a member for 8 years, 5 months and 18 days
And that's a long time. In that time, the company I work for has merged twice, changed name three times and I've moved departments at least four or five times, but each time, I manage to find time for b3ta, although sometimes it gets blocked and I have to find a kind b3tard to circumvent it again.

What has b3ta ever done for me? Well, it's made me believe I can be a writer, in fact, that I AM a writer.

It started with the odd post, reminiscences, stories. Some were quite popular which pleased me more than I can easily convey. Then I started embellishing the truth, straying into the land of fiction. All went well, I carried on.

I then invented an imaginary (but possible) love child (E-mail Zola) and wrote from his point of view. Had fun with that. Then went all out with a new personality, based largely on me, but with a more interesting life, so interesting it was top of the best.

Now, I was a writer and outside b3ta I explored YouWriteOn and started proper fiction (with encouragement from a couple of choice b3tans whose judgement I trusted).

Since then, I've written a shit novel, had a short story published and am part way through a brilliant novel. I've also tried writing on here as a woman - with some success!

So thank you one and all - spurred on by like-minded b3tans - I've upped my game and stretched my mental legs. And if I ever 'make it' as a writer, I'll hide my b3tan roots so no-one can see how crap I was when I started.

Just take a look at the best of: 'Public Sex' to see what makes this site great. A Chartcat classic, half a dozen vintage Spanky's, some Pooflake magic, a brilliant tale from K.W.A., an old Che pearoast, and valiant posts from Stiff Richard, Colonel Dracula and others.

NEVER APOLOGISE FOR LENGTH - that's my motto, only for poor quality, bad grammar and boringness.

Cheers,
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Wed 14 Sep 2011, 12:27, Reply)