well, I had a productive day off today. I took a load of my old boy clothes to a charity, and then took my bottles to the depot to be recycled. The lady at the depot called me Ma'am, which was a nice touch. Then I took the money I had made and got a pedicure done, which really made me very happy, even if I found the lady who worked on me rather brusk. The end result of it was I now have radioactive pink toenails, which will keep me smiling for a bit.

Nice to actually get some stuff done, you know?

I updated the DarkRealms Universe Main page with the link to the wiki that the writers and I have been working hard on for months.

I'll post a link to it here as well: http://deltabetazeta.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

Here's a new syndrome that some might find interesting.

Althernating Gender Incongruity (AGI)
Some people appear to switch gender identities spontaneously. Although I know nobody who has this condition, it is something of which we should all be aware.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/04/19/...

http://www.metroweekly.com/news/?ak=7288

I know I have gotten some people worried and I am in a dark place, but I will not hurt myself. It is just that I feel so alone and when things happen to me I no longer have my aunt to call and that just compounds things. After the latest episode, I just felt like a hamster on one of those wheels... churning my legs for all my worth but never being able to get anywhere.

I want to explain what happened and why I am in the shape I am in.

SaraUKs TMAW chapter will be posted later tonight as I've got to go help a friend for a few hours.

Huggles
SammiK

Mom took an immediate job in one of the agricultural sheds since Aunt Opal would stay at home to take care of me and John. Dad soon joined Mom, sorting fruit and vegetables for shipment. I seem to remember this as being cantaloupes, but that doesn't seem right since we arrived in fall after most of the melons would have already been harvested.

I want to introduce y'all to this author on BC. She's a damn good writer and has penned some really good stories that are posted here. She's even got a story/novel on Amazon. Who is this paragon, you may be asking?

I bought a nice mountain bike with 24 gear ratios (eight sprockets in the back, three up front,) 29" knobby tires, and shock absorbers front and back.

It's nothing like what Bev and Ang and Cyclist ride, but it suits the dirt road and trails around here. In fact, it's probably less expensive than just the frames that they have. It appears to be made out of aluminum, not titanium or graphite.

Near the end of the three weeks, Aunt Grace got a phone call from Aunt Opal, the oldest of the sisters. Aunt Opal lived in Brawley, California a town almost as much like Casa Grande as Cleveland is like Chicago, which is to say, quite a lot and not at all.

I just noticed my kudos count was 66666, dunno if it has any esoteric meaning or not, not that into numerology or Gematria. On a purely superficial level, I presume it means one or two folk like my offerings.

For everyone who's sent me a kudos, many thanks.

Angharad.

My new book, "Role Of A Lifetime", should be available at Amazon in the next few hours. They've assured me the glitches I saw in the preview aren't there, so I have to trust them.

And trust you! For those of you who commented and wrote me that you prefer Kindle versions, please let me know if your copy is okay. If you've read my other books, you have them for comparison, for formatting, table of contents, and so on. The general look of the thing. If there's anything amiss, I'll fix it.

A couple of weeks ago, Max's school was out for spring break, and so Max, Fanficwriter and I went on a major road trip.

I found this while browsing the news sites this morning and thought it would be of interest to some readers.

Blossom

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/20/earliest-painting-o...

Had a bit of terrible news last night. One of my friends has commited suicide in Penarth, near Cardiff, Wales, UK.

Her body was found in Cosmeston lake and it it suspected she's taken an overdose before throwing herself in.
Aerie was a manic depressive who had tried 3 times before to end it all. It seemed none of us could help her shed the burdens she carried.

Rest in peace Aerie. I'll so, so-oo miss you!

A beautiful, beautiful friend!!!

Quick question to you all: Should I post the first chapter of my DRU story now or should I wait until I have several chapters done first? The first chapter is already done and edited, ready to go. So, you all let me know what you will prefer and I will post as you will.

There is a new Karin Bishop book: "Role Of A Lifetime"

It's available now in all formats at Smashwords here (some folks have complained about Smashwords being tough to navigate):
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/152970

Having a little difficulty with the Amazon Kindle version, but should have things ironed out there in a day or two. In the meanwhile, Kindle versions are available at Smashwords, as well as EPUB, PDF, and other formats. And it's only $4.99!

Here's the synopsis:

Meh. I had originally intended, and openly written about, calling chapter 49 of Somewhere Else Entirely "A Day of Ceremonies". Fool! I ought to have known better! Some of my minor characters had other ideas...

So, everything suddenly exploded on me, as unintended consequences frequently do.

One Year

Well I logged in this morning and noticed that I've been a member of BCTS a year now. I was a little surprised by this since that time seems to have flown by. There's something special about this place it's not just a place for posting stories it's a community and I'm really grateful to be a part of that. I'd like to thank everyone for making me feel so welcome this last year.

Well off I go... Work beckons...

There seems to be a lot of "negative" news stories coming out of my country lately. The transgender beauty contestant or the gender not matching appearance on a passport as prominent examples...

Well, here's something that provides a little hope. Ontario looks like it's poised to take a step forward in transgender rights: changing gender without SRS.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/04/19/surge...

Although I'm sure the comments will be a mixed...

I am just full of excuses.

I actually had this lastest episode of Wrong side of the bed written a few months ago, but one of my beta's suggested a few changes. Before I could do so, I had my car stolen, it was recovered 4 days later at the cost of $1,000 total due to towing and repairs.

Hey Gang,

Just wanted to remind you or inform you that you can leave reviews on Amazon even if you didn't buy an item from them. We have several authors now who have put their wares up on Amazon and need reviews and stars to help others know how good they are. I've left a couple so far for stories I read, one on here and one on Kindle. As I catch up with my reading I plan on adding more reviews.

Unless anonymity is an issue, lets all leave reviews for books/stories we've read that are on Amazon for sale. Spread the word with good reviews and 5 stars!!

{{Hugs}}

Frank

Sorry, another 12hr day, too tired to write anything tonight, especially having spent the previous hour listening to a friend whinge on the phone.

Hopefully will feel better tomorrow.

Angharad

Well, despite the temptation to wallow in feeling down, I'm fighting back. Yeah, sometimes, life sucks, but you got to carry on. Its not in good times you find out who you are, but how you deal with troubles. So I'm going to keep fighting to find positive things in my life, no matter how hard I have to look. I'm a stronger woman than my fears would have me believe, and I can do this.

I am very sad today as my cat passed away. She was a sweet affectionate cat and I will miss terribly. Celeste rest in peace, I miss you and I was glad that I was able to give you love.

The song, "Big Rock Candy Mountain" may have saved my Aunt Opal's life back in 1951. It happened like this:

well, I just had a nightmare, and in the process I actually managed to pop out my knee a bit. I've just about had it with the whole thing....

ABC News

By JULIA KATHAN and SHEILA MARIKAR (@SheilaYM)
April 18, 2012

Dick Clark, the music industry maverick, longtime TV host and powerhouse producer who changed the way we listened to pop music with "American Bandstand," and whose trademark "Rockin' Eve" became a fixture of New Year's celebrations, died today at the age of 82.

Clark's agent Paul Shefrin said in statement that the veteran host died this morning following a "massive heart attack."

Well, I just came home from a tour of the school Sam will be going to in September. It looks fantastic. I think she'll do well there.

well, I'm making some progress on my "quest" story. I've now done 20 chapters, almost 30,000 words. I've also got a "road map" so I know basically where the story is going from here. The way I see it, it should take 5 more chapters to wrap things up, and if I can average just over 2,000 words per, I'll go over the magic 40,000 word mark, and have an honest-to-goodness novel on my hands.

New video games, so the more writing intensive stories like The Season of Change and Blood, Dust, and Silver are being put on the back burner for a while.

I'll still be working on them, but probably not going to get much done. Might get a new BD&S by friday, as I'm already halfway done with the new chapter.

Luckilly I've had the Minion Eighteen story brewing for a while, so I can probably knock those out pretty quickly.

Firstly, just to let everyone know what I'm up to.

Something that really annoys me (and I know it will annoy many of you) is to be reading an enjoyable story that is never finished.

I plead guilty to doing just that... too often for my own liking, so I apologise to all who desperately want me to finish several of my stories.

I make no excuses, as I just get carried away with too many new ideas.

I am making this Blog post for two reasons, one; to keep you updated and so you will know why I'm not posting any new material for a while,

and

First off, thank you all for the twenty responses I got and for the responses Grover got on his thread. That was very cool and gave me a warm fuzzy. I did kind of need that.

As for the surgery itself, it went great. They got the majority of the stones on both sides, easily getting the larger stones, and leaving some of the smaller, more easily passable stones. It took the full two hours to accomplish as there was a lot to do. The docs really worked hard to take care of me and do it right.

Here is an interesting study....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP4zr0agHSM&feature=relmfu

Well, things could get very dicey here after the election. One of the candidates of the party most likely to win is on record as saying gays and lesbians will burn in hell. Now, he's trying to say he said that as a pastor, not as a politician, but the party is also on record as saying it will allow marriage commissioners to not recognize a gay couple that comes in to get married, even though gay marriage is perfectly legal here.

Sigh.

Hi.

Just a not that I have managed to get a short story published in the latest edition of Transliving Magazine.
See the direct link here: TRANSLIVING

For those that are interested, this is the blurb on the issue in question: -

TransLiving Issue 37 --- The world's largest and best-selling full colour Transgender & Cross-Dressing Lifestyle Magazine.
Available as an eBook or hard copy.

In this issue:

that i'll be away in Germany for a week or so which means no new Gaby until next week.

Bye for now

This morning the MSNBC Melissa Harris-Perry show she had a TG discussion. It was a positive, progressive discussion and dealt with real issues the TG community deals with. The video is online at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/47054424#47054424

From the main website:

...I feel like I should be wishing people a Happy Tax Day, but that isn't today this year.

I don't think there will be any new part being added to my Project Guardian book two this week due to SamanthaK having some real life stuff to sort out.
I've not seen her to speak to in a few days now, so I don't have any more details for you. I can only guess that real life has once again struck.

Sorry to the few people that were enjoying the story, and I hope that it will continue soon.

hugs

SaraUK

For those who have been following the saga, my kidney stone surgery is finally here. Tomorrow, at 7-730 am central time I will be having my uretoscopy. It will be a 2 hour surgery, since they have to go after stones in both kidneys and the one that has been trying to push free. Hopefully it won't be too bad. By noon I should be leaving the hospital and on my way home, where I will be drugged up and lounging around. So fun fun fun.

London's dystopian Olympics: criminal sanctions for violating the exclusivity of sponsors' brands

BOING BOING | APRIL 14, 2012
By Cory Doctorow at 5:50 am Saturday, Apr 14

Well. That's the end of 'The Ram'

Some have said the end seemed a bit rushed and a bit cruel. I feel I must in part agree with them. Not all stories can have happy endings and death comes to us all sooner ... or later.

I was getting slightly jealous of Daphne and wondering where to take her. This ending exorcises any lingering problems I had.

I saw this, and was saddened. A father beat his new baby girl to death for being born a girl. He is in custody, I wonder what his sentence will be?

WARNING, PICTURE OF GIRL IS ATTACHED TO THIS LINK! DO NOT CLICK IF YOU CAN'T HANDLE IT!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47019898

Words can not do this justice.

Los Angeles to House Transgendered Inmates Separately at City Jail, Offer Hormone Treatments

This seems like a progressive step. However will there be complaints from those undergoing or completed MtF transitions on Not being housed with the other women and vise versa for FtM transitioners?

What to you think?

Rami

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/la_jail_to_house_tran...

..To all of you who left comments on Dreamer: Part 7.

It can be disheartening to write something, to see that hundreds of people read it, but only a handful leave a comment. To have such a response in reply to my question was most pleasing and very humbling.

So, in response to the generally expressed view that I should continue, I shall.

To clearly show it is a different section, I shall take the remainder of this story from a different perspective, and look back from a point in Pippa's future.

I hope you like it.