This should have been my first blog entry. I was so focused on posting my story I overlooked many of the protocols and customs of BCTS, so sorry about that. But now that I've gotten that ball rolling I thought I'd try and start over again:

I've been a reader here on BCTS for quite some time and have admired many of the authors and their works, some of whom have inspired me to contribute. I used to dabble in the cross-dressing writing genre since my twenties. Some may know me by my nom de plume, Daphne, or perhaps know of Daphne's Secret Garden on Deviant Art and other sites from "back in the old days." My big claim to fame was more than twenty years ago with Lipstick Discipline and the Petticoat Detective series, both written in partnership with good friends who have long passed to the best of my knowledge.

As often happens, life got in the way, blah-blah and I lost my passion. My recent resurgence comes from my approaching oblivion; I'm retired finally and getting old--in my 70s now--and after some health scares I've had time to reflect and write.

The novel Ethan's World is a cathartic release for my damaged boyhood and all of the guilt and depression that came from the past. It is also my love letter to all of those who've blurred the lines between the sexes and genders, either in real life or in their dreams and fantasies.

Ethan's World is completed, so no worries about it not being finished. I'm posting it two chapters at a time until it's done. The story consists of fifty chapters, more than 670 pages and by my count, a quarter of a million words. It may be the last cross-dressing story I ever write. It may not. All I can tell you it is a work of passion and obsession--written during recovery from two surgeries--and is meant to be the best that I can do. I do have ideas for other tales, but my focus has getting Ethan's World finished and posted before I pass. Anything else I do will be icing on the cake.

Thanks to all who've supported me over the years. And for your kindnesses and lovely comments. I hope you enjoy Ethan's World and follow it to the end. If it's not for you, that's fine. To be honest, I wrote it for myself--if anyone else enjoys it that's pure happenstance. I'm pretty happy with how things come together at the end of the tale. I think if readers give it a chance they'll find it worthwhile.

Cheers!