Maiden by Decree got a bit delayed because Phoebe (my muse) decided this new story was the one to play with. On Wings of Shadow is about dark fairies, transformations, and things like that. I will be alternating between this new one and Maiden, though. As the muse allows.

Okay, for a short while (hopefully less than a week) my internet woes are back. I shall endeavour to get things going as fast as possible. In the meantime, I will go ahead now and say that Violet Ajah 2 and 3 both will be posted by next Friday, with a possibility of more of that... and some other stuff (Sk8r Grrls, Dear Diary, Actress, Carlotti's Way, Sticks & Stones, Girlwind, and maybe a couple of other surprises).

Sorry, folks!

Edeyn

Well who would have thought I'd still be churning out this stuff more than eighteen months later? I know I write the stuff, Bonzi has a problem hitting the keys on a laptop - but I have little control over the characters, they just do what they do and I watch and write it down. This goes to prove that I'm totally bonkers, I suppose, nothing new there then.

Don't worry! I shall endeavour to get it posted before I sleep tonight, despite the fact that I'm moving yet again today! If it's not up tonight, it'll be up by noon tomorrow (Central U.S. time)

I had hoped to have another installment of Sissy up tonight for you all, but since my editor and honey love is going into the hospital tomorrow for a cardiac cath, the story isn't fully edited.

Things up in the air for a bit... the next time I can guarantee a DD update after tonight is Tuesday.

There is too much going on at present for me to figure something fun for 1 April this year.

I'm working, I'm working!

Click on the Friday Featured Freelancer link in the Shortcuts! box to see how she answered the questions!

Catherine Linda Michel -
The Rest Of The Stories
Including works using the pen name Cathy_t_

Catherine Linda Michel is a warm, loving, single transwoman. A denizen of the Great White North...not the Yukon, Western New York, Cathy claims to brush more snow off her coat than most people shovel. Cathy is presently retiered due to health reasons. She has been writing for over ten years, solely on the internet, but has published HEADLIGHTS GIRL, achieving a lifetime goal. She thanks all those who have helped her along the way, for their kindness, and help. She sends love and hugs to all her fans and friends on the internet.

Well, Kaiser came through again.

In looking at my latest blood work, I did some online research to find out what some of the items were. Along the way, I found a website that may be of particular interest to those of our ladies who reside in the UK.

http://www.pfc.org.uk/node/613

My Dermatology Doctor is interested in this family of tests in an effort to resolve a scalp condition I have developed that causes bloody lesions there. It is frustrating that she seems unfamiliar with the changes in Endocrinology that T folk experience.

All of the ones I put in the Shortcuts were meant to be up today. I'm going to try to get them up by the end of the weekend. I've been all distracted by the getting in of firewood and such, and then internet is making me not able to hit here except sporadically.

So... sorry. But I'm gonna keep trying.

EEEEEP If you want to be in on the drawing for this weeks Friday Featured Freelancer, send me a PM or comment on this blog!

Edeyn

Just wanted to tease you all. I'm in the middle of writing episode 21 of P&P and the Train has wrecked, the shit has hit the fan, the house of cards has collapsed.

neener, neener, neener :P

Many of the long time readers will know of Wendy J and her epic story Midnight Downloads, but if you have started reading since the first President Bush took office, you may have never heard of her or seen the story. Wendy was upset over the election and withdrew her works from the sites she had posted them.

It's my good friend and editor's birthday on wednesday the 25th. I won't tell you how old she is, except according to the Bible, she's on borrowed time.

Dear Anistasia: It is a Bad Tuesday Morning - NO PRINCESS AND THE PLAGUE

I've been reading your stories and you are costing me more and more boxes of tissues.

That's it, no more mixing with sodding Muggles.

If there is something that folks think needs to go in the glossary each chapter, let me know, and I'll see if I need to add it!

We all have dreams, at least I hope you do. Our dreams, not aspirations, probably reflect many of our desires, fears, hopes and events in the past and expected. I see it expressed in many of the stories concerning transformation that the persons dreams are permeated with the individual being in the physical form they have desired. They dream about finding their ideal partner, and other fantasy filled scenarios relating to their transgendered state.

I don't know what the Cable TV channel lineups are from state to state, but if you have LOGO TV, 139 for me, it may be interesting for you. It seems to be a GBLT channel. I am watching a program right now that features a dozen or so 20 somethings who are going to live together as they are trained to be performers. One of them is a rather pretty transwoman. It is coed housing. I am wishing the transgirl was a little more confident. Really, that is the only tip off that she is trans. It is like looking in the mirror for me. Hope this works for you.

Stereotypes, we've all heard and seen them mew, and every single time all they do is offer a ridiculousness and place us in a box that we don't really need mew. For instance, the umbrella term transgender has more than just one category. Transgender by definition covers transvestite, crossdresser, bi gender, meta gender, androgynous, neuter gender, gender queer, gender #%$%, transsexual, and anyone who identifies outside of the binary gender system that identifies as transgender.

This is currently being run on AOL and elsewhere. We went through this controversy decades ago and it was resolved. Poor Sarah Gronert, she wants to play tennis and is reasonably good and a few bigots want to steal that from her. I have not seen any mention of what her chromosomal makeup is. I'll research later.

http://www.aolhealth.com/condition-center/womens-sexual-heal...

That's Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests itself.

I decide to water my flowers in the front garden.

Dimelza Cassidy asked me to delete her stories and blogs, which I did. She told me why and it rang true. . .but I won't repeat what she said because she didn't ask me to provide an explanation.

First off, I'd like to say that I know nothing about the politics of Northern Ireland. And, I will freely admit to being very ignorant about the early history of the area.

Just to prove that Book 2 is not a myth. I have reached page 176, and am still going strong.
Here is a brief glimpse of part of Chapter One......................

Getting some teeth pulled tomorrow, so I may not be on much. Also, my iMac seems to be ill, freezing at odd times. Hope that can be solved.

I have just received the legal paperwork, which I must fill out and file, that will begin the process of legally changing my name!!

I am on disability due to my weight. Through Medicare, I have 20 rides per year. Well, I was told that after the twenty were used up that I would get twenty more that year by the sales rep. that convinced me to go with the medicare provider he was with.
Turns out that I only get twenty per year and medicaid in my state takes over a month to get you the vouchers to pay for the rides.
Tried to tell my brother, but he says that I should have been ready. How can I when I was lied to?

It is the 16th and I have been unable to pay my bills due to the non arrival of my fabled, much promised retirement check. I am working very hard to suspend my disbelief that it will ever happen. I have three letters that promised that I would have it by the 11th. Well we all know about this sort of thing.

So, if I disappear off line and off SKYPE it is not because I have done anything asinine like suicide.

Gwendolyn

I have learned a lot by writing A Little Fox Tale. I had never written fiction before (unless you counted the enlisted evaluations I had to write in the military), and was unsure of the pacing and style. Also, I knew nothing about dialog. Getting my hands on and reading a copy of Inspiration for Writers by Sandy Tritt, and a copy of Mugging the Muse by Holly Lisle helped a lot.

I just posted the final part of my book, Daring to Hope. It is the sequel to Standing Up to Life, and the second of the three book trilogy. I hope you all have enjoyed the book as I have posted it this week, and I look forward to your thoughts on the third book this summer! :-) Thank you all for the comments, I really do appreciate them!
-Tiffany Shar

Having problems with plots? Muse lying around like an old dog on a cold day? Here's a list that might get that moribund mastiff off its haunches!

For the past 2 1/2 hours, I've been a cheerleader! Woo hoo!!

I got a cheerleader simulation video game and it is like so much fun! Go team!! :)

And how *is* Stella doing these days?

Last we heard, she was still in hospital.

I'm writing what I know and what excites me, but apparently it's not that thrilling to others. I'm getting reads, but very few votes or comments.