Well, sort of.
For the next month I will be living in a catholic dorm for girls. Or more precisely young women aged from late teens to early 20s.
I don't want to log in on BCTS from that place so you will largely be spared my comments.

This blog's views, thoughts, and opinions belong solely to the author and not necessarily to the management of Big Closet, the Writing Contest committee, or any other group or individual.

I have long contended that there is very little correlation between the number of kudos, hits, and comments received and the quality of the story.

My province has decided to hate on trans kids.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/alberta-unveils-change...

Amanda faces her first day of school with an unflattering mugshot being circulated!

I seldom wake up rembering my dreams, but this morning I woke up from an argument with a red headed, asshole boss in an office setting. After a few minutes I realized the redhead was an adult version of the photo I used for Lucy in The Elliptical Path. Good thing I'm not planning a sequel, I will hate to see my character turn into an asshole.

And this is how I am cheating.

There has to be scores, perhaps hundreds, of on-line grammar and spelling checkers, free, free trial, paid, and perhaps other arrangements.

I 'landed' on (thank you Google and your rankings):

https://www.scribbr.com/

They have >a lot< of paid services, so it took me a lot of poking around to get to their page (https://www.scribbr.com/grammar-checker/) that said "type (or paste) your your text here."

While doing the wash, my wife picked up my new bra and grumped that I had nicer bras than she did. It was my first underwire style and closed in the front, an experiment for me. (The experiment has been a success.) She said she wouldn't mind one in that color for herself. So what could I do besides log into Amazon and get her one in black and one in rose?

Can anyone recommend a sci-fi story, or stories, on BCTS? I'm thinking of and have just written the first few paragraphs of something I feel has something to it, and I'm looking for the vibe of sci-fi stories on here.

Mary Weiss lead singer of the Shanghai-Las, a group mentioned in my story, “Who Wears Short Shorts” famous for among other songs “Leader of the Pack” died last week.

THIS STORY WAS BASED AROUND THE GREAT SHIP TITANIC. THE BOYS FATHER WORKED ON THE SHIP BEFORE IT SAILED BUT THE BOYS FATHER WAS VERY ILL AND DIED RIGHT BEFORE THE SAILING. THE BOY MANAGED TO GET ON BOARD AND MANAGED TO GET SOME FEMALE CLOTHES AND HID IN AN EMPTY ROOM. HE RAN INTO A FEMALE FRIEND AND HER MOM BASICALLY ADOPTS HIM AS A GIRL. I THINK THE STORY WAS ALMOST TO THE FATEFULL DAY THE GREAT SHIP SANK .ANY HELP FINDING THIS STORY WOULD BE GREATLY APPRICIATED .

I found some semi permanent, non stinking, bright pink hair dye. Just finding someone to put it is the biggest problem. A beautician is more than $120. It is less the money than the BS some people put people like me through, you know the T hate. I'm so sick of it.

No threats of Suicide.

Gwen

Of a sort. I haven't been in much evidence for a while and there may be a good reason for it. A chance remark to my Renal consultant meant a trip to X-ray and the discovery that I have heart problems. I'm on the waiting list for a triple bypass.

I thought I might have another entry for the the New Year's contest in me, but the story has petered out after about 400 words.

Ah, well, I should go back to some of my unfinished ideas . . .

Yep, can't keep the weather out of things!

At this point in my "career" on BC I've written nine entries in my Toni With An i serial, and one entry for the New Year's competition, Marking Your Card. And I've been thinking about how a story appears on the front page, and whether I should include a story summary or blurb. (You should all enter the competition, it's a challenge and enjoyable but not too difficult. Flex those writing muscles! It's fun, I promise!)

A few days ago, Jill provided some thoughts on the first fifteen entries in the contest, with the goal of getting more of our readers to check out some of the amazing stories that have been posted so far.

Well, I spent 7 hours trying to help Sharon get medical treatment for her hand, which was swollen and apparently painful.

Rather than go to her own doctor, she insisted on going to an emergency room instead.

Well, they are called "emergency rooms" for a reason - they treat the most critical cases first.

So after 7 hours, she gave up and wanted to be taken home.

Any suggestions we gave to help were dismissed, and it seems that she has given up on getting help from doctors, and will go back to prayer and faith healing.

ah, well.

or not as the case may be!

Howard Jacobson is a famed British author .... quoting from an article in the Telegraph 20/1/24:

'Complaints about realism often dog him.
He had to fight to keep a character in his last novel, Live a ­Little: a 90-year-old man who has never had a relationship, being ­crippled by shame at having been caught trying on his mother’s underwear as a boy. Jacobson’s publisher found this implausible. “Then I asked a group of Jenny’s psychologist colleagues if this was likely, and they all said ‘Of course, it’d ruin your life, no question’.”

Hey there.

I posted a second story for the contest. I hope some of you like it.

Once again, I couldn't figure out how to mark my story as "Solo" so admin, please change that for me.

Thanks!

- Terry

Randi's bike is busted! What can she do about it besides pout cutely? What she needs is a knight in greasy overalls.

I always loved Wrabel’s The Village. Even though it was written from a FTM viewpoint, I could still identify with the pain, and the freedom when he finally goes ahead despite his families pushes.

Now Wrabel has recorded a MTF version, would love a new video, but that may be too much to ask.

Anyway here it is with some subtle changes for MTF transition.

I just changed the ending to this story. I had left it undecided about what the character would do. I added a short paragraph that resolves this now.

Jo, Emma, and I love to write. We love to have our stories read and appreciated.

A primary goal of the current contest is to spur more people to read more stories. With that in mind, I've prepared remarks about fifteen stories entered in this contest. Eventually, I will post remarks about every story entered. Emma will be posting similar lists.

Please give these stories a chance.

Finding Joy

Well, we had a bit of a lull yesterday. Can’t have that!

The contest has drawn over sixty wonderful stories, and we’ve had new authors as well as stories from some of BC’s most beloved. But some of you haven’t jumped in yet. :(

Canadians are the Texans of cold weather - everything is worse, harder, colder than anywhere else!

Professionals, politicians, most everyone wants to make transgender a yes or no situation. Either one is or one isn't . There are only perfect males and perfect females in so many minds as they refuse to accept the birth defects or problems in life. Intersex divides the only male and female ideology. One can not be made transgender if they aren't nor can't they be made not transgender if they are. There is no medical science that can treat it and "cure" it.

A friend of mine, using the pen name of Marissa Lynn, has decided to join the ranks of authors on Big Closet.

Her first piece is up, so check it out, and make sure to leave a comment!

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/101010/til-you-make-it

the forecast for this bit of the world is a bit 'Northern'!

I got a new story up.

Its not a resolution story, but I hope people like it anyway.

Years ago, about 20 of them, I had what I called lucid dreams in which I was flying, and could control where I went. Psychological people said that I was trying to escape something. My then spouse got really mad at me when I told her about them. Now, I see that I was trying to escape from her abuse of me. We were married 38 years because I kept trying to make it work. In the latter years she was a "dry alcoholic", refusing to go to AA.

is finally finished!

Has anyone done a timeline for Julie O's stories, especially one that includes the stuff others have written set in her universe?

It'd be nice to see what order to read things in.

Also, I don't suppose there's any chance of getting her stuff in e-book form is there?

Well, bad news about the apartment search. we had to cancel the walkthrough because of a blizzard, and since then, despite me phoning the man who was supposed to lead us through the place several times, he has not let us know if we can reschedule.

I've come to the conclusion he got a renter for it, and isn't bothering to even tell us.

If that wasn't enough fun, the last two days I have been dealing with nasty memories, flashbacks, and nightmares related to the abuse I suffered as a kid.

Hugs and prayers appreciated.

Comments are oxygen to authors, lifeblood. They show that somebody has read their story and cared enough to respond with some encouragement, or not, as the case may be, but at least appreciated the effort that went into posting.

I've not seen hardly any stories here that have Butt Plugs in them, and I think for good reason. After my own very short term experimentation with one and the accompanying medical intestinal issues, from my point of view, they are dangerous and should not be done, even as a way to induce a prostate sexual stimulation full stop.

My mom and I are looking for a new place to live, and today we're doing a walk-through of a place that looks quite promising.

Please send prayers, good wishes, or whatever you can, that if this is everything it appears to be, that we can get it.

Mini-Bio for
Jo Dora Webster, pen name of Ariel Montine Strickland

I'm a southern belle with auburn hair and blue eyes from the vibrant city of Denver, CO, USA. Although I sometimes feel like I'm in my forties, perhaps wishing time would pause, I'm actually grateful for its passage. It's been since my millennium resolution that I transitioned as a transwoman on my original rebirthday, July 6, 2000.

My roots trace back to lowland Scotland and Ireland, yet I am thoroughly American. My leisure time is often spent delving into the latest romances, comedies, or mysteries on Big Closet Top Shelf (BCTS) and embracing the great outdoors on weekend camping trips with my SCA friends, where we revive the noble ways of old and chivalry reigns supreme. Additionally, I cherish my moments as a member of Starfleet Internationalwhere I carry the honorary title of Captain.

My journey with writing spans over thirty years. My debut story, 'What Would Jesus Do?' on BCTS was initially published under 'Jesus and the Transwoman' on a nascent Christian platform called Faithvine, which has since vanished. Moreover, thirty years ago, I released 'Beauty and the Vial' on a BBS, which, unbeknownst to me, found its way to BCTS, penned under a different alias. Currently, I have completed nine novels, all initially released under my pseudonym, Jo Dora Webster, along with three short stories bearing the same pen name.

It is already -15 C here, and the forecast says its going to get much colder, until we are going to have -30 C for a high on Thursday and a low close to -40 Thursday night, with wind chill to make it feel even colder.

wish us luck as we try to weather the weather!

As the title suggests, this is about what has been going on since I last posted anything or even interacted with anyone on here. I think my last blog was over a year old and my last story was like two years ago at least. I guess to paint a deeper picture on how I ended up where I am now I need to go back to when the Covid Pandemic started.

I've been doing some preparatory work/ study for some surveys I'm doing and also some teaching I'm doing next week. As you probably know I have an interest in freshwater macroinvertebrates (Mayfly larvae etc) and I came across TG being used in a dictionary of entomology - it stood for tracheal gills. There will be more of those than transgender people, so should obviously spring to the ordinary person's mind (or what passes for one). I knew you'd be glad to read that.

My name is Joanne Askew
I am an Aussie girl
A glass of wine with you sir
And the ladies I will swirl
All New South Wales and Queensland
Is measured up by my own hand
It was my fate from birth
To make my mark upon the earth

Apologies to Mark Knopfler for mangling his beautiful
“Sailing To Philadelphia”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtxuWycNgfo

And apologies to Andrea Lena for giving me the idea which I have stolen.

It's been years coming but lately I seem to subconsciously be on the prowl for a man to plow me. Would I do blow jobs? Come to think of it... Does that mean I was always a latent homosexual, or have the hormones finally done their job on me. My only worry now is that I do not wind up with some sort of sexually transmitted disease. Questions, questions.

By the end of today, the blog announcing the New Year’s Resolution Writing Contest will have received over three thousand hits. That level of activity has resulted in thirty-seven new stories published on BC.

We don’t have comparative statistics, but it appears the level of comment activity is up.

A new author is among those who have posted a story entry.

Given that the contest opened for submissions less than a week ago -- we’re pleased with the initial results.

although I have no illusions of winning said contest, it was still a step in the right direction for me. Maybe someday I will learn to be a real writer and have a chance at one.

Heya folks! Melanie E. here, comin' atcha with a quick tutorial on something that's been on a few folks' minds lately:

Weights.

Gigi explores the world she finds herself in, one where she's the girl she always wanted to be...