Hi everyone

I'm making this post as I've had a few things going through my mind now about my stories that I wanted to put down on paper- well, a screen- that didn't quite fit into a 'proper' story about the fictional 'universe' I've created- which I'm calling the 'Debbiverse' because I'm a narcissist. :-)

First, a little about me- I'm 34, I live in England and have been CD virtually my whole life but apart from a brief period in 2009, have been unable to 'indulge' my habit due to still living with my mother, who whilst elderly, does still have difficulty respecting my privacy. Not in a vindictive way- more that she can't quite comprehend that there are things I wouldn't be able to share with her. For the past 5 years, writing has been my outlet.

The 'Debbieverse' consists of three main stories for now- Charlotte ( http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/31948/charlotte-part-1 ), Nikki ( http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book-page/54228/nikki ) and Soixante-Trois Airlines ( http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/55323/soixante-trois-a... ). There's also a short side-story about a secondary character from Charlotte ( http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/55274/stuarts-story ) that I'm not 100% sure will stay a one-shot, but in all likelihood will stay that way.

(Some spoilers start here for those who haven't read my stories)

'Charlotte' is, somewhat counter-intuitively, about a T-girl called Jamie-Lee. It was a storyline I literally dreamed up one night and couldn't not turn into a story- a boy falls asleep one night and wakes up the next morning (as far as he's concerned) as a girl. It's technically a forced feminisation story, but with a good number of twists in it. The main driving force behind the story is that Jamie-Lee (or James as she used to be known) looks enough like that eponymous Charlotte that she can take her place for a brief period of time. Obviously the two girls aren't 100% identical (though I did briefly toy with the idea of making Jamie Charlotte's illegitimate half-sister) but are close enough that with make-up they're indistinguishable to the naked eye, and any other differences are so subtle that the brain can subconsciously ignore them.

At the end of the first chapter, Charlotte returns and reclaims her life, but with Charlotte's help, Jamie starts transitioning- which is always a decision I felt I needed to address. I've always seen Jamie as someone who, deep down, truly is transgendered, but didn't know what they were due to a largely sheltered upbringing. If you'd suggested to her prior to her change that she might be transgendered, Jamie would've rejected the idea without thought, but the week 'as Charlotte' opened her mind to the a world she'd never thought she'd love as must as she ultimately does. If Charlotte had approached Jamie openly about 'the plan', Jamie would almost certainly have said no- despite the £250 000 reward that went with it.

Over time, Charlotte has evolved into a story about Jamie trying to juggle transitioning with becoming an increasing public figure, and has gained a fairly heavy supporting cast as well, not least the title character, who initially sees Jamie as someone as just someone who helped her with her plans, however unwittingly- but who she grows to love as a sister (I also toyed with the idea of making Charlotte & Jamie lovers during Charlotte's brief separation from her boyfriend- fortunately, sense prevailed there).

Nikki is a slightly more 'traditional' tale. The title character- who this time, is actually our heroine- is a teenager born a boy but who desperately wishes that they were a girl. Then, one day, she meets the new girl at school, who helps her fulfill her dreams. Probably the most important scene in Nikki is when our heroine comes out to her parents- a scene that was originally very different. Originally, Nikki's parents would have rejected her outright, and Nikki would've gone to live with Sarah and her mother, however I'd already written a similar scene in 'Charlotte', and 'come out, be rejected, make parents see sense' is a story that's been done to death. Ultimately, I think I've made the right choice- good drama requires conflict between characters, and Nikki's grandparents are still alive and around to provide that, especially in upcoming chapters.

Nikki is a slightly more 'innocent' story than Charlotte- Charlotte is the story where I indulge my fondness for kink, but I like to think it still has a strong narrative backbone without the saucy stuff, whereas Nikki doesn't feature any explicit sex scenes (though there will be a few naughty bits as the girls get older and explore their sexuality).

The core of all the stories is the relationship between the main character and their significant other- 'Charlotte' is about a T-girl and a genetic male/a platonic relationship between a T-girl and her best genetically female friends, Nikki is about a T-girl and a genetic female, so for Soixante-Trois Airlines, I took the next logical step and made it about the relationship between two T-girls.

Our heroine is Jessica, an air stewardess from Baltimore who's drawn to work for an old-fashioned 1960s-style airline that operates out of Paris. The airline has recently been forced by the EU supreme court to stop rejecting potential employees who happen to be transgendered, leading to two T-girls successfully getting work as stewardesses. In response, the company clamped down and brought in an extra-strict dress and behavioural code in an effort to discourage transgendered applicants- an approach which, of course, backfired spectacularly. I didn't know it when I started writing this, but a similar story has actually happened in real life, only in Thailand instead of France- http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ladyboy-air-hostesses-t... (being a tabloid newspaper, obviously it won't think anything of putting transphobic epithets in the URL)

At the airline, Jessica meets a Scottish T-girl called Paige who started on the same day as her, and the two fall in love at first sight. This is written in a different style than Charlotte or Nikki- the first two stories are written in first-person, present tense style, but Soixante-Trois is written in third-person, past tense as with more than one transgendered character, it will be necessary to tell the story from multiple perspectives, something you can't really do in the style in which I wrote Charlotte & Nikki.

The story's just started so I don't want to give too much away just yet, but needless to say, there will be a lot of adventures coming up soon for our intrepid stewardesses.

Soixante-Trois was originally going to be completely unrelated to Charlotte & Nikki, in a completely different 'universe', however two things (that will be addressed in future chapters of Soixante-Trois) aligned so beautifully with existing story elements of Charlotte & Nikki that it slotted in without any need to alter anything in either story. There will be a big crossover event in the future featuring most if not all of the characters from all three stories (it's currently pencilled in for part 12 of Charlotte, but this may change). Unlike Charlotte & Nikki, Soixante-Trois doesn't have a defined 'ending' I'm working toward, and is more like a soap opera in many ways- characters will come and go, relationships will form and break up.

The joy of having a 'universe' like this is that you can play with it however you please, but I'm keenly aware that there are only so many ways you can tell the same story. I try to keep the stories somewhat grounded in reality, so that it doesn't take too much suspension of disbelief to go along with what's happening- no bizarre body modifications or brainwashing here (though I nearly made Jamie-Lee a victim of post hypnotic suggestion- thank god I changed my mind)- but that leaves fewer options for stories, and when I finish Charlotte and Nikki, it'll be like saying goodbye to an old friend.

What I'm trying to say- without sounding too narcissistic- is that I welcome fan fiction of both my universe and my characters. I've always wanted to be a professional author (lack of writing skill notwithstanding), and one of the main reasons is because I'd love to see how people enjoy the stories I tell- and what better way to express a love of something than to create something along the same lines?

Whew, glad I've got all that out. Obviously, I'll also happily answer any questions about my stories and my 'universe' as well. :-)

Debs xxxx