Submit new material!

Note that I haven't updated the "meat" of this website in a very long time. It is probably unrealistic of me to think that I ever will get around to posting submitted stories, especially since I have received so many of them, but I feel like I should leave this invitation open anyway. If you want to send me your stories, please do. Just know that they will probably never actually be posted. --Steve-o, March 2008.

Since you bothered to visit this website and read any of it, you've probably experienced some of the things described here. It may be theraputic or simply fun for you to share some of your own bitterness memories. Plus, if there's more crap here, there's more of a chance the site will be useful to future visitors, and that's a good thing, too.

I must give one warning, though: I go through long periods of not writing much email, or of responding to certain emails and not others with no real pattern. There are messages I've received about this site months, or even years ago, that I never got around to responding to, and probably never will. This is one of my faults as a person: even with the best of intentions, I often just can't follow through on things. Keeping up with the volume of email I get about this site is one of those things. (It's about five messages a week, on average, but a proper response can take as much as an hour to write, and I already have trouble keeping up with the rest of my net.life.) I'll read what you send, and enjoy it, and will quite likely add it to the repository of other stories if you want me to, but I can't promise a real reply. Please do not rely upon my response for your peace of mind. I can't promise that.

Just to be extra safe, I've established some rules and such for any submissions you might like to send along:

• I'm not guaranteed to post everything that gets sent to me. It's my site, and I decide what I think fits and what doesn't. If I choose not to post your creepy stalker story don't track me down and kill me, please.
• Even if your story isn't creepy, I still might not post it. The things I choose to put up are the ones that really resonate with me personally. It doesn't mean I think your story sucks, just that it doesn't quite match the sorts of stories I'm looking for. I'll probably enjoy reading it, though, even if I don't post it, so if you feel like venting to a stranger, go for it.
• I'm not really planning to post poetry. That may seem like an arbitrary decision, especially with all the La Vita Nuova passages I have up, but I'd rather stick with stories. They are more direct. That's not to say I won't at least read poetry that is sent to me; if you really want me to read your poem, I will. Just be aware that it will probably not appear on the site.
• I would love to get suggestions/submissions that fit into the main structure of the site. That is, if you have a favorite daydream, or a communication tip, or what-have-you, please send it! I recognize and totally understand that people are more interested in telling their stories than adding little bullet points, but it was those lists that I originally hoped would grow through submissions.
• Vulgarity, gratuitously explicit sex-talk, and the like will be censored. Make it easier for me and just write like an adult.
• If you want your submission to be posted anonymously, just let me know and I'll respect that. Tell me how you'd like me to refer to you. All submissions will be credited, but I'll do it in whatever way you prefer. My one request: if you choose just an initial or first name, do something to distinguish it from the others like appending "in Place X". You can make up the place, too, of course. I just don't want to have a dozen contributions all from different people that are all credited simply to "J".
• Most of my submissions are coming from women. I love women, obviously, but I'd like to have a more balanced cross-section of viewpoints. If you're a guy with a good story, don't hold back.

You can send me material directly through email -- my address is at the bottom of every page. I may set up a form of some sort to do this later, for now email's good enough.

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Last modified on 2008-March-02.