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Colorado Birth certificate update

First and foremost I wish to apologize to everyone on this site for spamming the blog links. I wish there was another place to post where most would see it. But if most are like me, they never wander past the Home Page.
Okay, I thought this was appropriate because of the readers on this site may be interested in what has been accomplished even if they weren't born in Colorado.
Colorado Allows Transgender Residents ‘New’ Birth Certificate, No Surgery Required

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Cheerleader 10: Sophomore Winter

Sophomore Winter, the Tenth book in the Lee Corcoran series, follows Lee Corcoran, who has completed his freshman year in college at the University of Michigan. His life does not follow the typical male athlete path.

While the book is written to allow a reader to enjoy it without all of the history, if you want to understand all the characters and dynamics in their lives, reading the previous nine books is the only way. Long-term threads and relationships tie the books together. These books primarily follow Lee and his best friend Darby, a girl.

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making a difficult choice

I think one of the reasons I've been struggling with my writing lately is that I'm facing a difficult choice which is taking up most of my attention. See, I'm at a point that I have to say yes or no to stomach surgery, and I'm having a great deal of difficulty in deciding. Either choice will have ramifications for me for possibly the rest of my life, and I just dont know what to do.

Ah, well.

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Mindful2

Mindful2, The Follow-up to Mindful is finally on Amazon Books, Kindle. Search for 'Mindful2 by Beverly Taff'.

This is the complete novel including the final chapter.

I'm thinking of a possible follow on titled 'Mindful3' because I did leave a narrow opening to expand the story but I'm still deciding in what context and theme the story can go forward.

Beverly.

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Looking for a couple of stories

First one is a new girl is at school and saves a boy turns out she is rich they both switch genders and fall in love I believe it takes place in England
Second story a boy lives across the street from a stripper and is feeding her cat he has a medallion that allows him to change into into the last person wearing the cloths they end up losing the medallion and he is stuck as her twin
Thanks charlize

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Audio Books, be warned

Received an email from a company who supposedly promotes books for authors and publishing companies who don't have the means or manpower to do it themselves. There are Book Fairs in Germany and India among many others where the larger publishing companies, and the book store chains bid on the book, bid on owing the writer's rights to all his her stories, legal right to distribution in a certain area, a nation, or world wide. The choices are endless and of course so are the prices the bidders offer for each selection.

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Melancholia

Sometimes, it is difficult to put things into words, emotional turmoils, horrific memories & when these things are at the peak of your being it is all you can really think about.
I try, to do my best, I try to give to others within my capabilities, I try to be there for people, I try to live, I try not to cause my own demise, I try to do alot of things that that are in the hopes, more rewarding for others then it is for myself.... I know I sound like a martyr, but whatever.

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It's MY story and I'll tell it how I want to!

ok, so I am annoyed. the past couple times I've posted a new chapter to Brain Donor, I've had to deal with someone that has sent me private messages negatively critiquing the story. Largely because it doesn't follow what THEY want to see. I'm writing a story about a person that is NOT happy about their new gender, and I'm being told by this person that that's not the story I should be writing. their personal head-canon is that the main character should be thrilled that they are now a 12 year old girl, instead of a 26 year old male.

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burning out

I am sorry to anyone expecting more writing from me

But with mom losing her car and my brother being diagnosed with early onset dementia, I've been tapped out since before Christmas, just zip for writing spoons.

i am trying to keep positive for my mom's sake. she is so fragile that I have to be the strong one, but i wish I could go somewhere and just grieve without being a burden. Not being able to grieve is burning me right out. I havent slept well, and am barely functional.

so again, sorry.

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New Year’s thoughts........

I just wanted to wish all of my friends here a very Happy New Year, and best wishes for 2020.

This was my fourth holiday season since going full time as my true self, and the best yet. Whether because I have become more natural and comfortable in myself, and hence more passable, or because the public around me is simply becoming more accepting, I can’t say. Perhaps a little of both?

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A Personal Update

12/31/19 20:55 CST my mother passed. She had stroke-induced dementia among other health issues and finally forgot how to stay alive. It's been very rough for the past two years. The new year will begin, without her in it. I am not one for prayers, neither believe nor worship any god, but if you do then go ahead. I do not know what this new year will bring, I can only hope for less heartache. No calls, this is all I wish to share on the matter
Alecia J. Snowfall.

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bad dream last night

I had a really bad dream last night:

in the dream I was back in school, got lost and so was late to a class that seemed to be all about taking a pile of objects and making something from them. I had no idea what I was doing, spilled all my stuff on the floor and ended up late leaving the classroom because I was trying to clean up my mess

I keep having dreams like this. Clearly my subconscious is trying to tell me something, and will keep hammering me till I get it, but other than a sense of frustration and failure I'm drawing a blank.

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Another Microsoft Lie.

I have this file called "ideas" and I free write there to see if anything comes of the present idea. So, today I was working there and then I realized that what I was writing was far too BDSMish. and explicit. So, I took a nap and when I got up, I still felt that way, so I deleted that part of it, about 4 pages of smut. HMPH !

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resting

Okay so I've had a shitty month. First I had a friend die, then five family members in a fire right on the heels of that, and last week I found out about another death in the family. Combine all those emotional blows with the busy holidays, catching a cold, not being on my meds, me working hard to make sure everyone else was having a happy holiday while my own sucked, and people coming out of the woodwork and going out of their way to make me feel like shit... well the inevitable happened.

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What do to with a short story trilogy

When I completed writing “The Best Damn Thing” I thought I would just set it aside but only a day later I had the start of a continuation of the storyline through the eyes of another character.
And then today, I wanted to go further with a third version.

So the three are:
The Best Damn thing. —Michaela Leigh
Sweet But Psycho —Anthony Cox
Good For Me. —Randy Cox

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THANK YOU!

THANK YOU ALL!

We made the goal an hour ago and covered our debt with the bank and a bit left over. Thanks to all the generous people who contributed, it makes us tearful and glad that we have so many friends.

The $2125 is enough for a bit of a cushion as we know there is one more bill out there that may hit before we get other monies coming in at the end of the month.

We still have our ordinary January bills ahead of us, so if you want to contribute, here's the link again:

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Thank you to BCTS staff and readers

First, thank you to all those who not only keep BCTS up and running but all those who support BCTS with their donations of monetary, their stories and their time. For some reason I found a home here reading all the great authors who are actually better than anything I ever read coming from NYT Best Seller list. If we had only a few of those authors on our list of writers, I have no doubt the publishing company would be putting out top selling stories month after month. I'm so glad they have found an outlet for their exceptional writing talents.

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EMERGENCY - Funds Needed Today!

We need money today to prevent an overdraft. Two bills that were not supposed to hit our accounts until after the first hit today and we are overdrafted, we need about $1900 to prevent hundreds of dollars of overdraft fees.

Please, if you can help, today would be the day to do it.

You can use the links in the right side column or make a One Time Gift here:

https://janglewood.com/one-time-gift/

Thanks,
Erin, Piper, Cat, Jamie, and all the BigCloset crew.

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At it again; looking for a story perhaps a decade old

It is eating away at me, ugh I hate when this happens

I am looking for a story, I cannot recall the demographics (title, date and or author)

A guy is abused by his sister & mother, but only by the mother because the sister is manipulating her into 'punishing' him for abusing 'her'.... which is complete bs, with feminization (not surprising right?)

What few details I do remember and some may be a bit 'mature'.

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His Inconstant Desire - New Chapter Posted

Connie's humiliation continues as she is dressed in feminine finery by her step-mother and sister.

But what are her father's plans for his new daughter?

And what of Connie's friends back at school, have they heard what really happened?

The story is beginning to wrap on layers of complexity, much like the three petticoats they put Connie in. :)

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A SUPERLATIVE fanfic Superman Story! (non tg)

This is an incredibly well written story from a very talented author on another site. I do not claim any ownership or credit for it other than having been led to it by another writer.

I am in the midst of re-reading this story and I am astounded by how well written it is and I hope these words will lead some of you to go to it, read it and then comment to the author.

IMHO it is more than good enough to be a movie script and should be the next superhero movie. The title is 'Veritas" and the author is "ShayneT"

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Merry Christmas Everyone

Best wishes to you all for a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.

Many thanks to Erin and all the administration team at BCTS for all the hard work you put in managing the site.

Many thanks too to all those who have encouraged me to continue writing in this my first year publishing stories, it has really helped to keep me full of enthusiasm.

Again, many thanks to those who have taken the time and effort to post comments, most very kind, even those highlighting editing errors, and to those of you keen readers who have ticked the Kudos box.

Gill xx

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Merry Christmas

The damage to my brain may be permanent. Fortunately my mind has come back, minus some ability to form memories ,recognize faces, and reduced thinking speed. I have recently reconciled myself to being paralyzed on the left side and in a wheelchair for the rest of my life. Emotionally I have climbed out of a long deep hole and am ready to continue the rest of my life. What I have now strongly resembles ADD.

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A Very Merry Christmas to Erin and

ALL the volunteers et al who help keep Top Shelf alive and thriving.

This includes Piper, Cat, Frank and ALL those who help, and all those who help with contributions of money, time and work.

I thank you all for all your hard work and dedication that make Top Shelf THE place to be, and create and meet. you have made lives better, you have SAVED lives, you have made careers for others and you have helped people find themselves.

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Santa Babe 2: Elfsurrection

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Santa Babe 2: Elfsurrection

By Daniel A. Wolfe



After both Santa and herself undergo titillating transformations into buxom babes on Christmas Night, Sammie the Elf must confront the council of elven elders, but can she convince them that Santa in her sexy new form is an improvement on the old gift-giver or must she take more drastic action?


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Merry Christmas!

I just posted a new MORFS story -- a Christmas special with the Martin family. I had actually started writing the story last year. Once Christmas passed, I let it sit. Still, I got back to it too late to give it the time that it deserves.

I hope everyone enjoys it. Meanwhile, maybe I'll get to the A New Life New Year special.

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Didn't think it would happen this year

With all that I have had going on lately, work stress, two heart attacks and a muse that became sick and tired me me being too tired to listen to when I got home from work. I didn't think I would get a Meri Christmas story out this year. I fretting and begged the muse for a week to just give me an idea, any idea for an interesting Christmas themed story. Of course the muse ignored me, payback for all the times I've fallen asleep as she tried to whisper ideas into my ear.

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A poignant Christmas story -- (from last year) "Acceptance"

Last Christmas I posted a very nice PG Christmas story that was well received. It had 2437 reads and was posted Dec. 2, 2018. I invite you to rediscover it again or for check it out for the first time. Do an easy search and you'll find it.

"Being in a single parent/single child family, especially during the holidays, is especially difficult. Dan and 11 year old Matt were in agreement on these matters."

Happy holiday wishes to all!

Regards, Donna T

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The WTF of Christmas Presents

I have a dear friend that I have known since 1969 but sometimes, he drives me mad.

I produce a calendar every year. This year, all the photographs are of Castles. I give them to friends as Christmas presents and sell a few to cover my costs. An excess is donated to a Charity. This year, it is the RNLI (Lifeboats). I gave them a £70 donation last week.

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Suggested reading before Part 20

The penultimate part of Stick Her Shock 2 has just been posted. I would suggest before you read that and the final part that you read Sentenced to Life to give some important background that will help make things clearer.

In January I will publish a collection of stories tentatively titled The Rhonda Peters Chronicles including Sentenced to Life and a prequel to Stick Her Shock entitled Jack and the Jean Stalker.

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Merry Christmas!

I’ve always been TG but never had a chance to express or explore that part of me. Back in the 60s it just wasn’t done much less tolerated. Born physically male I had mixed signals my first 3 years, I was the third child, a 6 year older brother and what would have been a 4 year older sister if she’d lived. My mom used me to fill her loss... until my sister was born when I was 3. Suddenly I had to become all boy.

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Holidays suck

The Holidays are near....

Guess everyone is expecting me to single jinglebells and toss tinsel around in a jolly green sexy elf girl costume (well ok that would be fun lol) but seriously.....

Am I the only one that feels more like a Scrooge at this time of year (minus the intentional mistreatment of your employee, if you read/watched a scrooge based thingy you know what I am talking about)?

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An Update

Hi, All.

I haven't blogged in a while. I've been spending my time writing.

I've got a new novel ready to publish on Amazon in January called Collected. It's a sci-fi story.

I've been working on retelling the Wildcats, starting with book one and ending with book six. Book five and book six are new. I just finished my first draft and it's 360,000 words. I've rewritten the story trying to smooth out the entire epic. It will be published in 2020.

Happy Holidays,

LM

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in the middle of other's grief

I feel a bit like a person standing in a open field watching lightning bolts hit all round me but sparing me. A good percentage of my friends and relatives have suffered loss, grief, injury, or illness in the last little while. I feel bad for all of them, but I'm almost getting burned out and I'm worried that if I get personally struck I'm gonna have no spoons to deal.

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New chapter of my Regency Romance - His Inconstant Desire

Just posted a new chapter of my Regency Romance, His Inconstant Desire. In this episode, Constantine has to deal with his female relatives desire to dress him appropriate to his new role as youngest daughter. Father wants to see her at dinner.

I'm trying to make this as much as possible within the realm of other Regencies. We have a heroine with an unusual past and a unique problem: in this case, she's been raised as a boy. That's not actually too far outside other Regency stories, that often feature tomboyish heroines with unusual backgrounds.

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Smokin’ the Chimney!

We'll start today with Smokin’ the Chimney, the thrilling conclusion to stage 3 of the Ryedale 3 day event. As you might expect by now, there is drama from the outset, Team Apollinaris certainly don't have it all their own way! I've included a couple of my own photographs to give you some idea of the terrain that faced the youngsters and as is always the case, they don't do anything I wouldn't do myself.

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A Christmas Party

I've just posted the first part of a new story. I started writing it last year, but you know how slow I can be.
I have another 6 parts complete and the 8th and final part is well under way, so I hope I won't leave people disappointed and impatient again.
As always, I would welcome any comments, good or bad. How can I improve if you don't tell me what you honestly think?

Merry Christmas :-)

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ARGGGGG

Trying to read the story another flower which makes references to another story called the flower...but there is no story "the flower by melanie brown" on amazon or here. Very very annoying!

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Weeping Willow update / personal life update

Well, hello there Closeteers. **Sigh** here. It's been 9 months since I've posted anything. But that drought is about over; I just finished writing the rest of Weeping Willow. 6 more chapters, and now this finally feels ended - unlike the way that I left it last March. I should be able to start posting later this week, then will post daily until done. Thanks, everyone for your patience!

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Sorry about the Huntress

Sorry I might not have the story out before Xmas, I was hoping to but I'm having a bit of trouble to get it finished. Also my family is going to pick me up for Xmas and it's going to be impossible to work on it then as I wont be at my pc. I'm sorry friens and loyal readers. I apologize... I guess the surgery took more out of me than I thought

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Stress and Anxiety

While I've had my share of moments of being over-stressed and freaking out, I've known too many people who suffer from full-blown anxiety attacks and who's stressors leave them barely able to function when they hit. Randomly I stumbled across the article linked below and felt like sharing. It's by someone who wrote a book about 'Peak Performance' who (much to their surprise) afterwords developed stress/anxiety mental illness. It's a good reminder that such issues can afflict anyone, and for those of us who don't suffer such I hope it'll remind us to be more understanding of those who do.

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The Best Damn Thing

I want to thank everyone who has taken the time to read through “TBDT”.
I am working on the final chapter, “Keep Holding On” and, unlike other times, it will be posted as complete instead of in pieces.

Afterwards, I will need to re-work on chapter one due to the changes made during the course of the storyline.

Thank you again.

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Butterscotch -7- Free Preview up on Patreon

Marjorie seemed convinced that despite physical evidence, I was really a girl and would only be happy if I admitted it.

“Don’t you think I’d know that if it were true?” I told her. “I’m not someone on an afternoon agony show, I’m just a skinny nerd boy who apparently is easily talked into things.”

Butterscotch on Patreon

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Big Tent / Big Closet

The other day Erin made a comment about Big Closet being open to a very eclectic group of people.

She has made this statement hundreds of times. She lives this statement every day.

Running a site that is opened to a huge variety of ideas is a recipe for disaster. Asking people who don't unanimously agree on everything to feel welcome under her tent is like begging for dispute, especially in today's world.

Erin knew this the day she opened her doors. She had watched the debacles in the mosh pit on another similar site.

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Your Heart, See Your Heart.

Downton Abbey has always seemed far too stern and tacturn for me. I've seen little snippets of it but always backed away to avoid the painful seriousness. For reasons unclear to me, I felt drawn to it yesterday, and rented the first episode of it, and am watching it in little bits.

I can't work out why or if the people were actually that inhuman to each other.

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Thank you

I just want to take a quick moment to thank everyone for their well wishes, condolences and warm thoughts since my recent losses. It means a lot to know that I have so many supportive readers, friends, and family here on BCTS. I'm still feeling the pain and loss, but it's not as raw and everpresent now as it was at first and I've been feeling more myself in the past day or two.

*thanks again and big hugs to all of you*

Amethyst

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So I wrote a rape scene

Spoiler Alert for anyone who is reading Feral Saga and hasn’t gotten to the latest chapter, I'm gonna mention some stuff.

So I just wrote a rape scene. Probably the most unrealistic rape scene ever (there’s a drug involved that has basically magical properties), but still clearly rape. It was a long struggle deciding whether or not to include it. I decided maybe I could write something about it here. I’m not looking for validation, but there’s a lot of incredible people here and maybe someone else has had a similar issue in their writing.

So here’s why I hesitated:

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Christmas is Coming

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas so I decided to look back at one of my stories 'Lost & Found'.
It was a fictional story for a competition that inspired me to write around a real life situation. No fantasy just an example of human kindness after personal tragedy.
Anybody got any recommendations for a nice read, story or book on Amazon, since Christmas is coming?

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The Flu sucks.

And because of that, I've not been writing. But I do have plans. Specifically to get Stuck in a Rut to a place to "End of book 1" it.
Also in the plans, more Brain Donor. Honestly, I have been gob-smacked by the amount of praise I've received for that last chapter. I have definite ideas to come, and getting Thomas out and about more is one of them.

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looking for a story

I am looking for a story. I don't know the author or even if it was on this sight but what I do remember is that guy goes off to college ( he has no family) meets up with girl (also no family) they go for a truck ride. They end up in an accident and she dies, in all the confusion he is mistaken for a patient that is there for SRS. anyway they turn him into the girl that died in the truck accident. Any help would be appreciated.

Charlotte

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I have a question regarding explicit content

Princess of Aragon had many explicit scenes in it. The story is dealing with a forced marriage, feminization and making Thomas into his submissive wife and it had many of those scenes in it
but the question is should I include them, or pass them and just refer to those scenes briefly and say they happened after the fact
I want the story to be read and enjoyed so I am strongly considering removing much of the explicit scenes or at least making them more brief without the detail

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I might have to scream

i might need to scream.

i think the guy who hit us is trying to claim it was a "no fault" accident which would mean he would pay nothing for destroying my mom's car

see, my mom's insurance co called and asked my mom if she was filing a claim which makes no sense if he's taking responsibility for the accident.

sighs ...

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