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Acknowledgements

I want to take a few moments to say thank you to the authors (in no special order) who participated in the production of One Dozen Roses. First and foremost, I’d like to thank Melanie E. (AKA Rasufelle) for recruiting us into this fun and challenging project. One Dozen Roses was her brain child.

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One Dozen Roses will have an Interactive Table of Contents

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One Dozen Roses is 36,046 words long. Don't let that deter you. No need to read it all in one setting.

Each story is somewhere between 2000 words and 5000 words. It is possible to read one story at a time, close the file, come back and use the Table of Contents to jump to the next story.

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Baby Names

I looking for names for my characters I often go to BabyNames.com for names. I noticed something today that I noticed before but had nearly forgotten about. Tips for Writers

Below is some great things to think about when naming characters.


Character Names - Tips for Writers

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What's with this?

What's with this pop up at the top of every page?

Everything seem to be working alright, but it seems to be slow.


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Dreams... I had one

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Everyone seems to be sharing their dreams, so I finally had one that folks here may find interesting.

I rarely recall my dreams in any real detail, but a couple of night ago I awoke with one that mostly stuck with me.

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Picture file getting cluttered.

In my 15 years 11 months here on BCTS, I uploaded many pictures. Right now, I'm involved in Melanie E./Rasufelle’s One Dozen Roses project. I've taken on the task of collating and formatting the collection. Counting the 12 stories and the cover, that means I'm adding a large group of photos as I submit things to the group.

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New story up

I just posted a new story. "Jan Comes Out to Play."

It's an older story of mine. It's my attempt at romance.

Jon is a young, over achieving software engineer. He's been a computer nerd since grade school; driven to achieve in school. As a result, he started college early at 17 and went no stop, Summer term included, and became the youngest Master candidate in the schools history. But a t what cost? He had vertically no social life, not even with other nerds, because he's got a secret... a huge feminine side.

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Barney Miller circa 1975

Those of us who are of a certain age will remember the sit com, Barney Miller. It's about the 12th Precinct detectives. I was watching it late last night and the 1975 episode, Vigilante came on. It features an arrest of a cross-dressing teamster, for an "unclassified misdemeanor." We're all used to seeing cross-dressers in comedy being the brunt of the gag. In this case the cross-dresser was treated with respect and the comedy lines were all about the "unclassified misdemeanor" and the others reaction to him.

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Duck Duck Go search engine prevented from giving a discription

I use Duck Duck Go as a search engine. I did a search on T. D. Aldoennetti and the following turned up:

bigclosetr.us
https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/author/t-d-aldoennetti
We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us.

Does the Big Closet website really deny Duck Duck Go from displaying a description? Clicking the link took me to T. D. Aldoennetti's author page

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Essential employee

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Oregon's governor has issued an executive order Oregon schools are to be closed until September and that schools implement "distance learning" so that the students in Oregon don't lose a year of schooling. As a result, school bus drivers have become "essential employees". We are to deliver school work assignments and lunches.

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looking for a story

I saw a reference to a story on another site but it didn't give the author or the title, it just made reference to something that was "just like that story".

The reference was to a boy who had gynecomastia and was required to wear a girls swimsuit for a swim class at school. He was then invited to a party by one of the girls that turn out to be a swim party, which she hadn't told him. She loaned him a swimsuit which he wore at the party with the other girls. Then was invited to a sleep over after the party.

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OK, I'm at it again. Need editors/proof readers.

Hi All,

Some of you may have read an off hand comment by me about regretting that I couldn't publish one of my first stories because I'd sold the copyright to Reluctant Press. Piper PMed me and suggested that I contact the CEO and talk with him about regaining the copyright. I'd have been willing to pay for it, considering I got paid for it when I sold it.

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Out of the mouths of babes

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After I retired, a couple of years ago and move to a small town in the foot hills of the coast range in Oregon, I got bored and decided to drive school bus for the local schools. Now, while I don't make any real effort to hide my trans status, I also don't flaunt it. As such, I generally look pretty androgynous. That means, long hair, past my shoulders and and my full size breast forms in a bra every day. My hair is usually pulled back at the sides and captured at the crown of my head with a simple brown barrette. Even so, most people clock me as male.

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Short story need help

Pattys Dilemma cover.jpg

I've decided to publish, The Crush: Patty's Dilemma and I'm looking for a beta reader or two I've edited it a bit, nothing drastic. So what I'm really looking for is someone to read a little over 6000 words and make sure there are no glaring errors in continuity and all those pesky wrong word things that pop up or odd punctuation.

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Jealous

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Reflecting on yesterday, I've decided I'm jealous. Twice a month my wife and I volunteer at the food bank sponsored by our church. It's a great opportunity to give back. About fifty percent of the volunteers there come from our church and it seems like I've known them forever. I know the spouses and all their kids.

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Mastercard True Name cards

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I was browsing another site that has some active forms when I came across this link.

Mastercard launches True Name cards to make paying with credit cards easier for trans and non-binary communities
Published Mon, Jun 17 2019 3:49 PM EDT

Mastercard announced on Monday, June 17, its True Name™ card initiative, which will allow for chosen names to appear on the front of consumers’ cards.

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A couple of interesting things this last weekend.

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First at church: Increasingly I've adopted many practices that I perceive ad feminine. One of them is sitting to do my business in the bathroom, which means that I always use the stall in public restrooms. At church, where I've been attending since long before I came out to anyone but my wife, this last Sunday I needed to use the restroom before service. In the stall, there was a new roll of TP and the left over small portion of the previous roll on top of it. So I used the part roll to wipe in front. I'm sure that I flushed.

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They were an ordinary couple

Ran across this again. The last time was several years ago. I'm sure some of you have seen it. This couples story, less the full time coming out and resulting full transition, could be mine. Makes me wonder just where my journey will end.

My husband became a woman

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