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Hi everyone! I have a question and am looking for advice. At this point in the story, most of what I presented in the 'Bikipedia' exposition has already been covered in the story. I always knew that big whopping piece of information was clumsy but I felt the need to lay down the background so I could get into the meat of the tale.

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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 875.

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Wuthering Dormice
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Part 875
by Angharad

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Changes~Final Chapter

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I was so happy when the day came for my leaving the hospital. Beside me, holding Heather was Abby. I was still a bit sore so we decided that she should carry her today...

Changes

Chapter~65

By Susan Brown

Copyright © 2010 Susan Brown


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Thank you, Erin!

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I'm not sure whose idea the "random solos" was or who implemented it, but I imagine if it wasn't you, then you at least had a big hand in it.

I've thoroughly enjoyed reading stories I haven't seen for a long time, and I know it's the only explanation why my own meager three stories keep accumulating a few hits per week.

No one could convince me that I'm on any par with the best story writers here, but I did post them hoping that others might enjoy or otherwise find something of value in them. Evidently others are still at least opening the links.

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Gaby's Manx Tale

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Appears to have become the most viewed story on this site, according to Popular Content, with well over 32,000 hits.

I know Karen J joked about having hit on it 28,000 times on a slow night, but as long as she read it each time - it's one of my better efforts - I don't mind.

Angharad.

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The Scoobies Do Chapter 11 The Fan is Hit

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Chapter 11
The Fan Is Hit



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 874.

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Wuthering Dormice
(aka Bike)
Part 874
by Angharad

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Stunning sand art from the Ukraine

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A friend sent me an email which says:

You don’t dare miss this amazing Video Clip . . . but, first, read this properly, all the way through…

This video shows the winner of "Ukraine’s Got Talent," Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch.

The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears, and she won the top prize of about  £75,000.

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Family Way Part 1

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This chapter is for general audiences. Some of the later chapters may not be. Please only read if you are allowed due to your age.

Remember, this is a work of fiction, any simularities between this and real life is strictly coincidental.



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help Help HELP Editor Needed

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Good Evening ALL,

I am in need of an editor or two. I have two stories actively being worked on, one a Serial Comdex...(eight chapters, 3-5 more) and the other a much shorter story, "Between Christmas and Hell."

What I'm looking for in an editor:
1) Someone who will smack my nose with a newspaper and say no no no! Bad Writer
In other words someone who isn't afraid to make suggestions or tell me I'm wrong!
And then won't get bent out of shape if I don't always take their suggestions.

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YAY I'm getting my testicles chopped off ;3

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Great news gals and guys I'm going in for a orchiectomy on the 20th thanks to a very special friend of mine mew. So YAY my testicles are getting chopped off!!!! Ever since I learned I may never be able to get SRS thanks to my marfan syndrome, I've been kinda down, but this really made my day mew. I'll be going in on the 20th, and I'll be back who knows when. Everyone have a great day meow *huggles* ;3

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Sanity check here?

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I've been out on disaster relief twice before; to Honduras after Hurricane Mitch. Of course that was 12 years ago, and I've had a broken back since. Still, I get around OK, and I'm only 63. I't thinkin I'd leave the Hijab and skirts at home. I am still a very good electrician and for me it comes down to my personal freedoms as opposed to a clear need. I'm thinking I'll make a couple calls tomorrow to see what develops. It would be a financial stretch for me, but I just feel driven.

Gwen

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52 weeks 3 hours

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Today I have been a member of this wonderful site for, as the clock in "My Accout" shows 52 weeks and 3 hours.

It has been great fun and I have met a lot of wonderful people here, and read lots of great well written and interesting stories. Thanks to Erin and the others who run this site. I also took the plunge and sent in a small donation in celebration of my anniversary.

RAMI

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I am going to be AFK for awhile due to a death.

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My best friend Tina's, Granddaughter died suddenly, at the age of three months. I don't know how long the process and everything is going to take, but my place is with her right now. Forgive me, and please say a prayer for little Tehya (Tay-uh)

Cathy.

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Gaby Book 6 Chapter *29* Hebamme

Gaby Book 6 - Girls, Girls, Girl?
Chapter *29* Hebamme
by Maddy Bell



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A little help from my friend.

A little help from my friend.

By Elizabeth Jean

What would you do if I sang out of tune,Ӭ
Would you stand up and walk out on me?
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a songӬ
And I'll try not to sing out of key.

Oh, I get by with a little help from my friend
Mm, I get high with a little help from my friend
Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friend



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 873.

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Wuthering Dormice
(aka Bike)
Part 873
by Angharad

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Football Girl ~ Chapter 30

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‘Wake up, Susan.’

‘Wha-a-ah?’

‘Come on, you must wake up.’

My eyes opened stickily and there was Mummy standing, looking down at me.

‘I don’t wanna get up…’
 
 

Football Girl
Chapter 30

By Susan Brown

Copyright © 2010 Susan Brown



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A Great Lady

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I just read an obituary for a 100 year old Dutch lady named Miep Gies. She and her husband were the couple who sheltered the family of Anne Frank and another Jewish family in Rotterdam when it was occupied by the Germans in WW2.

She had been an employee of the Franks and gave them sanctuary (along with a few other employees) when the Gestapo were "cleansing" Holland of Jews and it was she who preserved the famous "Diary of Anne Frank" and returned it to her family after the end of the war.

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Healing a Princess...31 (Deals, Steals, and Warnings)

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HaP 31

NOTE: It might be easier to read this in the format provided at Fictioneer.org

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“Any word from your play thing?” the Elf Lord Raulah raised his eyebrow.

“Not as of yet, my Lord. I do expect to hear from her with in the week. A raspy, voice emanated from a dark cowl.

“Are you sure that she will do as asked?”

“I am my Lord.” Maskalah barely tipped his head hidden beneath his cowl. Not even the ruling Elf Lord was allowed to look upon Maskalah's face.



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Something Feels Strange - 35

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Feels Strange

“Yes,” I inject into the rambling. In fact, I have to say it twice before he gets the message. When he finally gets it, there is a long pause.

“Did you just say yes?” he asks finally.

“I did, Andy,” I respond. “I’d love to go to the dinner dance with you. If you want, we can just be two friends at a dance.”

“You’ll go with me?” he asks as if he didn’t hear me.

“Yes, Andy,” I say again, “I’ll go to the dinner dance with you.”

Chapter 35: Date Preparations



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Problems accessing BCTS

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Since I've gotten a new computer, I've had problems accessing BC with both Firefox and Explorer (up to date versions).

The only thing that has changed is that I'm running Windows 7 now instead of XP. All other sites I try to access work normally.

The error messages I receive are either "Problem accessing page cannot connect to server" or "DNS Lookup Error" once I refresh about a dozen times I get through, but it's getting old real quick. Anyone else having a problem or know of a solution?

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Silly Old Bear

Silly Old Bear

by poetheather

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Winnie the Pooh is trying to figure out what has happened to Christopher Robin and where he has disappeared to.
He is sure it has something to do with Skool, but that doesn't explain the young woman in the Hundred Acre Wood.


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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 872.

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Wuthering Dormice
(aka Bike)
Part 872
by Angharad

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A simple question?

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Spawned by this image, spotted on Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/xt2cu

Sex: Male or Female?

It sounds an easy question, but the UK's Identity and Passport Service evidently recognise some people may have problems with it.

They provide context-sensitive help for their online passport renewal form, and the help for the gender question reads thus:

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I still need authors for my universe.

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I posted this in February of 2009. Since then, only one writer has taken up the challenge. In a thoughtful, emotionally charged short piece, Grover wrote exactly what I was looking for. A beautifully written story that embodied my hopes for this universe.

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Thanks

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Well, A Splintered LIfe is finished. I am really happy by the way people reacted to the story. That has been a nice surprise. I was worried about that, because the story is different from most of my other stuff except Bound and La Faccia del Maestro. The fact that the first chapter has 96 votes at this point is pretty cool.

So, thank you all for reading it and FYI... you will probably all be amused by my next story, which I am hoping to counterbalance A Splintered Life. We'll see just how successful I am.

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TG=More Readers?

The newspaper headline:

Sex-change officer recovering after being hurt at checkpoint

Sometimes, I wish the media would just report the news, and not try to sensationalise it. The officer was just doing her job, and her gender status had nothing to do with the incident, afaik.
[Click the headline to read the story.]

This story should have been reported as: “Police officer hurt at checkpoint.”

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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 871.

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Wuthering Dormice
(aka Bike)
Part 871
by Angharad

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Not just a commentor any more

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Hi everybody. I have been reading BigCloset TopShelf for awhile, and occasionally commenting on some of the stories for a shorter while. So I decided to tell anybody that is interested about this silly person that is me.

First, to avoid just repeating stuff that I have written elsewhere, here is the link to a tiny website that I set up back in 2003 through my ISP: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7yom8/index.html

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Sarah Carerra - 1.17 - The Red Carpet

Josh continued to exit the car, and I slid across the seat toward the open door. I was nervous. Heck, I was scared to death! But I knew that this was something I needed to do.

Sarah Carerra
Chapter 17 - The Red Carpet
by Megan Campbell
Copyright  ©2009 Megan Campbell
Released: January 11, 2010


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I See You

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"I See You" is one of the lines in James Cameron's movie Avatar. While it doesn't have any TG in it, there are transformations both physical and spiritual. Gwen's recent admission that she'd seen the movie 3 times in 3D no less has made me admit that I've seen it twice, once in Imax 3D and once in only 3D. It is one heck of a visual treat, but for a story that many seem to put down for being simple and had already been done, it has made me cry. Twice. I knew that scene was coming but I still was reaching for those napkins I kept handy just in case.

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Adventuresome Adventures on the Epic Quest of Epicness with Edeyn & Heather

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Now, how do we want to do this? What font do you wanna be?

Um... pick one?

Okay, you get to be Georgia Italic and I will be Comic Sans.

... sure.

Now, what do we want to say?

Well, you started the Epic Quest of Epicness by leaving here, so...

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Those nice Islamic people...

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It seems that forced marriage is becoming an increasing issue for gay Muslims. An interesting report from the Beeb.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8446458.stm

Whereas the Guardian reported on legalisation of gay marriage in Portugal, despite it being a Roman Catholic country.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/portugal

An in China, of all places, a gay pageant.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/10/china-gay-pageant

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Changes~64

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I was in hospital for three weeks. I would have been home sooner, but I caught a slight infection which put me back a bit.

Changes

Chapter 64

By Susan Brown

Copyright © 2009 Susan Brown


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My chilling experience.

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Ok, for a while now, I have been feeling very unsettled. I've had thoughts of doing everything from moving to New Zealand to reverting back to Male. It has all felt really weird.

So, over Christmas, in spite of the fact that I'm Muslim, I put Handel's "Messiah" in my sterio and played it a couple times. I just love it. Well, three times since then, the sterio has started playing it all by its self. Once I came home to find it playing. The remote is infrared, so I did not think anything like a cell phone or play station could cause it, but I didn't worry about it too much.

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Healing a Princess news

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First off, Chapter 31 is nearly complete and will be posted as soon as I finish and edit it.

Second. After storyboarding the next chapter and some intense brainstorming (yes it hurt), the story may be heading in a 'slightly' different direciton. (insert evil laugh here)

Now back to your show.

A.A.

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How to count...

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How to count...

by Puddin'

As a writer, you're meant to put words on blank paper. Accountants, on the other hand, are paid to put arabic numbers on paper with lines on it, which makes all the difference. Arabic numbers are not words, they're symbols, which don't actually translate all that well into real words. There are a whole set of rules that are absolutely mandatory when writers write using numbers, mostly to avoid confusion, but also to avoid looking like a rank amateur. The two instantly diagnostic symptoms of amateur writing are bad spelling, and the inappropriate use of arabic numerals.

The first thing a writer has to know about arabic numbers is that they're not precise, even though they look like they ought to be, and it's usually important for a writer to get the words right all the time. If you write: "Sam said, ‘It's 7:00,’" what the heck did Sam actually say? "Seven?" "Seven o'clock?" "Sevenish?" "Seven on the dot?" "Seven exactly?" "Seven AM?" "Seven PM?"" "Seven in the early evening?" "Seven in the morning?" "Oh seven hundred military time?" Those bare arabic symbols say nothing at all beyond what an accountant might dream of, and leaving important details as an exercise for the reader is rarely a good idea.

Every professional writing venue has what's called a "style guide" which details many of the rules associated with putting words on paper for that particular venue. Newspapers have style guides, as do magazines, as do book publishers, as do many web sites. This article addresses only the use of numbers, and offers explanations, which is rather more than most style guides do, since the typical response to submissions which don't follow the rules is to toss them into the trash.

Number Styles

Rule One — Spell out every isolated single-digit whole number. Arabic numerals should be used for large numbers, exact times, exact amounts, and certain other specific situations, but the exact point at which numbers become “large” varies. Some venues treat ten as a large number, but see rule two.

Correct Examples: The two of us went to town. I have 10,763 unique clips in my paperclip collection.

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Serenity

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Hey fellow Browncoats, I was flipping channels, bored, and found Serenity on SyFy. Wash just bought it. Now I can't wait for Randa to get out the next chapter of her fanfic. Hurry, please.

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The Way Things Happen - Part 4

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Continuing the Story of Jenny Holland

The Way Things Happen

Part 4
Jennifer Christine
Copyright © 2010 Jennifer Christine


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