I just finished the latest installment of Snowfall's The Station's Late Night Princess tale as well as the newest update of Jem, by Bailey Summers. In many of the responses to the acts of violence perpetrated against the lead character in each tale I see people raging about 'hate crimes'. It is something that often comes up in the LGBT community.

I love stories about the music industry. I recently posted remarks about Melanie Brown's new book on Amazon.

I love these stories and would like other fans of the genre to add their own titles to the following list.

I love finding the origins of common expressions and colloquialisms. I am currently reading Skipper by Beverly Taff. This expression is used often by the title character. Being an American, I am not certain whether this is just Beverly's own expression, or a common British, Welsh, Scottish, or Irish one.

Could anyone offer some enlightenment?

waif

OK, I really loved Angela's little challenge and decided to create my own just for the heck of it. I failed at her challenge because my generation is dependent on Google. I would hope that the majority of people here at BC/TS will have no problem cranking up their brains and solving this mystery.

Here is the big question.

I have one book that I am just finishing my final draft of so that I can publish it on Amazon.

I have a sequel that I just posted the first chapter of this week.

I have another story loosely based on the Syd Barret story that I am about to post the first chapter in the next few days.

I am voraciously reading as much as I can, and I use a handful of my new friends here at BCTS to guide me in what I should read first.

What has all this got to do with Angharad, you might ask?

We live in a society where honest and decent people are afraid to become police officers, teachers, health workers, or firemen for fear of getting caught up in a YouTube moment. I began this year, my first as a teacher, with such high hopes. I felt a strong urge to give back to my community. I wanted to inspire young minds to read and learn and gain the fruits of knowledge in the same way I was inspired.

Now, I am seriously re-thinking my career choice. I owe 55k in student loan debt and am looking at job opportunities outside of the classroom.

Why?

I normally do not make unsolicited endorsements without first communicating with the author;however, I log in to Amazon daily through the BCTS link to benefit the site as much as I can. I recently read a book that is listed there called, Chained Melodies: A transgender romance by Debrah Martin. It is free to Amazon unlimited users and only a dollar to anyone else. It is a very compelling story and is well worth the time and expense.

waif

I have just posted the latest segment of my story. I hope that you all enjoy it and add comments. Feedback from readers and other writers have been the missing ingredients in my writing formula. After so many abortive attempts, I am proud of what I have accomplished.

I realize that some people may be turned off by my subject matter and that others might find it overly predictable. I have struggled to walk the line between adult fiction and erotica. I have also struggled to keep my readers guessing about character motivations, plot developments, and the eventual denouement.

I just blew my posting schedule up.

I know, schedules are supposed to be guidelines. I am terrible about following rules.

8-P

Anyway, I posted five more chapters and the plot is getting thick with Matt and Danielle's big party only a couple of days away.

Hope you all enjoy it.

waif

I love writing and reading the works I find on this site. I really love to read fiction that is appropriate for young adult audiences. There are tons of trashy stories that children can, and do access on the internet. I truly feel that these young readers (I teach in a middle school) need a resource like this for two main reasons. First is the positive outlook that is gained from seeing a character that they can identify with overcoming obstacles. Second is the ability to gain some semblance of affinity for people from other cultures, genders, ethnicities, and sexual identities.

I just posted the new chapters that I promised. I have Chapter 25 and 26 ready to post next Sunday. Next week is Spring Break and I expect to add a lot of content during that week.

Please Please Please post responses and give me an idea of what you think.

waif

I posted 2 chapters and have 2 more ready to post on Wednesday.

My main reason in deviating was to make sure that my readers do not miss any chapters.

It is also a way for me to milk comments from my readers (I know I'm such a narcissistic bitch, sometimes).

If I find the chapters stacking up, I might post them in bigger chunks, next week (3-4 chapters at a time?).

OK.

I just finished writing chapter 21, but I am thinking that I will wait until tomorrow night to post it, as doing them more often than that seems to make readers miss chapters.

I am also enjoying how the tension is mounting. I have heard from a few people that have expressed concern about the darker aspects of my story. I sympathize with them, but have to allow the work to speak for itself.

There is sex. There are some D/s themes. There is emotional manipulation. There are some aspects that can be called marital infidelity.