Pete has a tough assignment: Join the cheering squad for a day!

Pete's Vagina
68. Reverse
Erin Halfelven
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I just wanted to reassure people that I haven't completely given up on "I accepted magic to fight evil and it turned me into a girl, but I don’t think I really mind?", but I've been suffering writer's block. I do have an outline, but I've been having trouble fleshing it out. I made lots of progress when it was a hyperfixation and my ADHD was newly medicated, but now I can't seem to focus on it. I'm going to try to build up a buffer of a few chapters before I start posting again, but that could take quite some time. I guess what I'm saying is, don't wait up, but it will happen eventually.

I wrote another story. Its fantasy with magic and transformations. Its still on the front page. Probably won't be by the end of the day with how quickly stories get pushed off it these days. I'm looking for engagement because honestly, I'm tired of writing the same story over and over again. Authors can write different things you know. It doesn't have to be all the same shit over and over again *sighs*.

Maybe I should find someplace else to publish my stuff.

There seems to be speculation about me. Okay, I'll address that. Yes, I'm still around. I did have a side-gig going on but not anymore. I still write. I do have a project ongoing, but slowly. Those who follow me on facebook know I'm kind of active, but I do not use any other social media platforms. I think covers the highlights. Thanks for any concern.

Time to go back to school.

I have the start of an idea for the May Summer Romance Story Contest, but the inciting incident involves a 14-year-old boy filling in for his mom (who has laryngitis) in the local church choir. I was wondering, is it too far of a stretch for a boy that age being able to sing in the same range as an adult woman?

No Joel has ever backed down from a battle to defend another

I should have chapter fourteen ready next week

I get the impression that some readers think that Bike has got a bit stale, mind you lots of readers have never heard of it though I believe the Kindle version is still bringing something for the site, up to book 24 I think.

I have notice a fall off on reviews both here and on Fictionmania.
I have asked there whether this is a reaction to these troubled times, when the very small and thoroughly pleasant transgender community has been picked out as the substitute jew to be hated by pliable majority. Are people frightened to put their names (even pennames) to a few words in praise of our evident perversion?
I just hope that is not true and that the courage to simply stay calm and carry on still exists

I posted a new story earlier :D

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/106049/second-star-right

I'm just about to start posting a new story. It's called 'Weeping Willow' and is, as my other, longer, efforts, about a gifted musician. It will be the longest story that I've written and runs to five books of over twenty chapters, so a half a million words. Like my other long stories, it just seems to carry on in short bursts of writing. It starts with a central character a good ten years younger than I’ve normally written about. Ninety-five percent of the places mentioned are real and viewable on Google Maps.

I blame Ms Barbarella. she commented on one of my stories, as she often does. and it collided with my writing method, which is to construct a solid back story for every meaningful character.

I am now 11,000 words into bringing Neil's back story to life. In two evenings of writing.

STOP IT, JO!

Seriously... apologies for the resultant hiatus in 'Mates', but Neil and Maddy have my writerism by the scruff of the neck.

I'm sick with a bad cold. It's not the flu and I tested negative for Covid, so it's just a cold. And now Melanie has caught it too, but we are getting by. Today it feels like it's turning around for me, so I expect to be fine in another four or five days.

Not to worry.

Hugs,
Erin

We're trying out a new distribution channel with our latest DopperPress release. It's called Draft2Digital and will make our books available on many different online sellers, including Amazon, Apple, SmashWords, Kobo and more!

We get a wider world footprint, more flexible pricing, more help with promotion and simpler uploading for eBooks as well as better potential for producing paperbacks and audio books.

It has now been just over a year since I last heard from Julia. Our regular email exchange broke off in the middle of a conversation and I have to accept that she is no longer with us.

I want to provide some notes about her and what her contributions mean for the future of Anmar.

There are a number of very good stories that have gone to Patreon. I did try to pay Patreon but for some reason, my bank takes exception to their charges. The people at the main branch are fine but their "Loss Prevention" folk are awful to deal with. I'm on my 4th Debit Card in as many months. I wonder if there is a way to open an account at BCTS to pay for the various stories. OR... if those stories will ever go to Amazon Kindle??? I am not making demands here, just trying to work something out.

So yesterday, we were getting groceries and went to the book section of the store to find Mom a new book, and she told me she would get me one too, so I looked for something that might be interesting.

I found a book called The In-Between Bookstore.

The cover blurb described the story as about a man, who moves back to his hometown, and somehow manages to meet his younger self.

This sounded very interesting, so I got the book.

And almost at the end of the first chapter (which is as far as I have read), the main character just casually mentions that he is trans.

“She seems very wise. Not from what she says, but from the fact that she doesn’t say it.”

Hugs,
Erin

Due to having caught a case of hospital acquired pneumonia, I've had a few days to work on my stories.
I am hoping to have this one completed by the end of the week.

This is an example that demonstrates that so-called Artificial Intelligence is not working as advertised.

What do you do if you're thinking about writing a story focused around a transgender character, in 2025 America where institutionalized transphobia seems to be ubiquitous?

I hope to have chapter four of "Open Arms" completed by this weekend.

but they'd be sadly disappointed hereabouts at the moment!