Okay... lots of progress today. I wrote 13 pages today on the Tegan story I have been working on. So it is at 150 pages and 52+k words. Yay! That means I can soon get to other things in the near future. And once the edits are done I can get to selling it. Whee! Here's hoping that it goes well.

Andrea James posted a link for a wonderful organization called Trans Youth Family Allies on her page today. I have contacted them to see if I can volunteer. I have seen and read stories here locally about parents who were totally clueless about what it means for their child to be Trans. One case resulted in suicide from being bullied and rejected by their mother. I tried to get our Trans support group involved in this worthy cause, but they didn't want to "Rock the boat" and chose not get involved.

Well, I'm just about to leave for Slave Lake Alberta. They changed my destination, and now I'm going to be there an extra day, so more than likely this will be my last chance to talk to you guys until Friday. Wish me luck, I'm a little nervous.

Yesterday morning I found out I had lost ten pounds and now I have a whole lot of leftover Halloween candy in my house (NOT GOOD!).

I enjoyed the program - seemed to be fair & modern views except for one doctor who alluded to TG children deciding that they would revert back to their birth gender. Not my experience for myself & those of my aquaintence.

http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/episode/post-1.html is the web address enjoy. I cannot figure out how to make the address a hyperlink.

Queen Ruth

May the sun always shine on your parade

Happy Halloween everybody!

Contest results will be announced tomorrow. Sorry about that.

Hugs,
Erin

Well, I'm going to be away Tuesday and Wednesday, as my work has asked me to go to a store in the far north of Alberta for two shifts. I'll stay in the town overnight between them at hotel on Walmart's dime, and my meals and gas will be paid for as well. I could use the extra work, but I'll be without a computer for the two days, so more than likely you guys wont hear from me until I get back. Super hugs to all.

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Just to let those who may be interested know - WEIRD WEDNESDAY is now available for Kindle.

Tanya Allan's Page

On Kindle US

On Kindle UK

My next Title will be the previously unseen and unpublished MARINE... hopefully within the week... WATCH THIS SPACE.

Thanks

Tanya

I know it is off topic, but for any musical theatre fans out there, tonight Wicked! is celebrating an anniversary, and after the performance they are webcasting a special Encore with the whole cast performing in concert mode, a song that was voted on by fans.

It will only be availble tonight at 9pm EDT.

You can catch it at http://www.livestream.com/wickedbroadway?rsvptoeventid=418277

This is streaming some older content right now.

At 9pmEDT it will also be available at

http://www.youtube.com/officialwicked

It's only about 15 minutes away.

I have been told that I was not clear in my Blog on the above noted program. According to the CBC's website, the program airs tonight, October the 30th at 22:00. It is followed by one titled "The Third Sex" at 23:00.

My apologies for any confusion I may have caused. I have a DVD player hooked to my boob tube but have never used it but will try tonight if the weather is clear - I only have satellite reception - no reception when there is nothing to do but watch TV - LOL.

I hope the program lives up to the trailer I saw.

Queen Ruth

May the sun always shine on your parade

The CBC has announced that its program "The Passionate Eye" will present a documentary next Sunday at 22:00 eastern time dealing with transgendered children and their parents. The trailer, shown tonight, led me to believe that the parents were supportive and the children young.

This for your information in case that you are interested in viewing.

Queen Ruth

May the sun always shine on your parade

Has anyone recently had problems logging in to BC? For the last 3 or 4 days I haven't been able to open the site using http://bigcloset.ateros.com/newstuff/index.html. (That is what the computer calls up when I start typing Big....) Just to check, I went to acouple of other sites and clicked on the link to BC and they didn't seem to work either.

Well, last night I had an incident that shows how much I've changed in the last while. See, I was on my way to work, and I stopped in at sub place to grab lunch, and the kid behind the counter said "What can I get you sir?" Now, I was in my wig, my wal-mart clothes, and was carrying a purse, so "sir" just wasn't the pronoun I would have preferred him to use. But while not that long ago an incident like that would have sent me spiraling downwards, I immediately thought "poor kid, needs better glasses, cant tell sirs from ma'ams." I think its a good sign, dont you guys?