(you) essays deadline extended

You should write something for the next issue of (you) essays, and you should get it to me by June 15th.

(you) essays

Time to resurrect an old friend. Sorry it's been so long, but, you know, life 'n' all that.

If you don't know what (you) essays is, click the link and check it out.

I've had some submissions trickle in over the past few months, but I need more.

Many more.

So what are you waiting for? Time to write something for (you) essays.

You got two weeks.

Submissions due June 4th.

(you) essays -- December

Man, November is flying by. Official call for submissions for the December issue of (you) essays is now, freaks. If you've never contributed before, now's the time. And don't give me no NaNo bullshit, either. I'll give you one extra week after NaNo ends to get me your story -- deadline for submissions is December 7. Click this link to go directly to the (you) essays submission guidelines and info. Or click this link to go to the home page and read or re-read the great stuff that's on there now.

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(you) essays buttons!

Wanna spread the word about (you) essays? Of course you do! Just copy one of these buttons, put it in your blog template, and direct the link to youessays.com (if you don't know how to do that, send me an email and I'll help you).

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(you) essays issue 2 is up!

Eleven new (you) essays by 11 very cool people. And one by me.

Here are the fellow bloggers who contributed this time around:

Kim
O'Tim
Mark
Paula
PJ
Nat

Go read them now.

And please spread the word!

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(you) essays graphics changes

I redid the (you) essays site, decreasing the width of the graphics from 1100 to 800 px and increasing the height. For those of you who were having to scroll left-to-right to see it, would you please go check it out and let me know if you're still having any problems?

Grazie.

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(you) essays

The next issue of (you) essays will be up on October 1st. In the meantime, if you haven't checked out the current inaugural issue, please do. It contains writings from fellow bloggers Paula, PJ, Mark and yours truly, as well as a few other friends.

The next issue will feature contributions from (you) essays newbies O'Tim and Nat, as well as a few other friends. If you care to submit some writing, go here and check out the guidelines, then send your submission to the link on that page.

Some great stuff in the next issue!

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(you) essays

Go there. Now.

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(you) essays

Ack! Having some technical issues ... will hopefully be up by this weekend!

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I... I... I'm still alive.

Title borrowed from the Pearl Jam song Alive. Idea for a song-lyric title taken from Jen.

My apologies to the handful of people who read my blog as regularly as possible. I can't believe 11 days have gone by since I last posted! Ack. Well, I guess I haven't had anything to say. Not that I do today, mind you, but 11 days is too long.

I guess I could tell you about a project I've been working on. It's a web site entitled (you) essays (if you go there, you'll get a taste of the graphic feel of the site, though right now I'm having GoDaddy host it for free, thus the fugly ads at the top of the page).

The tagline on the masthead of the page is, "Stories about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in the you ess ay."

That's what it's going to be. A place to read stories. It's an idea I've had in the works for quite some time and am finally getting around to pulling it together.

I'm fascinated by people's life experiences. In this "Land of Opportunity," anything is possible. Sometimes we surpass our goals a thousand times, and sometimes we fall woefully short. Sometimes the endings are triumphant, sometimes tragic, and more often than not, they're utterly unremarkable. But they're unique to the individual, and it's those experience that will shape the stories of (you) essays. That doesn't mean, by the way, that it will be a non-fiction site. Fiction and non-fiction both will be welcome at (you) essays.

If this is something you might be interested in contributing to, please let me know. It looks like I have enough contributions for the first "issue," which is due out in July, but I'd like to post a new issue monthly.

Okay, gotta go.

Peace out!

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