My Judges helped me finalize the Category list, and we've broken it into three areas of interest: Character Categories, Genre Categories, and Overall Categories

Sad news for all the gamers here. Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, has passed away at age 69. Despite his declining health, Gary was still hosting weekly games at his home as recently as January. He touched a lot of lives through his creation, and he will be missed.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g8XyHnUHsOBoCofRxK-5waWoA...

I don't even know anymore. I guess I'm a chronic alcoholic because last night I woke up about 1:30 in the morning not even remembering I had drank a single drink. I woke up looking at the clock and going "oh god... if I don't set my alarm I'm going to be late for work." And so I woe and set my alarm and set out all my clothes and all that and then, well... I had weird dreams.

Okay, just so you know the general types of folks doing the voting, so you can make assumptions of their tastes (whether you're right or wrong to do so!)

Uhm.. So, I'm rather new at this, so be gentle, please?

I ran across this article today while web surfing. In short it is about a Chinese girl Xu Jiao playing the part of a boy in a Stephen Chow film called CJ7. I can't help but wonder if there would've been more attention if it had been a boy playing a girl's part. After all what's the difference? :)
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=42439
hugs!
grover

With "Miles and Miles" to go, we learn a bit more about Birdsong and the man he has promised to kill. Please take a look and leave a comment if you would. :)

- Joyce

Mothering Sunday is NOT the same thing as Mothers' Day. It falls every year on the fourth Sunday of Lent and is a Church of England festival. Originally it was the day when the nobility allowed their servants to go and visit their mothers, taking a small posy as a gift.

He changed his name but he could not change his nature...

The second installment of my suspense novel or whatever it is, is up at http://fictioneer.org.

Please take a look and tell me what you think.

Hugs,
Joyce

Happy St David's Day everyone! I'm up early to get a headstart on the leeks....

There is a wonderful poem written by a 12 year old girl in today's Dear Abby column. It's called "Don't Judge" by Lealia Xiong from Guilford, Conn. The poem can be read in it's entirety online here:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20080229/lf_ucda/girlspoemurges...

Just posted a short mood piece at http://Fictioneer.org. Have a look. :)

Thanks,
Joyce

If anyone is the least bit interested in knowing what I've posted over at Fictioneer!

I volunteer a couple days a week at my church. The people there have been just wonderful.

When did I know? That is a tough question. During my pre-school to the third grade I was believed to be mentally retarded. To say I was aware I was different is to make a huge understatement. Those years in school wasn't pleasant at all and whatever other problems was lost surviving in the middle of desegregation during the late sixties here in the South.

Hi everyone... Time for the latest update.

Mom came through with flying colors, my friend is FINALLY out of prison, sent there for a crime he didn't commit, and I got my first royalty check from Lulu from sales of my book, Headlights Girl!!!!!

All in all, life is pretty good right now, for the first time in a long time, even though I'm, still fighting a cold, and KimEm is in hospital.

Feb 28th is the second anniversary of Bob Arnold's Stardust site. There are stories that are posted there first or only, so take a look. :)

We are all made of Stardust!

Hugs,
Erin

Well, it's all out there. I wan't kidding when I said it was like sending a kid off to college. I've lived with this story for quite a while and continued to learn more about the characters, who, quite frankly, I really like.

When I was sitting on top of a mythical Tibetan mountain listening to my mythical mentor - One Flung Lo, I recalled something he mythically said to me.

'Lotus Blossom, never look for accolades for if you seek, you shall never find.'

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/02/25/porter.too.pr...

I think it is pretty obvious why these two created such a stir. If I could look like that they could kick me off every flight.

Maybe they should offer complementary Burqas?

giggle

Gwen

Better look at this quick before it is gone. Yeah, totally.

I've just posted a new Julie O story called Game, Set, Match on Stardust. It will be available on FM and other sites shortly as well.

Bob Arnold

Hi all... Time for another Update....

Here are the facts as I know them at time of this posting:

• The Cardiac Catheriation (to be done late morning or early afternoon on Febuary 25, 2008) is not to see if the valve replacement is needed. It is to see if they need to do a bypass while they are in there doing the valve replacement.

I am wondering from the comments if I should try to continue the Transbike story. I must admit that it was fun to pen the story and will continue if enough people ask me too. Now if anybody wants to ride the bike, let me know. Simply either in a comment let me know.

We 'Cymro' - the people, have little to celebrate. We're a small nation overrun in mediaeval times by our larger and more powerful neighbour, but never quite subdued.

She who must obeyed and I are going to the pictures tonight. We are seeing a film called The Bucket List.

I know you all have been wondering where Sephrena has been, well we were spending a week together here in Seattle and in a hotel too ^^ Well the magical week is over and now we
had to go our separate ways. SO don't worry, I'm not holding her "hostage" any longer, she should be back later tonight, see you all later ^^

Love,

Princess Chelsea

I've been working on a story for the last few days (unplanned, the idea came to me on the bus home from work), but I'm a bit concerned about the setting. Originally it was to be set partly during the Great War, but I was afraid of it being too dark, so I switched it to the Second Boer War, and a lighter ending. Here's the problem...

I've never really kept up with a blog before, but now I feel bored enough to try. So my first topic is something completely irrelavnt to this site.

She has arrived safely in Seattle Washington as is visiting Princess Chelsea. I know that we want to sent her a Private Message, but please remember that she had to get up very early to board the plane and deal with the Time Zone shift. Washington is some three hours behind her home state's Time Zone.

If anyone is interested, I have been posting some of my stories and serials at the new

I haven't posted anything in a couple of weeks, and I just found myself writing a message to a company that specializes in dressing boys up as girls (tranniegear.com). Having re-read my own letter, and having a streak of narcissistic self-appreciation of my own wit (should I make my own big head joke, or leave it for someone else to do?), I thought it might be fun enough to share.

well, not really, more mildly miffed... I've just finished putting together a flat pack coffee table, and it's HUGE - way too big for my living room... the dimensions aren't bad (the top's big enough to hold my laptop, ashtray, teapot, cup and saucer), but the legs are a massive 2.5" square.

Was just thinking about some of the old music that I missed experiencing, because I was a Fundi. You know, ZZ Top, Led Zeplin, Queen, The Village People, just to mention a few.

As I sit here, contemplating my navel, pulling out the inevitable fluff and trying to think of how Olivia is going to get out of the sinister clutches of Bill Sykes, I am having one of my normal thrice a day incidents of writers block.

A while ago I heard a story that inspired me to write the way I do. I don't remember it word for word, but it went something like this:

I love the interactivity of this website, why else would I be up at 4.30am wanting to respond to a few comments at the end of my latest little effort at fiction.

The first point to address is what happens to Meryl, the girlfriend of the hero/heroine. Why isn't she around in the main series?

Has anyone talked to Krunch recently. I've sent him PM's with no response. About three weeks ago he said he was not feeling well and then.........

First, I just have to tell you all (18 years in the south and I still can’t say y’all) that I am thrilled by the votes and comments on the last few chapters. They have been really heartfelt and thoroughly encouraging. All the time I spent alone writing, thinking that maybe this would be okay, or even, if the gods smiled on me, pretty good, has been repaid.

Here's a google link for URLs regarding internet copyright protection. It's gonna take a sharper mind than mine to wade through this mess.

http://www.google.com/search?q=Internet+Copyright+Laws%2C+St...
com.google:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

You're gonna have to copy/paste the whole thing into your address bar...I think.

Hello everyone. I want to ask all of you a question. How many of you consider yourselves gamers? I am writing a novel about gamers and superheroes, and the question came up as to the percentage of guys vs girls game. That got me to thinking that maybe the wrong question was being asked. Maybe we should be asking how many LGBT games and more to the point how many TG sisters and brothers game?

In my dream, there is a place, a real life place, where those of us who have been abused, deserted, thrown out by their families, whatever, can come to for a fresh start. This is not just my dream, it's the dream of many others. This would include Sephrena's idea about a lottery monthly for someone to receive their transitional surgeries, M-F or F-M.

Dear Friends, I am an American author engaged in the writing of a coming-of-age novel about a young person of indeterminate gender that is set in the early years of the 20th Century. Four parts to the novel, totalling over 70,000 words, have been posted on Big Closet Top Shelf (www.bigclosetr.us) as Balthasar’s Extract, the Diary of Evelyn Westcott.

Hi All, here is the raw log from the Feburary 10th BCTS/SD chat. Remember this is unedited and that the timestamps are Pacific Standard Time. Hugs and love, Cindy

[09:54] * kiai has joined #Main_Room
[09:54] Cindy> very strange
[09:55] kiai> hello again
[09:55] Cindy> usually there are alot more people in at this time
[09:55] Cindy> welcome
[09:55] ScottRamsey> Hello kiai

There are a few of us in the chat this Sunday morning, where are the rest of you ? ? ?

Hugs and love,
Cindy

For any of you who are currently seeking Sephrena, guess what?

I would not normally recommend a movie on this site , and believe me, this is not an advertising pitch, but I just saw the most wonderful film on a plane. The title is 'Stardust' and it really is a magical movie which includes TG/TV sequences (Robert De Niro as a TV pirate!) and it is one of the nicest films I have seen in a long time, but then I'm a silly sentimental old romantic.

I want to thank the authors that have given me permission to do a P.O.V. on their stories and characters. I promise everybody that I will only do a P.O.V. on those that I have permission to do.

As you can see from my P.O.V., I have done my best to keep it within the basic story and try to sound like the character. I want to thank everybody for their comment both for and against.