I am pleased to announce the launch of my new ongoing BlogFic, Sophomore Year. It is written from the perspective of Andrew Gillen, a 29-year-old man in 2016 who somehow found himself pulled back into his high school years of 2002 - in the wrong body. Now to the world, he is Jessa Gilbert, a … Continue reading Introducing Sophomore Year: A new BlogFic
Category: Thoughts and Reflections
A Year and Change Part 2: Early September 2006
A Year and Change is my retrospective on the early years of The Trading Post, one of my most admired pieces of Transformation/TG Fic, which tells the story of visitors to a cursed Inn in Maine that transforms visitors into those who have stayed before, forcing them to live their lives. In our last entry, … Continue reading A Year and Change Part 2: Early September 2006
Happy new year… and a new story!
I've said for months now that when the holidays are over it will be a lot easier to find time to write. I don't expect that suddenly I'll be posting a new story every single week but it's already proving to be a little bit true. An idea struck yesterday for a story that I … Continue reading Happy new year… and a new story!
A Year and Change: The Trading Post Retrospective Part 1
One thing you may know about me and my bibliography as a TG Fic writer is that I have spent the last 12 years contributing to the blog fic The Trading Post, which centers on the effects of a “cursed” inn in Maine that turns its inhabitants into the previous guests of that room (who, … Continue reading A Year and Change: The Trading Post Retrospective Part 1
Getting Real: Looking Back at Transplanted Life
What would happen if you woke up one day in someone else's body? I know, I know. Literally the entire genre of TG/TF is based around this question, and we could argue all day long about what would be a "realistic" outcome and never approach any kind of agreement. Still, I always felt Transplanted Life, … Continue reading Getting Real: Looking Back at Transplanted Life
A Blog Blog/Writing About Writing
I want to acknowledge how this blog has not been as active in July as it had been since launching. I surprised myself by being able to keep up an update schedule of roughly one post per week in May and June - not exactly a glut of content but I think the key to … Continue reading A Blog Blog/Writing About Writing
Mythologically Speaking…
One major inspiration to me as a writer whas always been mythology. As a kid I pored over the Illustrated Book of Myths constantly trying to learn and absorb all the great legends from around the world. This particular edition - retold by Neil Philip - featured tales not just from the conventional Greek, Egyptian … Continue reading Mythologically Speaking…
Liam: The Fictionmania Years
As many of you know, Fictionmania is an online repository of transgender/transformation fiction, a no-frills, anyone-can-post bank of 35000 stories by hundreds of authors over more than two decades. When I first logged on in my late teens, the site's mid-90's origins probably seemed more distant to me than my own brief time posting stories … Continue reading Liam: The Fictionmania Years
Saturday Morning Inspiration
If you're like me, your interest in TF/TG media probably took root early on. Kids shows from my youth were constantly pushing the "brain swapping" button, and since there was usually a token female castmember, the how would oblige by giving their characters the gender-bender treatment. It was probably here that a lot of kids' … Continue reading Saturday Morning Inspiration
Out go the links…
No going back now. I've wanted to launch this site for years. I got the URL last fall. I've been gathering material as much as I can. And there's still not a ton to show people, but sometimes knowing people will see something is the best motivator. So, with one story posted, and another one … Continue reading Out go the links…