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Bransomtx(dot)com and Stuff
By: Jack Date: January 4, 2020, 2:06 pm
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We are coming up on the 11th (! :o ) anniversary of this site
in the next week or so.
This past year it was time for me to get a new debit card. I
try to remember to change the details in all the sites that I
pay that way, but it's hard to get them all. One I missed was
the host for bransomtx(dot)com - the site where all my Bransom
stories are stored in chronological order (as well as a few
pages about our local schools, a quick tour of our home, the
History of the area which I call Bransom, and descriptions of
how we decorate for our major holidays). Besides those, there's
a gallery of poser art by t-big
HTML http://www.bransomtx.com/Gallery/
. Leti and I also started
working on a biography section there, but that went by the
wayside the way so many other side projects do when one or the
other of us got too busy or distracted.
The point is that the site got left out of updates with my new
card. I vaguely remember them sending me a note that they'd not
been able to process the payment, but it was at a time when I
was dealing with a lot of stuff and was very stressed out. I
guess I forgot about it, and the next I knew I was getting a
notice that they were about to close the site.
I seriously considered allowing it.
While it doesn't cost much to keep the site going, it's been 2
1/2 years since I've written a new story to go there (for a lot
of reasons). Almost all the traffic that does land there seems
to be either spiders (for search engines) or maybe people
looking at t_bigs poser albums (which are worth a look).
The thing is, I only had about four days to decide, and I hate
making a rushed decision. So, instead of letting it lapse, I've
decided to make one more try. That site will stay up for one
more year, and I'll see what I can do with it.
My top hope is to establish a new forum there, so no one will be
able to erase many years worth of material - some of it
irreplaceable.
I also hope to get back to work on the bio pages and see if we
can't get those up and running while some of my kids are still
minors.
I'm not going to hold my breath about actually writing again.
We were discussing that in chat today, and there are a number of
reasons that might not happen again.
Speaking of writing, I'm actually doing some right now - for
next years Christmas Serial.
At this point, we're using the working title A Christmas Quartet
(thanks Zac). We already have four chapters more or less ready
to post, and I'm hoping to finish the fifth this afternoon.
I think there's a reason for this. As much as I love Christmas,
it's very stressful. Starting with Thanksgiving, I have a ton
of extra kids around the house (college, extended family, and
friends), we have all the decorations, gifts, a rush at the
stores, finals, and parties. This year was even worse, thanks
to the insurance companies timing with Mom's storm damage.
It can be very demanding.
Now, Christmas has passed, but I still have the kids around and
the Christmas decorations up (we'll take them down Monday
morning). I also don't have to deal with the deadlines. That
makes for the right atmosphere, but a lot less pressure. At
this point, I actually have more chapters planned than we
normally take days to schedule them, and my beta readers and I
have discussed a couple of possible solutions. The good news
is, I'm writing and having fun doing it, so we can hope that
gets me back into the habit of working more on the forum and
site.
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Re: Bransomtx(dot)com and Stuff
By: Leti Date: January 4, 2020, 6:04 pm
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Thank you! I am very glad you decided to keep it open.
I think that there should be a section in the forum directing to
the stories in your site, giving members a change to read them
and to comment about them.
I will leave my decorations until next weekend. My mom used to
start putting everything away the moment that we started opening
presents after the Epiphany/La noche de Reyes! Sometimes she
even used the toy's boxes.
I hope you keep the momentum and keep writing. I love your RL
stories and I think that it would be great to have one of how
you met all your boys.
Hugs
Leti
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Re: Bransomtx(dot)com and Stuff
By: Adric Date: January 4, 2020, 7:09 pm
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Did you think of gradually transplanting all the BransomTX
stories here, along with all the section headings, ratings, and
other supplemental information? You could move one story every
day or two and get them all in a year.
It seems stories don't have to be new stories to collect
readers. If someone hasn't read it yet, it's new to them. They
just need exposure to a different population. (All my stories
at MMSA older than 2½ years are still getting hits.)
If you published them at MMSA you could make a new series
corresponding to each of the section headings.
Just some thoughts....
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Re: Bransomtx(dot)com and Stuff
By: Emlyn Morgan Date: August 14, 2023, 3:04 am
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Are the old BOTDs and other topics from bransomtx days archived
and still accessible anywhere?
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Re: Bransomtx(dot)com and Stuff
By: Jack Date: August 14, 2023, 2:48 pm
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No, most of the information from the old forum was completely
lost. Sorry.
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Re: Bransomtx(dot)com and Stuff
By: Emlyn Morgan Date: August 16, 2023, 11:45 am
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Thank you for the prompt reply, Jack.
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