I've been running BigCloset for more than 26 years. I've lost loved ones and found new ones. I've made friends here and elsewhere. I've written novels, stories, essays, poems and songs. I've published books.
And you all have been here with me to share this space that we have created together, a friendly place to read, write and discuss TG fiction...and other things that interest us.
It's been up and down, but we've spent more time up than down, I think. I hope you can stick around with me, Melanie, Piper, Cat and my other helpers and elves for as long as we can keep it together.
Happy New Year,
Hugs,
Erin, aka Joyce
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New Years Best Wishes to All at BC
Cudos to you and your "elves"
26 years Erin? YIKES!
BTW Fred Astair films are on TV today because its New Years Eve.
Got to love his work plus he was born the same year are my paternal grandfather.
Both would be 126 years old
John in Wauwatosa
Which Proves
You, Melanie, Piper, Cat are the best Cat Herders there is.
Hugs Erin and the rest of the girls who have managed the impossible for twenty six years. You have proven the impossible was just a suggestion.
Barb
Oklahoma born and raised cowgirl
Hard to believe I've been along for 21 of those years
Or so my account says, but that doesn't count lurking years. So, I guess I've witnessed most of those years. Over the years I’ve seen authors come and go. I’ve made friends with some; lost some and some of those are sadly no longer with us.
But you, Melanie and Piper, have been constants, plus others who've stayed behind the scenes. Any time I’ve had a problem or wanted to learn more about how to navigate Drupal, you and they have been most helpful. I want you all to know that I appreciate you all and the work you all do to keep BCTS up and running.
So, thank you for having the vision and the courage to make it all happen and thank you to all your minions for the tireless work you all do to build an maintain this community. It means everything to us.
Happy New Year to everyone.
Hugs
Patricia
Happiness is being all dressed up and HAVING some place to go.
Semper in femineo gerunt
Ich bin ein femininer Mann
Thank you BCTS Community!
Thanks to my friend, Joyce. You have stood by me through my good times and times that I've misbehaved. Having Big Closet Top Shelf as a community helped me not only not feel alone but re awakened my author output that I posted my first TG short story on a BBS about 30 years ago that migrated to Usenet and found it's way to BCTS. It has become the seed of my new book length fiction that I'm working on the editing to prepare to publish.
I am thankful to all the BCTS helpers that have interacted with me over the years making my author life so much easier. The BCTS custom platform is a writer's dream. (I'm still hoping for scheduled posting but that's not important.)
I'm grateful to my smaller subset of BCTS's community who are the audience for the type of TG fiction that I write. You all give me the hope that my work is getting out beyond myself and is being enjoyed and perhaps making a difference.
I really am lucky to be a part and have friends in the reader's community on BCTS where I enjoy and am inspired by the high quality of writing that is available here.
I'm grateful to Sephrena for her friendship and contests and I finally won a prize for a novella in one posting and is the basis for my new novel greatly expanded from the original novella which I'm told has possibilities to be queried and even with the right screenplay be made into a TV or streaming series or even a movie due to the great increase in my writing skill developed at BCTS as a writer's platform.
I'm grateful to the BCTS offshoots like the discord channel where the D&D group with different players from BCTS that has spanned the world was formed after the example that it could be done by now integral to BCTS staffer Melanie E.
I too have had many good friends that I met through BCTS to pass including a couple from my D&D group (contact me if interested, I'm always looking for new players)
I'm thankful for 19 years as a BCTS author and even before that for a couple of years I lurked and read stories on BCTS before I committed and registered my account under a pseudonym.
The whole BCTS community has been very good to me and I am thankful for each and every one of you.
Like several noted, I've been here for 19 years and 11 months.
I lurked before joining.
BC has been an important site for me.
I may not speak up as often as others, but that does not minimize the importance.
Thank you for all that you do.
DD
I suppose...
That I must be a relative newcomer with just 18 years and 9 months under my belt, but i think I hold the record for the amount of creative contributions (or lack of them) during that time. I've written all sorts including the dreaded Bike that no one seems to read any more, short stories, serials and series, poetry or doggerel. I admit I'm less active now, don't seem to have any energy after the second stroke and with extra medication for hypertension, even less.
Thank you Erin for your years of service to this community. We seem to be in dark days at present with the political climate being run by bigots, so called Christians who preach hate and other small minded creeps. I hope it will improve one day.
Happy New Year to one and all.
Angharad
Should I change my username to “no one”?
Reason being that I do read Bike when you’re able to post an episode.
I found the fiction here when a friend transitioned; I stayed originally for Bike, so thank you. Now that you aren’t able to post so often, I stay for the people, including you. I wish you well.
A Standing Ovation
To Erin and her crew for keeping this labour of love alive for 26 years. Three cheers for all the authors, past and present and to the commentors, readers and silent supporters.
And, Angharad, I still read 'Bike'. That is a monumental labour. The site has changed but I still think it's a good read.
My life
has been enriched by being part of this community. All my thanks and love!
Love, Andrea Lena
Only 13 years for me
I haven’t always been a significant contributor. But this site has provided me with so much relief and encouragement. It’s hard to measure.
Wishing each of you all the best in 2026.
Gillian Cairns
Happy New Year
Erin, you are a treasure.
I have found a warm place here at BCTS.
Best wishes to all of you.
I am back and writing after a couple of weeks of doing nothing.
Today I am posting one of my stories set in the past from a collection published last year.
There will be more stories.
Hugs.
Maryanne