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For Love of the Cake Ch 12 TGWe came out of the back door of the shop on to an empty alley way. We turned left which was the closest way to the street.

“Well shit, boy and girls-“

“Really,” I interrupted Yolanda.

“Shut up you are one now. We’re not really going to get far on foot.”

“Yeah and you’ve got another problem too,” said a large man in combat gear now blocking our path. “The others will be along soon. Let’s go quietly and none of you little ladies will get hurt.”

“Uh I’m here too, dude,” said Tim.

The larger man shrugged. “I couldn’t tell,” he sFor Love of the Cake Ch 12 TG by ~On2XSecretProbation

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Mysterious Union Part 2 TGThe car ride was not exactly fun. I spent most of it looking out of the window trying in vain to remember how I had gotten into this situation. I remembered going to sleep the night before. I’d gone to work and had dinner with my family before that. I remembered eating steak. I just don’t know how I could go to bed as a man and wake up as a girl. Maybe I should go with aliens as my explanation until I find a better solution. I really hope this is all a dream. Please be a dream.

“Emily,” said the woman. I turned my head to look.

“I know you aren’t happy about this change but you know how important your fMysterious Union Part 2 TG by ~On2XSecretProbation

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For Love of the Cake Ch 11 TGI felt shaken. We'd come all this way…alright fine it was only a few miles but when you consider I traveled to completely different gender I think it's ok for me to be a little taken aback by his comments. Suddenly a voice came from the back of the store.

"Tim? What's going on out there," asked the voice which sounded like it came from an old phonograph which had smoked too many cigarettes.

"Nothing. I'm taking care of it. Don't trouble yourself," said the man making a shooing motion at us as he did so.

"Nothing, eh? I'll be the judge of that."

"Look girl," Tim said addressing me.

"I'm not a-" I started to say but he rudely cut me off.

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I've been checking out stuff on deviantart for a long time now and at this point I figure it's time to give something back

Mostly my artistic medium is writing. I write fiction most of the time and that should be what is seen here. I'm hoping to get some feedback on my work. I do want to hone my craft. I have also been known to scribble up a landscape or a poster for some of my favorite TV Shows, movies, or bands. Nothing fancy just for fun.

I hope folks like what I bring to the table.

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Favorite visual artist Claude Monet Favorite movies The Untouchables, The Original Star Wars Trilogy, Star Treks II, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX, and the reboot, various westerns, various Q.T. and R.R. films including Grindhouse, Fritz Lang films, Hitchcock films, and many more... Favorite TV shows The Prisoner, Law and Order (original and CI mostly), Burn Notice, Psych, Archer, It's always Sunny in Philidelphia, Community, The Office, Bones , Castle, Star Trek (most of them) Favorite bands / musical artists The Who, The Rolling Stones, Tegan and Sara, Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Dylan, Stephen Lynch, Led Zepplin, Deep Purple, Roger Miller, Dethklok, Billy Joel, Forigner, Weird Al, Warren Zevon, Cab Calloway Favorite books Oh so many...just check out the writers down there and that should give you an idea... Favorite writers Timothy Zahn, C.J. Henderson, Tess Gerritsen, Neil Gaiman, Isuna Hasekura (author of Spice and Wolf), Robert B. Parker, many others who I can't remember off the top of my head Favorite games Gears of War and other FPSs, various sports games, RPGs of all different series and types (I'm a huge RPG junkie) Favorite gaming platform Playstations 1 and 2, Gamecube, Xbox 360...I have a PS3 but only two games thus far so I wouldn't call it a favorite Tools of the Trade My brain, fingers, eyes, ears...my self and my computer mostly...sometimes a writing pad and pen. Other Interests I have many interests...if you talk with me they'll probably come up in conversation.

Coming up for air.

by ~On2XSecretProbation, May 30, 2013, 11:16:10 PM
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Hello everyone. I do have new things to post! I have a new chapter of Cake ready to roll once I give it a once over so maybe expect it Friday or this weekend. It has a ton of action in it so you won't be disappointed on that count! You might be, because of how long it took me to write it however. I'm writing more lately so you might get more stuff quicker...I am working on other things though including the potential for starting my own small business. These are very busy times for me. I am also going on a trip to our nation's capital and areas around so that should be a good trip.

I'm feeling very positive right now despite some negativity going on in my life right now. I'm going to be getting good things come by way soon! I can feel it.

Well I don't really have much else to say right now...but if all you folks out there want me to talk about something I can do that. Just let me know what interests you!

I'll have a short review of Iron Man 3 and the new Star Trek posted here soon if anyone cares.

Catch you all later!

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Mood: Excited
Listening to: Bruce Springsteen
Reading: A Game of Thrones and Turn Coat
Watching: Game of Thrones and Arrested Development
Playing: Rachet and Clank Tools of Destruction
Eating: Chips
Drinking: Lots of water

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*evergreenarts May 16, 2013 Digital Artist

thank you for watching!

*MrEchoAngel May 8, 2013 General Artist

Thanks for the watch c: <3

*Sol-Caninus Mar 30, 2013 Traditional Artist

Do you write or edit in Sta.sh Writer? If so, is there a way to open posted work in it to make corrections? If so, what's the procedure?

~On2XSecretProbation Apr 3, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

I just copy and paste into the text program here. What ever it is called just go to the page and there will be a button on the right that allows you to edit...if that is what you're looking for.

Hope that helped...sorry on the late reply...

*Sol-Caninus Apr 3, 2013 Traditional Artist

Every little bit helps.
Te procedure you describe is for creating a text file to post, not to edit a story that's already been posted. So, I take it you cannot edit a story after it's posted.

~On2XSecretProbation Apr 3, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

You can if you made it a text file like I usually do. At least I've been able to edit my stuff.

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*Sol-Caninus Mar 15, 2013 Traditional Artist

Hey Steve. You must feel like a kitten in a house where puppies rule. Who reads, here?
It's not fair that it only takes a few seconds to look at a picture and say a line or two, compared to taking the time to read a chapter or short story, organize thoughts, take notes, and deliver a coherent, categorical crit.
Still, WELCOME to DA, my broth-ah!

~On2XSecretProbation Mar 16, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

You are right on there! (And dogs often aren't fans of me in real life actually so the analogy is apt in more ways than one) It's actually not the art that gets to me...it's these captions were people take other people's art then write less than a paragraph and get all sorts of praise and views and favorites. But I have a small but dedicated cadre of fans I always try to thank folks who like my stuff. So...thank you! I hope you'll join the cadre!

*Sol-Caninus Mar 17, 2013 Traditional Artist

Do you mean when people post other people's art under their own name in their gallery? That gives them the "by-line" and it is against DA policy. They will be sanctioned when it is reported, if they don't correct it. And, yes, makes absolutely no sense to praise them for it as they've done nothing praiseworthy.

I write, too, but am putting the lion's share of my time in artwork, currently. Long days at the board. While I enjoy doing technical literary crits, I don't have time to them, given my schedule. But if I find short pieces, or ones of any length that grab me in the opening, then I take the time to say a few words about it.

Some of your chapters made me prick up my ears. I found them a little too subtle, though, the rise in tension a wee bit slow. Not bad at all, but too slow to force me off the fence and commit to the story or remark why I wouldn't. But I will give it a second chance, since it may be pressures in my world that are to blame for me not getting into a fiction reading head, not anything "too subtle" about the writing.

~On2XSecretProbation Mar 17, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

Oh sometimes they credit the art's source but sometimes they don't. That bothers me but not nearly as much as when they just write poorly and yet the views and comments lend them a kind of credibility since people read and somehow enjoy them despite misspellings and simple grammatical errors (like using their, there, and they're interchangeably). I mean I know I don't have perfect grammar but some of these things are damn near unreadable. At the same time though I don't want a bunch of people kissing my ass telling me how great my stories are all the time. Yeah I want to hear nice things but I also want to improve my craft and I can't do that without the feedback.

As far as my work...the stuff I post on here is more like...training for my actual novel writing goals. Don't get me wrong I'm not just trying to turn out crap for the sake of just turning things out. I do work hard on these stories. I just sort of...like the serial style of writing. It's different for me. It allows for more of a free hand than I let myself have in my novel stuff. In my novel I have strict world and character building that should be followed relatively to how I've planned it with little changes here and there (because let's face it writing definitely doesn't always follow the plan). On dA I can say, hey let's have the character stop in a diner and have knife throwing and gunshots and stuff. Or hey why don't I try to write a story that's part story and part top secret report on a scientific find. Then about a year later (in real life) take those characters and put them in the current day.

For Love of the Cake in particular does build the tension slowly I'll admit. Actually it's on purpose, I wanted it to be structured like an old radio show. I want people to keep tuning in for the next episode so the build to what is going on is actually as I see it more of a roller coaster than anything else each part has something to it and ends on a cliffhanger. I fear I might be over using the cliffhanger element though...

Anyways that's just a little bit of what I'm thinking when I post stuff...I did not mean for this to turn into a rant or speech...

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