Thanks to a Guest Reader
Annette MacGregor
Annette MacGregor
Erin provides a wonderful feature that lets readers post comments (virtually anonymously) on stories they've read, without having a login to the site.
One of these guests recently read one of my stories (The Reluctant Bridesmaid).
There's one down side to the anonymous posts. There's no way for me to send the person who commented a thank you note, so I'm doing it here as a Blog, in hopes the person sees it, and sees how much the comments were appreciated.
Guest Reader, thank you for enjoying the story and taking the time to let me know.
Annette
Comments
That happens to be one of my favorite stories!
I read it the first time quite a while ago, before I started writing, and I've read it many times since. There were many writers who first inspired me. Maggie Finson, Angharad, Tiffany Shar, SaraUK and you, Annette. I want to thank you all.
I hope I can someday inspire someone else to try to write the stories that just want to come out and play for a while. I hope I never forget those who inspired me to start on this wonderful road, and who continue to inspire me to try to improve my stories and learn new things!
Wren
And my thanks as well...
... as I had not yet been introduced to this site when this story was first released, so I had never read it. That Guest Reader comment caused me to check it out... and enjoy it.
Smile. On a trivial note for Annette... the wedding gown you selected for your bride [a picture of which is near the bottom of Reluctant Bridesmaid - Notes] looks rather familiar to me -- it is a very similar pattern to the gown I chose for my own wedding.
For other readers of this, who might include a wedding scene in a future story... that halter top style is very flattering to a TG bride. Shrug. Most TS/TG's have shoulders that are at least a little wider than "average" for a woman of their height [unless they started hormone blockers at puberty], which limits the choices for formal gowns like a wedding gown. Anything that creates a strong horizontal line, such as a true shoulderless gown, tends to draw the eyes out horizontally... making one's shoulders look even bigger. A halter top, or similar gown with some sort of vertical features that draw the eyes up and down, rather than across, tend to minimize the look of "big" shoulders. Smile. I am very fortunate in that I have a body that is quite close to "natal female" in shape and size... but even my shoulders are just a little wider than normal. So... my gown was chosen to de-emphasize my shoulders, while having diagonal detailing at the waist (which makes the waist look narrower) and flaring at the hips (making them look larger).
Shrug, As I said... just trivia... but as quite a few stories here end in with their main (TG) character getting married, I just thought I would throw out there some of the serious thought I gave to my own wedding gown. For what it is worth, the list of the guests at my marriage included a number of people who did not "know" about my past... including my boss. [I am completely stealth at work... and would likely be immediately fired if they knew]. So it was very important to me to make my wedding to my husband as "normal" as possible... and the gown selection was just one of the many details I spent months worrying about ahead of time. Smile. Probably *far* more time than typical author would give to such a small detail in a story they are writing... or maybe not, since you did select almost the same gown I did, Annette...