Sixty-four additional convention photos uploaded to Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/116299515@N07/

For some reason I can't post to the BCTS Discord.

Progress!

Over the past couple weeks I think the last remnants of the post-covid brain fog has finally lifted, and I've even been able to start exercising again. Hooray! As a result Book 5 of the saga is pushing ahead and as of a few minutes ago the draft for Part 3 was completed. This puts the word count at just under 60k and halfway to the suspected finish line.

A few months ago Sega announced that another mini-PNP console would be released, the "Mega Drive Mini 2". It looked to be released only in Japan then a month ago they also announced the release of the Genesis Mni 2.

An extremely well written story of this title, by a Kate Dawson, was recently completed on FM.

In the UK, the Transgender Community is the most targeted group in LGBT+ community as a whole.

Apparently, In 2020/2021, 2,630 Hate Crimes against transgender people were recorded by the Police. Although it is thought that 88% of transgender people did not report hate crimes.

I can understand it being unreported. If you try to live a quite life, everything will be dragged out for all to see.

Is this true? Does this still happen to trans people?

some say that we Brits have a fixation with the weather

so, just in case I didn't have enough going on right now, someone broke the driver's side window of my car again.

I am just shaking.

not a good day today

popped my knee at the grocery store, which triggered my PTSD, and then later I had to deal with my mom going on a paranoid rant.

anybody got some spare huggles?

i'll be glad for the mercury to drop!

It's done! I've finally published Invisible, the story you've been reading here. But, the title has been changed to Being Invisible because my editor suggested that there are too many works titled Invisible.

That's the good news. The bad news is that I will be taking it down according to Amazon's rules. They say it can take up to seventy-two hours to publish, so it goes away soon. I hope you got a chance to finish it here.

Trans Twitch star arrested at gunpoint fears for life after someone sent police to her London, Ont., home

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6546015

Heya folks!

So, just wanted to let anyone who might be curious know I'm still around.

I haven't posted anything in a while... but that doesn't mean I haven't been working on stuff!

Believe it or not, I've got several stories in the works, a book on the way through Doppler when I come up in rotation, and I'm working on a few projects with a rather illustrious partner that y'all will eventually see the fruits of too!

Is now out!

Writing prompt: A small child somehow ends up in the Greek Underworld, sees Cerberus, cries, "Puppy!" and cuddles the creature.

What does Hades do when he sees this?

Why should a smelly room full of half-naked boys be a problem to me?

I was going through Neflix last night and came across a gender role reversal film. I Am Not an Easy Man 2018.

it is a French romantic comedy directed by Éléonore Pourriat. If it is dubbed it is done very well.

Synopsis

I'll be having a zoom meeting this Sunday Aug 7 4:00 PM Texas time. This meeting is for trans women only. Feel free to invite others, if you have an invite. It is international. Past attendees have been from Great Britain as well as Germany.

https://www.time.gov/
Britain 10:00PM
Germany 11:00PM

Obviously you can tell by the title I am NOT happy about this and for multiple reasons. As someone who prefers buying physical for the superior presentation of the product and the fact that Funimation(owned by Sony) is severely OVERCHARGING to draw people to buy the digital product especially when they cut deep sales on Xbox Live(and likely other places). A product that is questionable that you have ANY right to ownership now given how Sony will be removing Studio Canal digital titles from people's purchased library.

Where I grew up it was used to insult boys "don't be a sissy, stop crying, etc." I have never called anyone a sissy, but I have used it in my stories. This was mainly due to being asked to write about the subject. What I thought of as an insult, I realized some crave to be called and act like "sissies".

The way I see it is, that someone wanting to look, dress, and act in a hyperfeminine way, but not actually want to be perceived as a woman. Possibly a lot of humiliation is involved.

My "sissy" stories do ok on FM, and do well on Literotica. Not so well on here.

and of course that means its raining!

Sorry For the delay in the next chapters of Elven Question and Black Sword. It is that time of the year again. The county recently. The last week has been not stop work with the 4H kids. The boys just finished showing their draft horses this afternoon. The girls showed off their work with the horses they've trained for police work. I haven't had much time for writing. Tomorrow the boys will be pitting their draft horses against tractors in a pulling contest. (*evil giggle* My money is on our boys for the win)

I had been friends with someone here for many years and she helped me through times when I was Suicidal. We used to PM and use SKYPE a lot. I even drove hundreds of miles to visit a couple times. Then she decided to get married and suddenly it was just off and completely so. When I asked questions, suddenly another member here felt obligated to be mean and blunt with me, treating me as if I am a idiot. She even asked if she needed to spell it out for me? Then another member with no knowledge of the situation from across the pond was similarly acting like a YOB.

Yesterday, England won the 2022 women's European cup.

What made it sweeter was it was against Germany. In England's footballing history (Soccer for those in the USA), Germany always end England's dream of winning anything. Often in a penalty shoot-out. The men's team lost to Italy in the final on penalties last year.

So, Watched Thor Love & Thunder this weekend. And I truly enjoyed it, regardless of reviews both good and bad.

But there was just One scene that as a creative person was just awesome.

It was like 'Stranger Things' was doing battle with the 'Justice League' during the middle of one of those old iPhone/iPod/Macintosh commercials (the ones where everything is shadow/silhouette except for the headphone cable). Very very well done and fun. I can't wait to try to put it to proper prose for reference for my books! (Not the exact scene. Just the style)

I post this as a warning to other users. A couple of weeks ago I decided not to renew my subscriptions to McAfee and Norton for protecting my computer from malware and viruses. I did this because another provider was offering the same services for less than half the price that the two former outfits were offering.

I’ve been to Texas many times. Other than the men trying to convince each other who’s got the biggest penis -- they seem to be quite normal.

So why all the hateful trans laws?

The other night I was watching CNN. They aired a report that seemed to answer that question. The report slipped into CNN jingoism but contained a lot of information that led to sound conclusions.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/24/politics/texas-far-right-poli...

...for every time someone viewed my website, I'd be making around $3,000 dollars a week. Meanwhile, over at Amazon, I'm lucky if I shift nine units a month (and that would be a particularly busy season).

Talk about not being able to even give it away...

:)

“Do you miss working?”

It’s been four months since I sold my last business. During that time, my blood pressure has dropped from an average of 130/85 to 110/65. My weight has also dropped fifteen pounds -- with little change in eating or exercise. I have hope that I’ll soon fit into the dresses in storage bins marked an accusatory “too small.” As if it was somehow their fault that my waist had disappeared over the years, causing them to become too tight.

It seems to come around sooner every year!

We're down to less than $300 in company accounts with some bills coming up.

And I personally am down to about $150 with my bills ahead of me.

Piper has $1100 in expense to keep her vehicles running which may hit on Thursday if a plan is not in place.

In a few days we start getting money coming in from our regular places but we are in a tight corner here.

Please, if you can help, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hugs,
Erin, Piper, Cat, Amy, Jamie and the elves.

well, yesterday we managed to get the window on my car fixed, walking away 500$ poorer in the process.

Only to have that fix last less than 24 hours, thanks to my mom.

We were told to not put down the window for 24 hours when we picked up the car yesterday afternoon, but while doing a grocery run with her sister, my mom forgot and started to put the window down.

The glass didnt fall out, but its no longer in place.

So off we went back to the dealership today to get it fixed - again, but they haven't called us back, which means we are sans car for now.

My sister-in-law Carol was taken to the hospital due to her back issues.

hugs and prayers appreciated.

I just have to share this video titled The History of Banning High Heels by fashion historian Nicole Rudolph about all the different reasons that society tried to ban high heels from the 1850's to the 1920's. The reasons, from our point of view, are so silly that they are hilarious.

Spoiler alert: Back then a high heel was defined as anything higher than about 1.5 inches!

I am back from the hospital/nursing home and am resuming the Zoom meetings. These meetings are for trans women only. Feel free to invite others. It will be on Sundays at 4:00 PM Texas time. It is international. Past attendees have been from Great Britain As well as Germany. You would like to attend just send me a PM via big closet.

https://www.time.gov/

Time: July 24, 2022 04:00 PM

I'm currently watching/playing an interactive DVD game, a visual novel. The protagonist and a time-patrol agent are currently caught between time, or in a crevice outside of time. They will only spend perhaps a couple minutes caught outside of time before returning to the protagonist's world.

Amazon is a horrible organization -- as is pointed out here quite often.

However -- it's time to give the devil his due.

Yesterday, my Kindle went dark. I use my Kindle at least two hours a day so I immediately ordered a new Kindle for $204. It arrived this morning . . . less than twelve hours after I ordered it.

The setup took about fifteen minutes . . . mostly due to uploading my old content.

The process was easy and effective.

Just posted (Reworked) Doom Valley Prep School. You can find it HERE.
It's about 1500 to 2000 words longer, and involves more world building.
Far better than the original.

Chapter 2 will come in 2 weeks.

To me they are a universal fit any situation dress. Whether one is going to that Governor's Ball (I'll never get invited) or going to the Flea Market, there is a cocktail dress that will fit the occasion. For you authors it's easy for your heroine to be the center of attention or eye candy if she is wearing a cocktail dress. There are enough styles and designs one will work no matter where your leading lady is going or what she is doing. Exceptions of course is trekking through the jungle, killing terrorist in their desert camp, horse back riding, kind of situations.

Wanted to update and what not.

After a long break due to family tragedy and other things, I've spent the last few months getting back into old stories and things, specifically Whateley, on their Discord and website.
While I was doing that people kept talking about Doom Valley Prep School, and sent me some of the blogs here talking about the story.

but its still under 30 degrees!

Been a little while since the last update, so here it is:

Covid sucks and impedes writing.

The first is my anniversary of a change of lifestyle which occurred on July 14 1986 when I went into my office in a skirt for the first time.
I am still amazed that there weren't more challenges and now 36 years later no one seems to care.

Second, it is 7 or 8 years since my son took his own life. I try not to despise my daughter-in-law, but it's hard.

I reached a milestone yesterday, with my 100th story on Fictionmania. I have more on here as I did a follow up to BeverlyTaff's FQ story. I will never put that anywhere else as it would make little sense without the source story.

TBH it is not the sort of story that would go down well there as the "forced fem" is incidental and not the main story. I do miss that story arc. I'm enjoying her new scifi one though.

Does anybody know the fictionmania story where the main character is framed for stealing company money, and his m2f daughter who he has just met- decks him out as a woman while they try to find out who is doing the theft.

I do know that it is a 5 parter & is full of 3D pictures and I think it was released sometime around 2012-2015.

Any help is greatly appreciated

Hopefully, it's correct this time.
Angharad is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Angharad's get together
Time: Jul 15, 2022 10:00 PM London

Join Zoom Meeting
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I first became aware of the idea of Two Spirit, reading a story here by "Teddie" (Not the LGBT one) but the one that has been with the Native Americans for a very long time. Remembering past conversations and incidents with my family, it seemed clear that I am from a branch of the Shawnee. Yesterday, it was surprising to find that my Counsellor at OHSU Teaching University brought it up and said that Native American Two Spirit is well recognized in her circles.