Today Puddingtang helped me spot a spelling error I missed. It was one of those silly things where the auto-correct and spellchecker took one of my scrambled words and replaced with one that was spelled right, but it still wasn't the right one.

It was suggested I turn off that function. However, I'm dyslexic and without it, ... well, it's not pretty!

I received this reply. "Dyslexics tend to be both clever and creative."

Found this. It's worth watching, a young F2M explains it all: http://www.upworthy.com/if-you-had-a-penis-growing-from-your...

Donna Lamb,
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The great experiment is about to begin. Can a transgender fiction book break into the top 100 on Amazon? This book has a shot. It has been ranked as high as 58th in thrillers, surpassing people like Stephen King and W.E.B. Griffin. So, for this week, and this week only, Wrestling Against Myself is priced at .99 cents to send a message to Amazon that yes, transgender fiction can sell and should be featured prominently. Let your voice be heard by spending less than a cup of coffee at McDonalds and when you are done reading the book, leave a review as well.

I'm kinda in the same boat as Elrod. As we have asked before and many times it seems we beg for them its the feedback that our readers provide us that keeps us motivated. Without them, good or bad we have no real inclination of whether our stories are having the impact that we are striving for.

If you were to look at mine from the last story about have of the comments are mine in response.

I like the kudo's but they don't provide me or others with how the story is impacting on you the reader.

Somehow, today I got to going over the saga that has been my T life.

Not every TS is going to stand up and tell the world they want to be a boy or a girl. I've studied the boy-girl gender blender for more years than I'm going to admit. If there is one thing that is absolutely true about all of them. They are each an individual unique to their own self.

Some of you know that I have been toying with the idea of returning to living as a man.

If anybody is interested, I have created a Big Closet Fan page on Facebook

Here is a link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1418685195068872/

check it out, and join, if you wanna!

So, just wanted to let you all know that the climactic chapter of 300 Rains is an edit away from being posted. Some of the things in it surprised me and some seemed kind of obvious at that point but it is done. This means that I have 1 maybe 2 chapters left until the story is complete. Finally!

Thought I would ask for some advice....

An author has approached me to publish her stories via Kindle.

Its available via Windows update. All versions of Windows are supported with this fix, including Windows XP.

Happy Surfing!!!

{{Hugs}}

The two characters that I can remember are Chris/Chrissy and Mabel. He leaves home and winds up at her bed and breakfast place before meeting up with a girl that owns a clothing store.

Who'd have thought it would have come round so quickly?

I was just looking around on the site tonight and found, "The Fairy King", by Wanda Cunningham. Hoping to find more work by her I went to her page and it seems like the last work from her was around 2009. Then I went to the Memorial Page and she is not there. Sigh.

I do wish that she would publish more of her work here. The Fairy King was so good. Wanda, if you are out there ...

Gwendolyn

I was going through the stories on my favorites list, and it made me kinda sad to realize how many of them are unfinished, and may never be finished.

Some examples:

Dear John is now live on the Kindle marketplace in English.

USA:

Hello everyone out there, this isn't less blog but more a question. I'm a very active woman and I'm missing doing any kind of sports. I'm in the fifth week since my OP now and I feel getting that itch more and more. I need to do some workout. I can't do the usual stuff I do, since those are sports which would not be advisable to do so soon after that surgery, like cycling, sports climbing, inline skating or diving.
But I also need to do some less strenous sports to get back into shape again and getting my fitness back. I can't just lounge around.

It pleases me to no end to see the success some Big Closet authors are having selling their work online.

After my group therapy session, I stopped at a local mall and looked around, including a walk through the bookstore, and I came across a book called "623 stories you can write". I took a peek inside, and it had story titles or questions like "you're an astronaut - describe one day in your life", or "describe the worst Thanksgiving day dinner ever".

I forgot to get the name of the authors, but I'm sure someone could find the book if they were interested in writing but have trouble finding good ideas.

This is a warning notice concerning a story I have up on the site currently.

That story is Dear John.

Good News:

http://transequality.org/news.html#DepartmentofEducationClar...

I've read where authors say it is important. From my own limited experience, I don't know.

MAJOR VIRUS WARNING--DO NOT USE INTERNET EXPLORER RIGHT NOW

A few years ago, I read part of a story (I don't think it was on BC but I could be wrong) in which a boy and girl were in a school (I think) library, talking. The girl suddenly ran off, leaving the boy wondering what had happened. He followed the girl who had run into the toilets. He wnet in after her and asked what was wrong, I think she was reluctant, at first, to tell him why she had run off the way she did. eventually, though, she did tell him that she'd had a period (first?) and was embarrassed about it. She also needed clean clothes as what she was wearing was blood stained.

I'm looking for stories Bob Arnold has written or have been written about him....I'm starting a book for his new great great niece.....if u could email them to my email [email protected] it would be appropriated......I have his zapped story....any help would be great....I'm also printing off comments from here about him so she will now how much he was appreciated and cared about

This caught my eye on the BBC news website: a bridal shop in Japan has discovered a demand for bridal photo shoots - for men. I thought, hey, that looks like the germ of a good story, should anyone want it!

Here's the link:

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-27162371

:-)

Hi. Thanks to everyone reading Atalanta's story. I've downloaded several pics that I use as inspiration writing Atalanta. I though it might be fun to post a pic in a story but I know enough to be dangerous doing that. Along that same venue I have about seven pics that I feel displays her energy well.

I know pics can be a resource hog so I wanted to if I do place a picture that it not use a lot of bandwidth. None are copyrighted as far as I know. There is no watermark. I think there are royalty free too.

As some of my regular readers know, I have always been interested in alternate universes.

I wish I could die. I lack whatever drives people to do that, but i wish I could.

just thought i would pop in and say hi and all is going ok so far. i am busy with rl which sucks some times . it cant be all roses all the time, although i do wish it would be. take care of yourselves.

rues

It has been almost three years since my uncle passed away.He would have been so proud to be a great great uncle but I know he is watching down on my daughter and will make sure that she is a great mom, not a day goes by that I don't miss him and wish he was here especially when I'm having a computer problem or just need a listening ear. I know he is watching over all of us and I'm glad he is with his mother they both are making sure everything goes well for my daughter.

...Something Extraordinary.

Stay Tuned :)

Just to let those who are interested know, Growing Up Jenny is now available in paperback and on the kindle. This is a re-release and highly edited version of the original. It is roughly 15,000 words shorter and is free of many of the grammatical and spelling errors of the original. It is a very powerful story of a young girl who goes through SRS and has to deal with the communities response as she gets adjusted not only to her new family, but also her new self.

As many of you already know, I will edit your writing quickly and professionally. If you are publishing on BC/TS the edit is done pro bono (I won't charge you). Work which is ultimately sold for a fee (Kindle, Nook, etc.) should be edited at a fee (negotiable). I have a web site at write-it-better.com which can visit and see what the charges might be. They would be negotiable for authors on the site.
djkauf

I'm selling one of my older stories.

It's only a 1.59 in U.S. dollars.

You can buy it through Erin's Big Closet Amazon store. Here's a link.

OK, well a few of you sort of keep track of me and for that I am thankful. So I have "Clear" as an internet service. The landlord pays for it so it is free to me, for which I have been thankful also.

For the last month it has been even more of a cludge than normal and today it is not working at all. I am on the internet using the hotspot from my cell phone and that will be extremely limited.

I can't get Comcast or anyone else because I do not have a signed lease agreement. Hmmmm Until I work this out, there will be no skype, and very limited access to the internet.

Does anyone know of any real life situations of an active school teacher transitioning M t F? Did she retain her teaching job? Have to transfer to different schools? Get fired? Cause a major controversy?

You may have knowledge of a news story or other incident. Love to hear outcome. Thanks.

Good day all,

First, I'm going to mention a woman called Saffire.

She has (had?) a group of other women with her; they call(ed) themselves "The Uppity Blues Women".

So, I am "tooling up" to finish the three stories that will be part of my anthology to be published this fall. Yesterday, I received the suggestion that at least one of my stories are Kindle "book length". Hmmmm. So, now I am full of ideas. Incidentally, so far I am planning to use Amazon, so anyone with helpful hints about using them, be my guest. I am thinking that anything that Amazon publishes must be removed from BCTS, though have not talked with a publicist yet. I plan to do that in June. Most of my stories will either go in the Anthology or be published separately.

Just so people don't think I dropped off the face of the earth as an author, I figured a few updates are in order.

Well, I spent the morning today cleaning up my computer area, and as a reward, I went to the Y.M.C.A. pool for a good swim.

So the petition to Amazon for them to create a transgender fiction genre ran up to 223 signatures and then it just stalled. Considering the amount of hits we get on this site, I think we can hit the goal of 1000 signatures in a day if people just took a few minutes out of their busy schedules to sign.

It's Resurrection Sunday. May the good Lord bless you all.

He Is Risen!

He Is Risen Indeed!

a little extra to tide you over until I return from Germany!

Well, I'm sorry to report that I am no longer part of a couple.

So alot has happened this past week. I went into a job interview for an entry position Data Entry job. and I walked in to find my cousin who didn't know I was trans* sitting there waiting for her turn at the same job. And she flipped out. after a long awkward interview I left only to find out that I wasn't getting the job. Not only that but either my Dad or my Sister gave her my number, so now the entire family knows it. Along with me being trans*. And have been harrassing me nonstop as I tried to get the numbers blocked. as far as I could tell the family is broken into 3 factions.