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Cyber-bullying

Using comments or PMs to attack someone personally on this platform can lead to outright banning from the site. If someone writes a story you don't like, that is not a license to attack them on moral grounds.

If you receive such a bullying message, please bring it to my attention. If you have sent such a missive, consider this a warning. We have very few rules here, and the main one is still, "Keep it friendly."

Hugs,
Erin

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Wondering about a book.

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I'm wondering about a story that's about a boy who wanted to be a girl but stopped for a while because they forgot about it until his/her sister asked them to go out with her Boyfriend's cousin Everything that he Girl, was about daydreaming

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Chris Rea RIP

Sorry to be self indulgent, but just a quick memorial to my favourite guitarist, who sadly passed away today.
Chris Rea was born in Middleborough, now called Teeside, but at the time, Noth Riding of Yorkshire.
His beautiful guitar playing and gravelly voice were the soundtrack of my adolescence, from the poppy "Fool if you think it's over" to the sublime "Auberge", and, of course, he also wrote the classic "Driving Home for Christmas".
I've seen him play at least ten times, and on every occasion, he came over as a nice guy.
Lucy xx

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Queer Holiday Party Geek-Out

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I have a monthly dinner for my friends in the Queer community, mainly trans. But family (like my daughter) and friends are welcome as well. The last few months had been only me and a couple close friends. Several regular attendees had moved away or gotten involved in other things. But there was a lot of interest from my friends in the support group. So I invited several of them that I had built a relationship with. And I reached out to a couple good friends who had attended previously but hadn’t made it for a while. They joined us and we had a fantastic evening!

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Apologies for my clumsiness

Hello all.

I just posted several chapters to my novel, Ethan's World not realizing that it's considered bad form to post more than two per day. Apologies for that. I got kinda carried away--it's fifty chapters, completed, and I was kinda sorta eager. I've enjoyed so many great stories here and wanted to contribute. I didn't mean to abuse y'all's generosity.

Again, my apologies and thank you for maintaining a great place to read and post our particular kinds of stories.

d.

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Controlling Computer Data

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A year back I was having problems with BCTS giving me errors. I contacted Erin, she suggested I flush the "cache" in my computer. Never giving too much thought to what Windows did with information on my web visits other than taking care of "history" and "cookies", cache wasn't on my radar. Looking it up there is a ton of one's history loaded there. Removing it won't crash one's computer but may cause loading often visited sites imperceptively slower. Flushing cache will also remove one of the places viruses may data extrapolate and use to infest the computer.

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Absences

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Not hiding, just not well in multiple ways, which has required two hospital stays and forced full retirement on me. Heart and kidneys are the knowns; thyroid has just been ruled out, and next month they are going to check my liver, deep joy.

Just no energy.

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Are you prepared?

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If you want to embark on a successful journey, you have to prepare appropriately. These six questions should help assess if you are prepared to embark on the stage of the gender transition that moves into the realm of non-reversible changes.

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News report for Gaby Bond fans

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As many, if not most, Gaby Bond fans know, the Ahr valley was devastated by a flash flood in July 2021. Especially upstream from Dernau, via Rech, Mayshoß, Altenahr to Ahrbrück and beyond, the train tracks were completely destroyed and washed away.

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had a couple of near-misses while driving, and gave myself a flat tire.

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I have had a couple of near-misses driving the last couple of days. And then tonight I managed to drive over a curb and give myself a flat tire.

these events have me worried, and depressed.

hugs appreciated.

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getting used to finding some men attractive.

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I was watching "I go insane" by Lindsey Buckingham and suddenly, I saw what Stevie Nix probably saw in him.

He's got this smoldering intensity I could see causing a girl to swoon.

There was a time when me seeing a man as attractive would have caused me to panic, but now, its just ... eh.

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overcoming procrastination

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For months, I have looked at a pile of items I needed to take to Goodwill, and found a reason not to deal with them.

Well, today, I found a reason to get rid of them - I am expecting a new bed on Friday.

I feel pretty good about accomplishing this, honestly.

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I debated posting this (because minor spoilers for GEM)

Pretentious "I'm a writer!" blog post. Sorry, not sorry ;)

So, "As a writer" (See, I told you! lol) I draw inspiration from everywhere, my own experiences, others' experiences, other works of fiction and non fiction, and sometimes - okay, a lot of the time - I'm just making it up as I go along just like the rest of us. But I have never experienced this before, where something I wrote actually perfectly mirrors someone's real lived experience, right down to using the exact same words to describe it, AFTER I had already written it.

I've got cold chills.

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The Short Story

After sending a message to Suzi in relation to my vignette posted last week, I wondered if blog readers might be interested in what I wrote on the Message Board over on Fictionmania in relation to what a writer proposed would be shorter fiction of 7500 words - a body swap story (MFC main female character becomes male and MMC female)? This is what I wrote:

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Reviews

An honest review or two on any of our books on Kindle/Amazon or other sites would probably increase visibility a lot. This applies to all DopplerPress, AlephTwo and Azimuth books, which help support this site. If you've read one of our books, please consider leaving an honest review. :)

Thank you,
Erin

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Interactive Table of Contents question

My latest offering features an interactive Table of Contents. The body of the story is preceded by a column of jump-links that allows the reader to jump to a particular chapter. I've pretty much decided that on longer works (in my mind that means >20K words) that rather than posting as a serial I'll provide this kind of means for the reader to read part of the story, leave and come back later and be able to jump to where they left off.

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New story up

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I wrote this story some time ago. Until now it was only available as an eBook from online retailers.

It was inspired by a very real protest in 2017. It was chronicled by instinctmagazine.com in their story titled: “Boys in Skirts Beat the Heat—and the System” and featured this photo.
Protest in skirts

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My apologies again

I guess at this point I sound like a broken record player. But again I owe my readership an apologie. As many of you know I've stopped posting chapters or even updating stories. I'm not going to ask your forgiveness. And at this point I feel I've lost what readership I have, not that I blame you guys. Anyway, around the middle part of October my mother passed away, she passed away in front of me, it shook me, it tossed me into a tail spin. I have seen death before, I'm a country girl, I've hunted and fished all my life.

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Getting older ....

... But not growing up?

In a few hours my age switches from 59 to 60 but that's just a number!

As many will know, I have a new Tammy story out on Kindle and I will start serialising Flying High in January. I have also started writing the follow up story.

Anyway, I am having a day out on my birthday with a girlfriend in Norwich. Pictures will be on my socials.

Shiraz

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Cataract Surgery Blues

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2 weeks post cataract surgery and my eye is so blurred this is my first attemp at a post .Would anyone who knows my friend Lucy Perkins please alert her to this post as she must be wondering what happeed to me.I tried to zend her a msg ut have forgotten how to send it.Can someone explain in simple terms please? Thank you
Bronwen

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Funds Needed - end-month bills

Ad revenue down, expenses up. We need more revenue. We're stepping up book production, which will help, and thanks to everyone buying our books!

But we depend a great deal on contributions from our community to meet the expenses of the site and phone and internet access for each of us.

If you can help, please do. It's greatly appreciated.

Hugs,
Erin


Many thanks!

Hugs,
Erin, Piper, Cat, Rasufelle and the rest of the crew

Below are versions of the PayPal links.

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I have been giving much thought to all that I have……..

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To be thankful for this year - and to all that I have lost. To all that WE have lost.

I have much to be thankful for. I am coming up on five years cancer free this spring, and I feel great. I am healthy, very comfortable financially, and I am finally able to relax and enjoy life without feeling driven to climb the next rung on the career ladder. Something that those who have served will understand, one is shooting at me, and just as importantly I am not having to shoot at anyone to protect my team.

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I Woke Up This Morning

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I was buggered. I was feeling every ounce of my age and wondering if I would survive the day, and if I wanted to. I had my coffee and orange juice and started to feel a little better.

A better mood started to kick in and I recognised just how lucky I am to have a group of close sisters here, who I love dearly, and that I have this site to relate to every day, thankfully to all of the admin who put so much effort into keeping it up and operating.

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Book Progress and Thanks

Before anything else, Happy Thanksgiving!!

Yes, it's a day early to post such - but I'll likely not have time tomorrow, what with all the usual family craziness and the spouse's 'Second Thanksgiving' we do on the following Friday for various friends who don't have close family to celebrate with on the actual day.

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I’m still alive

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This is Torey. Couldn’t get back into my account. I’m getting in the mood to write again, create new content and maybe update stories.
Peace and Love,
Torey

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Epilators

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One of the commonest problems for transwomen is the occurrence of facial hair. It is believed that electolysis is the only permanent means of removal, laser is a temporary method and it doesn't work with light coloured hair. I had 4 years of electrolysis which cleared much of my facial hair, ecept the upper lip and throat area. Over the last couple of years I have been plucking but it's slow and sometimes hurts a bit and on a good day only 10 or 20 hairs were removed.

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My Playlist... My Muse for the next chapter...

Hey everyone,

When you first sit down with a new idea in your head, what do you lean on to get started? For some people, it might be a mood, a memory, or even a single image. For some people, it could be something visual, like something they saw in real life, maybe a movie, or even something they heard.  I am curious what others use as that first spark when they begin turning an idea into an actual story.

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End of year sale

Hi!

I’m excited to announce that all my books will be promoted on @Smashwords as part of their End of Year Sale 2025 starting on December 8! Be sure to follow me for more updates and links to the promotion for my books and many more! #EoYSale25 #Smashwords

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Happy reading!

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2 dreams !

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So here are a couple of dreams for you all:

In the first dream, I seemed to be at a family reunion when I heard gunshots. I think I teleported, because the next thing I knew I was standing in front of a guy holding some kind of sniper style gun. I told him if he wanted to shoot somebody he could try shooting me, and when he did, the bullets sort of disappeared before touching me. Then I reached out and touched the gun, causing it to vanish as well, which made the gunman surrender.

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Wondering About A Book

I'm wondering about a story that's about a boy who wanted to be a girl but stopped for a while because they forgot about it until his/her sister asked them to go out with her Boyfriend's cousin Everything that he Girl, was about daydreaming

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Opinions wanted!

I'd really like to hear what people thought of Mobius.

Splitting it into parts to post is a double edged sword. Some people don't read a multipart story until it's complete, and I have to admit, I don't always, either. Especially when the writer has a track record of not finishing all of her stories. Of which I'm guilty. Lol.

Thee other side, at least in my case is it makes it where people are able to comment on things while they are fresh in their mind, rather than reading a single file and commenting on what is left at the forefront of the mind.

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Where I’m At, Now That the Story Is Out There... Complete

Honestly, thank you to everyone who read the story. If you commented, sent me a DM, an email, or even just followed along quietly, please know I really appreciate it. The encouragement, excitement, and thoughtful feedback you’ve shared have meant a lot to me, and I’m grateful you chose to spend your time reading this story.

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A Heads Up For All Transgender

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I want everyone to be ready in case Trump follows through with this. If one has dual citizenship make sure your other nation passport is up to date. If one only has U.S. passport and you travel, be ready in heart and courage to apply for passage through scrutiny. Years ago friends have told me some truly funny stories about passing through security when their appearance didn't match their passport. If it happens to you treat it as a cosmic joke life has a twisted sense of humor.

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Life is busy and fun

It's been a while since I've shared any stories. I've been involved in a lot of things and had trouble blocking out time to work on my writing. But I do have one story close to completion that I'll get out soon.

Some of that activity is described with the song I wrote and posted today, "Your Love is Kind".

I've also been writing lessons for a Sunday School series I'm helping to teach with a long time friend of mine about responding to Christian Nationalism.

That has at least gotten me to develop a habit of hitting the computer for extended sessions of writing.

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Interesting webcomic story arc

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I haven't seen anything on this, so here goes:
Two Kinds current story arc has a Masking TG/Furry switch that started at https://twokinds.keenspot.com/comic/1269/ , with the current page having the best depiction yet. Just a heads up.
Enjoy!
Diana

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When Your Universe Name Needs Subtitles

So. Remember last week when I posted asking what everyone thought about "Himingrath" as a universe name?

Well, it looks like the general consensus is that Himingrath is... a mouthful. Which is kind of what I was worried about, but I was also in love with the meaning behind it and thought maybe I could make it work through sheer determination.

Turns out: I cannot.

The feedback... Well, let's just call it diplomatic. Lots of "interesting choice" and thoughtful pauses. So I've pivoted to something people can actually say without hesitation:

The Seidh Between.

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Cherry Jubilee

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The storyline for Cherry Jubliee has been in a state of flux for a while now. At the start it features a manga character coming to life to help the main character, Ghen. But then…I thought, what if Gehn embraced the super-heroine identify to fight for the oppressed at their high school?

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Sequel to Mobius

I am working on the outline of a sequel to Mobius.

I was hoping to get more comments on Mobius than what I have. Therefore, I am looking for somebody to beta read the sequel along with Malady. In a murder mystery, a second beta reader, or even a second and third is invaluable. Especially in the area of making red herrings seem plausible.

If anybody is interested in helping, please message me. Or reply to this.

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My first blog entry, a note of thanks and the future

I want to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who read the first part of The Girl I Undressed. The response has been overwhelming in the best way. This was a story I almost set aside, and seeing it receive so much love has left me grateful and a little stunned.

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Tara's Songs on YouTube!

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View and subscribe to Tara's YouTube Channel

Spread the word!

My videos have no annoying ads. New videos appear all the time, so be sure to subscribe to keep up to date.

Now, I know how to upload mp3s to BigCloset, but don't know how to share them. If someone in the know could let me know how to do it, that would be wonderful. I would love everybody who wants one to get it and share freely. We all need music that speaks to our soul!

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Has anyone read an old book I came across

I noticed/discovered or was recommended a book on Amazon called "An Exchange of Souls" by Barry Pain. There is only one review that was German I think and the translation didn't tell me anything really.
It was apparently written in 1911, so the idea of a body swap story from 100+ years ago sounds interesting. Different societal norms, pre WW1 & WW2...also would be open to other suggestions of OLD stories like that, body or soul swap types.

Here is the Amazon link, I paid the dollar for it, but not sure when I'll start to read it.

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Looking for a story

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Th story starts in the lobby of a hotel.
An overweight IT consultant wants to enter the lift and bumps in into another man.
This man does a double take because our protagonist looks very much like his missing wife.
IT guy get's hired as doubleganger for the wife.

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the evolution of Games without Frontiers

Because my re-write of Games without Frontiers is almost finished, I wanted to share how this story evolved.

It started the first time I heard the song by Peter Gabriel which is apparently in reference to a reality show from Europe.

The song stuck with me, and eventually I started trying to find a story I could make from it.

The first attempt was set in World War Two, featuring a bunch of kids sent to the country to avoid the London Blitz.

But eventually I abandoned that idea, and the song kind of went into the background.

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forget the two wolves idea

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you probably have heard the saying about having 2 wolves inside of you.

Well, I dont have wolves. I have about 12 variations of myself, all at different ages, and all of them have vastly different agendas to each other.

The fact that I am in any way functional with this going on inside me should get me some kind of appreciation . . .

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sometimes, my brain worries me

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so this morning, I pulled out my clothes and put them on my bed, and put on my socks.

A moment later, I am looking at the pile of clothes, trying to find my socks, apparently totally forgetting I had them on.

Eventually, I looked down at my feet, and realized I was wearing them.

Sometimes, my brain worries me ...

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A whole new World. (From Aladdin).

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Frankly, I have had trouble, and hurtfully so with seeing the point of view that the LGBT set has.

Just now, 11/1/2025 in the evening, I was watching the episode of itchy boots, on You tube where she is crawling down the beach in an effort to rescue seal with nets they had picked up in the Ocean. I forget which Ocean. ----Namibia----

Suddenly, looking at her face and the way she interacts with the men around her.

The way she interacts with men... She is absolutely attracted to men...

Now I have to face my own feelings at times...

RED IN THE FACE

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SCP Foundation Alert!

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SPC Foundation Alert! SCP 7000, otherwise known as Huggles, have escaped containment, and they are on the loose on the internet.

The Foundation recommends that should a huggle approach you, let it hug you, because they become docile after giving a hug.

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My small steps continue

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I have been getting a little braver with each time I venture out as Leeanna. My angel Mike, gently encourages me , but doesn't push.
A few weeks back we went to visit several old churches. We were unlucky. On the first day all 3 were either shut of the road was closed.
The next day we went to visit Framlingham castle in Suffolk.

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Fractured Rune release date & preorders (updated)

It’s finally happening! Fractured Rune, Book One of The Aeldstorm Saga, is set to release on January 20th, 2026, and preorders are now live on Amazon!

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Heather and the Mess

I think my mojo is back, I've managed to crank out nearly 4000 words in about sixteen hours, and it's the first new UG story for a few years! This will form a part of UG5 when that's finished (it does exist) but that will have to follow the Tammy story that's in progress. Oh, and I want to do another Joannie Jet story.

I'm going to blame that mojo for stealing all my time!

Shiraz

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Warrior turned into a girl, Yuk!!!

Lookin for a story here...

A Powerful MALE Warrior is turned into a weak girl, not a sissy through dastardly trickery by ????

I think that she is cast out and flees to a distant land.

SHE later turns the tables on her detractor and comes home....

The rest is to fuzzy to remember.

Can someone help the girl ???

Gwen Brown

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Sharon's moving day tomorrow, Thursday.

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So, starting tomorrow and ending Thursday, Sharon is moving into her new place.

This is going to be the weirdest move I've been a part of, and I have been a part of plenty.

Because of the fact it will happen over two days.

Ah, well, once more into the breach, dear friends . . .

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AI-assisted fiction

I'm currently posting here a 10-chapter Novella called "Project Mnemosyne," written with the assistance of Chat GPT, but with extensive, long, detailed prompts and post-edits. It seems to be getting good reviews, even from people I consider some of the best posting on BC or anywhere.

I've done another story, very different in tone from the Novella but also rather different from anything I have written previously. Still, this has more input from me to begin with and more editing by me, too.

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Titch pt 2 Claire and Sally amendment

Following a comment on my story by Emma, I really liked how she had expressed the dichotomy of dysphoria and have incorporated it into my story as the penultimate paragraph. I know that many of you read and react to the comments, but others, sometimes including myself, pick and choose what to read. However i think that her comment is so insightful that I should encourage more to see and appreciate it.

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