My muse is a real bitch sometimes. She doesn't seem to care about timing at all.

We will be returning to your chosen fantasy as soon as we can get this furshlugginer server to stop yo-yoing! Oh, search is off again for non-logged in visitors.

Hugs,
Erin and Bob

I've got my final in Music Theory today so I have to go out and walk across campus in the rain and I have a terrible cold. I'm not looking forward to this. I'm going to stock up on hot chocolate and o.j. before I leave.

Hugs,
Erin

Courtesy of some tweaks Bob made in the system, Search is back and better and faster than before. Let's hope it doesn't cause more troubles so it can stay here this time. Thanks, Bob.

Hugs,
Erin

This is a difficult part of the story, next episode effectively ends the beginning of the tale and prepares to enter a more complex middle with new characters and new situations for Drew and his Mom -- or Annie and her sister. ;>

David Walliams, star of Little Britain has just been interviewed on BBC Radio 4's kid programme Go 4 It about his book The Boy in The Dress which has been illustrated by Quentin Blake.

To listen:— http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagain.shtml and find Go 4 It for the next 7 days.

The Book and a CD is available from Amazon see:

See attached link from today's The Observer regarding a serial killer in Brazil.

Angharad.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/14/brazil-rainbow-s...

I just posted Julie O's latest story at Stardust. It's a story in the Turbulence series with Iona and the crew from Coeds. You can also reach Julie O through Stardust as she now has a user account there so please do comment on her stories posted there.

Bob Arnold

story idea nr 2:
This takes place in the setting of Mai Otome, an anime series about magical girls, who get their powers from crystals. These girls are forbidden any sexual contact with men, for the sperm kills the nanobots which allows them to be Otome.

I relocated to Desmoines Iowa of all places for the holidays and maybe longer but it's possible that I could be moving to Spain in the near future.I was told their looking for english speaking workers and that they pay well and most importantly their T friendly.Amy

Neither Bob nor I have any idea why the server went down at the slowest time of the night but we didn't find out about it till we got up this morning. Took over half an hour to get the thing to reboot.

I've decided to blame Governor Blagojevich of Illinois for corrupting my server. He seems to be able to deal emotionally with things like that, nothing upsets him, apparently. With everything else he's accused of, I'm sure we can slip another crime onto the docket and no one will notice.

My ISP, Time Warner, is having some problems maintaining service in this area. It's possibly related to either the fires or the recent rain or both. They say they should have it fixed tomorrow but they said that before, so who knows? As it is, I'm online for varying periods and then down for half an hour to an hour or three while they try some more bubblegum, clothespins and duct tape. They're actually pretty good at this so I figure I'll get a credit on my next bill and they will have it fixed by this weekend.

Yesterday marked a milestone for me here on BCTS. I posted the first segment of my first story here Who Was I. It's been a fun year, both in writing, and more recently, personally.

Article and video on the website. Hope the link works.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2008/dec/09/west-end-drag-qu...

Angharad.

Hi folks,

a few weeks ago Angharad posted a very interesting question about transsexual people and terrorists. Unfortunately that discussion was stopped very early. I guess it was to avoid any flaming which surely would have come soon.
But like I said, it would have been very interesting to discuss that matter a bit further. I came to the conclusion that this site might probably not the best place to persuade such a philosophical exchange.

If there is any interest in having such discussions in depth, I'd like to provide a forum for that.
There will be of course rules to avoid unneccessary flaming or even hatred.

GOOD NEWS!! Melanie Dixon gave me permission to post Prairie Girl's story Tragedy Of The Spirit over at Bob Arnold's Stardust. I also asked and got permission to post it from Bob Arnold. I posted the first of her chapters today and will continue to post every Sunday just as I post Maddy Bell's Gaby stories on Wednesday's for her. Thanks Bob.

I think I may have been on my home planet at the time or maybe I blinked, but did I miss the results of the ghost story type comp?

I honestly don't know if I shall post tonight, I feel quite wretched and my sinuses and eyes are quite painful. I know it's only a heavy cold, but I really do feel yuck. I know I should have a better antivirus program.

Bonzi won't stand in for me, his toes are still sore from yesterday - besides his writing is better than mine and I don't need upstaging by a cat, however clever he is.

I'm going back to bed.

Hugs,

Angharad.
(Keeper of the can opener).

On Jeopardy one night, the final question was 'How many steps does the guard take during his walk across the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?' --- --- All three missed it ---

I have no problem with adults who want to dress up in school uniforms, but this one went too far and reaped the rewards. This sort of thing must make the British look barmy to the rest of the world. See the link below.

http://news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1...

Angharad.

Oh the joys of womanhood! I had to go for my breast screening mammogram today. I should be used to it by now, it's my third one plus an extra last time when they found an anomaly and I had to go to the hospital for further boob squashing.

For those of you yet to enjoy such delights, imagine catching your boobs, one at a time in a printing press, then because you enjoyed it so much, you shut them in the door - one at a time again.

I'm off and moving again.Hopefully I'll be back soon and start righting Hell Yeah it hurts again.Thanks Amy

Yeah, the anniversary of me popping into the world. Last year I was on sick leave and did three episodes of Bike. Who would have thought a year later I'd still be writing the bloody thing! I suppose a handful of you like it, so I'll continue a bit longer - but there'll only be one episode today - I'm working all day - actually it feels a bit flat.
Better get off to work (said with unbridled enthusiasm) :(

Angharad.

One of those strange but true stories. What I'd like to know is WHY a men's magazine was shipping inflatable breasts? Can any Australian readers of "Ralph" magazine enlighten us?

Oh FUDGE just when I find out everything's okay, I just got a call from Sephrena last night saying that she has toxic shock syndrome, and they caught it just in time, but she won't be back till hopefully today. Apparently she told me mew that the pads she was using for her post operational care were giving her a severe allergic reaction, and caused the swelling to intensify, the doctor is doing his best to care for her, but please keep her in your prayers, I'm really worried mew ;_;

One of our BC family, Karen_J has suffered a family health crisis.

Depressed as hell here. All my stuff is packed. ALL of it. It's all in the PODS that we got. Tomorrow it's picked up. The house echos. There's nothing here.

Some kind of system failure took the BC server down at about 5 am West Coast time. Bob and I are investigating but things are back-up.

Hugs,
Erin

Bob will stick his head in to make sure the server is healthy and I'll have my laptop to check in with so you may not even notice. :)

I'll be back Sunday evening. Everybody have a good weekend.

Hi everybody. I checked my messages this morning and I found this message on myspace. It is from a guy who lives near me.

It's amazing this hasn't happened before. Today in search of the perfect sale, 2000 people in line at a Walmart in Queens pushed and broke open a door that an employee was trying to open. The employee was knocked down and trampled.

I hope it was a damn good sale, because the cost was too high.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/28/black.friday.violence/index...

Our thoughts are with this person's family.

Kristy

I am reading "A Life Ever Changing", by Angel O'hare and was going to send her a comment. Do I remember correctly that she has passed on?

As I sit here in front of my steam driven computer (it needs upgrading - I think), I was wondering about my latest story.

I wish there was a way (and if there is I haven't found it) to see who (if anyone) has favored my stories. It would be interesting to see.

In many cultures transgendered individuals are reviled, as are those with different sexual orientations to the majority. On the whole, I suspect most of us are more danger to ourselves than to others. I saw a paper which suggests mental illness and self harming, including suicide is higher amongst GLB individuals. It didn't mention transgendered, but I should imagine it's similar for the same reasons, pressures and stresses from the majority to either conform or be persecuted.

Maddy Bell has agreed to let me start posting her Gaby story at Stardust one chapter a week.

Well, having become a TS author, I have to say that I like it. I find myself checking my stories about 40 times a day (literally) and seeing how many times they have been read, how many votes that have been garnered, and if any comments have been made.

I'm finding out that I LOVE comments.

I'm a bit disappointed that the most recent chapter, Sissy's Debut, hasn't seemed to be as well received as the other chapters.

I do have more that needs to be written. I know where the next two or three parts are going to say, and the story is shaping nicely.

I left Chapter 5 off when I posted yesterday. It is there now. Sorry for the foul up. My brain has been screwed up by too much anesthesia over the last few weeks.

Just an FYI for everyone. I'm not sure when, but sometime this week I will be bringing down the server that hosts StorySite(dot)Org, GabyZone(dot)Com, TGFiction(dot)Net, CyberBrats(dot)Net/Org, ReluctantPress(dot)Com, and several other sites.

The reason for this downtime will be to upgrade the server, update the OS, and get rid of the annoyances left behind after a ferociously pathetic wave of script kiddies trying to break the server.

After reading Catherines' blog I thought I might say a few words, And they are ...

Thank you all you wonderful authors (did want this bigger & bold but I don't know how)

As I begin my 7th month in RLT, I thought I'd pause and reflect on the past 6 months.

You lot probably know how anti the gun laws in the States I am, but in a quirky bit of fate, I actually went out this weekend and did some shooting.

SHE"S ALIVE!!!!! Sephrena is ALIVE!!!! MEW!!!! I'm so happy! I got a call from her mother this morning letting me know that SEPHRENA SURVIVED HER SRS!!!! SHE'S ALIVE YAAAAAAAAAY!!!! Meeeeeeeow this is wonderful!!!! Oh also, for those that have been wondering, nope she's not available, and yep we're dating ^^
*huggles everyone in the closet and out of the closet, and anyone in the near vicinity to death* YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!

Is there anyone out there who knows how to get rid of the black rectangle/black box that overlaps the stories? It happens with firefox, i've seen it on multiple machines, and have had the problem on both xp and vista.

It's not selectable, i can get to the text beneath by copy pasting it, but it detracts from an otherwise very good reading experience.

Love,
Amber

I log on to BC as usual-no problem, and then I go to My Account. That's OK and then I try to get into the Tracker function. The software tells me I have to reconfirm my user name and password, which I do. The info bar says "login successful" and returns me to My Account, so I try to access Tracker again, and back to reconfirm password, etc.
This has just happened today. Is it me or is anybody else experiencing the same glitch? Everything else seems to be normal,
Joanne

Ive got a quick question for te lovely readers.....
Has anyone tried to put
Agent Ally Burns in a story order?
Im attempting to do so but running into problems on the time line.

Well, we are moving in with friends for a couple months while our application for Section 8 housing goes through. That's the three of us, our roommate is another story, and the four feets are going to be displaced for a while.

Currently sitting in a house with no water, and no heat. The floor heaters are doing a decent job keeping us comfortable, but I want my water back on.