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WIPpet numbers for 29th March, 2017: 29th of the third month = 293 words from The Making Of Us ( Checking Him Out Book Four) WIPpet Context: Another snippet from The Making Of Us . You can read the others here . The Making Of Us is the fourth book in the Checking Him Out series , but it’s a stand-alone story about friendship, love and romance—LGBTQIA, with the emphasis on the B, Q and I. The main characters are Jesse and Leigh, who first appeared in Taking Him On (Book Two), which is Noah and Matty’s story. The Making Of Us is first-person, told from Jesse’s perspective. This snippet is the morning after Jesse and Leigh’s first ‘date’. * * * * * “What are your plans for today, then?” Mum asked. “Seeing Leigh, I suppose?” “I hope so. We didn’t arrange anything, but I might suggest we go for a walk or something. What’s the weather forecast?” I had my phone in my pocket, so I could’ve checked for myself, but my mum would know without looking. “More of the sam...

Brief explanation: Another snippet from The Making Of Us . You can read the others here . The Making Of Us is the fourth book in the Checking Him Out series , but it’s a stand-alone story about friendship, love and romance—LGBTQIA, with the emphasis on the B, Q and I. The main characters are Jesse and Leigh, who first appeared in Taking Him On (Book Two), which is Noah and Matty’s story. The Making Of Us is first-person, told from Jesse’s perspective. In the snippet below, Leigh has taken Jesse to see a friend perform at an open-mic night. Sorry it’s eight sentences, not six. :( It needed the last paragraph for a sense of context. Here’s the snippet: Once I was settled in the corner, Leigh slid—more scooted—along the seat, and I got a waft of that citrusy smell again. I switched to breathing through my nose, getting high on the mix of that smell, the dizziness of slightly hyperventilating and Leigh being just a few inches away. They giggled, and I shrugged to ask why...

WIPpet numbers for 22nd March, 2017! (2017/22)*3=275 (rounded to a whole number) words from The Making Of Us ( Checking Him Out Book Four) WIPpet Context: Another snippet from The Making Of Us . You can read the others here . The Making Of Us is the fourth book in the Checking Him Out series , but it’s a stand-alone story about friendship, love and romance—LGBTQIA, with the emphasis on the B, Q and I. The main characters are Jesse and Leigh, who first appeared in Taking Him On (Book Two), which is Noah and Matty’s story. The Making Of Us is first-person, told from Jesse’s perspective. In this snippet, Jesse and Leigh are about to go on their first (kind of) date. * * * * * Leigh came into the living room, shoving stuff into the pockets of their… blue ? pants. Whatever colour they were, Leigh’s shirt appeared to be the same shade, over which was a striped waistcoat. Probably not blue and yellow. Baseball boots had replaced the Doc Martens of the past few days. ...

Brief explanation: Another snippet from The Making Of Us . You can read the others here . The Making Of Us is the fourth book in the Checking Him Out series , but it’s a stand-alone story about friendship, love and romance—LGBTQIA, with the emphasis on the B, Q and I. The main characters are Jesse and Leigh, who first appeared in Taking Him On (Book Two), which is Noah and Matty’s story. The Making Of Us is first-person, told from Jesse’s perspective. Here’s the snippet: When I thought back to the first time I saw Leigh and felt the tug of attraction—OK, full-on crush—and Matty told me Leigh wasn’t a girl, I did have to consider what that meant, but not because I’d thought Leigh was a girl. All I knew then was what I knew now; I was head over heels, and Leigh being queer—the word they said fitted them best—was irrelevant to that feeling, other than pushing me to reconsider who I was myself. Well, I was the same old Jesse Thomas I’d always been. I was male. I’d never...

WIPpet numbers for the Ides of March! 15 (for the day) paragraphs from The Making Of Us ( Checking Him Out Book Four) WIPpet Context: Another snippet from The Making Of Us . You can read the others here . The Making Of Us is the fourth book in the Checking Him Out series , but it’s a stand-alone story about friendship, love and romance—LGBTQIA, with the emphasis on the B, Q and I. The main characters are Jesse and Leigh, who first appeared in Taking Him On (Book Two), which is Noah and Matty’s story. The Making Of Us is first-person, told from Jesse’s perspective. In this snippet, Jesse is sitting in Noah’s backyard, and Leigh has gone inside to get drinks. * * * * * I’d never noticed Leigh singing before. I wasn’t musical myself, but I could tell if someone was singing in tune. Leigh’s voice was incredible. In tune, yes, but there was something more, like they were channelling the oppressive warmth of the evening and transforming it into this husky, rich melo...

Brief explanation: Another snippet from The Making Of Us . The Making Of Us is the fourth book in the Checking Him Out series , but it’s a stand-alone story about friendship, love and romance—LGBTQIA, with the emphasis on the B, Q and I. The main characters are Jesse and Leigh, who first appeared in Taking Him On (Book Two), which is Noah and Matty’s story. The Making Of Us is first-person, told from Jesse’s perspective. Here’s the snippet: I liked piercings. They were fun, and if I’d been slimmer, or less bothered about not being slimmer, I’d have probably got my eyebrow pierced, although…maybe it would draw attention away from the rest of me. I couldn’t recall if Leigh had piercings when I first met them. I was kind of overwhelmed, and everything had gone a bit hazy and soft focus. Whether Leigh had them or not, I’d still feel the same, but the nose stud was definitely recent. Would the one on their lip make kissing more difficult? * * * * * Rainbow Snippets...

WIPpet numbers for 8th March, 2017: No numbers, because I checked the count for my WIPpet snippet, and this number magic happened: WIPpet Context: It’s International Women’s Day , so I thought a WIPpet featuring a female character would be most appropriate. This is one of my three (it was only two this morning) current works in progress, tentatively titled Not My Coach . It’s a stand-alone story, featuring Charlie Davenport (a minor character elsewhere in the HBTC universe). The cover is a placeholder, probably… She appears mostly in Two By Two (Season Six) and Those Jeffries Boys (character special), as well as a couple of chapters in Reunions (Season Seven - out in April). I was reading Beginnings (free ebook)—the first prequel—this morning, in which Charlie is still in a pram. A few years have lapsed since; in this snippet, Charlie is thirty-five. * * * * * “Get warmed up, Charlie. Nish is coming off.” She was out of her tracksuit in seconds and up on her ...

Title: Transphobia: Deal with it and be a gender transcender Author: j wallace skelton, illustrated by Nick Johnson Publisher: James Lorimer & Company Ltd. Published: 1st January, 2017 ISBN: 9781459407664 Link: http://www.lorimer.ca/childrens/Book/2892/Transphobia.html Blurb: Who do you think you are? Part of identity is how people experience their gender. Transphobia is intolerance of any part of the range of gender identity. This accessible, illustrated book offers information, quizzes, comics and true-to-life scenarios to help kids better understand gender identity and determine what they can do to identify and counter transphobia in their schools, homes and communities. Considered from the viewpoint of gender challengers, gender enforcers and witnesses, transphobic behavior is identified, examined and put into a context that kids can use to understand and accept themselves and others for whatever gender they are — even if that's no gender at all! Revi...

Brief explanation: Another snippet from The Making Of Us . Progress is slow, but I'm making some, at least. The Making Of Us is the fourth book in the Checking Him Out series , but it’s a stand-alone story about friendship, love and romance—LGBTQIA, with the emphasis on the B, Q and I. The main characters are Jesse (Noah’s best friend) and Leigh (Noah and Matty’s new housemate). The story is first-person, from Jesse’s perspective. Here’s the snippet: All through school, people had told me I was a good friend. By ‘people’, I mean ‘girls’, and by ‘good friend’, they meant ‘not boyfriend material’. I didn’t really mind that much. The number of mates I had who hit on girls just because they could, it made me feel a bit sleazy on their behalf. They liked the girl, sure, and I don’t think—I hope they didn’t—force themselves on anyone, but they’d go too far, too quickly and without getting to know each other. I don’t know, maybe spending my teens perpetually ‘in the friend...

WIPpet numbers for 1st March, 2017: 13 (day, month) paragraphs from The Making Of Us ( Checking Him Out Book Four) WIPpet Context: So…this is the second snippet from The Making Of Us . You can read the first one here : This is the fourth book in the Checking Him Out series , but it’s a stand-alone story about friendship, love and romance—LGBTQIA, with the emphasis on the B, Q and I. The main characters are Jesse (Noah’s best friend) and Leigh (Noah and Matty’s new housemate). The story is first-person, from Jesse’s perspective. This is part of the prologue, and it’s hot off the keyboard. WIPpet Wednesday inspired me to get a bit of writing done this evening. :) * * * * * We took our drinks to the living room, where Mum resumed her usual seat in the corner of the sofa. I sat in the armchair, aware she’d turned down the TV. Oh… sugar . What had I done? “So, who is she?” “Who’s who?” My face. My face. My super-heated, traitorous face! Mum turned and studied me...