Unless the stories that I have been seeing are untrue, I fear for all of my dear friends and beloved authors in the South and Western parts of the British Isles. The storm that I have been hearing about coming towards you from the North Atlantic is terrifying to me and I'm in Florida where we do hurricanes. Again, I pray that these stories are untrue. In any case I will be holding all of you in my heart.

Joani

I read about the contest but didn't have any inspiration. Finally it hit and I think I might have a story. However, I can't find the description of the 'February 2014 Beholden of the Heart Story" to make sure my idea fits. When I click on the 'February 2014 Beholden of the Heart Story' label in a story it takes me to a page listing the entries but not the contest itself. In my computer illiteracy am I missing the link?

I've run into this a few times before on other contests.

Is there anyway you can put up a link to the contest requirements?

I thought I had finally come up with a good title for my latest effort. Unfortunately, it was a bad choice. I apologize if I brought up unpleasant memories for anyone. If someone can come up with a better suggested title, I will certainly consider it. All I ask is that you read the story first. Meanwhile, I made a change, and the story is now called Simoné and Love's Triumph. I'm not happy with the title. I am very happy with the story.

Sometimes it's fun to think of something totally inconsequential, when thinking of other things is too painful.

I have posted a complete novella, Simoné and the Final Solution. It's too agonizing to post stories of this length in parts and get little response. I entered it in the Beholden of the Heart contest; however, I'm not sure it meets the criteria as the instructions seem to have disappeared. If it does not meet the criteria, I will withdraw it from the contest.

A new release from Katie Leone. This is her first adult romance novel and it is as hot as the engine of a stock car in june after 50 laps at Daytona. There is adult content, so be warned. Take a look though and leave a review after you cool down.

This is difficult. I don't know why to say. I have tears running down my cheeks and I don't know why but I don't care. So why am I posing. Not to ask for help although I feel desperate for it I don't need it. Let me tell you a true story although the typing may be bad, I really can't see the screen very well for tears. I think I will appear ver confused which may be true but that's aright (lol).

I can't believe how excited I am. I have just been given the opportunity of a lifetime. A very influential member of the trans community has asked me to help write their biography. And when I say influential, I'm talking on a national level. So for the next 5 days or so she will be crashing on my couch and I will be putting in 8-10 hour days at the keyboard. Not only is their a major publisher already involved, but a movie coming out in March (so we're rushing to print).

You're so fat that you broke your own toilet while going to pee.

Approximately one year ago, Edeyn Hannah Blackeney passed away...

"Just remember, you're worth it."

That's the message my pastor wanted me to take away from my makeover day.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/03/transgender-rights_...

I don't know how many people know this, but I have a fan page on facebook. I usually don't post on there what I post on here unless it's a new release. The page has 114 likes, which isn't bad for a TG writer. You can find it here - https://www.facebook.com/KTLBooks

Alright is not a word. Please stop using it.

I have suffered from mild to severe depression all my life. The Dr's told me that it was a chemical imbalance in my brain and it would never go away. Thankfully, HRT has mostly fixed that, but I should say my experience with HRT does not seem to be common.

Anyway, I have learned a few things that helped me with the depression and anxiety that I though I would share.

I have just posted the next portion controlled segment of Havens Salvation. I will be making the postings smaller so there is not so much to digest at one time.

Well, I am excited and nervous about today.

Why, you ask? Because today is "Barbie" day - I got invited to come over to my pastor's house for a makeover.

I'm working on a project, and will carry through on it all on my own if necessary.

Hi as some of you may know, I recently published For The Fairest on kindle and if some of you have taken a look, you'd see that the cover of it has left a lot to be desired. So if you're an artist and liked to take a crack at drawing me a cool cover for it, I'd appreciate it greatly. PM me for more details if you're interested :)

Thanks,

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Well folks, I have a question for the panel, and the panel is you guys:

I've started to see a Cloudflare CAPTCHA when I post.

1) It doesn't say why.
2) It's annoyingly HUGE.
3) It demands on the preview, then demands again on the post.

I have a question for you all. and you may not have known her, but my mom was....someone I really idolized for her strength and tenacity. and there are many times I wanted to be like her.

The actor plays a transsexual afflicted with AIDS in the Dallas Buyer's Club and who uses 'total immersion' in his characters as his method of acting. It's suggested he's the front runner for an Oscar for best supporting actor.

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/feb/01/jared-leto-dalla...

When I went to my account page my kudos hoard appears to have disappeared. Is this from the recent work on the hard drive or do we have a kudos thief on the site?

This reflects some of what is right and so wrong with our society: http://www.buzzfeed.com/skarlan/this-92-year-old-trans-wwii-...

Had an interesting conversation recently on the subject of the role of women in comics and comic-book movies, and here is my opinion.

We're still short of our goal for January right now, after the expense of replacing a drive, renewing domain names, my own dental bill of $900 and my sending some funds to Piper to help with medical bills. If you can, please contribute toward our goal

Here's the Amazon link: Hatbox.

Gifts can be sent via PayPal to me at joyce @ qnez.com or checks or money orders to:

Joyce Melton
1001 Third St. #80
Calimesa, Ca 92320

Sorry, life has prevented me doing Bike tonight, had a long phone call from my needy friend which sort of used up my evening, which on top of a 12 hour day has sort of left no energy for scribbles.

I have failed, failed at writing( I haven't been able to write a word since I lost the ability to buy meds). I look at my kudos and see less then three hundred of them. I think I was deluding myself into believing I had some talent for writing. Yet another failure in my life. I fail to break out of my current prison, I fail to find work(averaging 3-10 applications and resume submissions a day).

I don't know what to do.

I have not seen Megan Campbell on for quite some time. Has anyone talked with her?

If you were to describe me in the fewest words possible, what words would you use?

I actually kinda need to know, its for a story idea I got ...

I have my new smartphone, just in time for my birthday today.

My birthday present here was to see that for the first time, one of my posts has passed 100 kudos!

Anam+

Since I finished writing Lashes, I've returned to completing Twisted, a mystery novel involving Brenda Watson from Runway. I stopped writing the story about five years ago and am starting to edit and continue the novel, Wow, how things have changed. I had to rewrite several chapters because Arnold isn't the Govenor anymore. The novel is about half finished, 55000 words so far and it's really quite good. At the rate I'm going it should be finished by July and I'll start posting it then. If you'd like to know what the story is about, there is a teaser called Twisted in my story list.

There is an important Video out, one of several, that I think represent the best, most positive information on Transgenderism. I posted this before but then the Hard Drive crashed and it was all lost.

I do hope that you will watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tqil7Audws

Gwen

I was just wondering what happen to the search box

I need your help. I have written my first story and I want to post the first chapter but I am nervous as a cat in a roomful of rocking chairs. I hope some of you writers that have done this can offer me a little help. My questions are simplistic I know but I want at least it to be submitted correctly.

This blog entry and the fiction entry shares some similarities. One is this area called Body where I'm writing this and where I assume I use to introduce the story. Is it also where I credit my editor? It is fanfiction for Whateley; is this also where I include disclaimers?

Having just returned from Genetic counseling there were surprises.According to the Doctors there, a karyotype is no longer exclusively used to determine gender. She said there are at least two other factors that determine that. Androgen sensitivity is one and the other is very costly to isolate. For DES folk, she acknowledged that and said that there are many other substances beside that which cause birth defects.

I do believe that sometime in the past 48 hours I encountered a piece as both story and blog, that seemed pretty heavy handedly proselytizing some religion. Of course, I noted that and just skipped it.
I thought today to look at it again in case I was being a bit too judgemental and it seems to be gone. Did I imagine it in the throes of BCTS withdrawls or what?

Joani

As far as we can tell the list of stories that were missing after the maintenance were as follows.

A Notional Treason, a 42,000 word novel in the same setting as Wine Can't be Pressed into Grapes and When Wasps Make Honey, is now available from Smashwords in EPUB format, from Barnes and Noble for the Nook, and from Amazon in Kindle format.

I wrote 'Sweat and Tears' to raise two issues. One of them was an attack on the 'forced fem' trope, which Dorothy has slapped down with her short-short. The other was as a condemnation of the abuse that has gone on for so long in care homes and places for young offenders.

Today, the BBC put this up:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-25834368

Boys lying at the foot of a flight of stairs asking other boys to jump on their legs, hoping that breaking one would get them moved away.

Unfortunately, we lost most of a day in a corrupted back up. This new drive should enable us to serve the site faster for a time, so enjoy.