I know, I know, but…

Okay, so it looks like things have come to an ending with both Crystal’s StorySite and FictionMania. Both have stopped accepting new submissions, and in some cases have turned off critical functions such as forum posting.

I have to say in some ways I’m relieved. People can calm down now and allow things to settle some. But it is up in the air as to whether Crystal’s StorySite will continue as it is. FictionMania has made their position clear (in their own way.)

For those of you who aren’t current on the flamewar, basically it comes to one person’s stories.

Click here for a brief history of the problems

So now we have a few alternatives. Go to a pay site like TGFiction, stay with sites like BigCloset and TopShelf and Stardust, create your own archive of stories and post them all there. And this is a very sad state of affairs indeed.

I’m sad things have come to this. I’m sad that problems have caused this fracture. My offer to host stories for authors who are leaving those sites still stands. This will remain a free site. I will even build a new site, complete with URL to host others stories if there is enough call for this.

I’m not really happy about all this, but there’s not a lot I can do. I’ve made my opinion plain as I can, and I stand by it.

Well, things have been up and down here for us in Chez Phillip.

We had some problems that mandated that I be off the Internet for some time. I was able to post stories since I had scheduled them to go up at regular intervals (thank you Wordpress!) and so I was able to keep entertaining you all. But I wasn’t able to do my work here like I wanted to do.

I have a new Roundup waiting to be finished out and posted, but I only have one link on there as of now. So let me get a few more of interest to you and it will be up to entertain you all as you have come to love.

The other thing you will notice is this: at the top of every post when you look at that post and NOT the index pages (where you can see the comments and vote box on those posts) you will notice something new.

In between the breadcrumb navigation and the title, there is a CLIGS shortcode URL for every post. This is so you can copy it and share it with others or put it in your own personal database of stories. I’m trying to make my site a bit more friendly and accessible to others, and one criticism I got was that they didn’t have a URL they could copy. Now you do.

I hope you all like it, and don’t forget about the Sissy Farm!

(Setting, female on a trip with a Secret Service Agent in the group she is with. SSA takes female’s bags for her….)

“I’ve got that ma’am.” Agent Curtis said.

“Like hell you do,” Sally retorted taking her bag from him. “You are a bodyguard, not a porter. Your job means that you have to have your hands free to get your gun out if you have to shoot someone. By that measure, having my bags in your hand means that if someone got the drop on us, you wouldn’t be able to do anything without dropping my bags, thus telegraphing the fact that you are going to do something to the bad guys. I have my bags, thank you.”

He chuckled a bit and relented. “As you say ma’am.”

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Bodyguards are not there for decoration. They have a very important job. NEVER should a bodyguard be asked or written to take another’s bag when they are on duty guarding someone, and they would never leave their Principal (meaning their protectee) to wait on another person.

Keep this in mind when you write your stories.

(I have made comments screened on this post. Don’t be afraid to post your thoughts, only you and I will see them.)

If you haven’t figured this out by now, you REALLY need to get a clue; I’m transgendered. Therefore you would think that I would be interested in the LGBT issues that come up. Things like “can transitioned people get healthcare?” “Will marriages that were made before a sex change still be valid afterward?” “Can a non-gay author write a good book about being gay?” one would think I would be concerned about, but I’m just not.
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Let me start this post out by saying that I am only speaking for myself. I have no clue as to the feelings of others, nor have I talked to anyone about this.

That being said, I have noticed a lot of crossover between the BDSM community and the TS/TG/crossdressing communities. When I had gone to events in the past that had floggers and cuffs, I noticed several people who were also either crossdressers or who were actual transsexuals and transitioning.
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I have about four different places I could post this entry. Here, my LiveJournal, my DreamWidth account, or over at TopShelf. I finally decided on here because this is what this blog is for, a post like this.

What am I whining about now, you might ask?

Stories. Yes, AGAIN….
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