, click on this link:
http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/28818/family-girl-blogs

I just found out Bob Arnold passed away.

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Several updates and a question

First off I just want everyone to know I'm alive and well, my mother, aunt and grandmother all survived the accident. They are now recovering, and the one who was hurt the most, was my grandfather as he was the driver and came out without a scratch. He feels horribly guilty still, but I don't blame him. He couldn't help it, he had an episode while driving, it could happen to anyone. I just hope he finds peace in his heart to forgive himself.

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I'm darn sore

We've been short staffed at work the last couple of nights, so I've been doing double and triple duty, not only working in my own area, but others as well. I even have helped pull freight off the food truck the last couple of nights. I am darn sore now. can't wait until tomorrow, when I'm off for two days ....

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Trope:Play - The Challenge

Following an idea from Lilith in response to my (very) short story Trope: Averted...

Take a trope (but preferably one that tends to be associated with TG fiction, such as this list I compiled earlier [i.e. about 18 months ago])...

...and either avert it, subvert, invert it or otherwise play with it (the link contains brief examples of each).

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Google +

Edeyn First off... it's phenomenal. Way better than FaceBook. Combines the best of FaceBook, LiveJournal, Twitter, MySpace, and any other Social Network I can think of into one easy to use package. It's easy to learn, easy to use, and way more ways to limit and filter who sees what, better Privacy settings... In general, just better... PLUS!

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My first story posting here!

Hello again,
I am so proud to announce the posting of my first story "Magnetic Personality" to Big Closet and Lilith Langtree's Comic Retcon Universe... I hope you enjoy part one.
Diana Howe
Moongoddess

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Comics Retcon Universe, Need an editor

Hello all,
Hi, my name is Diana Howe, (screen name Moongoddess) and i just finished part one of my entry into Lilith Langtree's Comic Retcon Universe. i'm tweaking the story, but i need an editor to check grammar, formatting & etc. you can comment her or PM me. Thanks in advance.
Diana

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A Shot Across BC's Bow?

The FAMiLY LEADER is a political organization whose president propelled Mike Huckabee to a win in the Iowa caucuses.

They've designed a pledge to vet presidential candidates.

http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/The-Fami...

Two candidates have already signed it.

The pledge vows protection of women and children from "all forms of pornography".

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I have a question about hormones treatment in fiction

many stories use such plot devices as extra strength hormones designed to put such a powerful dose of hormones that they will produce almost instant results. Even im guilty of using that in my most recent addition to one of my stories. Its interesting but from what I understand it cant really happen.

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Happy Anniversary & Good News

Today my wife and I are celebrating our 38 th year together . We where married after only 5 months of knowing each other and everybody though she was pregnant but 3 1/2 years past before our first son was born WHO HAS JUST PASSED HIS CPA EXAMS . They have not all been happy but the happy ones far out weigh the bad ones TO MY BEST FRIEND "I LOVE HER (TRISSA)----HUGS TO ALL MY BCTS FRIENDS--RICHIE2

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Thanks to all of you who've supported my 300 book sales

Many thanks and hugs to all of you kind people who have supported my first 300 book sales. Since April I have now sold 310 books, and they keep selling. My aim, if that's okay with you guys, is to settle down into a routine that doesn't involve work, so I can actually make money from my writing and that means I can spend so much more time writing.

My books are here Tanya's Page

Thanks to all of you, and to Erin and this site particularly.

Tanya

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Shaving Mishap

Hey BC, last week I had a go at shaving my legs for the first time. Turns out it was a bad idea as I was unprepared, though I managed not to cut myself at least. My advice if you have lots of hair have a bag full of disposable razors at the ready. I blunted mine before I got past my knees and whilst it could still handle the longer hairs it could no longer get the stubble; that was itchy for a while. I fixed it by buying some hair removal cream so I'm fine now. Probably should have asked for some advice before I tried but whats done is done.

Altira

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Broke my glasses last night.

Well, I somehow broke my glasses last night. (Or rather, this morning, to be more precise.) I went to move a stray hair from my wig out of my eyes, and next thing I know, out comes my lens and the frame was broken beyond simple repair. I was telling this to someone who was coming in this morning, and said, "Life just seems to like to make things fun for me."

She said, "I wouldn't call breaking your glasses fun."

I said, "Ma'am, after spending 45 years in the wrong gender, I have a pretty good understanding of Life's sense of humor."

Ah, well.

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Massive Storm last night.

Edmonton isn't known for summer storms, but they do happen, and we had a doozy last night. I was at work, and was working just outside the garden center, when small bits of hail began to fall inside! I moved a couple of pallets out in case they got damaged, and had just completed this little project when the skies opened of, and the roof decided to not do its job. It was like watching a waterfall from behind as the water rushed down into the garden center for at least a half hour straight. I bet they had fun cleaning it up today ....

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Andrew’s Dilemma Part 15

Just wanted to give everyone an update that part 15 is done and I sent it off a few days ago to have edited. I don't really know when I will get the edited version back, Wren has been doing a great job with editing the story but has been busy as of late and that is understandable, life has a way of taking up your time. At the moment I am doing my best to edit it myself, and will be posting the story for those that would like to read it and once I get the edited version from Wren I will just update it. So I should have the story posted later today.

Cain129

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My Inner Kitteh

My inner bitch came out today, as I loaded my grocery shopping ready to ride home. A very obvious M2F woman, of mature years, pushed her trolley past me, wearing a dress that was far, far too short. Out came my canine, snarling and sneering in my mind.

Then I thought more reasonably. Here is a girl who has had the courage to get to where she has always wanted to be, to be who she should have been, and if she wants to wear a not-so-slinky* black knitted minidress, who am I to deny her?

Good luck, and best wishes, girl!

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Need Help Is This For Real?

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Year 2011 P C H Lottery Winner

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Wiltshire Colloquialisms

I'm doing a story that includes an upper class character in Wiltshire. I've searched and searched for a decent website that can show me how a person speaks from this region of England. The closest I can find is heavy slang and street-talk which my character wouldn't use.

I'd rather not use the cliche "upper-crust-snobby" speak... unless that's the way they really talk. I can't imagine that being the case.

Anyone out there know of a site or is from the area that might be able to lend a hand?

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News of the World to close.

After some very distasteful practices being exposed, including the alleged hacking into the voice mail of a murdered schoolgirl, Murdoch is closing the News of the World, with Sunday being its last edition. Mind you, in the days of fish and chips being wrapped in newsprint, the NotW was considered unsuitable for such applications, being too dirty.

As someone who was outted by the above named scandal rag many years ago, the premise offered by their journalist was that it was human interest, I was a departmental head in the local NHS at the time, I'm not shedding a single tear.

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Almost as winded as my story... Another blog about Bailey...

Quite a few people have suggested, over the course of the year, that they would like to see more of the Bailey series shorter and more frequently. So I'm coming to those who are reading the series once more to get some feedback on format changes. Since I'll be moving onto the winter series after one more chapter, I'll seek to change it now rather than wait.

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Wore myself out.

Well, I managed to wear myself out yesterday/ Took my daughter to a local pool. They have not only a wave pool, but they have this section that's set up like a rapid, and I think we broke a record for how many times we went around on it. Other than not being allowed to show any signs of my progress toward womanhood, it was a good day.

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Romantic novels 'cause sexual problems' for women

The variety of odd and slightly suspect (pseudo-?) scientific research that wiggles its way into the pages of the media never ceases to amaze me.
The following link is courtesy of one of my Facebook contacts, who lives North of the border...

An agony aunt and broadcaster has hit out at romantic novels for the impact they have on women’s sexual health. In a paper entitled: “He seized her in his manly arms and bent his lips to hers”, Susan Quilliam argues that the “rose-tinted” view of relationships in the likes of Mills and Boon publications makes itself felt in the problems which women bring to the consulting room.

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I need a good author

I am looking for a good author who is willing to help me tell my life story. I am a 32 year old man, I have lead an average life for the most part, except I am ADHD and I am sure I have some other mental issues, after all ADHD is a mental illness. I have had battled with myself and other and life has not been easy. You may want to know how my life will make a good story, well sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll are involved along with drama and love. I am trying to get treatment for my issues and get my life on track. I would like to get started on a Bio ASAP.

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One of the reasons I love Vermont

With no contoversy and little fanfair, Vermont became the 1st state to not require surgery in order to get your birth certificate gender changed. http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/91314/ The woman interviewed runs http://vtveto.wordpress.com/ (VETO)

Ya gotta love this state.

Jamie

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CSI Tuesday 5.7.11

I don't watch much telly, but a visitor pointed out that the CSI episode on tuesday called,
Ch Ch Changes was about the murder of a transsexual.

So it was, and I suspect there were several trannies or very convincing actors in it as well as our murder victim. I won't spoil the plot in case it turns up again, but I will say that Grissom and his team handled the subject with some delicacy, correcting those who used the wrong pronouns and so on. Quite well done if a bit gruesome (or should that be Grissom?).

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Blown Away by Performance - Kelli O'Hara

Monday on the Capital 4th program on PBS, I was blown away by Kelli O'Hara's voice in a duet with Matthew Morrison singing Tonight from West Side Story. I was not previously familiar with Ms O'Hara. The performance is posted here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT5VUulLssg . The duet starts about 4:17. It's well worth watching if you haven't seen it.

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I ask for your prayers, and offer you all thanks.

I started my journey first reading at Fiction Mania, and then both reading and writing at Storysite. I think I was lurking at this site sometime around 1999. I am not sure when Erin started this site so I could have been here as soon as the site existed, but I do not know when that was.

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Fifteen Thousand Stories and Counting

Earlier this morning we passed 15,000 stories/chapters on site and are currently adding new story postings at a rate of 90 to 150 a week. This is 2 to 5 times as fast, on average, as the next most active TG fiction website, Fictionmania, which has more than 18,000 tales/chapters in its archive. We ARE catching up. :)

Thanks to all the authors and editors who contribute their efforts and thanks to all the commenters and readers who encourage the authors.

Hugs,
Erin

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I just wanted to comment

There have been so many GREAT stories being posted, that I cannot keep up. I am still working on A Sweets Life, but y'all are making it hard on me! Thank you so much for the wonderful stories! I'll try to leave comments, but there are so many I want to read, and the temptation to just Kudo and run is very tough. I'm working on it!

Wren

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On the Vagaries of English

I seem to have misplaced a blog from a few weeks ago (maybe longer, as I have also seen fit to misplace my mind these days...), but the author had brought up a topic of grammar and spelling in our editing. I was recently perusing orwell.ru and came across this page and thought to share it with all and sundry:

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WTF

I am relativeley new as regards this site.

Maybe the timing was a bit serendipitous. (type o's? Dont care)

When I first discovered this site I loved it a lot!

Now I think it has moved away from reality too much.

I see a pattern of nonsense within these "retcon/ Sci-fi stories.

Due to the lowering quality of realism on this site I feel myself gravitaing to FM and various other sites.

I will not appollogise for this comment as my instinct tells me I am right

The King is FM and he is not dead.

Long live FM

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