Sue Brown has asked me to tell you that there will be a few slight delays to forthcoming chapters of Changes and Football Girl for the time being, because her mother is ill in hospital and she has gone to be near her.

I originally bought an IPAQ several years ago to read stories on and that proved to be too impractical; too small. Now, I am seeing a thing called a "Kindle" and I wonder if anyone else here has tried one. It seems as if the "pages" are as large as a paperback novels'.

Over the years we have all sought out books to read, before we found this wonderful site. Thanks Erin.
So I thought I would list a few of the one’s I have found and read.

There is an episode of the show "Mental" on the Fox Television network on a teenage girl who sets herself on fire because she was a boy who was forcibly changed to a girl because her mother wanted a girl and could not stand to look at her son.

Hugs,

Jenna From FL

I have been using poser for ages now, and I LOVE playing with fonts and graphics. If anyone is interested in a customized cover for a story they are writing, please send me a PM. If I think I can make something pretty and fun, I'll give it a shot:) Below is an example of one that I made for a story a I wrote some time ago.....ignore the typos:O

I began HRT while still receiving Social Services assistance. I was initially diagnosed by my therapist and then had it confirmed by a shrink who, while not necessarily agreeing that I was a good candidate for SRS, still started me on hormones and T-blockers.

Who in their right mind would have thought that I'd still be scribbling away at Cathy's trials and tribulations, two years after writing what was going to be a blog about getting soaked to the skin while out riding on Dolly (the picture of the bike at the end of most episodes) in a thunderstorm. Instead, I turned it into what was primarily a comedy romance, which evolved into an adventure story and finally into a soap - exploring some of the issues of being transgendered/ transsexual, and trying to live a normal life as a female.

Does anyone know a bit of Scots Gaelic?

I'm having trouble with a name: Ash Geo Mor, the name of a shallow cove, or possibly a sea stack, or skerry, near the village of Lybster in Caithness.

First of all I would like to thank those of you who have taken the time to comment. I really do appreciate the effort you take to pull me out of my depression. I am in a bit of a quandry. There are five more postings to be made and my wonderful spouse and I are leaving this continent in five days. My original goal was to post "Five Love Stories en Brochette" before we left; however, time may make it difficult to do so. I might check out how to do the delayed posting. There is another option. I could stop posting and pick up after we return in the first week of August.

An update on my status.

Melisssa Dawne Northe, better known as Prairie_Girl64 posted her autobuography 'Tragedy Of The Spirit' died about this time last year.

That's the last part of "A Winter's Tale" loaded.

Since I've gotten some great feedback on the last post, I'm making you read another:P

It was a while back that I posted few chapters to a story. I stopped writing it because I was getting bogged down and when I reread the 3rd chapter, I felt like my grocery list was more exciting.

The next chapter of "The Assignment" is coming within the next day or so. The last few days have been filled with family stuff and doctor visits. I just started seeing a new Endocrinologist on Friday. She ordered bloodwork on me this morning and then I have another appt. in August with another new doctor. I finally have all female doctors at last! I will be able to ditch that insensitive S.O.B male GP I have had for years. Anyway, watch for my feelings on the subject in the next chapter. Alyce is no longer going to be quiet about things that have happened to her.

Due to the fact that I have just published the latest Football Girl and I don't want to infest the site with too many Susan Brown stories at once, the next chapter of Changes is not going to be up tomorrow. (Do I hear cheers?)

I apologise for any inconvenience caused and can assure you that normal services will resume as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patience.

Sue

Yesterday, I clicked on one of the Jewel Box links on the TopShelf home page. It was Jewel Box Two: a page listing "stories that appeared on Big Closet approximately two years ago today."

Scrolling down towards the bottom, what do we see?

Next to one another are the first two episodes of EAFOAB, with part 1 dated July 17, 2007. Funnily enough, the events of the past week have seen the destruction of one Cathy's very expensive carbon-fibre bikes, as happened in the original episode.

Wow, I'm jacked. It only took three years for Mialing to reach three thousand reads. This is my favorite story which was written years ago and as I read it again, I realize there are some very glaring mistakes in it. I'm going to try to fix them and make the story better, but don't let that keep you from reading a nice love story with some really messed up people. Thank you for taking the time to read it, Arecee

I know it's not really a big deal to anyone else, but to see my name there with so many mainstream authors, just gives me a little shiver of something. LOL.

http://www.scifan.com/writers/mm/

Man in skirt and heels nabbed over robberies

Cross-dresser arrested

Perplexed Sceptic

In response to Khadija's question about the moment that pushed each of us into coming out I typed up a nice response, took a good look at it, and decided that it was a bit too long

In the story I started, "Joby," other than as a curiosity? I'm not complaining, as there was a good amount of hits/votes/comments as compared to other unknowns. I'm just wondering if it wasn't just because it was there, since most of that response was in the first 12 to 14 hours after it was posted.
Tanstaafl,
FrACTured FrIEND

Not the usual sort but I've just watched "The World's Fastest Indian" on the BBC iPlayer. It stars Anthony Hopkins as New Zealander Bert Munro who's ambition is to run his old Indian motorcycle at Bonneville speed week. It's an emotional roller coaster that brought tears to my eyes a few times and I strongly recommend it - even to those of you who think a story about an old man and his old motor bike somewhat uninteresting.

Hi folks,

as Piper is rebuilding her main server, she will have to take some sites offline. Those include tgfiction.net, gabyzone.com, maddybell.com, storysite.org, reluctantpress.com, cyberbrats.org/net/info/us/ws.

For www.maddybell.com we can you provide with a mirror site at maddy.tor-der-traeume.de.

So please be patient, as things will be back in order soon.

Saphira

I have frequently heard trans folk say that they felt that stress had a roll in their final decision to actually "come out", do it, get cut, and all that. I can distinctly remember the very day and minute that I finally threw the towel in, though my "comming out" and final decision did not come for a while.

Would any of you care to share that moment with us?

Khadija

http://stardustr.us/content/some-enchanted-girlfriend-part-2...

This collects chapter 7-12 that have already been posted on BigCloset.

Donna Lamb, Flack

Thank you for all of the supportive comments and Private messages. I went back to my original header on Chapter One and started to rethink things from Chapter 3. I have totally redone this chapter and focused on the underlying resentment that Alyce harbors for her parents not telling her the truth. I have taken this plot in a new direction. I started to think about the motives of the parents . There was a specific reason why they withheld the knowledge from her for so long and it was a very selfish one. Read it and you will find out.

Just spotted this news item on a media page here in the U.K. Apparently Johnny Depp would like to play Carol Channing. Don't know if this is old news to people out there but it's the first I have heard about it.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a163373/depp-i-want-to-pl...

I may not be married, but I do have three girls to care for."

Sephrena just informed me that the internet is down where she lives. The time is 11 AM PDT and she doesn't know when it might be back up running, Arecee

She walked into my office on legs as long as one of those long-legged birds that you see in Florida - the pink ones, not the white ones - except that she was standing on both of them, not just one of them, like those birds, the pink ones, and she wasn't wearing pink, but I knew right away that she was trouble, which those birds usually aren't.

I'm so angry right now. I just had a confrontation with the folks who run the convenience store down the street.I've provided them with computer and network support for the past 3 years and have never charged them a dime. In return, I've been allowed to run an account with them which I pay off monthly.

Does anyone have the chapter listing for Book 5 of Gaby in chronological order? I tried reading but can't wrap the sleepy blonde brain cells around the chapters and put them in order...
Thanks!

I was just thinking about this site. It's the best because of one thing. We have the best authors with regards to TG content. Other sites seem to like the smut value of a story, where as this one encourages well written stories. There is one thing that bothers me though, some of the best don't get good reads. Nancy Cole is one. She has written stories that we should be privileged to read for free and yet, she doesn't get the reads she deserves. I know I'm being selfish and want more of her stories, but well that's just me.

Here is a link to an article that is about a woman who received ovary and fallopian tube transplant and is about to give birth. It will not be long hopefully that mtf transsexuals will be able to get this surgery and be able to have children also.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/nov/09/health

Hugs,

Jenna From FL

I posted two title pages earlier today...er, I guess it's yesterday now! ;) Anyway, I screwed up, like a dozen different ways! I should have waited until I had more time, because I had to leave and wasn't able to finish what I started until now. So I had two title pages that just had a title and absolutely nothing else! Also, I posted them through the +Fiction link instead of the +TitlePage link, which caused them to appear on the front page when they aren't supposed to. I think I made the same mistake with Pass On What You Have Learned.

Just wanted to let everyone know the little button on the left side of the main screen that says, "Eve's Apple" will lead you to a sexy transgenerific lesbian romance comedy ... with crossdressing zombies!

I find that there are stories that triger a story in me, at times, several. My Kelly's Journey was inspired by yyour basis tg love story, just as Terri's Vengeance is. But King Of the Rim is a combination of Star Wars and Star Trek. But my stories truly write themselves. I get the kernal of an idea from reading a story and taking the basic story idea and changing it to fit my idea. But I find that the story goes its own way after I start on it. Is it the same with you?

Although details are sketchy, it seems that the good officers of Texas have decided to raid a gay bar and arrest some patrons for public intoxication while said patrons were seated at the bar drinking, and on the anniversary of the Stonewall riots.

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/06/on_40th_a...