Fakeminsk TG Fiction: Constant in All Other Things

Sneak Peek: Book 2, Chapter 1 (rewrite)

Instead of looking at the leading edge of the story (chapter 6), here's a glimpse at the rewrite of Chapter 1. I've torn up the old Interlude and salvaged some of its bits to integrate into the new chapter 1, along with bits of chapter 2. More on this in the update later today, but for now, here'...

Cutting Room Floor: Book 1, Chapter 8

As part of revising and editing the first book

Ramblings: On Book One

The first "book" of Constant is now up and complete on TGStorytime. I'd put off for years giving the old chapters a skim through and edit, probably because I knew it'd be a lot of time and effort. In my mind, I was always going to do it as part of the final edit once I read the final chapter or ...

Ramblings: On Editing and Rewriting

As part of posting the first half of chapter 6 of Constant in All Other Things, I finally took the step to looking back over the older chapters and editing them.

It's something I ought to have done ages ago but kept putting off.  Some chapters I hadn't looked at since first publishing ...

Ramblings: On Posting Chapter 6

I posted the first half of Chapter 6 on Thursday night. It's now been up for a full weekend; here's some thoughts:

1. I invest -way- too much of myself into this! I only mean that half-seriously, but I honestly sleep terribly that first night wondering what the feedback's going to be. Which...

Writing Update: 15/03/24

Start of week: 29,999

End of week: 34,922

Change: +4923

Year to date: 54.322

The word count hides a lot of additional work that's gone into Constant this week. At one point the word count dipped into the negative as I cut stuff away. The earlier part of the week was really...

Publish: Chapter 6 (part 1/2)

Gave it a final read through, caught a bunch mo

Sneak Peak: The Story of Jonas

The first half of chapter 6 is pretty much ready to publish, but in the meantime, here's a glimpse of what follows after.  This follows a short scene with Julia.  I'm a little unsure with this transitional stuff, though it's setting up some important plot points for later in the narrati...

Cutting Room Floor: Chapter 6

I thought I'd try somethin a bit different today, instead of the usual "sneak peek".  Word count is a little lower so far as I've been putting effort into the first half of the chapter in preparation for publishing it later this week.  Instead of something in progress in draft form, I t...

Publish: Chapter 6, Part 1

A little editing time opened up this weekend, a

Writing Update: 08/03/24

Start of week: 23,000

End of week: 29,999

Change: +6,999

Year to date: 49,399

I found the writing more difficult this week, in part due to real-world concerns but also because the scene was tricky to get right and took a few tries.  It's not quite there yet but I'm fe...

Sneak Peek: Cindy and Jonas

Writing continues apace on Chapter 6.  I've found this scene tricky to write--fun, but tricky.  The dynamic between Jonas and Cindy took me a few tries to figure out.  I'm not entirely sure I'm there yet, but I feel it's coming along nicely.  I'm pushing this moment as a trans...

On How I Write

Over on the FM mesage board, I posted the question: "How do you write?"  Answers have started trickling in, and it's an intiguing mix of approaches.

For any writers following along here, what's your process, your method--how and where do you write, and what works for you, if you don't ...

Writing Update: 01/03/24

Start of week: 16,770

End of week: 23,000

Change: +6,230

Year to date: 42,400

Passed 20k words for chapter 6 of Constant this week, which feels like a bit of an achievement.  The first "season" of Constant almost all came in at around 20k--but from about chapter 4 onw...

Sneak Peek: Chapter 6 (to date)

For your enjoyment, Chapter 6 to date.  At this

Sneak Peek Redux: Clubbing

Huh, I should've waited a day before posting the sneak peek for this week.  Had another pass at the clubbing scene, and tightened it up a bit.  Trying to capture the booze- and drug-fuelled euphoria of it all, and the swirl of experiences: more rambling and fragmented with the drink, lo...

Sneak Peek: Story of the Dress

A minor setback, as I started writing the next "story" in chapter 6.  The framework bit with Julia and David at the "funeral" came out pretty good, and I started into the next bit of the story without problem (other than the crippling cold i was writing through).  But as I trundled alon...

Writing Update: 23/02/24

Start of week: 11,394

End of week: 16,770

Change: +5376

Year to date: 36,170.

An odd week.  Between jetlag and now this bloody cold, writing's been challenging.  Especially these last few days, in which struggling to my 500+ word minimum's been tough going, and w...

Constant: A Timeline

With my brain swimming with a headcold I've brought back from abroad, writing's been a bit tricky this week.  Or rather, it started strongly--a solid, 2000-word day--when it was just jetlag, but man, this cold's killing me.  I was halfway through a tricky scene--Cindy in a sparkly dress...

Sneak Peak: Julia and Cindy

First draft of Julia's visit to Cindy's apartment after the return from the Clinic.  Warning: explicit details!  

As always with a sneak peak, this is first-draft stuff and liable to change.  Originally, I hadn't planned on anything happening between them, but the scene playe...

On Returning (in more detail)

Hello again, all!

Brain's still addled by jetlag, and the workday's a struggle, but the familiarity of routine also seems to be good for writing. As I feared, precious little got done over the week's holiday. I read a bit, and sketched down some ideas for a few possible short stories, but d...

On Returning

Hello!

Well, back from holiday and back to work - to both writing and "real world" work.

More to say, but don't trust my jetlag-addled brain to say it correctly so a more detailed update to follow later in the week.  Hope all is well with everyone, and looking forward to getting ...

On Lost Luggage

It's a familiar cliche: a man flies somewhere and discovers his luggage is lost in transit.  For whatever reason--an urgent business meeting, perhaps; or he picked up the wrong suitcase--he's "forced" to wear women's clothing as he doesn't have any of his own.  Hijinks ensue.

Well...

Sky Greetings

You know, there's something genuinely amazing about modern technology. I'm typing this out on my phone at 10,000 feet (or so) using the free WiFi on the plane winging me home to family. Yes, WiFi on planes is hardly bleeding edge tech, but somehow it's the first time I've ever tapped into it. And...

Sneak Peek: Chapter 6 (to date)

As there may not be an update over the next wee

Writing Update: 09/02/24

Start of Week: 4,844

End of Week: 11,394

Change: +6556

Year to date: 30,794

A solid week's writing, which also included a number of rewrites as I played with the point of view and tried to improve the flow of the narrative.  The "funeral of David Saunders" frame for t...

Sneak Peek: Chapter 6--The Housewife and the Massage

Another peek at where the story's going.  As always: rough draft and liable to change over time, but hope you enjoy as is!

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Soon after I found myself standing in front of the mirror once more, once again naked, but this time under the bright light of the noonday sun. I stared ...

Ramblings: On Keeping Motivated

I've been meaning to write about this for a while but held off because I'm worried it'll come off as a little whingey, like I’m having a moan. And I’m not, or at least I don’t think I am, though it’ll probably come off that way at times. But today feels like a good day to write about keep...

Sneak Peek: Rewriting the return home - v3

Another round of revision, tightening up the prose of "Julia's Story", or rather David's version of it.  Expanded the setting a little and squeezed in even more unsubtle imagery (the olympic park is shaped like a vagina; the train disappearing into the tunnel; hammering nails into soft wood;...

Sneak Peek: Rewriting the Return Home

Hello!  I hope you've all had a good weekend.  I managed a little bit of writing over the weekend, mostly plotting stuff.  As often happens, I had an "a-ha" moment in the shower--always the best place for new ideas--and for once managed to jot it down before it drained away.  ...