Introduction
Transition Diary, Chapter One ~ Point of Departure
August
Transition Diary, Chapter Two ~ Prick of the Needle
September
Transition Diary, Chapter Three ~ Your Mother's
Mustache
October
Transition Diary, Chapter Four ~
Histories
November
Transition Diary, Chapter Five ~ Virginity Lost
December
Transition Diary, Chapter Six ~ The House of God
1990
January
Transition Diary, Chapter Seven ~ Role
Rehearsal
February
Transition Diary, Chapter Eight ~
Flashback
March
Transition Diary, Chapter Nine ~
Tinsel Town
April
Transition Diary, Chapter Ten ~
Hollywood & Vine
September
Transition Diary, Chapter Eleven ~
Split Personality
September
Transition Recordings, Part 1 (Real Player Audio)
September
Transition Diary, Chapter Twelve ~
Nine Months
September
Transition Recordings, Part 2 (Real Player Audio)
September
Transition Recordings, Part 3 (Real Player Audio)
September
Transition Recordings, Part 4 (Real Player Audio)
September
Transition Recordings, Part 5 (Real Player Audio)
September
Transition Recordings, Part 6 (Real Player Audio)
October
Transition Recordings, Part 7 (Real Player Audio)
October
Transition Diary, Chapter Thirteen ~ Death of a Hamster
October
Transition Recordings, Part 8 (Real Player Audio)
October
Transition Recordings, Part 9 (Real Player Audio)
October
Transition Recordings, Part 10 (Real Player Audio)
October
Transition Recordings, Part 11 (Real Player Audio)
November
Transition Diary, Chapter 14 ~
Universal Truths
November
Transition Recordings, Part 12 (Real Player Audio)
November
Transition Recordings, Part 13 (Real Player Audio)
November
Transition Recordings, Part 14 (Real Player Audio)
November
Transition Recordings, Part 15 (Real Player Audio)
December
Transition Diary, Chapter Fifteen ~
Alley Cat
December
Transition Recordings, Part 16 (Real Player Audio)
1991
January
Transition Diary, Chapter Sixteen ~
Dave's Not Here...
February
Transition Diary, Chapter Seventeen ~
Mental Relativity
March
Transition Diary, Chapter Eighteen ~
Second Childhood
March
Transition Recordings, Part 17 (Real Player Audio)
April
Transition Recordings, Part 18 (Real Player Audio)
April
Transition Recordings, Part 19 (Real Player Audio)
May
Transition Diary, Chapter Nineteen ~
My Fathers, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
May
Transition Recordings, Part 20 (Real Player Audio)
May
Transition Recordings, Part 21 (Real Player Audio)
June
Transition Recordings, Part 22 (Real Player Audio)
August
Transition Recordings, Part 23 (Real Player Audio)
September
Transition Diary, Chapter Twenty ~ The
Biber Belt
September
Transition Recordings, Part 24 (Real Player Audio)
October
Transition Diary, Chapter Twenty One ~
The Countdown Begins...
October
Transition Recordings, Part 25 (Real Player Audio)
October
Transition Recordings, Part 26 (Real Player Audio)
October
Transition Recordings, Part 27 (Real Player Audio)
October
Transition Recordings, Part 28 (Real Player Audio)
November
Transition Diary, Chapter Twenty Two ~ Jitters
November
Transition Recordings, Part 29 (Real Player Audio)
November
Transition Recordings, Part 30 (Real Player Audio)
November
Transition Recordings, Part 31 (Real Player Audio)
November
Transition Recordings, Part 32 (Real Player Audio)
November
Transition Recordings, Part 33 (Real Player Audio)
December
Transition Recordings, Part 34 (Real Player Audio)
December
Transition Recordings, Part 35 (Real Player Audio)
December
Transition Recordings, Part 36 (Real Player Audio)
December
Transition Recordings, Part 37 (Real Player Audio)
December
Transition Diary, Chapter Twenty Three ~
A Coming Off Party
1992
January
Transition Diary, Chapter Twenty Four ~ Closure
January
Transition Diary, Chapter Twenty Five ~
Back from the Brink
(duplicates chapter twenty four, then continues into new material)
February
Transition Diary, Chapter Twenty Six ~ Virginity Lost: Reprise
March
Transition Diary, Chapter Twenty Seven ~
Babe In Toyland
April
Transition Diary, Chapter Twenty Eight ~ Living In Fantasyland
May
Transition Diary, Chapter Twenty Nine ~
The Press
May
Transition Recordings, Part 38 (Real Player Audio)
May
Transition Recordings, Part 39 (Real Player Audio)
July
Issue #1 of The Subversive, a webzine presenting my latest efforts.
July
Transition Diary, Chapter Thirty ~ Prelude to Chaos: Angel in
the Park
July
Transition Recordings, Part 40 (Real Player Audio)
August
Issue #2 of The Subversive
August
Transition Diary, Chapter Thirty One ~ Come Chaos: Armageddon
Lite
August
Transition Diary, Chapter Thirty Two ~ The "Other" Sex
September
Issue #3 of The Subversive
October
Issue #4 of The Subversive
October
Transition Diary, Chapter Thirty Three ~ A Change in Perspective
October
Transition Recordings, Part 41 (Real Player Audio)
October
Transition Recordings, Part 42 (Real Player Audio)
October
Transition Recordings, Part 43 - Conclusion (Real Player
Audio)
November
Issue #5 of The Subversive
December
Issue #6 of The Subversive
1993
January
Issue #7 of The Subversive
January
Transition Diary, Chapter Thirty Four ~ The View from the Mirror
January
Transition Diary, Chapter Thirty Five ~
Storm Clouds
January
Transition Diary, Chapter Thirty Six ~
Double Image
March
Issue #8 of The Subversive, Melanie's webzine
April
Issue #9 of The Subversive, Melanie's webzine
May
Issue #10 of The Subversive, Melanie's webzine
May
Transition Diary, Chapter Thirty Seven ~ Cinderella Liberties
June
Issue #11 of The Subversive, Melanie's webzine
July
Issue #12 of The Subversive
August
Issue #13 of The Subversive
September
Transition Diary, Chapter Thirty Eight ~
On The Rocks
September
Transition Diary, Chapter Thirty Nine ~
Hangover
September
Transition Diary, Chapter Forty ~ Of
Two Minds
October
Issue #14 of The Subversive
October
Transition Diary, Chapter Forty One ~ Wishing for Nothing
November
Issue #15 of The Subversive
November
Transition Diary, Chapter Forty Two ~ Dancing to a Different
Tune
December
Issue #16 of The Subversive
1994
January
Issue #17 of The Subversive
January
Transition Diary, Chapter Forty Three ~
Feet of Clay
February
Issue #18 of The Subversive
May
Transition Diary, Chapter Forty Four ~ Relationships 101
June
Transition Diary, Chapter Forty Five ~
O.J.'s Last Run
June
My daughter describes her head injury, age 12 (Real
Player Audio)
June
Mental Relativity - Peach Trees,
Relationships, and Binary Switches (Real Player Audio)
June
Mental Relativity - Tendency &
Probability (Real Player Audio)
June
Issue #19 of The Subversive
July
Transition Diary, Chapter Forty Six ~
Winding Up, Winding Down
July
Mental Relativity - Anti-Mass, Negative
Space, Disenergy, and Reverse Time (Real Player Audio)
July
Mass, Energy, Space, and Time as
Combinations of Waves (Real Player Audio)
(in terms of trigonometric functions)
July
Space, Time, and the Size of Mind Constant (Real
Player Audio)
July
PMS, Depression, and Wave Forms; How to Talk to Your Doctor (Real
Player Audio)
July
Forrest Gump: Being There; Doing That (Real Player
Audio)
July
Issue #20 of The Subversive
August
Cartoon Characters as a Symbolic Emotional
Language (Real Player Audio)
August
Waveforms, Binaries, & the Unified
Field (Real Player Audio)
August
Waveforms, Binaries, & the Unified Field, concludes (Real
Player Audio)
August
Can, Need, Want, & Should and the Relationships Among Them (Real
Player Audio)
August
Can, Need, Want & Should Applied to Relationships Among People (Real
Player Audio)
August
Stretchy Time (Real Player
Audio)
August
Inspiration from a Dream about Pair
Relationship Equations (Real Player Audio)
August
Issue #21 of The Subversive
September
Exploration into Subjective Relativity begins (Real
Player Audio)
October
Issue #22 of The Subversive
October
Issue #23 of The Subversive
October
Issue #24 of The Subversive
November
Subjective Time, Temporal Resolution, Emotional Phasing (Real
Player Audio)
December
Transition Diary, Chapter Forty Seven ~ First Blood
1995
January
Transition Diary, Chapter Forty Eight ~ Occam's Razor
February
Beyond Unified Field: Subjective Relativity (Real Player
Audio)
February
Beyond Unified Field: Dynamic Order and Chaos (Real Player
Audio)
February
Black Holes and Light; Male and Female Views of Dynamics (Real
Player Audio)
February
Male and Female Views of Dynamics (concludes) (Real Player
Audio)
February
Transition Diary, Chapter Forty Nine ~
Stabbed In The Back
March
Transition Diary, Chapter Fifty ~ A Cut Above
May
Issue #25 of The Subversive
June
Issue #26 of The Subversive
July
Transition Diary, Chapter Fifty One ~ The
Double Edged Sword
August
Issue # 27 of The Subversive
September
Transition Diary, Chapter Fifty Two ~ Under
The Knife
October
Transition Diary, Chapter Fifty Three ~ The Unkindest Cut Of All
October
Piano Jam - Original Tunes & Foolin' Around (Real Player
Audio)
November
Recording of a Class in Mental Relativity (Real Player Audio)
- Problem Solving & Justification
November
Mental Relativity Class Concludes (Real Player Audio)
November
Transition Diary, Chapter Fifty Four ~ Mr. W. Squared
November
Transition Diary, Chapter Fifty Five ~ Crucible
of the Past
November
Piano Jam Session (Doesn't get good until about 6 minutes in...)
(Real Player Audio)
December
Transition Diary, Chapter Fifty Six ~ Chicken Schick Razor
Melssong
An original ditty I've chosen as my theme song. (Real
Player Audio)
Gazpacho
Missionary Band
Midi song
Flip
Flop
Quick midi sketch
Roto
Quick midi sketch
West
Winds
Quick midi sketch
Blues
Too
Quick midi sketch
Henry
VIII
Quick midi sketch
Shanty
Quick midi sketch
1996
January
Transition Diary, Chapter Fifty Seven ~ Harebrained
Schemes
January
5 minutes of music followed by Mental Relativity - The history of
Spatial and Temporal minds (Real Player Audio)
January
Spatial and Temporal minds today - and, global consciousness (Real
Player Audio)
January
The Eternal Paradox and the Never Ending Helix (Real Player
Audio)
February
Transition Diary, Chapter Fifty Eight ~ Et
Tu, Brute -or- Stabbed in the Back - Again!
February
New Data Compression technology - and, Lateral Evolution, Part 1 (Real
Player Audio)
February
Lateral Evolutions, Part 2, - and, Practical Relationships (Real
Player Audio)
March
Issue #28 of The Subversive
March
Transition Diary, Chapter Fifty Nine ~ Licking Old Wounds
April
Issue #29 of The Subversive
April
Transition Diary, Chapter Sixty ~ Art and Soul
May
Issue #30 of The Subversive
June
Issue #31of The Subversive
June
Transition Diary, Chapter Sixty One ~ Setting The Record
Straight
July
Mental Relativity - Shadow Meanings & Mental Phasing (Real
Player Audio)
July
Mental Relativity - Practical Problem Distribution &
Disbursement (Real Player Audio)
August
Transition Diary, Chapter SixtyTwo ~ Giving
Up / Giving In
August
Issue #32 of The Subversive
September
Transition Diary, Chapter Sixty Three ~ Fantasies
September
Transition Diary, Chapter Sixty Four ~ Revelations
September
Situation, Circumstance, State of Being, Sense of Self, Part 1 (Real
Player Audio)
September
Situation, Circumstance, State of Being, Sense of Self, Part 2 (Real
Player Audio)
October
Transition Diary, Chapter Sixty Five ~ Desperately
Seeking Closure
November
Transition Diary, Chapter Sixty Six ~ Full
Spiral
December
3rd edition of my book, A New Theory of Story Is published.
The
Four Kinds of Love
And how they grew
Editorial:
The Last Subversive!
The Subversive was a
multi-media webzine where I debuted much of my work
Transcript
of My Guest Speaker Appearance on the Microsoft Network!
Mental
Relativity:
Preference, Emphasis,
Priority, and Importance. (Real
Player Audio)
Mental
Relativity:
Triangulating Reason
and Emotion. (Real Player Audio)
Mental
Relativity:
Problems and
inequities. (Real Player Audio)
In
Verse
Running in the proper
Circles
Hearts
(Full Orchestration)
An original song in the style of Enya (midi)
Hearts
(Original Piano Sketch)
The original melody on which the above version is based (midi)
Pink
Blues
Woe is Woman (Real Player Audio)
A
Computer Doodle:
Just a stupid sketch
without a home.
Dry
Spell - Chapter one - "The Pit"
First installment of
my sci-fi thriller
The
Misadventures of Melanie
A multimedia comic
strip
Story
Theory & the Real World
Ambiguous masterworks.
West
Winds
A midi rendition of a
song I wrote decades ago, but only recently recorded
Flip
Flop
A midi tune
reminiscent of the end of a bitter-sweet comedy movie.
Squirrel
Jam
A midi ditty, courtesy
of two frisky rodents.
1997
April
Piano sketch for a new song and my daughter practices her
science project dissertation (Real
Player Audio)
May
Transition Diary, Epilog ~ The Stuff of
Dreams
June
Working on a couple of silly songs (Real Player Audio)
For
Diana
Original classical music composition in memoriam (midi)
A
Visual Representation of the Model of Mental Relativity
Gaining some
perspective
How
the Model of Mental Relativity was Developed
History of the effort
to discover the mental equivalent of DNA
Mental
Relativity Algorithms ~ Part One
An Introduction to Quad Structure
Mental
Relativity Fundamentals ~ Part One
Essential concepts
Mental
Relativity Fundamentals ~ Part Two
A Conceptual Tour of
the Mental Relativity Model
Dry
Spell - Chapter Two - "Travis and the Flood"
The latest
"chapter" from an original screenplay
2
a.m., Can't Sleep, Rain on the Way...
Poem written due to insomnia
The
Comic Flea
Poem about the Great Machine
itself!
All
You Love Is Need
Poem about a dependency on addition
The
Company Song
Poem about Cogs in the Great Machine
The
Cosmic Flea,Too
Poem about hero worship
Mental
Sex - The Truth About Cats & Dogs
The Male and Female
Minds of Animals
Mental
Sex and the Blustery Day
Men
Are From Mars; Women Are From Next Tuesday
The built-in bias of how men look at women
Lulladie
Poem about the time we waste
1998
Horny
Toad
Really out there! (Real Player Audio)
Mental
Relativity Book
A collection of essays describing the theory of mind I co-discovered
in the structure of stories.
1999
Mental
Sex
3 audio CD set taped live of me and my partner Chris describing the
Mental Sex concept that grew out of our story theory work.
Writing
with the Story Mind
One hour audio program on the model of the mind hidden in the
structure of stories - and how to use it to create stories.
Dramatica
Software Companion
4 1/2 CD ROM of video demonstrations describing how to use the
Dramatica software creatively.
Dramatica
Theory Basics
2 1/2 hour audio program exploring key points of the Dramatica
theory of story.
2000
20
Hour Writing Course
20 hours of video on one CD ROM documenting the entire story theory
course. Based on the 12 week course I teach through UCLA.
2
Hour Plot Class
Soundtrack of the plot class from my 12 week UCLA course on story
theory.
Dramatica
Tips & Tricks book
A collection of essays on the Dramatica theory and software
The
Writers Channel
Video & Audio programs based on my Dramatica Theory
of story (presented here in Real Player Format)
Beatle
Juice
An original song that's just "fab." (Real
Player Audio)
2001
Squirrel
Jam
Percussion mix (midi)
Whirlwind
Short original song (midi)
Bop
Percussion mix (midi)
Structure
Vs. Passion
Audio program exploring the relationship between logistic meaning
and passionate experience.
StoryWeaver
A question & answer software product for intuitive writers,
designed as a step-by-step guide from initial inspiration to
completed sequential treatment of a story.
Lilith
& Eve
A photo/computer creation capturing the two sides of woman's spirit.
2002
Mountain
Storm (mp3)
Just bought a Fostex VF08 multi-track recorder and threw together
this New Age style song to try it out
Blue
Gas
Tricky little guitar piece for my next album. Presented in
Real Player audio.
The
Grouse Mountain Expedition
Photo essay of a recent killer hike.
A
Mini Concert Video
Performance of a short set of songs on guitar (Real Player
Video)
Eternal
Flame Video
Performance of the Bangles' hit song (Real Player Video)
Blue
Gas Video
Performance of an original instrumental guitar piece (Real
Player Video)
The
Rut
A story I'm working on for an upcoming book of shorts and unfinished
pieces called "Fragments."
2003
Be
a Story Weaver - NOT a Story Mechanic!
Story
Structure for Passionate Writers
Creating
Characters from Plot
Creating
Characters from Scratch
Both
Sides of the Thematic Argument
Tribute
to Ansel Adams
A few nature images in the style of the Master Photographer
Strange
Fragments
An ongoing compendium of the odd thoughts that crop up during my day
2004
Blowing
the Bubble
Bubble Dynamics of Storytelling
Character
Arc 101
Revealing
Your Goal
The
Genre Trap
Beating
Writer's Block
4
Essential Plot Points
Genre
- Act by Act
The
Attributes of Age
Between
The Lines
A new Step-by-Step screenwriting software program.
Master
Storyteller Module
An update of the course for improving writing skills.
2005
A
Novelist's Bag of Tricks
A
Screenwriter's Bag of Tricks
New
Photographs
Taken in and round my mountain town
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 67 ~ Licked by the Flames
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 68 ~ Into the Fire
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 69 ~ All Consuming
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 70 ~ Smokin'
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 71 ~ Stokin'
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 72 ~ Smoulderin'
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 73 ~ Flash!
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 74 ~ Incandescence
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 75 ~ Unfinished Business
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 76 ~ A New Journey
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 77 ~ The Passionate Self
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 78 ~ An Unexpected Visit
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 79 ~ Two Roads
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 80 ~ A Pretty Path in Purgatory
Melanie's
Video Journal ~ Transition vs. Transformation
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 81 ~ Grizabella
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 82 ~ Drama Queen
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 83 ~ The Naked Stage
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 84 ~ Everybody Must Get Honed
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 85 ~ Trailblazer
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 86 ~ Overacting
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 87 ~ Overreacting
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 88 ~ Man in the Pocket
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 89 ~ Supporting Role
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 90 ~ Cleaning House
Melanie's
Video Journal ~ About Face
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 91 ~ Road Show
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 92 ~ An Expected Visit
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 93 ~ The More Things Change....
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 94 ~ Melanie is a Fucking Asshole
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 95 ~ Blah, Blah
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 96 ~ You Are What You Ain't
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 97 ~ Melanie Whines Again
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 98 ~ The Secret of Self Worth
Melanie's
Video Journal ~ Sense of Self
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 99 ~ The Night Before
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 100 ~ Closing the Gap
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 101 ~ Born Again, For the First Time
Melanie's
Video Journal ~ Reincarnation
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 102 ~ Hangtown Justice Fudge
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 103 ~ Awakenings
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 104 ~ Anti-Déjà
Vu
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 105 ~ Puppet Head
Melanie's
Video Journal - Hiding Behind Your Self
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 106 ~ A Fantasy Past for the Animated Corpse ~or~ The
Double Bugaboo
Melanie's
Video Journal - The Holy Freakin' Grail
Melanie's
Diary, Chapter 107 ~ Where it Stands
Chapter
One Hundred Eight ~ Where it Ends
2006
New
Photographs
An eight mile hike completely around Jenkinson Lake
New
Photographs
A walk through an abandoned Gold Rush Era Apple Orchard
New
Photographs
Taken during a hike along Park Creek at Jenkinson Lake
Melanie's
Photo Gallery
All the photographs I've published on the web so far
New
Photographs
Taken in the Sierra Nevada, Fleming Meadow
Melanie's
Writing Tip Newsletter
A new issue every month!
Melanie's
"R" Rated Photo Album
A new series of revealing pictures
Journey's
End
Reflections of a 14 year Post-Op
Journey's
End ~ First Iteration
The Lay of the Land
Journey's
End ~ Second Iteration
How I got Here
Journey's
End ~ Third Iteration
Windows of Gold
Journey's
End ~ Fourth Iteration
By Way of Apology
Journey's
End ~ Fifth Iteration
Along the Road to Knowhere
Journey's
End ~ Sixth Iteration
Male Privilege
Journey's
End ~ Seventh Iteration
Female Privilege
Journey's
End ~ Eighth Iteration
Journey's End
The
Destruction of Melanie Anne
Preparation for Feminizing Facial Surgery (FFS)
The
Phoenix
Recovering from Feminizing Facial Surgery (FFS)
FFS
Pictures
Before and After pix from my Feminizing Facial Surgery (FFS)
The
Last Word
A poem that sums up my work on the web
Afterthought
Will the last one here please turn out the lights?
