Hi...

Did you ever experience that one of your characters started to scare you? It just happened to me with the protagonist of my most recent story. He started out in a rather bad situation and I invented reasons for him to be there. I filled him with life and realized I made somekind of dark prophecy about my own life. The protagonist suddenly became my author avatar and was found wanting... It made me wonder if I'm really that bad, if my life and reasoning is that shallow and depressive.

Wow. Well, I've always said that time's fun when you're having flies... or something like that. What a great place Erin and her assistants have created and maintained for us all.

Thanks to all of you for all your hard work, dedication and commitment to all us frustrated scribblers, and to those who read our efforts.

Catherine Linda Michel

Is what it says on the "My Account" section.

Sounds almost like saying four minutes and sixty seconds, doesn't it?

So anyway, it means I have been here at this site for five years.

Bloody Hell!

I don't think I've been a member of anything for that long and I owe it all to you lot.

Erin has to sit at the top of my thanks though, for if she did not have the tenacity and strength to keep this place alive, I certainly wouldn't have been here for that long and neither would any of the rest of you.

I have heard from TG wed site on yahoo, that C Sprite was going to give permision to allow one of her's stories to be posted on BCTS soon

just wanted to know when that was & will it have the last 3 chapters that are not on crystal site

will C Sprite be giving permisison for the other stories to be posted on BCTS also or just this story

i undestand that the author in involved in RL issue and just does not have the time to re post and or to finish the 2 stories

i'm looking forward to re reading them with the 3 new chapters, i'm just hoping its soon

thank
lol Jo Ann

i looked up on account and it said ive been a member for one year and 45 weeks. i was reading this site before then but just wasnt sure i was ready to join. i am glad i finally did. i enjoy the stories posted here and the opportunity to PM authors. i think think that is a great feature.
robert

Well, yesterday was rather stress-filled. First, I had to stay awake longer than normal so I could get new glasses with a "associate appreciation" coupon my work gave me. An extra 10 % on one purchase so with the staff discount added, I got 20 % off. Glasses still cost nearly $ 400, anyway. And of course, because my coupon is in my boy name and I was in femme mode, I had to explain my situation to the sales lady, not fun.

I just noticed, I've been a member here for six years, 26 weeks. That's six and a half years!

It's true, I haven't been crowing about my milestones here, so why this one? I'm not sure, really. Maybe its just because I'm amazed how long I've been hanging around? Maybe I'm just looking for a pat on the back. Who knows? I've been in a crummy mood lately, so maybe this is just me, reaching out somehow.

Those of you who've been here a few years may remember a devilishly difficult Christmas tune acronym quiz I've run over the past few years.

As it's still November, I thought I'd share with you the answer sheet - so allowing you plenty of opportunities to download it, abridge it and save a copy with the answers removed to try out on your friends / family / neighbours / colleagues etc.

Well, at 630 this morning, my work started playing Christmas music over the intercom. Its going to be a loooong couple of months ...

I wrote this first as a comment but thought it worthwhile to repeat in a blog.
Like I've said before there are elements in 'I'm Not Supergirl' that just doesn't fit into the canon universe. Additionally someone else has the canon rights to that character. Other characters are also going to appear that others have also claimed prior to me. The biggest reason for this is that I write too cotton-picking slow!

Well, as of Wednesday Morning at about 10AM CT, my name is officially Joy Anne Phillip.

The judge signed the order, and now the only things I have left to do in this journey is the SRS (which I may not get) and to tell my mother that she has four daughters now. All my boy clothes (with the exception of about 6 shirts totsl) are gone. Not having to keep two warddrobes certainly helped.

Need to get my voice higher, but I can't seem to find good voice coach stuff on the Web.

Big closet was down for me for over an hour and now that it is back up, it looks like it was hacked extremly well by a bunch of idiots. My sincere thanks go to them for causing Erin and her people all this work and heartache.

Grew up with a lot of veterans around me and with the stories they told me. I'm not talking about the politicans or if a war is right. I'm talking about the women and men that did the sweating, the bleeding and, sadly enough, the dying. Maurice (kind of grandpa/ KW vet Be), Tom (friend of Maurice / KO vet Be, Joe (J Hess/KW vet US), Thank you for spending time with a kid. To every vet's and the women and men currently in uniform, thank you.

Being Normal?

An Essay by Angharad.

I’m sitting here in my dining room, which serves as a study cum computer room and library–I use the latter term loosely, I have books all over my house, but the dining room has a few more than the others, about a thousand more but that’s not the subject of this piece.

The idea for this arose as I was dressing this morning and is one that has occurred to me many times. It’s simply this, that much of the time the sort of things I wear are not that dissimilar to the things I wore many years ago, ie before transitioning.

After so long, I finally finished my Retcon fanfic. I always knew it would end up fanfic because Lilith stated that the Man or Maid of Steel would not be making an appearance. However, I had an idea I thought was interesting and fun. I just wanted to have a little fun with the concept and run with it. Things got crazy when others finished theirs way, way before I did and helped shaped the Retcon universe. That caused me all kinds of problems until I managed to work my way around it. In the end, I finished and I'm rather happy with it.

I've done another chapter of this, so as soon as Melanie approves it, I'll post it.

Thought I'd warn you all so you can read the previous three to remember the plot line - don't forget to sprinkle comments and kudos as you go.

Angharad.

I just posted the 2012 Ultimate Writer's Challenge challenge list in the forum.

For those still interested in trying to finish enough of the 2011 set to get the prize, there's still time! It's open 'til March 1, 2012 for those who wanna try to get it, and of course, it's not like I'm gonna tell people they can't write stories off the list's ideas whenever they want anyhow.

Well, the last couple of days I've been fighting with doubts about my trans status. I'm not sure where this is coming from, unless its anxiety over the possible fight with my ex, and I'm looking for the easy way out - If I'm not trans, no fight, right? I wish I could know for sure if my rape caused this struggle, or not. I could live with either answer as long as I could have some facts on my side. Ah, well.

Seen on Richard Wiseman's blog. If you have had a sense of humour bypass or hate carefully arranged images with a passion, don't read any further.

For those of you remaining, this might tickle the cyclists among you. The photographer was presumably commissioned to produce a photograph featuring a (fully clothed!) couple posing in front of a bicycle.

Then the photographer got inspired - while the models were probably completely unaware of the rather 'interesting' framing...

http://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/a-tad-rude/

A new Gabysode and a new Peaches. I've added the link below.

http://www.maddybell.com/page600.html

Angharad.

Well, last night was a good example on why you shouldnt get a movie based on the blurb. I saw this movie at my work called "Amanda" which said it was about a "player" guy who meets the perfect girl - but dumps her when she tells him she was born a man. I'm not sure what I was hoping for, but it was a pretty pedestrian romantic comedy. He's pretty bad about the trans thing, calling her new vagina "a wound", making me wounder what she would see in him, but he learns he cant live without her, makes a big romantic gesture, and wins her back by declaring that "love has no gender".

Hello All who care to read this, i have read a lot of post recently (including my own) on depression. I, for one am glad people are starting to speak up about this potentially dangerous subject openly, as it can be deadly.

I have an offsite blog Looking Forward, Moving Forward where i write about T* issues and very often about depression and the gender gifted, but it is for everyone, no matter how they identify.

I watched this against my better judgement - usually, I stay well away from cliche TV - and on the whole was pleasantly surprised. There were still cliches, Drew takes two and half hours each day to apply her makeup, and sadly looks like she should either be on the catwalk or stage - it's OTT big time. Presumably a case of overcompensation, sadly because both she and Donna - who is all tattoos and piercings could make quite attractive females in a more conventional way. All the new women had rather male voices which also shattered the illusion they were trying to create.

Robinverse has basically blown up in my face, and I now have authors who previously were interested running like hell the other way because I made the mistake of making overt the fact that magic has subtly existed all along.

I promised I'd continue to post Becoming Robin here, and maybe I will eventually finish posting it, but for the foreseeable future, I'm going to step down as a TopShelf author.

Found this article while browsing the newspapers earlier , She might be Europe's first MP, However Georgina Beyer was elected to the New Zealand parliament in 1999 and served as an MP for 8 years

Anna-Grodska MP

Kirri

At last, all the t's are crossed and the i's are dotted. I am officially home full time-no more nursing home! I can't believe I'm 700 stories behind! I will catch up, though! Time to start reading!

Wren

Wouldn't you know it! Now that I've finally got stuff to post and am being productive again, here comes a disruption, A Really Big One. Understanding Spouse has been transfered from Columbia SC to Clearwater Fl. There's not a pay increase but they are picking a large chunk of the moving cost. Additionally, there has been talk of closing the office here in Columbia anyways. Better a job in Fl. than unemployed in SC if you know what I mean. Plus the standard of living is about the same or so I'm assured by the web.

I've been beavering away at two different stories that are funny at times and quite poignant others, and I am doing an extensive scriptural study along with exhaustive notes and am feeling quite drained.

Both stories were meant to be dramas with postively comical moments in them and now I find it quite difficult to keep them that way, at times breaking out in tears, and thunder for no real reason. My God, I thought my drama days were long over!

Come on, can writing really be that draining or am a simply a selfish wimp?

Much peace

Gwendolyn

One of my ebooks on Lulu, "Fashion Class", has a glitch that repeated a chapter, overlaying it on the following chapter. The text of Chapter 21 fills Chapter 22, with the very important Chapter 22 text gone.

Splitting up a story…

For those who have been following the numbers, I have finished the Tegan story. While it is only 160 pages and 56.7k words it was difficult to write for a number of reasons. But its completion means I can get back to other things that I want to finish. Now I can do more 300 Rains, Journey is the Destination, Whateley, Kim Possible and other fun stuff that is out there like Chalice and the Wand. The editing phase of this will take a bit but not be as time consumptive as the writing nor as problematic. So I am really excited to be finished.

I'm sure it's been discussed here before, but I was curious if there are any rules or discouragement for a story that might be considered "fan fiction"? I ask because I was developing a story that involves the setting, but none of the characters of a commercially published work. Do you just need a disclaimer or should derivative works be avoided? I don't want to cause the site any trouble.

Thanks,
Melanie

Why does it have to be that I love to write, but I hate both english and communications? I would just be so much easier if I didn’t have to go to take these classes in university.

Word Processors…

I'm recruiting authors to join my new universe, the DarkRealms. I've already written one story for it, Life is Precious. Maggie and Lilith have both contributed as well, both their stories are still currently on the front page for those of you who haven't read them. So if anyone is interested in writing a story, PM me and pitch me an idea :)

EOF

I'm coming back! There are a few more things to take care of yet, but I'm now able to get in my house safely, so I should be home for good sometime in the coming week. There is now a ramp for my wheelchair, so until my stump is healed and I can use my prosthetic, I can still get in.

For romantics everywhere

This has no transgender element in the story. However, for all of the visitors to this site who love a good romantic story this is for you.

He has arranged it all just to propose, so click the link and shed a tear of happiness.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2057689/Groom-YouTub...

Perhaps one of the writers on this site could use something similar in one of their stories.

Love to all

Anne G.

I saw this article in today's Guardian, which has possible implications for scientists understanding and ultimately treating Alzheimers.

It has absolutely nothing to do with transgenderism but does have an amazing picture of a fluorescent micrograph of a mouse's hippocampus (part of the brain).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/neurophilosophy/2011/nov/0...

Angharad

Well, I'm back. More later, writing now.

I am lucky, as most of my stories have a good number of comments and kudos.

However, some very good stories by brilliant authors don’t get many of either and that’s a shame. I am sure that some writers are put off by the apparent lack of response when just a few more comments or kudos might give them the encouragement to continue.

The reasons are probably many, a few of which are the very success of the site, the sheer number of stories to read and the lack of time to read everything.

Rami

Aleksa Lundberg, Swedish Transgender Actress, Mourns Forced Steriliztion

Saw this article. Thought it would be of interest to this community. See link below. This seems to be truly harsh and cruel. I can see no justification for it. I wonder if anyone here can justify this or support it.

RAMI

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/02/transgender-forced-...

Happy Birthday Darling Lisa Dani,
Have the bestest day ever,
Love and big Hugs,
Diana

This would do it for sure-
http://sinfest.net/comikaze/comics/2011-11-03.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-1F-CokXNU A kitten VS apples

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjtwZ97h85E

I needed a good feel good video, and so does everyone else.

Oh yeah, can't forget Cookie the penguin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fbt1fVfi-g

This makes me feel so nasty. I think he should go to prison

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwAFJbJmSpQ&oref=http%3A%2F%2...