Over the last weeks, I started to upload the stories that I previously posted on Fictionmania.
I hoped that I would get a little more feedback from the community.
I can honestly say that you readers on TBC surpassed my expectations.
For that I thank you.

About the past stories and the immediate future:
I currently have three complete stories yet to post here that are already up on FM.
"Giving Birth To Pervy Ideas", "Miss Apocalypse", and "What A Troublesome Ghost".
To be released in the coming days on an every other day schedule.
(I withhold "What The Time Traveler Fears" for now as it needs some rewriting. Not my finest work.)

So what is next?:
I plan to release my first serial! Yes, it is finally happening and it was sort of the reason for coming to TBC.
Correct me if I am wrong, but to me, it appears that TBC is a little more vocal on feedback. Especially for serials.
Don't let me down TBC community. I am counting on you.
The serial is called "The Lokian Way" and as the name suggests there will be a lot of hijinks.
Each part of the serial will describe one day in the life of the main protagonist.
The good news is that I already have about two weeks done. That is about 1/5 to 1/4 of the overall plot.
According to the writing program I use, the overall average reading time is already above four hours.
I plan to release two parts per week. Why this slow? I hope to incorporate feedback "on the fly".
So please be generous with your comments. I will release more details in a Foreword soon.

Some of you frequenting FM and TBC might have noticed that I skipped a story when uploading my work to TBC.
While uploading stories to TBC I took time to edit each of the stories. Trying to squash some mistakes I did when I first uploaded them.
Some stories got a little extra. Here a new word. There a new sentence.
"Strange Attraction" got a little more. So far two new extensive scenes. I also plan to do some rewriting of the last scene. The one where Serina confesses her love. Rereading it I found it rushed and not as fleshed out as I would have liked.
As soon as I am done I'll upload it here. Promise.

There is also "Last Regrets". My next installment in my "Undesirable Classes" universe. (The first story was "Natural Affection".)
I am in the next to last chapter and I hope to finish the story by end of september.
Pending some hunting for errors and mistakes I hope for an October release.
Not many test or beta readers have looked upon it.
So if you don't mind reading an unedited raw version and you are interested to give it a once over please write me a PM.

More blog entries?:
Well, I hope so. Depends on the feedback to this one I guess.
One thing I would like to do is to share some story ideas with you guys and gals.
And I have a lot. Like seriously a lot.
My "general" story ideas folder boasts 162 entries. And there are the many ideas I have for shared universes.
What I would like to do is to write down five story ideas (they are currently only in my shortened "remember-this-idea" form) and post them in a blog entry. Hoping that the TBC community will help me what to write next based on feedback.
So are you game? I hope so.

Wow that was a long first blog entry. Or I think it is.
Thanks for reading.

xoxo
Cassy

Hello everyone,

I hoped I would be more active the last two weeks. As always life gets in the way. Or to be more specific books and stories of authors.
My progress is already slow as I usually only write on my daily commute (by train mind you). That time is contested by books to read and the last two weeks they have won. Which I don't mind as they are a great way to inspire yourself.

For those who are curious, the books I am reading are from the "The School for good and evil" series by Soman Chainani. I also spend a lot of time reading short stories by dkfenger (https://dkfenger.deviantart.com/gallery/). An author specialized in TF stories that occasionally feature TG as well.

So now that I talked about what hindered my own progress let me tell you how far I am in my current projects.
The rewriting of "Strange Attraction" is nearly done. A sci-fi short about a pilot who thinks she can handle working for a succubus. I currently try to add some small details based on feedback from beta readers. Then the story will finally land on TBC.
"Last Regrets" (in my "undesirable classes" universe) is still stuck in the next to last chapter. Right in the middle of a sex scene. One of my biggest enemies. Damn you sexy time! However, I do plan to push ahead there soon.
There is also "The Lokian Way". The serial I wanted to start posting here on TBC. Most of my writing time I spend here. The closer I come to post a story the more nervously I fiddle around with it. Still, I think this weekend part one will land on TBC.
There also was some progress on various other stories. About 10k words written scattered about a half dozen unfinished stories.

With progress update done it is time for another thing I mentioned in my first blog entry: the story ideas.
Each blog entry I want to write down four or five story ideas I had in the past and gather feedback. So I might know what you guys and gals want to read. Think of them as a short synopsis on the back of a book. Which one would you pick up to read based on those few sentences? So please comment freely. Keep in mind that the first ones are some of my oldest ideas and maybe not as mature as my later ideas. I also don't mind if someone else wants to take a knack on any of these. Just please send me a courtesy PM in that case.
Without much further delay here are the first ones:

1. A New Hobby
A guy collects trades, skills, and hobbies. By now he has gone through a lot. As he slowly runs out of ideas what he might learn next he starts a "piggy-bank of ideas". One filled by his friends. Once he is done learning a skill or hobby he picks a new one out of said piggy-bank at random. Though the last draw poses an unexpected challenge. Who of his friends put "Disguise as a convincing woman" into it anyways and will he get through with it? After all his parents raised no quitter.

2. In the wrong body at the wrong time
The main character is one of a few who can bodyswap with other people. He uses it in his current job. He temporarily uses his gift to swap with other men who undergo surgeries. However, his last client is not a man. Despite his insistence that he only switches with males his agent pushed him to take on a female one. The offered money had been just too much to reject it. Waking up from the surgery he is informed by a police officer that there had been a murder. His client is dead along with his original body. It had been a mob hit. Now he fears for his life as maybe the mafia wants back what they put into his client's body. His new female ones.

3. Pearls of wisdom
A teenager (male) stumbles upon a case of pearls in a magic shop. The owner is surprised as the case usually chooses a woman as its bearer. He explains that each pearl contains wisdom and knowledge of a previous bearer and their lives. The owner only rents out the case and always for ten years. Once returned the case would have one more pearl, with the wisdom of the last bearer. After some convincing, the teenager takes the case home and proceeds to test each pearl for a week. While each pearl he tackles challenges in his life a different way, but he also notices a side effect. Slowly the pearls change his body to match the previous bearers of the case. All of them girls. With new challenges on the horizon can he tackle them without relapsing and using the pearls?

4. Wings of change
High up in the skies is the small flying aircraft-carrier of a mercenary unit. On the return flight from a mission to their usual home port, they notice a small aircraft chased by bandits. The mercenaries decide to help. Just in time, they rescue a beautiful girl, the pilot of the busted aircraft. She explains she is a newly born goddess on the run. She is still weak in her godly powers, but she says if the mercenary unit fulfills some challenges in her name her power might grow. Power she would use for them. They agree. A goddess on their side just too tempting. But they fail to ask just what kind of goddess she might be and if she has some kind of hidden agenda.

5 HR's offer
Young male researchers in a prestigious company are offered a special option. If they help the company to achieve the mandatory women's employment rate - issued by the government - by going through a new process making them women they would receive a bonus and a promotion. However, the offer is a ruse. The employment rate already fulfilled. The company found out that one of the side effects of the process is heightened intelligence. They want to exploit this to their max. As more and more volunteer go through the process other side effects eventually surface.

Hey folks,

I know the title is a little clickbaity sounding, but I honestly can say that these categories eluded me for over a year. Resulting in frustration and even asshole behavior on my part. I am especially pissed of because the categories are appearing so obvious. Yet I somehow I took ages to figure them out and react to stories accordingly.

So what are they:

1. Smut/porn
The obvious first choice and one that gave me a bit of a headache. Some stories are not meant to be deep in plot and story. Sex plays the main part and the TG potion is rather an added bonus.
Less common on FM and TBC the pure smut stories normally find their main outlet on TG related Tumblr caption sites. As with everything that values action (sex in this case) over plot the potential for serials are rather limited.

2. Stories as a fulfillment of a specific fetish.
Those gave me the most headache and brought out my inner asshole critic until I learned to recognize this category. This category has a lot in common with the first one except the action that is valued is not sex, but centers around a specific fetish. Whatever that might be. More often than not the plot takes here a backseat too. Bending it in shape to fit the requirements of the particular fetish. The result is often enough not quite typical-porno-logic, but close enough. One of the more annoying traits of this category is the limited potential for serials. The set up for most fetishes requires some plot (even if set up haphazardly). That plot can be extended to a serial. There lies not the problem. Soon or later a serial with a focus on a specific fetish will fulfill said fetish. If the author doesn't recognize this point they have the trouble to continue a plot that is based on said fetish. That can kill motivation of a writer and I think led to dozens of abandoned serials.

3. Concept-based stories.
The third category has the biggest potential for serials. Why? Concept-based stories put plot and setup first. They may borrow from many fetishes and may contain sex. But neither of those make up the foundation of the story. In fact, if a borrowed fetish loses its attractiveness it can be replaced as not the whole story hinges on it. Because concept-based stories have such great potential for serials they often anger or annoy people if they are used in short solo stories. I wholly admit I think I am a big offender in that area.

I recommend to other writers to keep these categories in mind when planning a story. Be it a solo or serial. In my opinion, each one has an ideal length to bring out the best possible outcome. Number one is best kept short. Two should be medium length and three ... well, go nuts in length.

I wonder what you all think of these categories? Too obvious? Did you overlook them yourself? Let me know.

On to another topic. I promised that I would write down story ideas in each my blog posts. Last week I was too busy to write one so this week I try to make up by posting ten instead of five story ideas. For those of you who aren't familiar why I write those down here let me explain again. I do have a big collection of story ideas. (Reached 175 yesterday -.-). Finding the story idea to write most readers want to read can be tricky. So I post them here to find out if one idea stands out so I can write that one. So if you see a concept you like please let me know.

6. The Coven Of Seven
There is a coven living in a big mansion. Lead always by seven witches. They collect people who have the potential to use magic - if they want to or not - and make them their apprentices. While these people are apprentices they are also expected to fulfill a servant role in the household. The seven witches aren't secure in their position. An apprentice can challenge a witch to a fight. Whoever wins is a witch in the coven and whoever loses will be an apprentice. Many apprentices strife to escape the mansion as the manor has a particular rule: no men. If a magically inclined man is found he will be made a woman first before being gang-pressed into being an apprentice. The question is can they become powerful enough to change themselves back and flee before they succumb to the feeling of being a woman or being drawn into the powerplay of striving for a witch spot in the coven?

7. The Recruiter
There is a woman known as the legendary recruiter. No matter who you need or for what job she can find the right person. Be it for domestic tasks or war. Her method to find these individuals is a carefully hedged secret. But I will tell you.
First, she finds a person who has the knowledge required. She will steal their soul and binds it to her. Making it undyingly loyal. Then she looks for a suitable host body. She switches the souls. The conditioned soul still has all the old memories and skills of their previous life. They also can access the memories and skills of their new body. A combination of both they see themselves as a new person and are rented out to the client as the requested specialist.
The recruiter still has the soul of the second person. This one she reshapes into a loyal whisp. A servant to roam the earth in search for new candidates. But what happens if the recruiter fails to bind the loyalty of a soul to her?

8. Timeshare Bodies
Two decades into the future a devastating plague strikes the earth. Contrary to other plagues this one takes years till it always ends in death. The small glimmer of hope: one-third of humanity seems to be immune.
When a company announces that they can scan and digitalize the human brain into a small chip the government takes action. Every citizen gets their brain scanned and the healthy bodies are to be shared between three people implanted into the body. Each person controls the body for a day before giving control to the next person. Inactive persons can still feel the body and chat with the active person (As well as access internet and such).
The story revolves around a small family. The sister of a boy will share the body of her best friend. Unwilling to be split the sister and friend invite the boy to share the same body with them. A female one. He accepts.

9. The Curse Of The Teenage White Girl
- Claimed by crazypagangirl -

10 Nano-Mayhem
A company is developing nano-tech for plastic(+genetic) surgery. Once a nano-mod is ingested it transforms not only the target area but changes the DNA of the person so the mod is even on a genetic level stable. Then the mod goes to a passive mode for a month. Checking then in if it needs to adjust more or deactivates itself permanently. To fulfill this target the nano-mod can replicate itself by using food the host ingests or even waste products.
One night a group of activists storms the lab. They think these mods are against nature. They want to destroy them all. The servers are easily destroyed. The data lost. However, they run into trouble on how to dispose of the already manufactured mods. Simply pouring them out might be dangerous.
They turn onto the two poor nightguards that got caught up in the raid. Both are made to drink all the nano-mods. The first mod immediately goes to work and changes their body. Leaving the other mods inactive because they lack resources. To go active once they gathered enough. Worse is that the mods block each other. Once one goes active it destroys the work of another mod.
Because the emergency about codes got destroyed the two guards now have to live their lives with constantly changing bodies. They also have a choice to make. Go on a diet to maybe starve out the mods for a time to slow down the changes or eat ravenously to speed over unwanted changes?

11. Copy And Paste
One boy is the successor in a long line of special mages. Those mages can trap (and later release) people in paintings. When they have someone trapped they can repaint them how they like. However, this boy sucks at drawing.
Everything changes when he finds out that opened pictures on his PC count as a canvas. He can't draw for shit, but copy and paste he can do easily. Time to get some revenge on some people.

12. Duel of changes
A powerful being grants two people certain powers to change people. Both have to decide each on a specific stereotype they want to see. The goal: change as many people to be their chosen stereotype.
Of course, both chose different stereotypes and starting powers. If they think a person is ready they can try claiming them. If it works the person is locked into the stereotype for good and can't be changed by the opponent. Each claimed person strengthen the powers they have or grant new ones. Trouble finds them both when they find out they can cheat as powers work on the opponent as well.
Stereotypes could be: sixties-housewife; rocker/punk-girl; goth; bimbo; slut; cosplayer; bdsm (sub or domina); playboy-bunny; and so on ....

13. Dressing up for the government
A man finds out he has a special gift. If he wears clothes of another person he slowly learns things about that person. Skills and knowledge. Even memories. Of course, the government learns about him and he is "hired". Soon he finds out that not every suspected serial killer or terrorist is male. Throw in some co-workers who think it is funny to throw in some red-herrings of the female gender and the dilemma for him is complete.

14. The fifth child
In a fantasy world, a villainess has five children. Four are known for their own evil deeds.
When heroes storm the palace of the villainess they are in for a surprise. Hidden a prison cell they find a fifth child.
She rebelled at her mother because the mother wanted warriors and aged her daughter against her will. While looking like sixteen, in mind she is six. As every child of the villainess, she has a special ability. In her case, it is to control blobs and slimes.
Her ability goes beyond giving them directions. She can make them change shape or color. Even let them camouflage themselves.
Thinking they have found a willing traitor and inside woman the heroes decide to "rescue" her.
However, soon doubt start to blossom. Not only if she is as innocent as she claims, but also if she is female at all.

16. Tricking a witch
A boy desperately wants to be a girl. When he finds out there is a teenage witch (think Sabrina) hiding at his school he comes up with a plan. He goes to her and tells a tall tale. He was a girl but one of the witches enemies changed 'her' into him and the reality along. First, he succeeds. The teenage witch believes him and he is changed into a girl. Success! But what happens when the truth comes out?

Hey there,

this Sunday I'll post the ninth part of "The Lokian Way". As it is the last part I have written before coming to TBC and my first serial in general, I thought it is time for a little reflection.

1. Losing readers.
It is a no-brainer. Serials lose readers as they go along. I see it more as a refinement of readers who are really into the story. My target audience. So the reader count of the first three can be pretty much ignored. Parts four to six are more interesting. There the reader count stabilizes around one thousand readers. Was this my target audience? Maybe I was too quick to assume so as seven and eight had both two hundred readers less. Was this due to the normal bleed off or was it due to something I wrote in part six? Sadly commenters tend only to write something when they liked something and not when something was written that turned them away from reading it. That leaves me speculating and maybe a little worrying. Hopefully, I won't grow grey hair over it.

2. Unexpectedly gaining readers.
This was a little surprising to me. There are a few bumps in reader counts. More read part six than part five and the same for part eight and seven. Did those readers simply skip a part? Or are those new readers who popped in to check out the writing mid serial. Were those parts simply refreshed often and this raised the read count?
A mystery I'll probably never solve.

3. Inspired comments
As I hoped I did get some creative feedback about Mercy's (main character) special spells. As comments and as PMs. My take away: apparently I write too tame stuff. *grins* Not that I am very likely to change that. I have to write from the characters point of view and Mercy grew up as a boring goody two shoes. It might take a while for her to break out of the mold.
Still, the creativity is amazing and I even got schooled in my own in-universe logic. (Well done miss Brooke Erickson. Well done.)
While I won't take any suggestion as is it inspired me for some other hijinks Mercy could be up to.

4. The future
As I said in a previous blog post and in my foreword with part nine the prewritten parts end. That means now I have to pump out each part to a schedule on the run. Thankfully I have the overall plot laid out and a few sub-plots ready. But I don't think I can do a schedule with two parts per week. More realistic is a weekly schedule with a fixed release day. Probably Sunday. Keeping up to the schedule will be a challenge. One I am looking forward to.

Story Ideas:
Yes, here are some new story ideas. If you are a writer who tries to not be influenced please stop reading now. As I was previously asked nicely to do here is a disclaimer:
I do not claim copyright for any these story ideas as long as they are included in my blog posts and can be viewed publically!

On the flip side, there is some good news. While I post these mainly to judge which story to write in the future one writer snatched a story idea away.
Please have a look out for crazypagangirl and her take on "9. The Curse Of The Teenage White Girl". (100% chance she will find a better title though XD)

17. How to brother a witch
The brother of a witch mocks her and all women by belittling the difficulties they face when wearing certain things. The witch (sister) challenges him to wear all those for a day. She will cast a greater spell that for one day no matter what he does everyone will think it is normal. For that day the reality is changed. The brother agrees to the dare as he can't back down.
On the said day he wears all the stuff and to explain he tells everyone that he is transgender. Responding to a bully he replies (mockingly) that he will be a sexy she within a month and totally like it. That he/she will be a lesbian but both, men and women will drool after her.
After the day is done both, brother and sister/witch, think the reality will snap back and undo that day. However, the witch messed up.
Not only continues this reality, but the spell tries to make every claim by the brother of that day true. He remembers how he mocked the bully. One month to total girlhood. Can he fight the enchantment or will it take him over?

18. Gatcha (Suggested by my test-reader Aisling)
The main character is obsessed with a particular mobile game. As it is closed down he hears of a beta for the sequel circulating the dark web. After some digging, he gets a copy. One altered by a nefarious entity. Once he starts the app he is sucked into the game!
Not only is he now stuck in a game with collectible companions, but he himself is one. He also has to complete the tutorial. As part of it, he has to fusion two companions of the same grade. But he only has himself and one other companion. Sighing he initiates the fusion as to get it over with. As the fusion starts he recalls a little detail about the game. The main draw to the game was that every companion is a female and now he will be ...

19. All about risk:
Six friends play a game of risk ( the real boardgame) but with a twist. The game is enchanted. Each player can (hidden) assign players and continents and a new body. For each region, they conquer the associated player changes gradually to match the linked body. The only way to undo it is to recapture the region. This game raises the stakes and threatens the friendship of them all as they have to risk it all.

20. Action figures? (Title WIP)
Skipped since I definitely want to write this but want to do it in Morpheus Legacy universe or the superhero universe of Jenny North. Both are closed so who knows when. XD

21. This is why I hate soap operas:
The main character is a normal boy with parents and big sister. Said big sister is totally into a soap opera that was canceled mid-season. One day the sister gets her hands on a genie and wishes herself and her family into the canceled tv show with her in the role of the big sister of the shows main character. The parents become the show's parents. And our story main character becomes the show's main character. A growing up young woman who chases each episode after another man! Our story main character is magically bound to act out all the scenes the tv series dictates. Between scenes, he/she is left to her own devices. Now he/she tries to fight the plot. Will they win?

22. Sole survivor (short)
A pilot of a colony ship wakes up from cryogenic sleep only to find out he is suddenly a woman. The ships' A.I. explains that all other crewmember and colonists were killed in an explosion. As its highest priority is to ensure the success of the future colony it had to resort to drastic measures. The ship carries sperm and eggs of humans to ensure genetic diversity. Now every womb is needed to give birth to the new colonists. Artifical or not. The A.I. reasoned higher chances of success if the pilot was a woman. Therefore she not only changed the pilot but also impregnated her. Our pilot now has the daunting objective to give birth and raise the first generations of the colony.

Another Sunday and another update of "The Lokian Way". I was a bit worried I might not make it in time. Especially as I had been plagued by distractions the last two weeks. Turns out I shouldn't have been worried. This part was done on Wednesday. I could have kept my old schedule. Except not, as part 11 will be a little bigger I think.

Those distractions proved to be very interesting. For one an very old story idea wormed itself into my mind again. "Doll Rebirth" was about someone who needed a whole-body-prosthetic in a world that was dominated by magic. What drew me in was that I had, for this story, lots of background details. So when I looked for a story idea to use to practice pacing of feeding the reader world details it was an ideal match. It also got quickly out of hand. I finished the raw version today and I gave it to my many many test readers. Who am I kidding? My two test readers. (Still looking for more ;P )

But "Doll Rebirth" wasn't my only distraction. "Arti Vaino and the hunt for the lady of the lake" is another writing exercise gone ballistic. Here the focus was for me to learn to learn writing conversations with more than two person. Something I've been struggling with in the past. Thankfully the main protagonist is never alone as he soon gets two buddies stuck to him. Namely two sentient breasts. Fun times. The story is at around 7000 words and I think about half done. It would have second highest priority - right after "The Lokian Way" - if it wasn't for ...

Yet another distraction. "Royal Jelly" is a silly little story idea I came up with to incorporate the lessons learned from "Doll Rebirth" and "Arti Vaino and the too long title". The setup is quite simple and thankfully very spoiler free. In a medieval world, many exotic races exist thanks to an artifact. One hundred people gather for a new start. The artifact then chooses one of them at random who creates a new race from scratch. Our main protagonist was expecting a new race but is surprised that he also gained a new gender. The story is already at 11000 words and I think about two-thirds done.

Despite all these distractions I have already a got a good portion of the next "The Lokian Way" installment done. It had been two very productive weeks. Even if it had been spread out over four stories.

In other news, I decided to split the "short story" category in my author profile into two. Some short stories are done and complete. Their story told. Others are more like the pilot episode of a series or serial. Those I want to move into their own category. Who knows. Maybe I'll pick one of them as the next serial after "The Lokian Way" is done.

I also have made a new category of small and silly stuff last week. The first two entries you could shake your head over in disbelief last week too. Let's see if I come up with other silly stuff soon.

As always I'll finish my blog post with another round of story ideas. As before here a small disclaimer:
I do not claim copyright for any these story ideas as long as they are included in my blog posts and can be viewed publically!

23. Jokes gone too far?
Omitted because started by myself.

24. Focus!
Omitted because started by myself.

25. Error 404 - Reality not found:
The male protagonist is surprised when one of the hottest and most popular girls at school asks him out. First, few days are like a dream come true. Then he notices changes about his body. He slowly gets more feminine. The only one who notices the changes besides him is his hot girlfriend. She explains that it is probably the doing of her ex-boyfriend. He is a demi-god and can bend reality. The changes in reality can only be noticed by the victim and other demi-gods. She too is a demi-god, but a weaker one. She tells him that she can become strong enough to protect him only if he helps her. The demi-gods grow stronger by the emotions released by the victim. In order for her to grow in strength, he has to live through many temporary reality changes while steadily his body by the jealous ex-boyfriend.

26. A panties life
A mage tries to pull a deviant spell on a sorceress. The sorceress is furious. Before the mage can react he is transformed by the sorceress into lacy panties. He is also cut off from most of his magical power. The sorceress places him in a lingerie shop and heads off. The mage is angry but comes up with a plan to break the transformation. If he would be worn long enough by a person he could slowly enchant the person with a spell-breaker to free him. In order to get there, he needs to be worn. He slowly enchants himself that the first person to touch him would be drawn to purchase and wear him. The plan works till he realizes his mistake. The first person to touch him is a man who looked for a gift. Now every day he is worn by him. And the mage hates it. In the end, he pushes the spell-breaking enchantment off in favor of another spell. One to make the wearer a woman. Because if he has to be worn it should be by a woman. The story then revolves around the slow TF of the wearer from man to woman from the panties/mages perspective.

27. Please use all holes:
The story is about a curse. Those affected are transformed into a busty sex doll. The curse is broken once every hole/orifice was used 6 times (or more). The one who (so to speak) breaks the curse gets the curse. Those freed find themselves back in a body made of flesh, but still very much modeled after the doll they had been.

28. Shift by shift:
A young man is kidnapped by a sorceress. She transforms him into clothing. Each day another piece. Except for Saturdays where he is made a body part of her. The catch is that each time he is a body part his original body changes accordingly. On Sundays, he is in his normal body (but still trapped in the sorceress mansion) so he can witness his body changing.

29. In the eye of the beholder:
A man gets a gift from a friend: a ring. Soon after an old gypsy warns him. He wears something cursed and the curse will change him accordingly how he is perceived. His 'friend' meanwhile works on how he is perceived: first as a sissy, then tomboy and finally complete big-breasted bimbo.

I hadn't planned to write a blog post today till I noticed something.
Exactly one year ago I published "A Jar Full Of Pixie". (Back then on Fictionmania)
My first story to be published.
And I must admit it feels a little special. Which is also strange.
I am at an age were birthdays lost their special meaning and today I have an anniversary I am actually proud of.
Over the last year, I wrote a lot.
Maybe less than I hoped for but also more than I thought I actually would manage.
What helped me to stay motivated was feedback from readers. Be it here or on Fictionmania.
I just wanted to say that I am thankful for each and every reader who in the last year read one of my stories.
I am also grateful for the many comments and encouragements I got.

That's all. Now go on about your day. ;P

Kisses,
Cassy

An invisible update? Oh yes. I managed to sneak quite a few things past the update stream on the main page. Of course, there is a reason for it.

A few months back - when I had been mostly active on Fictionmania - was bold enough to publish some author notes and background information to my stories. I wanted to bring this to BigCloset. Posting it as blog content would probably mean that if someone looked for it later it would be hard to find. Posting it as fiction would have appeared in the update stream. I'd imagine that could have annoyed some people.

A month back I made a mistake and notice that organizational pages don't show up in the update stream. Perfect for my purposes. Only those who look on my TBC author page will find the content. How do people know it is there? Well, I wanted to write a blog post about that ... ;P

So why do I publish this? I mean I am a starting out author who barely anyone knows. Do I have fans? I don't think so. The reason is that I hope that others - more established writers - do the same. And if you want something you should be willing to do the first step. (By the way, Tigger is currently posting a string of blog posts highlighting his writing past. Very interesting. Give it a read.)

What to expect? I have one essay up on why I write and how my writing style and method changed in the past two years. Besides that, you can find fun facts and background information to nearly every story I posted. "Natural Affection" even has a chapter by chapter commentary from me. Explaining what each chapter was supposed to accomplish and how.

For the very brave there is also something very frightening: unfinished stories. Two stories that I had invested a lot of time into, but couldn't hold my interest. I decided to cut my losses. However, since the stories aren't small and have some meat on their rips it would be a shame to just let them go to waste. I've put them up for those willing to explore a little. Just be warned: they will likely remain unfinished!

All of it can be found here: https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book-page/69857/cassy-bee

As always I'll finish my blog post with another round of story ideas. As before here a small disclaimer:
I do not claim copyright for any these story ideas as long as they are included in my blog posts and can be viewed publically!

30. Sleeping beauty redux:
The NYPD uses often a consultant. One day he is called to a place of a double homicide. A forty-something man and a woman in her early twenties are dead. The consultant quickly deducts that the woman is in fact not dead. A drug simulates it. Shortly after the consultant notices a woman in the spectators that argues with a policeman to be let through. Turns out she is the owner of an agency where young people rent out their body while under a drug that makes them appear dead. She also confirms a theory the consultant had. The woman was originally a man. One client was into men who undergo transitioning into women. After the young woman wakes up more questions arise.

31. Djinn-pocolapse:
In a world where 10 Million Djinn exist it’s awfully easy to summon one by accident. Worse. Most are of the devious kind.

32. Race For Satisfaction:
In a fantasy world with many races, one man doesn’t feel like he belongs to his own race. There is a powerful artifact from the gods that help people like him. It gives them a new race based on what they are looking for. The man switched three times before and now at the forth he transforms back to his original race. However as a woman. He realizes that the previous changes all highlighted things the woman of his own race had.

33. The Attic:
A young man is happy to be chosen as a butler for a wealthy sorceress. He is happy because now he can support his younger sisters. But arriving at the mansion is not how he imagined it would be. There are plenty of other butlers and maids. And they all have a hidden agenda. The butlers hope to charm their way into the sorceress' heart. With a marriage to her, a man would be set up for life. The maids however all compete to become the next sorceress apprentice. However, they all have one fear in common: the attic. The attic is not just a collection of dust and cobwebs. In it are plenty of old curiosities and cursed objects. Rumors about how haunted it is are well founded. If you enter it there is a good chance that you ain’t coming out again. One day the sorceress needs something from the attic. All butlers and maids hesitate. Finally our protagonist volunteers. Entering the attic he fights the allure of various objects and finds what the sorceress needed. He had to admit he didn’t found the attic that bad. Over time he needs a refuge against the harassment of the other butlers. So he starts to go into the attic just to get a quiet place. Over time he resists temptations and objects but slowly turns into a girl. (Spoiler: the attic is a testing ground for finding an apprentice)

34. World Dance 2:
A guy gets some special psychedelic shrooms from a friend. Later the day he tries them. Suddenly he passes out. Waking up he finds he traveled to the past. To the second world war. But not the one he knew of. This one is different. Fought over and with are matters of fashion and dancing. As both have magical abilities to them. Of course, females are the dominant gender. What do men know about fashion and dancing anyways?
(This might be a delicate subject and could lead to protest about the use of the particular historic area.)

To those now screaming: Oh no!!! Don't worry. It won't end yet. But Looking at my current timetable of plot points the end will be after around five to six more parts. With now fifteen parts published one could say that about three-quarter of the story is done. That means there are some consequences.

For one most of the plot points of the daily life as a girl are resolved for Mercy. The last one was obviously her period and her very disastrous attempt to avoid it.

So what does that mean? Well, I have to scatter the last few clues and hope that everything culminates in the underwhelming ending I waited so long to write. It also means I have to think about what to do next.

I have some spin-offs in mind for Mercy's universe. But those will be probably short stories. I write more about them when "The Lokian Way" actually ends.

As I had a very positive experience so far with writing a serial I intend to do another.

The question is what story idea will I develop next. Maybe there is something to help me with that. Oh, right! I have a whole category in TBC filled with pilot stories. Ready to be spun out into full-blown serials.

So here is my plan:
I try to post a few more pilot stories until the end of "The Lokian Way" arrives. Then I do a straw poll. Have my readers decide what I write next. I am under no illusion here. Maybe seventy people read my blog posts in total. Maybe half will take the time to cast a vote.
Well, we will see how it fares.

So I guess I have a few busy weeks ahead. Now if I only could go to my boss and say: "Hey. I need two weeks off to write TG stories."
Anyway. Thanks for reading. And also thanks to all who speculate about "The Lokian Way". I can't wait to disappoint you all with the actual ending. ;P

As always I'll finish my blog post with another round of story ideas. Those who aren't interested in them can stop now reading. As before here a small disclaimer:
I do not claim copyright for any these story ideas as long as they are included in my blog posts and can be viewed publically!

35. Miss-calculation:
A powerful and wealthy woman has two hidden conflicting desires. On one side she has the strong urge and desire to be totally submissive to a strong man. So she often hires one to fulfill that role. However, these men never last long against her second hidden desire. To make a strong man into a submissive sissy. Her second desire always ruins her first and by now she had a dozen victims. However, her newest master has a few secrets himself. For one he knows her tendencies. On the other hand, he is poor and wants to be a girl. Can he let the woman feminize him without him losing his dominance? Time for a cat and mouse game where both sides think they are the cat.

36. The last priestess:
A man stumbles on a badly bleeding woman in an ally. He tries to help, but it looks like she won’t make it. Suddenly the woman touches him and he faints. When he wakes up he is the badly bleeding woman. The woman now in his old body explains to him that she is the last priestess of the old gods and she needs to survive. She apologizes and runs away. Her hunters find him. They quickly deduce that he isn’t the real priestess. However, they think they can use him as a compass. So they save his life … for now.

37. Sissy Fortress:
A diary of a disgraced noble heir who was sent to a remote castle. To oversee it and the five other disgraced heirs there. Turns out those five are women (sissies really) and quite ditzy and so on. Over the course of the year, we witness the fall of the said heir and his downfall into sissydom. Vacating the seat for the next disgraced heir. (Inspired by dwarf fortress and "boat murdered")

38. Self-help:
A (female) CEO invites a junior associate into her office. She tells him that she sees great potential in him, but he lacks confidence and a few other things. She is willing to mentor him, but she tells him she needs a foundation to start with. She confides to him that she used to have the same problems: shyness and no confidence. Till she found a self-help program. She is willing to lend her self-help bundle to him. He eagerly agrees. The only problem is that the audio bundle is geared towards women. Of course, the CEO says all he has to do is adjust what the program wants to a male perspective. He agrees to try it.
But what is when his subconscious can’t translate the program's teachings to a male perspective. What if it takes to the female suggestions?

39. Witch road to take?:
There is a motorcycle gang composed of witches. They are the bane of dive bars. Their arrival usually means the mass genderbending of male chauvinists into slutty bimbos.
The car of four friends breaks down in the middle of nowhere. After walking a few miles they come upon a dive bar. They seemingly good luck turns bad as a certain gang of witches arrives. Can they prove their innocence before they lose their sex and intelligence?

Hey everyone,

here a quick update:
Silly me forgot that this Sunday and the Sunday after it will be right around the holidays.
As I come from Germany celebration takes place on the Christmas Eve and the 25th and 26th are more for visiting friends and family.
Therefore the next part of "The Lokian Way" will (probably) arrive on Wednesday the 27th.
Since Silvester night and new years are on Sunday and Monday part 17 will be out (probably) on the 2nd of January.

By the way, how come that "The Summer Job" constantly draws five to ten readers daily?
I mean it is nice to see people reading stuff from me.
But the story is unfinished. I didn't think there would be such a draw to the story.
I thought it would more behave like "About Thorns And Sleeping Beauties".
Which means maybe one read a week.
Very curious about this phenomenon.

Anyway.
Thanks for reading.
Not just this blog post, but also for reading my stories.
Wish you all Merry Christmas.

xoxo
Cassy