OUR 25TH YEAR
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Can you believe we've been online since 1999!?!? Even more unbelievable, we STILL have almost no audience! Truly amazing. Shouting into the void for a quarter century. Quite impressive, no? Anyone reading this can honestly say they're special! Please leave a comment and let us know what you think of us. Check out this for some historical ... read more

NO ANNOYING PROMPTS
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Aren't you glad we don't have any of those annoying pop-up ads asking you to join our newsletter? Ironic, isn't it, given that we are an online newsletter?Please support this website, should you be so inclined: buy one of my novels/novellas; buy me a (virtual) cup of coffee here or here; or, click one of the ads sprinkled throughout t... read more

MOST POPULAR SITE ON THE INTERNET
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This site is the 12,157,539th most popular website in the world, according to silktide.com! Wow! We have hit the big time. Look at that Popularity and Social Interest score! Woohoo! All zeroes, baby!Please support this website, should you be so inclined: buy one of my novels/novellas; buy me a (virtual) cup of coffee here or here; or, click o... read more

SUPPORT THIS SITE
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...should you be so inclined:Buy one of my books at Amazon or SmashWords, or here; buy me a (virtual) cup of coffee here or here; or, click one of the ads sprinkled throughout the site.Thanks!Now you can Donate with Bitcoin!... read more

HOW TO SUPPORT THIS WEBSITE
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Please support this website, should you be so inclined: buy one of my novels/novellas; buy me a (virtual) cup of coffee here or here; or, click one of the ads sprinkled throughout the site.Thanks!Now you can Donate with Bitcoin!... read more

HISTORY OF FRIENDSNEWS.COM
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For those researching insignificant corners of the web: Wayback Machine Please support this website, should you be so inclined: buy one of my novels/novellas; buy me a (virtual) cup of coffee here or here; or, click one of the ads sprinkled throughout the site. Thanks! And now you can Donate with Bitcoin!... read more

GUEST POSTING
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I've been following and listening to Jeff Goins's TribeWriters program, and he says an important aspect to successful blogging (at least as far as getting noticed) is to guest post on other people's blogs. Jeff is a great resource, by the way. So, if you want to post something on my blog, please let me know (by clicking the link to th... read more