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Missing my next dose of Lee and Darby…….

It’s been three years since Daring Diane published her last Cheerleader book, and I am seriously jonesing for the next book in the series.

The last book left us waiting to see what happened with Lee’s latest innovations in competition cheerleading, the sorority, baseball - both the college team and the Detroit Tigers, Lee’s newly found grandmother and her family business, the National Cheerleading Association, and of course the relationship between Lee and Darby. So many unfinished plot lines - not all of which I have included here!

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Crystal: What I know or think I know

What I know or think I know about Crystal

Crystal is a published author or 20 books. The contract prohibited publishing works anywhere else.

I had lunch with Crystal in April 2018. There I learned about a previous bout with cancer and a major computer crash. That crash lost all the older software used in writing. In 2008 his first book was published and that has been his sole income. The latest book was supposed to come out in 2021 but was not published. At the time he said he was having trouble getting suitable cover art.

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"Webs We Weave" and "Chasing Horizons"

Hi Everybody,

I'm just curious; how/ many of you were reading "Webs We Weave" and "Chasing Horizons?" I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm jonesing for the next chapter of these stories.

Please leave a comment and let the author know that you liked the story and want to see it continued.

Thnx.

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He made it! Melvin James Kaminsky is 100 today

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Makes him the same age as Mairlyn Monroe, Andy Griffith, Queen Elizabeth II and others

My late mom would be a youthful 99 until July 3rd

As for Mel,

It's good to be the king.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oea2cZgbcYU&t=6s

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We're Broke -- Funds needed

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We've had to dip into personal reserves to the amount of $500 in the last week. We still have personal bills coming and ad revenue and Kindle money are more than a week away.

We're broke.

Ad revenue is way down, expenses are 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, phone and internet access for each of us.

In the past year, Melanie and I have put more than $5,000 dollars of our own money into keeping BC operating. We can't keep doing this.

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

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Coming Soon.... Plot Twist In Paradise

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Hello Strangers!

It's been a while, I know. Life has been… a lot lately. Things have been hectic IRL with work and family life and also with trying to work on new story projects. Its been that kind of running around where months go by and you're not entirely sure where all that time just disappeared. But I'm still here, still trying to finish a story, and I come bearing news.

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Apology

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Hey all, I’m currently out of the area on vacation with Aimee and the NinjaPotato.

We had a hardware failure that I mostly bypassed but is still causing some issues and I can’t be there in person to fix it.

With luck we will be home in a few days and I will be able to nip this in the bud.

HuGs
-Piper

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some bad news from my doctor

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so I got the results of an x-ray on my shoulder back, and its not good. the words "severe arthritis" was mentioned, and at that point my brain kind of blacked out.

I need to ask my province's disability fund if they will cover physiotherapy, which considering they are busy trying to force disabled people who cant work to work anyway, I am not hopeful.

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still alive

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im still alive and kicking. someone just informed me that people were wondering.
RL has been extremely busy and writing has not been a priority.
Miranda has been niggling at me for over a month so i am trying to find time to get it written out.
ill check in from time to time.
mostly to see if anyone still reads Camp Kumoni amd Healing a Princess.
thanks for checking in.
A.A.

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Transitioning and intersex.

I am finally beginning the transition, since I found out I can safely take the estrogen patch safely. The soonest I can see the endocrinologist is this coming January. I have also discovered that I am intersex, and will see what the endocrinologist finds out. I do have a female skeletal frame, carrying angle, small genitalia and already have A cup breast development without taking hormones. I will start writing again as I have even more to experience now.

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Security Alert For Windows And Linus

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This is a security alert for everyone who owns a computer, which I think is all of us. If one is allowing windows updates then your computer should be secure. I suggest one read the whole alert and make a personal decision about their own computer.
https://www.wired.com/story/a-critical-deadline-is-approachi...
A Critical Deadline Is Approaching for Windows and Linux Security

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dreaming of failure

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I am not gonna claim to be any sort of expert on dreams, but when the same theme shows up in every dream for a week, I am going to assume my brain is trying to tell me something.

Each dream was different in terms of the setting, the details, but they all had 1 thing in common - I was failing at whatever the task was.

I failed in classes in school, I failed to connect to my classmates, I failed at 2 different jobs, I even failed at 2 different relationships - one with a girl, and one, surprisingly, with a boy.

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I can start a story, but can I finish one?

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I came up with a story idea a couple of days ago, but when I went to try and write it out, I ran into the same problem I have been dealing with for a while - I get to a point, and I just run out of steam.

I have about a dozen stories in more or less the same condition, but I am wondering if this is why I favor flash fiction - one way to get around the sticking point is to just end the story.

I am not desperate enough to try AI, but I am not sure what I can do.

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I have lost another battle against my body

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From the moment I decided to attempt to bring Dorothy to life, I have been fighting against my body.

It took massive amounts of female hormones to finally quell the male ones in my body, and that was only the first battle.

Well, yesterday, I had to acknowledge my defeat in the area of clothing - specifically, panties.

I had bought some panties several months back, and I am giving up on them.

my big belly makes getting something to fit a struggle at the best of times, but my male parts make the whole thing a joke.

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little acts of kindness make a big impact

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on one of the worst days of my life, a little girl tried to make me feel better.

I got a phone call at work saying my grandfather had died, and so I took the day off, got my then girlfriend and went to her parent's house.

They were babysitting their granddaughter who couldn't have been more than 3. I crawled onto my girlfriend's bed, and this little one decided to tuck me in.

Little acts of kindness make a big impact, folks.

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EHRC rules - UK bathrooms etc

Following on from Leeanna's posting: The new guidelines, which are set to cause much grief for those of us in the UK have been placed before Parliament for their approval.

There is a mechanism in our Parliament called an "Early Day Motion" - in itself it will not decide anything or even force debate, it is more like a survey or petition MPs can sign up to. However, if it gets enough support that might help it get debate time which could possibly change things.

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Just another reason I am glad I never changed…….

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My permanent residence. Even though I spent decades away from home, first in the service, and then later spending about 80% of my time traveling for work after leaving active duty, I kept my permanent residence in the Capital/Saratoga Region of New York State. This includes spending the last eight years of my professional career maintaining a residence in either Pennsylvania or South Carolina, I still never changed my legal residence from New York State. There have always been too many legal reasons to remain a New York State resident.

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Tara Nicole Miller Music

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Not sure whether Tara Nicole's still here; there's nothing new on her Track page since she last posted the sixth "Rhapsody" chapter in February. And there wasn't a lot of interest in her YouTube music videos before: "I'm Real" shows 47 views -- the second most -- and I'm pretty sure that I'm six of them.

Allison Zero - Trans Sci-Fi Ebook - Now Available on Itch.io

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Buy Allison Zero on itch.io

This post is to get the Allison Zero blurb, and link to Allison Zero on itch.io, classified correctly in the BC system, appearing in the right places. Kudos to Piper for her work on keeping everything together! We have a great thing going here, so please support all the authors and staff!

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we humans haven't changed all that much

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I think its wonderful that thousands of years ago, humans gave cute nicknames to pets, wrote each other love letters, made complaints about not being paid enough, and wrote graffiti on walls.

We really haven't changed all that much.

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Story Blurb

I have spent the last few weeks doing some major editing and revisions to my Costumes story. I think I'm close to being ready to publish it. Yeah, I know, I wrote it 15 years ago. I still view it as one of my strongest stories, so maybe a good one to be my first book to publish. I need your help. One of the things I've always struggled with is selling a story. You know, writing that blurb that appears on the BCTS front page or on an Amazon web site to convince a person they want to buy this book. Tell me what you think of this blurb.

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Lately

I realise that in the last few years, my upload schedule has been, to put it bluntly, crap. This is despite the fact that I have no fewer than 21 chapters in the backlog that need editing but are otherwise ready to go. The reason I haven't, well, edited them is due to a lack of free time.

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A Damned NIce Thing

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It has been a damned serious business... Blucher and I have lost 30,000 men. It has been a damned nice thing — the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life. … By God! I don't think it would have been done if I had not been there. {Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, spoken to Arthur Creavey in an interview after the Battle of Waterloo.}

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saw the lung doctor today

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So I saw the lung specialist today, and it was mixed news.

On the one hand, she listened to my breathing, and it sounds good.

On the other hand, the x-rays they took show that my right lung has not fully re-inflated yet, and I still have a little bit of gunk in there, in an awkward spot where they wouldn't be able to drain it.

so nothing for it but to try and rest and take it easy a little longer.

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: Looking for a Volunteer Editor for a Long Form TG Fantasy Series (Continuity + BC Safe Focus)

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Hi everyone — I’m looking for a volunteer editor to help with a long running TG fantasy series centred on a magical potions workshop, but also broadening into the wider realm. The project is character driven, transformation based, and focuses on emotional development, identity, friendship, and belonging. The stories range from emotional heavy to farcical. I've been building this world for over a year now and it's time to seek some assistance from outside of my own head.

Duplicate post

I've double posted The Magician's Daughter - Chapter 20. Can one of the lovely administrators of the site remove the doppelganger?

I got a 503 Backend fetch failed message the first time so I saved again. To my surprise it got posted twice. Twice is usually nice but not in this instance.

Thanks for your expeditious response!

Sammy

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UK's "Bathroom Bill"

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The EHRC ruling.

Single-sex spaces - such as changing rooms and toilets - must be used on the basis of biological sex, new guidance from the equalities watchdog has confirmed.that this means, for instance, that a trans woman - a biological male who identifies as a woman - should not use female toilets or changing rooms, according to the code of practice.

The ruling is a joke.Bridget Phillipson even said women should not confront any man using women's "spaces" As I and many others have said. How the hell will they know?

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does this blog do any good?

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I don't know how many people read this blog, but if you have, and if I have ever posted something that made your day a little better, I'd appreciate it if you would say so, cause honestly I feel like I'm not doing anything worthwhile.

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Toni With An i - Publishing Update

Here's a little update about Toni With An i and when Toni can be expected to be seen again. I've been crazy with house move stuff. What I expected to take me three months has actually taken me fifteen months, and it's just now I've gotten my writing setup somewhat tolerable again. There's still a huge amount of work to be done, and it's really stretched my finances, and energy, meaning a lot less time to write.

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End of Month crunch

We have mondy coming in Friday but money going out today and tomorrow.

Personal reserves are rockbottom so we have to hope we don't need them.

Ad revenue is way down, expenses are 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, phone and internet access for each of us.

In the past year, Melanie and I have put more than $5,000 dollars of our own money into keeping BC operating. We can't keep doing this.

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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Computer Crash

My computer crashed. I was using it as usual and I was interrupted by a popup informing me that my device encountered a problem and needed to restart. I had three windows open at the time. It proceeded to restart and never came back. I'm currently on a backup computer and have no access to word processor or the files produced by it..

So I'm reduced to lurking and the occasional comment or blog entry.

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Fell

Fell in the kitchen and gashed my right arm on the oven door. I'm okay, just knocked a big flap of skin loose over my elbow. Got it taped and bandaged at urgent care. I'll be fine in six or ten days, and it shouldn't affect anything here.

Hugs,
Joyce

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Just posted the first story I've ever written! Would appreciate feedback

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Hi all! I just wrote my first ever story, and thought I would post it here at bc.
I would really appreciate any feedback you have!
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Winter Ribbons.

Here is a synopsis of the story:

Richard only wanted to get out of the snow. He never expected to end up in Emily’s wardrobe.

Under The Rainbow: Why the Perm Matters | QueerDispatch

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People sometimes joke about the perm.

Or ask why it matters so much.

The truth is… it’s not really about the hairstyle itself.

Over time, I realized something:
A lot of trans people don’t just mourn being denied acceptance.

We mourn versions of ourselves we never got to openly become.

I can still picture the girl I thought I would have been growing up:
floofy dresses, pigtails, bangs, braids, curly hair bouncing everywhere.

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the marks on my skin from my hospital stay are fading

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The human body has a remarkable ability to repair damage - at least sometimes.

For example, if you looked at my skin, you would hardly tell I had recently been in a hospital fighting for my life.

Even the place where they attached a hose to my chest to drain the fluid out of my lungs has been reduced to a small scab.

There is one exception. On my wrist is a long mark where they had to put tape on to secure an IV line that wouldn't stay in place because I was sweating so much

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I posted a 10 508 word story. Slightly longer than usual

I usually don't post long stories. The only other story longer than 10 000 words was a special experiment.

I occasionally post sequels but those are conceived separately.

The cereal was just my way of having fun with you. All 8 parts together was shorter than most stand-alone stories here.

Now I wrote a 10 508 word story. I posted in two partes.

Part 1 uou can finde here: Just an Ordinary Boy part 1

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Don't say Trans Bill

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I just read about the "Don't Say Trans Bill". I am not particularly sensitive to that issue because, where I dwell the folks are quite kind.

I have been Dead Named at the Portland VA Hospital a couple of times, but no big deal.

Just wanted to know what Yall thought of it.

Gwen

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I'm doing a poll, and I want you guy's opinion

I'm doing a poll, and hope I get lots of opinions

I wanted to figure out what stories of mine are people's favorites, so here is the poll. I decided that only multiple part stories that are not fanfiction could qualify, so pick one (or more!):

Between One Step and the Next: https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/28016/between-one-step-a...

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Little Johnny meets Trump

Donald Trump was visiting a primary school in Orlando and visited a grade four class.
They were in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings.

The teacher asked Mr. Trump if he would like to lead the discussion on the word 'tragedy.'
So our illustrious Republican candidate asked the class for an example of a 'tragedy'.

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Barney

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I know for good reason we steer clear of politics here, but I’ll state my opinion anyway: Barney Frank was one of the best of men—something too rare in his chosen field. May he rest in peace. I have to think that he reached a friendly place.

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The Magician's Daughter - Chapter 17

A thousand apologies, my dear readers!

Due to the effects of old age starting to manifest, a brain fart on my part caused me to post The Magician's Daughter out of sequence. Thanks to samquick and Lindsay who alerted me of my dreadful error!

I have just put up Chapter 17 so, if you're interested, you can read that at your leisure. It's rather annoying to me that I skipped over Chapter 17 since it does have some important elements that move the story toward its denouement.

Chapter 19 will be posted next Monday as pro forma. I promise!

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Under The Rainbow: The Time I Didn’t Run

Hi everyone,

I wanted to apologize for taking Mother’s Day weekend off from Under The Rainbow. I had every intention of posting on schedule, but between family, the emotional weight of the weekend, and just being exhausted, I didn’t have the energy to finish the story the way it deserved.

These stories are deeply personal, and sometimes revisiting these moments takes more out of me than I expect.

But the series is continuing.

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Victoria Peltior's Appearance

I've been doing research (never a guarantee of safety) and think I have found a good reference for Vic's facial appearance. It's the Circassian in the bottom row, second from the left: https://tinyurl.com/pjpp6wu5

Vic is a bit darker and a bit more Asian looking, but that's pretty close.

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America's first 'detransition clinic' for children

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I was dismayed to read that Huston's Children's Hospital, the largest pediatric hospital in the country has been 'persuaded' by the Texas Attorney General to set up a free 'detransition clinic' for children as well as stopping treatment such as puberty blockers. Apparently it is seen as a triumph for your President who of course has nothing more important on his mind.

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The shape of things.

Two things to announce:

1) Postings of Webs We Weave will become more infrequent. They'll get done when they get done.

2) Once Webs We Weave is finished, I won't be posting any more chapters or books in the Starforged Sagas unless there is vested interest.

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found myself thinking about my stepfather today

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For some reason, I found myself thinking about my stepfather today.

I think I have moved past hating him, and now I see him is just a pathetic bully and liar.

Still have PTSD because of him, though, so I guess I just have to live with that.

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Next story idea Help

Hey peeps.

I'm almost finished with Mud Creek. I'm planning out my next story.

I want to write something more "down and dirty" but also something a bit more "supernatural"

I want to use 1994 Mud Creek as the setting. So same old Southern Illinois town.

I'm inspired by the White Wolf games I dabbled with in high school, Especially Mage The Ascension

It's about two college buddies getting into the world of Occult and biting off more then they can chew. One thing I can't decide. Is the magic real or is it all a ruse?

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Trump finds a new target to attack……

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His Department of Education, a misnomer if ever there was one (especially in light of who he chose as his Secretary of Education), has apparently opened an investigation into whether or not Smith College has violated Title IX by admitting transgender women.

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