I've done a lot of reading since the library was closed, both on line and e-books through their web site, but it just doesn't feel the same. I went through it before a couple years ago when my arthritis wouldn't let me handle a real book and I'm very glad to have the other options. It's just that I actually found myself looking at the trash in the grocery store paperback rack. I'm jonesing bad for a good book in my hand.

but its here now!

A deal is struck, Sam is trapped. But his sister is going to help...by offering some of her wardrobe!

Sam and Dell 6 on Patreon for Everyone

The story of a boy whose hair was just too pretty to cut.

Your protagonist has been living as a woman for 20 years and has the tackle to make it real. A man that looks a lot like Sam Elliott has taken her to dinner. He's gotten her a very nice Rib Eye, done barely legal with Asparagus, and Mushrooms done just right. What kind of Wine? All I can remember is Gevurtz Antramer 1972.

She's expecting some action.

Gwen

Seems to be my day for spamming the channel. My appologies to all but a lot of you need confirmation of life is what you make it. If life handed you a bowl of lemons then make lemonade. The one thing I want you to take away from this is no one has to look this beautiful to meet that one place in life where you may find happiness. Yes she's gorgeous but so are all the boys and girls on this channel. It's what is in the heart and soul and if it has this kind of cover then good for her. Accept what life dealt us and work with what we have.

Fire is non discriminatory as it's an equal opportunist. Had one visit Friday. Really dry spring ans summer, sparks on top the power pole set the grass on fire below. Destroyed a garage, tool shed, a dozen old vehicles, farm equipment, hay, travel trailer, tools, etc. etc. but actually not the most valuable things. The Fire Fighters and I still have our lives. Not to be too caviler about the whole thing, I had nothing but my parents and family when I dropped into this world. Theirs and all my friends love is all I'll take with me when I check out.

last night, I discovered I had a really ugly looking rash on my belly. I'm gonna go get it checked out. I'll let you guys know what happens.

Rather than answering a recent message I thought a blog would catch everyone. It has been a while since I last posted. I have had a bad back lately and just started writing again. Hope to have something out soon.

Dawn

Hello out there,

I hope all you readers and writer's week is going well.

To get right into it I joined in on this month's Camp NaNoWriMo. I set a goal of 10k words for the month. My main problem has been that I haven't really been writing like I used to.

Back when I was writing like every day. I was sending everything to a Trans Fiction website like BigCloset and using the feedback I was getting from them to help the story along. I found out that this sort of behavior is not something that publishers really appreciate so I stopped doing it.

I am not an Author only a reader who enjoys reading the work of those talented people who post on BC. Every time I go to BC's web site I notice the Hatbox status bar and wonder how few times it has obtained its monthly goal. BC's admin has posted requests asking for us to contribute to help meet the finical obligations that are necessary in running this site. I notice on the left side of the main page there are several options available to us readers to contribute to BC. I have used the "One-TIme GIft" a few times in the past but I am not a fan of PAYPAL so I looked into becoming a PATRON.

Okay, so today was a mixed day. First, the bad: I had a PTSD event while in a grocery store, and that brought me down from the high I was on.

So why had I been high? Because a city worker called me "sweetheart" when he asked me to move my car.

So that was a yay, at least.

The word "vicarious" is defined on Dictionary.com as "felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others". I think that many writers are being vicarious with their writing. It pretty easy for me to identify with my main characters because my interest in this subject originated with the problems my inter-sexed sister had when her gender problems came to light. Both she and I were very young when it happened but, of course, it made a big impression on me so I remember quite a bit about it and I learned more as time went by.

well sort of!

Thank you to all those people who have taken a look at Collected on Amazon. I really appreciate your time and energy. I worked really hard to make it my best work.

BTW: I am in the process of reworking Terry and the Wildcats, Wildcats 1, Wildcats 2, Wildcats 3, and Wildcats 4.

I also have a new Wildcats 5 and Wildcats 6 that will be added to the entire collection and republished as The Big Book Of Wildcats, all 1,500 pages of Wildcats. The whole thing should be up and available in September and will cost less than two books, at $4.99

A few days ago, I posted a blog in which I whined horribly about petty grievances.

I announced, quite pathetically, that I was going to take my ball and go home.

Over the next few days, I received about three dozen comments, PMs, and emails. They were almost universally encouraging and sympathetic. Some rightly called me out for the shortcomings I displayed.

Embarrassingly, I can’t even claim that I had acted out of passion, because I wrote the blog and let it sit for a number of days before posting it.

I have finally published Western Sunset, available worldwide at Amazon US, and Amazon UK as well as the many other interna

and there's very late!

I am reading a story where this teen girl buys nothing but Jeans. Yuk!

For me, Jeans, or pants of any kind are horribly uncomfortable. I do own a few pair of pants, but they must be very loose in the hips and crotch.

Anyone else?

Gwen

new Meagan's Tail up!

Well here ya go!

and if you want more??

go bug Nuuan!

LOL!

edit

We are world building and trying to fill in what would happen in a world with mutants, supers, Fae and humans mixing for decades if not hundreds of years.

But to all please read on enjoy and comment on what you see like or dislike. Every comment counts and we do use them!

ohh and Toss Nuuan and Branek some love and encouragement

comments and kudos keep the muse happy and flapping wildly!

No thanks. Not for me.

In these days, the spirit of a mean selfishness has drawn us into being less than we once were. People are saying and doing things in public that their scruples once prevented. I'm not afraid to say that the stories and fellowship at this site have given me the courage to keep on, and to not end it. Yes, they saved my life and I have worked so hard to make my own life worth living by being an encouragement to others.

The stories I have loved range from soul tearing to so funny that at times I thought I might just split open from heart felt mirth.

. . .”What the fuck?”

In the mid 90s, I’d grown weary of the poorly written transgender stories I read on FM, Storysite, and other online locations.

My massive ego (more about that later) told me that I could write better stories. In college, I’d taken every writing course I could and wrote a humor column for the campus paper, along with sports articles.

Does anyone know or has anyone heard from Crystal ( C. Sprite ) recently. I love her stories and would love to know if she ever completed "I cant go home like this".

This post needs a small amount of setup. My wife and my home is on Country Homes Blvd, otherwise known as the Current North / South Freeway in our city. We live just past where the right lane disappears because it has become a turn lane. This frequently becomes the cause of screeching tires and broken glass.

I am really, solidly unimpressed with Computer and Role playing games. YET the other night I saw Horizon Zero Dawn (The Movie) on YouTube and watched all 6 hours of it in one setting. I sat down to watch it at 9:00 PM, figuring that I would stop at Midnight. I was completely surprised to find the cake all gone, and my beer glass empty when the movie finished. It is brutal to try to get up after so little sleep. It felt like I had the Flu.

The Movie is soooo good.

Gwen

"I figure Jon and I got mostly left alone because trying to figure out how to insult us in French was too much work."

I've begun reading Brooke Erickson's story, as yet unfinished, in Karen Wagner's NiS Universe: Brooke Naked in School.

A new chapter of Tommy is out. The longest chapter yet.

In celebration of Canada day, I've published the sequel to "Tinker,Tailor, Solider,Dot".

If you like it, please let me know!

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/85698/tinker-tailor-s...

is better than late, right?

She hasn't posted comments or stories in a bit over 2 months. I sent her a PM several days ago, but haven't received a response.

Sometimes I just have to shake my head and wonder what advertisers were thinking of, or were they thinking at all.

I was looking at Amazon for A/C prices, and got into the tiny evaporative coolers, or as we used to call them when I was a kid, swamp coolers, only in miniature size. There was one picture where the model was sitting in front of a portable A/C wearing a long-sleeved sweater.

Well, it took some time, but I have managed to recover some of my files from my old computer and am attempting to make a return to this site. Sorry for the extended absence. - Haylee

Hey everyone, it's me, again. I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm still laid up with a sore ankle and while I haven't found the stupid flash drive containing Deshima, I have been working a LOT on The Interview. It's grown from 32,000 words to about 75,000 as of right now so we're making a lot o progress. Once I've finished and edited, I'll be publishing it on Amazon and have it removed here, so that's something you can all look forward to.

UPDATE:

but packed full of goodies!

Do you ever think about how disturbed your muse might be?
I was recently writing a scene, and everything was all neatly mapped out. There should have been no problems, but I was trying to come up with a nice segue, and The Dreaded Muse spoke. This is sometimes a reason to run and curl up in the fetal position, because my muse is warped. Suddenly, she told me, "you know... We could make this so much better if we just make a teensy little adjustment."
Stupid me, I asked what adjustment that might be. I should have known better.

I have just watched a DVD of the film 'Girl' by Lukas Dhont, with a phenomenal performance by Victor Polster as Lara a transsexual teenager who wants to be a ballerina. I found it moving, heart rending and uplifting and occasionally humorous. I don't want to spoil the plot but I do recommend you watch it.

It appears that there has been some controversy about it and using a CIS actor to play the main character, I think he plays it very sympathetically and authentically.

I've been re-reading my stuff, and realized some of my best work takes place in someone else's sandbox. My Mercy story, my Phoenix story, both (In my humble opinion) really good stories with genuine feels in them.

Now, I'm not sure what this means for me going forward. Can I take something from those stories, and put them into a unique setting, or am I doomed to only be able to do good work inside someone else's universe ?

Sam and Del 4 is up on Patreon for Patrons now, early next week for everyone else.

Mom is all smiles as she takes Sam to a salon to get his hair done by a professional. Sam enjoys the attention but he's suspicious of purple vegetables in his future.

I was introduced to a new term today: TERF - an acronym for trans-exclusionary radical feminist.
It brought to mind a prior blog of mine called "Feminine Stereotypes" where I mentioned Janice Raymond who would certainly be one.
But it seems that TERFs are still about.
What gave rise to it was a debate on the message board at FM based on a condemnation of the author J.K.Rowling.

Som readers have mentioned how they thought the story was close to ending. In a way they are correct. Though I didn't say it at the time Part 24 is the end of Book 1. Yes there will be a Book 2. There is a lot more story to tell.

On July 10th I will start posting Book 2. At the same time Book 1 will be removed for publication on Amazon. It will not be available on KU.

Butterscotch 8 is up on BC. Marjorie and Davey explore the jungle—of their relationship.

And on Patreon, Patrons with at least a $1 membership can preview Butterscotch 17.

okey day so!

I play a lot of SMITE, for those who don't know it's a game where the gods - and more recently, fictional/legendary figures from history and fiction - fight it out. This has inspired me to make a story. The idea is that the ancient gods and demons were shattered in a great war eons ago, but fragments of their souls and power have flitted amongst the populace, dormant.

I didn't know it, didn't realize, was unaware that perhaps the majority of my stories include the protagonist being romanced by a strong, commanding man who is handsome, strong, and regal beyond all reasonability. In the reality of my own life, I am often frightened of men I encounter to the point of paralysis. Once in a while, a man will be gentle and shepherd like with me, and a flip occurs. I am left completely stricken with the need to be obedient and held affectionately, not allowed to flee in terror. Those encounters are in my dreams and upon awakening, bereft sadness floods over me.

As Britney sang, I've done it again!