Princess  our little Sheltie, is so happy that we have found Dancing Creek Farm.  When we ask her if she wants  to go to  The Farm,  she's ready to get in the car.  For many years, Princess was a trhaepy dog and visited nursing homes and pre-schools.  Although she loved all the attention and everyone loved her, there came a time when she was too old and  ailing  and we took her out of the trhaepy program.  She was so sad when we had to board her; she just wasn't accustomed to being all alone in a cage.  With Tamara and the Dancing Creek Farm, she blossoms into the loving, friendly little girl she was when she visited everyone.  Princess is a  people dog  and gets treated as a person at THE DANCING CREEK FARM! We really appreciate Tamara and her crew.

TKJJTu Cool! You have answered. I'll take a quote! The meaning of life and everything else. Decided. No kidding!....

Thanks for a brilliant 3 part story, that succeeded not onlt as a TG tale, but as an un-putdownable read. Really loved the way the story twisted, by clever use of the characters motivations. Must have been hard to plan out, but enjoyed your hard work, and wished I'd read it when I was a teenager. Best wishes, Veronica

I loved the story. Very well written I enjoyed it so much I had to sit and read the entire book.

You are very talented Thank you

Brian was forced by bad villains to be changed into a girl. He never wanted this happened to him.
The worst villain was his own mother,followed by his sister and his sister's friend, and finally Gwenn and Al.
I want to know why only Gwen was punished?
But you're a good writer, and you wrote a very good story.
I hope you read my comment.
Kisses.
Silvia.

Hi Julia,

Great story, well written, thank you.

Karen.

wonderfull,alot of fun to read!

 Verrry well done a great and delightful story ....this is what dreams are made of and a push in the right direction helps ...

thank you Rone Welles :)

I enjoyed your story very much.
Thank you.
You did a wonderful job.  Keep up the great work.

Beckyrnm

a well writen story that I found plausible.Keep up the good work.

Julia, I just finished Transposed Melody.  I thought it was absolutely phenomenal!  I loved the plot and of course it was extremely well written.  I especially enjoyed the relationship between Brian and his mom.  Thank you so much for writing this.
-slimv

What a well written story. Thankyou for hours of great reading.
As for the story, just enough medical fact to support the fiction without ruining it. Great fun.
My only disappointment was the end of part 2. I would have enjoyed a period about Gwen enjoying her revenge and Brian trying to continue a normal boys life.

Julia.  First of all, I must apologise for not commenting when this story was originally posted.  I have no excuse, but I AM sorry.

Having said that, let me say first of all that I liked the story very much.  I do agree with some of the comments that Brian's acceptance of becoming Brandi WAS somewhat abrupt, but after all, this IS a STORY, not a true tale!  LOL.  I enjoyed the way you used the names of various writers in the TG genre as your main characters, and the story DID flow very well and logically.  

All told, a very nice job, well done Julia.

Cathy_t_ said that  

I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed "Transposed Melody". Though I can't fully explain why, even to myself, I'm especially attracted to stories which feature entertainers (for example Crystal's "I Can't Go Home Like This" or Jenny Walker's "No Half Measures"), and I also like stories (like the two I just mentioned) which are longer than usual, developing their plots more in the manner of a novel than a short story. "Transposed Melody" certainly delivers on both counts.
Once again, thanks for a great story.

Was a little sceptical at first as Brian did not want any transition but at least for me it was handled very well with adequate detatils.  I love the pace of this tale.  You have us racing along to the next stage in the story.  It is longer than usual and I appreciate that as well.  The supportiveness and the fact that Brian is considered as a person and is allowed to make his own decision to be a she is quite touching. What a gift to have such loyal friends and family.  I have people in my life like that so I know what it is like.  Still it is always beautiful to read about true friendship.  More than anything that is the highlight of the story for me. Thank you so much for a lovely story that paints such a clear picture of Brandi and her life and love.  Hugs Kristi    

I enjoyed the story, it has a kind of theme I like and is very sweet to read. Sure, it's not very believable in some ways, but that is the fun part of a fantasy, dreaming the impossible dream. Don't be discouraged by others, you're "vocalizing" the very thing that so many of us would have wished for. That, alone, is invaluable.

Siff.  I am such a sucker for happy endings (Although with the final treatment of gwen, she's going to have to watch her back for life.)!  

I have to aplologise......I read these stories on a regular basis....but I very rarely pass a judgement.

However when I see a new strory by this author I always read it in preference to the others.

I was not disapointed on this occasion..Excellent. Ignoring the Tg side for a moment it read well and just flowed....a pleasure to read.

The TG side has been well covered and is not original...BUT the author made it original, refreshing and kewell.

OK so I've not read part 3 yet but

Thanks Julia...keep up the marvellous work...from one of those silent people who read the work but don't pass on their gratitude as often as they should

Teenz

Great finish Julia.  The only thing that I would have liked to see is more graphics from Sara to flesh out the second part to this wonderful story.

Great job!

Starhawk

Julia Manchester is one of th best writers of tg fiction to be found these days.

But I have to pass on this story. Just did not care for it that much. Cannot really put it into words.

I love stories of this type! Reminds me of "Texas Gal" and a few others. Keep up the great work!

I'm sorry but I didn't enjoy the story, I found it unbelievable that in a few weeks, he felt okay as a girl, felt feelings for a guy, and now hormones plus a record contract.  I just don't see Brian all of a sudden going along with this.  I think the problem is, most of the writers are MTF trans/crossdressers, or like being girls and we think any guy after a few weeks would also go along with it.  I wanted to like it but I just didn't believe Brian would go along with this and that he would get into it.

Boring. It's the same tired old story that we've had a hundred times before. I'm going to make a bet with you - the boy will be "accidentally" given too much female hormones and becomes a beautiful woman, and is very happy about that.  This writer is too good for that and should be giving us something more unexpected.

I'm not really sure I should be encouraging you, Julia, while 'Scrambled Souls' lies in limbo, but this new one is so well written I have no alternative.

I think your writing style has certainly improved from the high level you started with in your first efforts.  This story flows easily and the characters are believable and interesting. Well as believable as TG characters ever are! LOL.  I'm not sure about the Brian/Brandi and Don situation though, it just seems a bit too quick to me.  After all Brian hasn't evne started on the Gwen inspired diet of 'vitamins' yet.  Why are all chemical induced changes initiated by so-called vitamin treatments?

One thing that gives me hope for a conclusion to this tale is the fact that the next two episodes are already 'shadowed'.  Great stuff, Ms Manchester!

Geoff

Julia this is one of your best, and one of the better stories I have read recently.  I love the character development and the whole premise is believable.  I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn some of the lead singers for some girl bands were actually guys in disguise.

I, like the others think Part One should have ended with Gwen realizing Brandi was Brian, but you are the author.  I look forward to more of this wonderful story, and the great illustrations.

Cheers.

Starhawk

Great story, Julia.  I love the level of description in your stories and this is no exception.  The illustrations are a very nice touch.  Thank you SaraUK.  I know the other two parts will be just as entertaining as this one.

Good story with a good start.  I like your illustrations too.  Keep up the good work.

Another great story; I'm really looking forward to part 2. I do agree with Andi that a better ending for part I would have been Gwen realizing brandi was Brian.  I also thought the foreshadowing of Brandi falling for Don was too heavy,  why can't any of these hero(ines) be lesbians?  Why does the new girl always have to end up liking guys - besides Brian doesn't seem like the type.  I do really like Brian's good sport attitude and sense of humor.  I also like that he was not made out to be a transexual or CD to begin with, that he really wants to be a guy; that should produce some really good angst as the story progresses.  (Of course, in my true TG heart I DO want him to end up as a girl (or CD) and enjoying it - just how about as a lesbian! :-)

A nice fun story which just about allowed suspension of disbelief (at least within the conventions of TG fiction).

I was a little frustrated to find that a story listed as complete was in fact only part one. I felt that a more natural finishing point would have been immediately after the end of the battle of the bands, and that the continuation of record contracts and hormone doses would have been better in part two. I don't think it quite works as a cliff-hanger ending, because there isn't much suspense about what's about to happen to Brian/Brandi.

Best wishes, Andi.

greatstory julia its worth the wait  and your talent stands out amongst the many fine writers here. may your muse never leave your side. huggles from prue