Once upon a time, the existed a faraway land called TIBU. TIBU was a magical place, where authors of all shapes and sizes could write about anything they wanted. They could post it and it would be read and it would be judged. "Goodness" would be calculated, comments would be made, and in theory money would be accumulated, though it rarely was. It was addictive. But the land of TIBU was not meant to last. The gods of the laws of marketing and economic prosperity saw fit to destroy the land and there was nothing any of its inhabitants could do to stop them. TIBU was razed to the ground in a fit of polytheistic rage and the few authors that survived its destruction were forced to migrate elsewhere, to find new homes for their works and few of them ever saw each other again. I was one of them.
My goal here is not to recreate thisisby.us. Far from it. Afterall, this is just a blog. Which means, by it's very nature it can only be about my writing and people's reaction to my writing. It can hardly be about the amazing exchange of literature and ideas that often took place in the lost land of TIBU. I'm a selfish creature. I don't have time to rebuild the empire, but I want the opportunity to once more post my thoughts, stories and diatribes and have them be read, perhaps make one or two people laugh and hopefully have a few people comment, if only to say I misspelled the word absentia and could I please take more care next time. Although, I wouldn't mind if someone wanted to comment on something else.
I can't recreate TIBU. But I still need an outlet for my writing, one that's anonymous, or, most importantly, one that's not read by my parents. I'm fully grown and out of the house and have been for quite some time now, but no one wants their parents reading articles about their sex life. Well, ok maybe that guy does, but he's kind of a perv and he smells funny. How about the rest of you? Didn't think so.
So, here I am. Here to talk about sex, love, other countries... sex and love in other countries... dogs, the outdoors, life. You name it. Oh, and I am a fiction writer so be forewarned, I may occasionally post some works of fiction for your perusal. (Don't worry I'll let you know if I do, so you don't have to wonder whether I'm actually singlehandedly fighting off dragons or not.)
That's about it. I hope you enjoy what follows. It's likely to be far more entertaining than this opening post. To start with, my very next post will be the bit of writing this site is named after: The Book of Gwen. It's my own personal set of rules. I originally wrote it for thisisby.us. Don't worry, I promise not to bore you with a legion of repeat posts from there, although I maintain that some of them are quite humorous, but this one is important, so it's going up. Enjoy the ramblings! Please drop of a comment if you like what you see (or if I've misspelled something).
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