Bringing you all up to date. About 8 months ago, I noticed a "blurriness" in my left eye. It went away, but then came back, and for the past few months has been coming and going resulting in moderate fogginess to outright total loss of useful vision in my left eye.

So, I've finally let one of the people I know in the real world read 12-String. I respect his opinion, and for some reason I can't quite fathom, thinks I might actually be 'good enough.'

We'll have to see, but in the short term that means that I will be making a different form of the first eleven chapters for publishing.

By different, I mean that I will be altering my references to Sarah.

This is in no way meant as a slight to Megan or her story. It is simply a fact of what can work on it's own, and what can't.

This started out as a letter to anyone and no one — I’ve never had anyone I could write a letter like this to - but it turned into something else …I’m not sure what you would call it — an desperate cry — a plea for help — or just an aching heart yearning for love.

Letter from a Lost Soul

I know that you will probably not answer this letter back, but I had to tell you that I miss you and Love you. I had such a hard time accepting that you had gone. After I had spent so much of my life trying to find you, I’ve now lost you.

Let's see how many hits that title gets. LOL.

So yeah, my boobs are sore and tits extra puffy, have been all day today. No sign of strange lumps though, I have a feeling I'm about to grow some more. I also noticed something else over the last couple weeks: my body hair isn't growing back in as quickly, thickly, or coarsely, as it used to...

Anyone who's transitioned find that they noticed their body hair start to change last, or is this something weird with my particular inadvertent diet induced feminizing?

Hello, I'm Karen's brother. Karen was admitted to the hospital last night after an apparent drug overdose. She is out of danger, but will remain in the hospital for at least a couple of weeks, so she won't be around for awhile. She could use your thoughts and prayers.

I wanted to talk for a moment about my last story, "Justice?" When I started with the idea, I planned to make it two stories - "The Defense" and "The Prosecution" Basically, first we would see her grief at the rape and death of her sister, and her need for some kind of justice. Then we would see the other side - the insanity of trying to take the law into her own hands, and the horror of the method she used to try and punish them. But the story took on a life of its own, and I was left with her awaking to her own guilt, and making the choice to seek the punishment of the law for her actions.

Some of you may already know some of this.

Something which has been buzzing round my head for a little while is what happens to us if we suffer Alzheimer's, dementia or some major head injury - would we still retain our new gender or revert back? I don't know the answer and hope never to find out personally, but hence the recent theme in Bike.

Angharad.

Andrew Dilemma season 2 - Jessica's Journey, should be out in the next few days. I just finished part 1 of the story today.

I have been taking a bit of a break and recharging my batteries while trying to find a new direction to take the story.

Cain129

Internet access has been disconnected (along with cable, meaning that, due to a lack of the digital converters, there is a lack of even local programming and effectively no news intake), cutting me off from the larger world, due to a bill payment that someone forgot to make...

>.<

I love life.

I'm back now. Took a bit of time to get the newest post going, but now I'm back and going to try and get a few extra's ready so I don't end up silent for a week again.

I just found out that Chaz Bono is going to be on "Dancing with the Stars." Obviously, he is the first trans person to be a contestant, and I'll be pulling for him to win.

The Family Girl Blogs (aka "The New Working Girl Blogs") Blog #8: Blackout No More! To see all of Bobbie's Family Girl Blogs, click on this link: http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/28818/family-girl-blogs

Power's back on!   Yayyy!

Well, I have introduced a new set of characters into my Katia story and need some help with names. They are about a foot tall, fly, and live in the woods on Malok's home world. So far Malok's race have just considered them to be about the equivalent of mosquitos but have not engaged in an eradication campaign on them, rather choosing to stay away from them.

I had a nightmare yesterday. I dreamt I heard a woman's voice telling me to be careful, that "They" were coming close and that I was unarmed. The fear in the voice was enough to wake me, and I found it hard to go back to sleep again. Here's hoping today I sleep better, I don't need to be driving to work drowsy.

This is my first blog and I'm a little nervous!

On the one hand, it's a 16 GB USB flash drive.

On the other, it can also be used in a completely different 'port'.

I'm not entirely sure who'd want to pay $140 for this, and would you really want to use it for one purpose after using it for the other purpose?

Needless to say, there's plenty of joking in the "Best Rated" comments.

Read more to find out what I'm wittering on about: Here's the article (in the Daily Wail, of all places!)

It is with great sadness and a few scrapes and hurts that i have to announce the demise of my faithful steed Foxy. On the way home tonight she hada major failure which luckily occured on a bit of traffic free road as i ended up in a heap on the floor.

I think someones trying to tell me something as i only lost Ginny a few weeks ago so a double bike bereavement is a bit of a hint.

I've escaped serious injury so thats good i think and it could have happened on our recent trip around Denmark or on a busy road.

ttfn
Maddy

I started to post this as a comment on a specific story, then decided it makes more sense as an observation about tg fiction in general than a criticism on a specific story, because the problem I noticed (if it is a problem) is pretty common.

Namely, an awful lot of characters in tg fiction, when they find out about another character being transsexual or gay or both, have one of two extreme reactions -- total, instant acceptance, with displays of affection (if the author wants us to sypathize with the character) or extreme bigotry, very vocal and possibly violent (if the author wants us not to sympathize).

Even if i've got to work i thought you lot deserved a holiday treat so chapter 22 of Book 7 is up today.

ttfn
Mads

That screaming sound is my debit card begging for me to stop. This place is freaking awesome. So could spend a day here, but alas, I get 2 hours

There has been OH, so much change in my life; mostly good ones, or at least something different. Oregon is once again pleasant, though I did not want to return. Memories of the past made it very unpleasant at first but since my arrival, some very pleasant people have come into my life.

In the More Shortcuts box, you'll find a new link, repeated below. These are selected stories that are at least one year old and have had recent comments made on them. Enjoy!

Hugs,
Erin

Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to France we go.

Sadly, it's not permanent yet, but we're not ruling that out for March of next year - maybe sooner if we can. Still we ARE going to do it, never mind how long it takes.

This time, we have the last bits of the flat's decorating and stuff to do so that we can hand the keys over to the letting agent for letting on our behalf. That way, hopefully, it will look after the cost of running the house.

For those of you who can watch UK television repeats, this one on the Channel4 website may be interesting, as one of the ferret rescuers is a pre-op TS called Kelly. All three of the subjects seem as traumatised as the ferrets they rescue.

See what you think.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-merits-of-ferrets/4od...

Angharad.

This entry is inspired in part by the thread on Character Names on the writer's forum.

NOTE: This entry is now outdated, my account name at the time of original posting had been slicersv. This had also been back when I was still hiding from myself. All entries which predate "To Be, Or Not To Be" technically predate my coming out to myself, though there's an interesting progression, reading them back over...

My most commonly used internet moniker is actually the name of one of my oldest characters who's still on speaking terms with me.

Day 1

Set up Tanya's booth for her 31 gifts thing she does. Lots cool stuff here. A couple spaces over is a guy selling wooden swords.

Across from us is the chainsaw carved animals. So many plaves to spend money.

And the food court is a block away

Get to see the miss tater tot festival too.

So, I don't know a lot about 'puters and don't want to know more than I have to about the Devil's machine. :) I just wanna use one.

So, I have this CD called "Tabla Turbo" that is belly dancing music, and not on I tunes or any place like that. So, my roomate told me that I could just buy a thumb drive and use my computer to copy the CD to the Drive. I did not think I could do it due to copyright crankiness, but he insisted I could, so I tried. Well, as you can probably guess, that did not work. So for music CD's that are not main stream, how can this be done?

I always find it interesting when characters have revelations about things that the author (or authoress) has known for some time...

Take for instance Chapter 41 of Mistake, which I am working on in a window not far away from the one that I type this post in. Morgan has finally realized that she's been submitting to Katie for the better part of a year. (Did anyone else see this coming?) Right now the two of them are at the mall, and Katie picked out their clothes when they got up and Katie is wearing pants and Morgan's in a skirt...

You East Coasters please take care. You have a big blow called Irene hard coming your way. Don't underestimate the power of a full blown hurricane.

You can do almost anything you like here in a TG story.

not sure what comic's everyone reads but these are my fav's. So if you want here they are
http://egscomics.com/
http://www.misfile.com/
http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/get_out_of_the_way
http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/this_should_be_interes...
http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Dragon_Doctors/5350077/
http://fancyadventures.com/
http://www.sailorranko.com/index.htm
http://www.sgvy.com/

I woke up a bit shaky today, with flashbacks coming on and off all day, but I managed to keep my head, and focused on things like my little dog. Then this evening I decided I should write a letter to my step-father, since most of my flashbacks today were about him. I may publish it, I don't know yet. Anyway, the day ended on a good note with my daughter coming over. We took the dog for a walk, and ran into a huge desert tortoise being walked by its owner. My dog actually didn't mind the creature, and gave it a good sniff on its behind like it was a fellow dog.

http://blastr.com/2011/08/image-of-the-day-brillian.php

If you don't get the site, it just means the DNS may not have cleared for you yet. Try to force a reload by holding down the shift or control key and clicking to reload the page. :)

Again, Piper has done most of the work. :)

Hugs,
Erin

Crystal Hall is now running on the lilypad server. A few of the links are not working yet but the site itself is up and running. :)

Hugs,
Erin

I have decided to continue the series,mostly because of the all the responses that I have received. At the moment I am not sure where the story will lead but that is part of the fun of writing. I would like to thank everyone who left comments because it's your input that helps me most when it comes to where the story is going to lead and I hope you have enjoyed reading Andrews Dilemma as much as I have writing it. The next part of the series should be out on the weekend provided I can find the time.

A year or so ago I got upset and removed my stories, the only one left behind was I, Actor,
I did write two stories under an alias they were A Bitter Wife and The Pawn, The name I used was Marcie Diane.
I am now at peace and contentment, my meds work for me and I learned to ask some simple questions for my self:

Did I do something to make the situation go bad?

Do I have control of the situation?

Is it my fault?

When I can answer no to each of them, I go about my business and do not rant or rave.

Something on one of the satellite channels, Mon. 29th Aug, that people in the U.K. may find interesting. Have not seen any previews so I don't know what it will be like but I have set my PVR.

http://digiguide.tv/programme-details/Sky+Living/29+August+2...

spoiler alert

a meteorite falls from the sky kills everyone except for the cockroaches there pretty much indestructible.

Just kidding, but you will have to wait a little longer Wren has the draft to be edited but it should be posted soon.

Cain129

My new novel is available for purchase on smashwords.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/83120

It's a comedy about a crossdressing boy and his adventures with his friends in a small town. It's not meant to be realistic or to deal with transgender issues, it's just a zany little romp with lots of off-the-wall costumes and predicaments.

We hope to have it back up tonight or tomorrow.

Hugs,
Erin

Here's a very sympathetic story from a major US newspaper about a transgendered sanitation worker. It includes a link to a video.

http://blog.nj.com/njv_barry_carter/2011/08/carter_the_remarkable_lives_on.html

Kris

Since there will be a mostly harmless shower scene, I'm probably going to raise the rating to R for this chapter, simply because there will be some description of female nudity and bathing. Nothing overtly sexual, thanks to it being from Drew's perspective, were the same shower scene written from Christina's perspective... Might have to take it up even higher ;P

So... Chapter 3 could possibly be done... maybe.

I'm having difficulty deciding whether to post the chapter as-is, with only half as many words as the other two chapters so far and most other chapters are likely to have, and this, having taking over twice as long to write. Or, switch back from Janet's perspective to Drew's and keep writing (which is what would happen anyways, but as a new chapter), probably wind up taking until late Sunday to finish, and ending up with a chapter-and-half chapter length.

I had a Critical comment left for me and I read it just a while ago. I honestly thought in my mind 'How dare you call my baby ugly" sort of thoughts. I read and re read the comment and eventually saw the commenter's point... all very good critiques and I'm sure very reasonable... I replied without heat (or not too much) and tried not to be Snarky... but I felt like someone had attacked me... now I think... who am I writing for... Me first of course... I write what I want to read... in this case, comic book stories with comic book science and physics... I'm not a scientist or engineer...

Here is the message I got from his relatives I found on Facebook to let everyone know what is Stan's health condition. I have asked where we can send letters and cards to so that he can know we care.

yes he is still in the hospital i don't know if u knew of his health conditions but he has elephantigo i am not sure if i spelled it correctly but its where he is retaining massive fluid and he went into a comma about a week ago he came to himself a few days later but they are still pulling two liters of fluid off at a time a few times a day.

Hugs,

Jennifer Boyle

Does anyone know why crystal hall is down?