As strange as it may sound, I'm rather hoping that the doctor who will do my 2nd opinion does more than just rubber-stamp me onto the SRS waiting list.

I hope he takes the time and effort to make sure of me, because sometimes I'm less than sure myself, and having a medical person confirm my status would help me deal with those anxieties.

But, only time will tell - 3 weeks and 4 days, to be exact.

I just posted the last Chapter of Odyssey III

For the few people who hit it quickly, I accidentally reposted Chapter 13. Upon realizing my error I quickly corrected my blooper.

I hope you enjoy Krista's latest!

Thanks

Jennifer Sue

As I performed my normal look over at Fictionmania for what stories and chapters were new today I noted that Danielle J and/or Elrod W posted MAU - Rules and Author's Notes in which they give the backstory, the rules, and some FAQs about the Morphic Adaptation Units, Mark V, for the MAU universe, along with some final notes about 'reserved' characters.

I am Bob Arnold's Niece...it has been almost a year since he has been gone and it seems like only yesterday i was getting advice from him about my laptop....he would be so upset with me right now for being off the computer for all most a year but it was so hard for me to even get on and look at anything he did or helped with. I am still healing and I am getting better....I thought I would just drop in here and let everyone know that the family is glad that his site is still up and going and that ppl still know and speak of him.

Well, yesterday was a bit of a mixed day. First, I went to my daughter's grad, and it went really well, which was the good part of the day. Best of all, I wore female clothes, (abet very androgynous ones), and didnt have an issue with my ex or my daughter.

The better happened about halfway through my shift - Some of you might remember me blogging a couple of years back while I was working for Zellers about working in the Health and Beauty section, and getting depressed looking at the pretty women on the boxes.

http://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/resources/pdfs/TransAgingPoli...

This is a study detailing the unequal access to medical and other resources by the aging trans population. As is noted in the link, it is a pdf file and has some substance to it.

Well, the latest page is up, I hope that you enjoy it, if you do or you have anything constructive to say please leave a comment, I don't know if I am making a mess of things or not otherwise :).
Here is a link to the latest episode.

http://wishful-thinking2.smackjeeves.com/comics/

Enjoy!

Okay. A news story this morning has me wondering, nay, in fact astounded!

It seems that there is a forest fire somewhere in the U.S. Not unusual, right? However! the report stated that some aircraft which were involved in fighting the fire were grounded because of METEORS in the sky, which would have endangered the aircraft!

Is this the beginning of some subtle invasion from "out there" somewhere... the beginning of the raprture again? The harbinger of the forecasted end of the world on Dec 21st?

WTF?!?!?!

METEORS interrupting the battle against a forest fire??

This one is from the Gaby Bond universe and is a fan fic. All I recall is that Gabby/Drew meets a kid who is handicapped and in a wheelchair. Near the end he takes the kid for a ride with him. Which one was it

Sorry for the late posting of the story... had some issues, as Terpsi took a vacation in the middle of things. That was very annoying. And then there was checking to see if some things were okay with the PTB which in all honesty only took a day so no worries there. I should be able to get the next Kit and Kin out sooner. So, sorry folks, it was not my intention to have this big a gap between postings.

Another book 8 chapter is posted, Book 3 2nd Edition will hopefully be available later today and i've just finished the second stanza of book 10! phew!

It would all be going quicker if i had a reliable internet connection!

ttfn

Mads

My muse has really been working hard lately. I do have the beginning and the closing for part 5 the final chapter done for this story, but I'm still working on the middle, which is a very important part for the progression to the end. I'll get it right though and when I do I'll post it without delay.

As I grow at the wordsmyth-ing racket, I find it fun, even entertaining to use words that the reader must pull out their Dyctionary to sus out the meaning.

Well, using Google Chrome, I think that they have a spell checker running that analyses everything I pen. Lately, I do notice that their spell checker seems less and less able.

Has anyone noticed this. Is Google deliberately dumming down, or is it simply due to the fact that there is a huge influx of young employees who have no respect for the trade?

Gwendolyn

There are two legal maters that I am dealing with right now; one is a case against me and one is a case against people who stole from me. I got updates on both and figured I would share them. As you can gather, with all the stress I am under, I really haven't had the mental energy to continue writing and I apologize for that. I will continue the cure as soon as possible, but I wouldn't be able to tell you when.

Some readers of my stories on BCTS have asked that they be converted to ebook formats for Kindle, iPads, and so on. I'm touched that they like the stories so much that they want permanent copies on their ereaders!

My plan was to price them at the minimum, 99 cents, since you've read them already. However, Amazon will only the minimum price to be $2.99, but all

This is to let everyone know why "...never a Bride" has not had another chapter yet. Mostly it's because I haven't written it yet, but let me continue.

My wife and I love video games. She is a big gamer from way back, and I've just spent way too much time playing.

That being said, the works of BioWare seem to have fit a perfect nitch for us, in that it allows me the FPS light that I really enjoy (the Uncharted series is one of my favories) and gives her the ability to "pick the choices" which she loves as well.

Still not getting much writing done. But I am trying to get back into shape.

As part of this, I'm trying to put in more time on the bike.

...or, What does one do when one's muse hurts them?

When I write, I draw deeply on my life's events. With that as a wellspring, I then try to either create a cohesive story out what has happened to me, or embellish these events to create 'worlds' that didn't exist yet are things I wish would have happened. In Andy's Diary, the events are all true and little is embellished -- only as it said on Dragnet, names have been changed to protect .....

I was actually a bit worried, nothing was past due but things were getting tight. And knowing that everyone has their own expenses I wasn't sure anyone would be able to help out. But plenty of you cam through with donations and in two days, we reached goal for June and got a start on July.

Yay, us! :)

I'll be gone for a week in July but I'll have my laptop with me and Piper and my other helpers will be around to keep things on an even keel. Let's have a great summer!

Hugs to all,
Erin

I got a request to expand a concept for someone, and to do it publicly, so, here we go. It might end up a little long, but consider this to be a little bit of my personal view on what makes compelling conflict.

So, you've come up with the wonderful hero, Peter the Protagonist. He'll save the damsels, stand for the eradication of bigotry, and generally be a swell guy. Now you just need to throw a villain at him and everything will be set and you have yourself a story.

Well, apparently I cant hide it very well when I'm having a bad flashback.

I was at the pot-luck dinner for my trans support group, and started having real problems, when a couple of people made a point of asking me if I was okay.

Of course, I wasnt, but by keeping myself engaged in my surroundings through what I could feel, see, hear, and even smell, I was able to ride it out and get back to normal.

I got a very nice card from my son today, in addition to the nice ecard he picked out,

his personal note to me was:

Happy Father's Day to the best of the best! I hope Kristy has a wonderul day too.

Love, ...

According to my wife, FanFicWriter, he wrote it himself (with her assistance on spelling and grammer lol)

A very nice treat for today.

Here is wishing to all of you out there that are Father's, a very happy Father's Day to you as well.

Hugs,

Kristy

Brief synopses:

John is shot interfering with a carjacking. His wife, Krista and her two sisters give him some of their life force to save him. It worked and makes him female and genetically their sisters. The three original sisters are from a parallel universe. In one section they travel back to the other Earth.

Has anyone heard from her recently? We don't always see eye to eye on things, but I miss the pithy bloggs and comments. I hope she's okay and just busy.

It's June 16th and we're a bit in the hole. We didn't make the subscription goal for last moth and this month is half over. I know not everyone can do so, but if you can, please, send us a few bucks via the Hatbox Membership request box on the side bar. It really does take about $40 bucks a day to keep this place open.

Thanks and hugs,
Erin

Well, on Mother's day I talked a bit about how that day and Father's day can suck for people who dont fit the gender stereotype, but today, with Father's day being tomorrow, I wanted to talk a little about some of the challenges I have being one.

First, you have to understand that I was totally not prepared for parenthood, to but it mildly. This was not just because of my gender issues, or my overall mental health, both of which have played a part in my struggle to be a good parent, but because I had no role model in my own life to draw on in terms of what a good dad looked like.

Can someone explain who votes these idiots into government?

http://jezebel.com/5918493

Well, I had a super hard day at work in terms of trying to get stuff done, and I'm paying for it with a stiff neck, sore shoulders, and general tiredness. Added to that, I'm losing my up part of my bipolar cycle, which means I'm headed down, and fast ...

To make things totally yucky, after reading a story on here that had a forced sexual moment, I started flashing, and really havent stopped so much as have small breaks between flashes.

Ah, well.

This has to count as one of the most bizzare stories ever to come out of the world of sport:

A female Indian athlete who won a gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games appeared in court on Friday charged with raping her former lover who has alleged that she is actually a man. Pinki Pramanik was remanded in custody for 14 days to await trial on allegations that she repeatedly raped her female live-in partner.

Source: AFP (via Yahoo)

When I first started this universe, everything was going fine. There was the right balance of story and characters, enough to populate the town and keep it still mysterious. Now however, the town has been starting to get flooded with characters and all different kinds of stories, all of which that seem to be happening at once. So sadly there is going to be a new DRU rule from now: No More Stories in Ravencrest.

I hate to do this but there's really no other way. The town is just too crowded now and not everything can happen at the same time.

THAT AND MORE I’LL DO

I would cross mountains, rivers and valleys if I needed to find you
I would brave storms, cyclones, dragons no matter what
Just to be able to look into those beautiful eyes
And feel the glory of being at your side
Because I have always known that I need you,
That and more I’ll do.

If the cost of gaining that fresh smile from your soul is so high
If one glorious day I can get you here close by my side
Would it mean I must offer up the dearest thing I own?
Gladly would I pay that, whatever the cost

Heya peeps! Long time no hear, right?

Let's kick this thing off right, then.

How many here can tell me the difference between good writing and great writing?

Anybody?

A tough question, right? After all, there are so many ways to judge a particular work. Great characters, but crappy story line? A great story, but terrible dialogue? Mediocre everything, but nothing particularly wrong with any one part? What makes a work of writing good, and what makes one bad?

Bears Know Best

A New Novel by Tiffany Shar!

I'm pleased to announce that I will begin posting my new novel, 'Bears Know Best' tomorrow evening here on BC. I will be releasing it here as a serial work, or you may purchase the full edition on Lulu.com beginning tomorrow as well. This book is a standalone work outside of my Standing Up to Life Series. I hope you will all enjoy it!