One of my most profound joys is seeing other Authors find success in the real world.

Some of you may remember a story called "Legacy of the Anari" on this site. It was pure Sci Fi and expertly written. The Author showed amazing imagination.

https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/promoLanding?promoCode=7ca...

Not much more needs to be said!

There are some great books TG books (from this site and elsewhere) that are free to read with KU.

This last year or two has been really trying and I haven't really been here much, for that and anyone that might have been reading my story... I truly am sorry. I know most, if not all of us, have their own personal demons that they constantly have to deal with, I know that I'm not special in that regard. For a long time I had thought that I had finally gotten them beaten into submission, while not truly gone they for the most part were pretty quiet for a few years after I started my transition. I had gotten a bit too care free I guess.

For the last many months there has been a running total for a "debt kitty" on the right of the home page.

It would appear that the goal will soon be reached, if it hasn't already.

Maybe you should then start amassing a strategic reserve of $30,000.

It's time for you to create a perpetuation plan. The first step in such a plan would be adequate liquidity.

You could keep your "kitty" theme by calling it a "cat" fund (catastrophe).

Jill

Woman in the Corner Office. It takes too long to type it all the time. In any case I just wanted to say I will post Friday mornings and Monday afternoons, two chapters at a time. I know they are short. They are first person 'in the moment' so will not have all the details a narrator might impart. I could have posted four chapters at once but then I would have posted once a week instead of twice.

Playing with Alien Toys is now available on Amazon.

Please find below the link for the Amazon page.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086QRZ43H

The fabulous artwork for the cover was done by Mantori.

Hugs

Savannah

"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times" Never have Dickens' words been more apposite. Crises like this bring out the best and the worst in people. I would like to express my thanks to the other authors on this site. A small silver lining in this big black cloud is that I have more free time to read some of the magnificent stories which continue to be posted and provide a welcome distraction from the continual bad news as the virus spreads around the globe, and so many of us are confined to our homes. We all appreciate your work.

For all of you who read today's chapter of I Wish, thank you so much for reading my work, I love you all.

That being said I pulled a small April Fools joke, by omitting the last paragraph of the chapter. It's there now though if anyone wants to see how it really ends and read the April fools comment I posted at the end.

Here's hoping you can all take a joke, but I'm going to hide from rotten foodstuffs, just in case.

*big hugs to you all*

Amethyst

You are caught in a snow blizzard and take refuge in a Coaching Inn.
The landlord shows you to a table for the evening meal and you find you are sharing a table with…

Well for me it would be the late Sir Terry Pratchett. Author of my favourite book, ‘Night Watch’. I will regret all my life I never had the chance to meet him.

But who would you choose to share that meal with, be they dead or alive?

Filled with the Milk of Human Kindness is now available on Amazon.

Please find below the link for the Amazon page.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086KZVMLT

The fabulous artwork for the cover was done by Mantori.

Also, just letting you know that I am intending to publish Playing with Alien Toys, Sad Smiles, My Unexplained Entity Intervention and possibly Campfire Songs at some point fairly soon.

Hugs

Savannah

Well, luckily, I don’t really have a fever - just a case of cabin fever, so to speak.

So both of my sons have been through a two or three day cycle of low grade fever - around 100.3F for both of them. But both are back to normal now, and feeling better. The youngest, who started first is doing really well. His brother, my oldest, is about two days behind him and says he is still feeling a little run down.

I’m a prisoner in my home with time on my hands.

Over the years, I’ve made the statement many times that there is very little correlation between the quality of writing and the number of hits, quotes, and kudos.

To test this -- I took the last ten stories I’ve posted on BC. . .that still are posted as free stories and listed them in order of the best to worst. They’re my stories, I can do that. Unlike kids, having a favorite story is allowed.

It may be my birthday but sure doesnt seem happy. With everything going on right now its like ...stressful.

I am pretty much over my cold, no fever at all during cold, but throat is still very raw. Talking is a little hard, who knows I may end up needing antibotics.

yep, it may look nice outside but that wind is cruel and cold!

I went searching for Whateley and came up empty.. Is it still in existence? Where has it moved to?
Help!!

Thanks
Jo

An author I follow elsewhere is offering some of his books for free. His books are usually based around the main char having some sort of super power either in this world or an alternate universe. The author is PS Power. You can find details of his books on Amazon.

To go on a list to get the books:
email me at [email protected] and I will manually add you to the list. That will get you a copy of new books, short stories, pen name books as they come out, and any back list book that I fix with a new edit.

Eat all the garlic and onions you want! ;-)

Hey, it might even be good for your immune system.

As Emma released in theaters around my area a week or two before CV lockdown it hit VOD almost immediately. This was a wonderful Romantic Comedy which I enjoyed thoroughly with Anya Taylor Joy as the title character being a delight. Every other character fell into place almost perfectly, especially Mr.Knightly with a look of scruffy hansomeness which endears one to him. An incredible set design displays a melange of pastels with impeccable colonial houses that are surely aged but look brand new. The costumes present a sumptuous feast for the eyes.

The latest about experts, "experts", and talking heads leads me to risk having my head chopped off again, about scientific consensus.

Specifically, I refer to the consensus of scientists working in the subject matter at hand. Consensus means at least 90% agreement -- not mere majority agreement, and especially not "majority rules". 90% agreement, maybe more. (There are always, for various reasons, holdouts.)

Hey everyone,

today is my daughter Samantha's 20th birthday. For obvious reasons, there will be no party.

This song is either the singer's (Florence Welch) ticket to immortality or her never-live-it-down moment. Or both: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhHOEs-1tQM

And this poor buck is probably traumatized for life. He'll have performance anxiety, and PTSD flashbacks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbBwLlmd-y0

Okay, I've not done this before, but I thought I'd while away the time and start a new book and keep a log of progress as I started.
This is day one and I started one hour ago @ 12:45 GMT .... I am now up to 2228 words.

The Book is called Charlie's Trials and is Book 2 in the Limbo Series.

Going on from the blog entry by Melanie yesterday about keeping up with the news trends and the dreaded Virus, I thought I'd write something wholly contemporary and include everything that is happening in the news.

The more distance between us, the better I look. ;-)

Boyfriend Lets His Quarantined Hairstylist GF Experiment With His Hair
https://www.boredpanda.com/doing-boyfriends-hair-quarantine-...

We might be living in the Golden Age of Authors on BC.

But - do we have enough readers?

And - what percentage of readers are total takers, downloading the stories with no intent of ever commenting or leaving a kudos?

There has NEVER been a high correlation between the number of kudos and comments and the quality of a story. That said. . .there have been some mighty fine stories posted lately that have gone relatively unnoticed. And - it seems to me the number of hits for stories seems to have gone down lately as well.

She moved from the Tenor range to the Soprano without HRT

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/world/americas/opera-mari...

So, my 25 year old son - our youngest - starting running a fever of 100.3 last night. It’s just a low grade fever, plus he is achey and tired, but he definitely is sick. Now it could be Covid-19, or it could be the flu, or something else. We had to call it in to Public Health, but all we can do is feed him Tylenol (Paracetamol for those of you across the pond), force fluids, feed him, and keep him warm.

Yup, Spring seems to have arrived!

It was kindly brought to my attention by the Cropredy Kid that there seemed to be something missing in Chapter 1 of 'Antonette's Story' and to my surprise and chagrin, I discovered that quite a bit of text at the end of the chapter wasn't there, although I distinctly remember writing it. I have now written it again and inserted it in the last part of the chapter. I hope that makes Chapter 2 have more sense.
Bron

Hi everyone, I've put a short stand-alone story up this weekend. Thanks to Xtrim for encouraging me and proof-reading this.
I hope you enjoy.

Morgan

The Fall of Kruhl - Worlds Apart

The Fall of Kruhl - Worlds Apart By Daniel A. Wolfe A new revelation sparks a theory concerning Kruhl's home, but with it comes a realization that shakes the once-king to her core.

Last Friday, a woman who works in the same building as my spouse decided to go into work with a fever of 103F. She stopped into my spouse’s office for a few minutes to use the postage meter, before returning to her desk in another part of the building. She was later sent home, and then tested by Public Health for Covid-19.

We found out about her being tested a few days ago.

First, Id like to express my humble appreciation for the attention New Tale has received. Though I would not classify it on the same level as many of the fine works on BGTC, the response to its message is more than I would have hoped for.

This story has been an addiction for the past four years. One which has never drifted far from my attention, even when greater priorities took center stage.

I'm going to try getting back to my Noise Universe among other things but I was wondering if anyone was interested in writing for it after reading my initial story.
I have an end point laid out for the original Canon when many battles will occur between the start and the conclusion. As outlined in the original story most of the conflict will focus on the Pacific theaters, with many peoples taking part.

I've just finished rereading Dawns 'A Second Chance' for the third time.

I'm anticipating lots of reading time coming up for some of us, so what are the books that you come back to and reread?

Well it looks like I will have the next 3 weeks free to devote to writing. Our school district has officially closed its doors due to the corona virus until April 10th, which means I'm on unpaid vacation for 3 weeks.

Well as the title suggests

With almost everything from the schools to the colleges to the bars to the sit-down restaurants in this state, Ohio, being shut down, the grandkids will be here a lot. This may slow down publishing new chapters of 'Tommy - The Trials and Tribulations of a Girl?' a little bit. Hopefully, the schools will only be closed for three weeks and the rest of the school year.

There will be chapters of Tommy, but with two pre-teens in the house, it's hard to work on things.

Teddie

Due to flu-like symptoms I have not had the stamina to sit down and write this weekend.
Hope that it clears soon

This blog expresses curiousity. It's NOT a complaint

Just wondering what makes the music business such a fertile field for the authors here when it comes to young prodigies.

This blog is based entirely on my memory, which is fallible, and I have certainly missed many stories. However, my impression is that the frequency of stories about a young M2F person making a splash in music as a performer is much higher than other fields with the possible exception of modelling.

Since we just finished a story challenge and had some good offerings from it, I'm considering making a new challenge.

Just read this:

73% of fatalities are men. Two thirds also suffered from other diseases.

There isn't really any huge changes, just fixing typos and changing it to books of a series called the Huntress chronicles, also changed the name of the first chapter to Mother knows best. Because I really liked the name of "To save a monster" as the name of the whole first book.

Again, you do NOT need to reread anything, it's just some cosmetic changes, I am still working on the next book's chapter, I hope to be finished with it before may but I might be finished before that. I'm so glad all of you could enjoy this bizarre journey with me. I hope you enjoy what's coming next.

Well, we are all breathing a sigh of relief. Samantha does not have the Corona virus, so we've all dodged a bullet.

Huggles for everybody!