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Small Signs

Something interesting happened today when I went out to eat, at one of those chain steak/buffet places. As is usual on a Sunday it was mostly filled with families, three generations or more.

I was seated next to an extended family who were there along with the grandmother. Three little girls, about 10, 8 and 6 or 7, something like that. The kids were playing and cutting up a bit, not dreadfully so, but a bit annoying. Then the oldest came back from where the three of them had gone off to, and Grandma asked "What's wrong, did the girls run you off?" Well, my head popped up at this and I looked again. Pretty pale blonde hair in a long shag with bangs, pierced ears with a small crystal/fake diamond in each ear, non-descript unisexual clothing - jeans, t-shirt, and sneakers. Could this be a boy?

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Teen Transsexual

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I just watched a documentary TV show on BBC America called Teen Transsexual; I hour long at noon MST. It followed a girl while she was 17 and 18. There was a little about her early life. She went on HRT at 16. After she turned 18 she was able to have breast implants. She was very slim and had had very little breast growth from the HRT.

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My cats and dog love me - whatever

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As I sit here writing this, my lovely wife is cooking my din-dins downstairs.

She isn't aware of my TG thing and because I think I know her after 20 years of marriage I think that she never will understand.

I was brought up in the 50's and I suppose your upbringing colours how you are for the rest of your life.

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MORFS Month-long Marathon!

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Hi Everybody,

i just wanted to let everyone know that I've just started the MORFS Month-long Marathon! there will be a new MORFS story posted everyday during the month of February.

to read all the stories and to find out more info on the marathon, visit the MORFS Universe at http://morfs.nowhere2go.org

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What has happened to the formatting?

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I noticed when posting a comment that the icons for Bold, Italic, etc have disappeared from the message body panel? Is it just me? I normally log in using Firefox. I know they don't appear with Safari, but they always have with Firefox.

A puzzled
Gabi

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Re: Your Apology

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I'm not going to gloss over the reality that you really, really upset me. I don't expect everyone to agree with my human rights stance on issues and my "politics." Reasonable, and reasoned, debate is always interesting.

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It just broke my heart

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This was the most painful thing I've ever written.

All of the characters behaved badly and then suffered. And even when they tried to behave well, they suffered because the situation was just beyond their ability to deal with.

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verbal diarrhoea

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Once again, I have been thinking.

This is a dangerous thing for me and was sparked by a comment made on the latest instalment of Olivia Twist.

Now I have gotten my shameless plug out of my system, one of the commenters (is that the right term?)
Annette said and I quote:

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In honor of Muttnik

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Nov. 3 1957 the first earthling went into orbit. It wasn't a man but his best friend, a dog. In honor of our own Laika and my own geek fascination with space I'm posting this link to a Msnbc article about the one and only spacedog. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21596557/
hugs all!!!
grover

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Another post from my myspace blog

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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Dreams
Current mood: animated
Category: upbeat Dreams and the Supernatural

This week, I had a very odd dream concerning cats, land yachts, bull dozers, little gray haired grannies, lace doilies and over-size lips.

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I Guess Sci- Fi Is Not My Thing

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I guess I can cross Sci-Fi off my list as a genre. I had the idea for "The Bureau Of Karmic Retribution" pop into my head. It didn't go over well with my audience as I didn't get one comment about it. I will just stick to sappy tearjerkers LOL!

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As we try to find ourselves

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I know that each of us grapple with the question; "who are we"? I think I am doing OK; at least as well as most other people. Those of you who know of my past brush with Islam, may also know that it left a deep, smoking, brand on my heart. I am talking of the stated philosophy, not of the weirdos, kooks and murderers who get all the attention.

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What would you like to see from me?

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Okay, this is a "survey" sort of entry, I guess...

I'm gonna list all the things I've poked about on BCTS with that are still 'open' that I'd like to or am at least willing to continue, and I'd like you all to rank them according to what you'd like to see more of first.

Sk8r Grrls
Horsey Acres
Carlotti's Way
The Violet Ajah

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silver lining day

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Woke up this morning to find I had no control over my left leg, no bigee really as it's happened before, and is generally a bit wonky anyway. What it did mean was a day off work, to read through what I've been writing, and to rifle through my record collection (it really is a record collection, I never said goodbye to vinyl) for songs for Firestorm's repertoire...

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Coming soon!

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Okay, I'm not doing a lot of writing during tax season, but I had a story explode in my head last night. I've not written any of it down, but I think it'll be an interesting Sci-Fi/TG/Comic Book Superhero, and I don't know if it'll be long or short, and I don't know if it'll be one part or many.

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Superstition Anyone??

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Sorry I couldn't let this one pass by like the other one did.
I just got the 666th hit on chapter 2... Thankfully I'm not superstitious. lol

Thanks everybody for commenting, I know my sspelling can leave something for want, but I try to catch the mistakes

Hugs everybody,
Jayme

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The Memory Debacle

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I posted this as a comment to "Who Was I", and then realized that it may be for a wider readership.

My dears, coming out as a T girl can be extremely hard for most of us. Perhaps coming out in our teens is easier but I don't see how it could be. Now, into my 4th year fully out, I can see a posible future for myself. Before was all about death and dying.

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Does Size really matter?

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A question for everyone:

I've recently been having discussions about the lengths of
stories, which I thought might be nice to bring out into the
group as a whole. The question is, how long should the post
be for a full novel; or, how would you like it served?

Do you prefer to have it all in one lump, so that
so that you can download and read at our leisure?

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Other Writer's sites

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Not really anything to do with BC but everyone is so helpful here I thought it worth a try.

I have a young pen friend (just coming up 14) who is experimenting with writing a novel.
Does anyone know of a friendly site where she could post her efforts and receive the kind of support and encouragement writers appear to get here.

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"The whole point of fiction is to describe change."

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Wow! My date with Phillip is accruing hits with amazing speed. I guess you can read it as a stand alone, and some people must have at least opened it with that in mind because too many people have opened it to have just been those who've read the earlier chapters.

Also, the last blog, Thoughts on Femdom, got a huge number of hits.

Maybe it's just the title.

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I am not a porn star

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I was googling myself and discovered that there is a porn star (or at least a model who frequently poses nude) named "Jennifer Brock." She seems to have been a Playmate. I'd like to assure both of my readers that I am not she, although I wish I had her figure.

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Seven Ups For Life

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1. Wake UP! Decide that you will have a good day today. A positive attitude can brighten your day.

2. Dress UP! The best way to dress up is to wear a smile. A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

3. Shut UP! Say only nice things and learn to listen to what others have to say. We have two ears and one mouth, so let's do twice as much listening as we do talking.

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Life Is Genderful

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Here's a poem I wrote 11 years ago that I just found in a folder. When I first wrote it, I couldn't figure out what to do with it so I buried it. Now I'm hoping I found a home for it here.

Life Is Genderful

Society
Tries placing me
As one kind
In body and mind
But I am not a man
And I am not a woman
I'm a human being
Somewhere in between

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No more whining

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I thought it would be fun to blog about Unfinished Symphony while it was being posted, but I'm not sure I like the way the blog is turning out. Sounds like I'm just complaining about too few comments (like there ever could be enough). So let's try something else.

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A Comic I Liked

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Uncle Ghastly, the perpetrator of Ghastly's Ghastly Comic, is drawing some other randomish things on Webcomicsnation these days. He's not unfamiliar to transgender themes, although he likes to be crude about it.

You have been warned.

For Comic, Click Here

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Well, at least Unfinished Symphony has more comments than my blog

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So I had forgotten how much ego it takes to post a story. I mean, I spent all those millions of hours alone writing the damn thing, and really thought it was pretty good till I sent it to some wonderful people who read it for me. Then I spent another million hours (at least) fixing it.

Thank goodness the first chapter got so many nice comments. I can exhale now.

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GLBT children

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The full article is in Science Daily, and the following is the lead paragraph and a half. It's nice to know some researchers are paying attention

UK Doctors 'Failing' Children Trapped In Gender Limbo, According To Experts
Science Daily (Jan. 24, 2008)

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I guess it is true o_O!?

http://www.nzhypnosis.com/hypnosis-feminization-cd.html
This link bothered me deeply, is it really true to do something like that? Now I know the CD is supposed to be for un-forced, but it reminds me of those stories I've read where the mother or person played a certain tape over and over again in a person's head. Is this stuff really possible? O_O!?

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belle epoch?

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As I started to look for background detail for the Edwardian set stories I've planned, I quickly realised I knew next to nothing about huge chunks of the period (as opposed to the forties setting I've used before when I could rely on books, films and personal reminiscences of family who lived through it).

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The English language

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Yesterday, I got myself into a discussion that I shouldn't have (I know - "oh no not again," you're thinking), but really, the argument was stupid because whilst we were both using the same language, we were both using it different ways.

Here's what I mean

REASONS WHY THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS HARD TO LEARN

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Denizens Of The Antipodes

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Some vital points were raised by participants in the recent blog discussion about food instigated by SueBrown and left unanswered, because she flummoxed me and I had to concede that I did not have the information readily to hand. In addition I was falsely accused by Sarah Lynn Morgan of hastening the demise of the Homing Leek. I will demonstrate below that this is a monstrous calumny.

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Post ops only.

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For those of you who are post ops and living as a woman, would you do it again? I don't think I recall anyone telling me not to do it. It was after all my responsibilty.

I don't want a discussion with non ops here. It is too painful right now and I don't think I have anything to offer. I don't really want any comments.

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inspiration

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So where does inspiration come from? Tonight it came from two pieces of classical music (one by Schá¶nberg, one by Ives), Klimt's 'Judith' and an assist from Oscar Wilde.

I'm 300 words in and it seems to be going swimmingly, though there's a better than fair chance that when I read it back in the morning it's just going to be pretentious b*****s.

Oh well :)

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Tragedy of the Spirit part 2 (exerp from my book)

As I woke up on the floor after being dumped back into my room. I was covered in blood, sweat, tears and dust. The outfit was ruined as was my hair and there were bruies starting to appear on my arms and my face. I was not sure how much of my now sore back was torn open from the abuse I had recieved. I was kind of secure in the knowledge I was in my room where I thought I might be safe.

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New story?

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I recently posted an older story, New Job, here. I must admit I was disappointed by the response. Although 2,000 readers opened the first chapter and 1,000 the last of five, there were very few comments. I suppose I should be used to that, every author ultimately gets less feedback than she would wish, but based on past reactions, I was hoping for more than just hitting the floor with a thud.

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While reading alot of stories classified as TG I've wondered

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While reading alot of stories classified as TG I've wondered ....

If someone was happy BEFORE a forced change...

Are they actually TG AFTER ??

Even tho they've resigned to their fate....

Someday a boy will survive and return to what they wanted ???

I don't recall reading a plot where the boy comes out the end as a boy happily...

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May Your Life Forever Shine

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Many people will notice that I use the above title when I end a comment. I use the phrase to celebrate the many gifts, talents and skills of all T.G. people. If an I.Q. test was to be given, I believe that Big Closet members would rank very high.

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Charlotte's Tale.

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The most recent, ie part 10 are all new episodes which have not been posted anywhere else.

I know this one is not as popular as some of my other stories, but it's still the one I like best. To the other two who will read it, I hope you enjoy it.

Angharad.

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Why do you love me ?

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I have a question that I can not answer. The answer would make life all the more confusing for me. I am not sure I want the question answered. A great many people I know are much nicer people than I am. They carry heavier loads, have more cares, and often they face bad health every single day.

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Shortcuts update changes

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  1. (afternoon) I made the Compressed Titles slightly longer, if it would still fit on one line in the cell, I lengthened it
  2. (afternoon) I added a colon as separator for Parted stories
  3. (early evening) I added the latest two stories in a new row
  4. (early evening) I re-alphabetized for the longer titles
  5. (early evening) I set the width slightly thinner to a point that it won't inte
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'I' itis, I'm getting better, I think

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I have a confession. it's hard to stand up and admit it, but here goes (gulp)

I have 'I'itis. For those who are not aware of this condition, it occurs where you use I too often and inappropriately in stories.

It started when I was knee high to a little grasshopper. I was doing a fan-fiction based on Jack and Jill, it went something like:

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A thought on front-page scrolling

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Just a thought. Since we have such a (wonderful) influx of oft' posting authors as of late, the rapidity of the front page scrolling down and away has become an issue to be thought about. I have an idea...

Why not have a small plain-text "sticky" post at the top with the past three days (and links to them)?

That is, like the "Leave a Comment" post, it stays up at the top, but has just quick links to the stories that've been posted in the past two or three days?

For example, right now it would be:

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There will be a slight delay

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There will be slight delay in the posting of chapter 5 of Hell Yeah it Hurts do to my returning to the world of the working.I have it started and will work on it as time permits and should have it ready before Sunday.Thanks Amy

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A Note to my Three Fans

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Howdy folks. I've been under the weather all week. That is to say, weather's been over me. I've been sick. Get it? Geeze.

Anywho, I will try to get the next chapter of Being Christina Chase up by tomorrow night, but I can't promise I'll get it in on time. It might come later in the weekend.

That's it!

- Krunch

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Gires- worth a look

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The link below is worth a look for those who haven't seen it before. Essentially a charitable research organisation with some credibility in the UK.

http://www.gires.org.uk/Web_Page_Assets/frontframeset.htm

Angharad.

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Sephrena is okay!

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Sephrena is doing great, and she wanted me to let you all know that all her operations are done and she is resting from them. She hopes to be out soon, but it may be another week. She also tells me how much she wants real food, and for some odd reason she's drooling at the food channel xD Why in the world would you watch that channel if you KNOW it's going to make you hungry, oh Seena-chan, you're so silly *huggles*

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Laugh? I nearly wet myself

Joanne Barbarella was kind enough to send me a video clip and of course, I laughed like a drain and immediately went off in search of more. After all, laughter is like a drug isn't it?

Anyway, this is non-TG, but is so funny, I thought maybe some of you would like to see it too - hoping that you haven't already.

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300 and still counting.

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I had my first story posted on the fourth of October 2004 on Sapphires Place, the first episode of Snafu - a confection of New Age, transgenderism, military, medical and the occult. For some reason readers liked it, and I'm still writing it, although a conclusion could be emerging eventually.

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A tribute to Sephrena

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Sephrena I just wanted to thank you for all the wonderful work you do to keep this site running and to try your best to keep all of us here in line even me and I'm not an author xD I think this has been long overdue, and I hope you enjoy seeing this when you get back, I love you Big Sissie :D *huggles*

Love,

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Emergency update!!!!

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Sephrena gave me a call this morning, they removed gall bladder stones from her and today they are removing her gall bladder. She called to let everyone know that she is okay, and that her surgery is today. I'm going to keep her in my prayers though, and thank you so much, I'll make sure she knows how much you all care :D *huggles you all*

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posting in BC

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Due to recent happenings on topshelf, big closet with sephrena being in the hospital and erin's mum, as i have editor status I have temporarily taken on the daunting task of sorting out outlines and headings, if they need doing.

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Emergency!!!!!

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I don't know if any of you know me, but I'm a very good friend of Sephrena, and she called me tonight telling me that she is in the hospital having surgery. I'll keep everyone up to date as I hear more. I'm going to have her in my prayers, and I'm ask that all of you will offer your own religion's form of prayer too.

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The 3 Rs

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Which are of course - reading, writing and relentless research (I never was much use at 'rithmetic).

I'd cracked on with my household chores all week to leave myself clear to write over the weekend. A story of my mother told me at Christmas gave me an idea for a neat short story plot set in wartime Wales, which I reckoned was going to be about 2000 words - so do-able over two days.

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Hey everyone!

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Hey everyone, I'm writing from Melbourne, Australia. It is really nice here, and even though there are homophobic people here, like everywhere else, the acceptance for trangencered and gays is just unreal. I guess nobody can be themselves without conflict of some sort, but I have been here since October, 2007, and I have had no problems.

Also, I had to reregister a new account to get in, because this site wasn't recognizing my username or email address. But for whatever reason, I am still the same old Barbara Lynn Terry (smiles).

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New here and posting a breif exerp of my book

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I will introduce myself, My name is Mellissa, however it was never this name. I was adopted at 4 months old by what I thought of was a loving family environment. Being so you young (male)was different and difficult. I realized at a early age I was different,I think 6 or so were my earliest memories of my dressing.

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My Stories, Hit Counters and Popular Content are now fixed

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Unfortunately, the hit counts missed in the last day or so are just gone, they didn't get recorded.

Bob and I figured out how to fix it but the time machine is broken. Sorry about that.

Hugs all,
Erin

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Tension, Apprehension and Dissension Have Begun

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The node counter table in the database got corrupted during the crash early this morning. The system seems to have crashed due to a power brownout, probably due to high winds in LA. Bob and I will try to fix the database table tomorrow but I still haven't tracked down the My Stories problem.

Enjoy the ohrwurm. :)

Hugs,
Erin

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Footprints In The Fog

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Actually "Footprints In The Fog" is a first attempt by myself to write an actual story. It was originally posted as a rough beginning chapter on Sapphire's List back in 2005 entitled "Celtic Fire"

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Erin's mom

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Erin's mom passed away at about 10 AM EST this morning. Erin is doing okay at this point and will be busy with arrangements for her mom over the next few days. Her brother is coming down from northern CA for the weekend.

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Radioactive Blues

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I haven't done any writing since Mom got really sick, and me too. But I'm sitting here listening to Tom Petty, Dave Matthews, Hank Williams, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and Randy Newman (my iPod is confused, too). Something happened, a song. Imagine this written and performed by one or more of the above guys.

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Six Days

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I don't know if anyone noticed but the front page now holds only six days worth of stories instead of seven. Since multi-chapter stories are allowed only one entry in the upper part of the page and the lower ten or so spots are taken up by blogs, this means that in six days there are about 40 different stories going on at BCTS. Whew!

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