Stories and Me
I had booked this domain (www.storiesandme.com) two years ago.
I was in 2 minds – whether to host all that I write on this website or to publish it under various titles as books.
I had committed to the publishers that I will publish few thrillers with them and so I did publish few thrillers as books with them… e.g. …
- My Fiancée’s Boyfriend
- The Conducer – The Goal or the Girl
- Disposables
- Akhand Hind Fauj
- Shadyantra
- Kekacauan – This Can Happen to You
These are available on Amazon as print books and Kindle platforms. Few are now available as Free to Read on Kindle Unlimited subscriptions. During the time I published these thrillers with the publishers, I forgot that I have booked this domain and it was available to me for hosting the content I write or the content I already have written (including few books which are yet unpublished). Not all ideas get converted into books…
When I received the notice for renewal of the domain is when I realised that I still have this domain and again I was in two minds – should I renew or should I let it go…
My friends were with me when I received this notice and they thought I should renew this domain. They will handle the hosting and the content leaving me free to write whatever I feel like… They pointed out to me that I have several outlines of stories I have thought of, several poems I have written, several thoughts penned down – why not let them see the light of the day?
I keep on getting ideas or thoughts and they seem to be non-stop and I was not able to concentrate on the marketing or promoting the books I published. They are doing a good business but not the way I wanted them to…
Then we started discussing as to what content should be hosted.
The idea was basically to host short stories, poetry and essays and may be few books/thrillers I have left unpublished and unedited for a later day or never to be published at all – I have not yet decided as to hat I should do with them…
They said this all could be the content for the website and I thought not a bad idea – at least my readers would get something to read from my stuff I have meticulously written over a period of time and those ideas which I cannot convert into novel or a novella – as short stories or extremely short stories. Also the content which was left out of the books published when they were edited could be hosted here with the reference of those books…
With these thoughts, I decided to renew the domain and they have worked on the website… Abhijit is working on the look and hosting of the website while other friends like Piya, Shongita and others are digging out the details of what I have written in the past and which could be hosted…
They also suggested that I and they together would re-read the books I have read and perhaps those books may have made an impact on my writing style and let the people know about those books and what in those was liked by us – kind of introduction to those books. So you also may have information on various books I have read and liked to read them on this website…
So all in all – this is the story of this website being hosted and I hope you would love the content being posted on this as well I will appreciate feedback from you where I could improve the content.
Thank you,
Prasad Deshpande and Friends