Why I Love ASSTR.org
I've been reading erotica for a long time. A very long time. Almost the majority of my life, in fact, has been spent reading the works of Réage, Nabokov, Alexander, and the less haughty yet more viceral online works of writers such as Dark Dreamer, Dr. Wu, and Emerson Laken-Palmer. This latter group, the online-only authors, are the ones this post is about.
A little website called ASSTR.org introduced me to them. I was reading erotica before discovering ASSTR, but it wasn't until finding that website some time in my 16th year of age that I really began to realize how good amateur writers could be. ASSTR collected their stories and provided personal webpages for them to dissiminate their works. I don't think more than a week has gone by since the first time I discovered ASSTR that I didn't visit it.
Fans of this site will know that I became obsessed with a certain collector on that site, a young woman a couple years older than me who ran a collection/review site. After she disappeared and took her site with her, I remained an avid ASSTR fan. After some time had passed I set out to pick up her fallen torch and create my own collection and review site. I decided to call it "Forbidden Fantasies" and I knew there was but one place to host it. ASSTR.
Just over five years have passed since then and I have never regretted my decision to be a part of the ASSTR.org community. It's true that I made a couple attempts to make my own site, with my own domain, a site that would be for-profit. Both of those attempts failed. And when I went crawling back to ASSTR they welcomed me back with open arms.
In recent posts to this blog I wondered whether or not ASSTR was going away. I feared in a very public manner that ASSTR would soon disappear and with it, this website. That was all paranoia, people!! ASSTR.org is here to stay. And we are all very, very lucky that this is true! Fans of erotica around the world should unite in celebration that the brave and humble administors of the non-profit erotica collection site that is ASSTR are more than just alive. They are strong. And they are as determined as ever that their site should continue on well into the future.
I've come to this conclusion after a series of e-mails from the site's administrators. They have assured me that ASSTR is alive and well. Theirs is not a forgotten website staring into the abyss. No, they work almost daily to keep it up, keep it moving, keep it evolving. I was stupid to think otherwise. I know that now! And I am so, so sorry that I ever questioned them about that!
They can do even more with your help.
ASSTR has supported my little site for years. And as I've said many times before, by supporting them you are supporting me. I won't receive any cash or other form of compensation, of course. ASSTR is a not-for-profit orgainization. But the money you give them, no matter the amount, helps to pay their expenses to run their site ad-free. It helps them to upgrade equipment and provide more resources for contributors such as myself.
When you donate to ASSTR.org you are, in a sense, donating directly to me. Because without ASSTR.org there would be no Forbidden Fantasies. And without Forbidden Fantasies, well... we've already determined that I need this blog. This page. This site!
Please support ASSTR.org. Donate here, today, right now. They take donations online or via postal mail. And tell them Shannon sent you when you do! Just to make me look cool... :P
And please post your testimonials below about why you also love asstr, or why you donated, at least. If I don't get ten comments by Wednesday I'm going to cry, cry, cry! :(
-shannon-
A little website called ASSTR.org introduced me to them. I was reading erotica before discovering ASSTR, but it wasn't until finding that website some time in my 16th year of age that I really began to realize how good amateur writers could be. ASSTR collected their stories and provided personal webpages for them to dissiminate their works. I don't think more than a week has gone by since the first time I discovered ASSTR that I didn't visit it.
Fans of this site will know that I became obsessed with a certain collector on that site, a young woman a couple years older than me who ran a collection/review site. After she disappeared and took her site with her, I remained an avid ASSTR fan. After some time had passed I set out to pick up her fallen torch and create my own collection and review site. I decided to call it "Forbidden Fantasies" and I knew there was but one place to host it. ASSTR.
Just over five years have passed since then and I have never regretted my decision to be a part of the ASSTR.org community. It's true that I made a couple attempts to make my own site, with my own domain, a site that would be for-profit. Both of those attempts failed. And when I went crawling back to ASSTR they welcomed me back with open arms.
In recent posts to this blog I wondered whether or not ASSTR was going away. I feared in a very public manner that ASSTR would soon disappear and with it, this website. That was all paranoia, people!! ASSTR.org is here to stay. And we are all very, very lucky that this is true! Fans of erotica around the world should unite in celebration that the brave and humble administors of the non-profit erotica collection site that is ASSTR are more than just alive. They are strong. And they are as determined as ever that their site should continue on well into the future.
I've come to this conclusion after a series of e-mails from the site's administrators. They have assured me that ASSTR is alive and well. Theirs is not a forgotten website staring into the abyss. No, they work almost daily to keep it up, keep it moving, keep it evolving. I was stupid to think otherwise. I know that now! And I am so, so sorry that I ever questioned them about that!
They can do even more with your help.
ASSTR has supported my little site for years. And as I've said many times before, by supporting them you are supporting me. I won't receive any cash or other form of compensation, of course. ASSTR is a not-for-profit orgainization. But the money you give them, no matter the amount, helps to pay their expenses to run their site ad-free. It helps them to upgrade equipment and provide more resources for contributors such as myself.
When you donate to ASSTR.org you are, in a sense, donating directly to me. Because without ASSTR.org there would be no Forbidden Fantasies. And without Forbidden Fantasies, well... we've already determined that I need this blog. This page. This site!
Please support ASSTR.org. Donate here, today, right now. They take donations online or via postal mail. And tell them Shannon sent you when you do! Just to make me look cool... :P
And please post your testimonials below about why you also love asstr, or why you donated, at least. If I don't get ten comments by Wednesday I'm going to cry, cry, cry! :(
-shannon-
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posted by Shannon at 11:55 PM
4 Comments:
ASSTR is totally awesome. Whatever your kink, they have it there somewhere! I've also posted a bunch of stories I've written onto the site and it's awesome to know people are reading and enjoying them.
I like sex stories. Personally I read storiesonline.net and solotouch.com more than asstr, but I like all 3. Shannon, please keep writing!
Hey Shannon
I love asstr and nifty, have been a fan for years many years too.
I donate from time to time as well. For years I have wanted to contribute a story and finally wrote my first story on New Years Eve... So I ended the year meeting a long time goal... All I have to do now is post it.
Thank you and all the others for the continual contributions to asstr
Shannon,
I know that five years ago I occasionally IM'd with you on Y! and regularly read your Forbidden Fantasies and the early works of TTT - I remember when you came out with Chapter Five and I couldn't stand the wait for the next chapter - but I wish that I had donated BACK THEN to ASSTR when I had a good job. Today, I'm lucky to have a part-time job, an old computer and (eeks) dialup due to financial distress. If for some reason I win the lottery, I'll make a donation in your name or "Forbidden Fantasies". I would love to see your works continue for many years to cum...er, come.
Meister Meister
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