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November 12, 2024: Fort Family Community Outreach
Posted by JeffsFort
Hi Everyone!
It's Jeff this year asking for your help to keep our sites up and running. You may well know our sites are run almost entirely on your generous donations! When your donations do not cover all of the cost, the difference comes out of our pockets. We have no ADs on our sites and no Premium Tiers and No Pay Walls! There is no charge to our authors for hosting their stories nor any charge for you the readers to read them. That was the original agreement in the beginning and we work hard to keep our promise to keep it that way. Of course we would appreciate it if you could find a way to donate any amount to help us in our mission keep our sites AD-free and running. So please check between your couch cushions and under your car seats any amount will be gratefully accepted. No amount is too small. Seriously!
We thank you very much for all of your help over the years.
So you know, our last offer is still on the table. We are still running the following promotion, simply put, make at least a $10 USD donation and say that you are interested, you'll get a random autographed copy of one of the soft cover Joel Books directly from Ted Luis himself. I don't know how many copies are left but while he has them, he's happy to send them to you all as a thank you. Mine is on a shelf here in my room and it's probably one of my favorite keepsakes.
The Original Offer - Repost:
Have you considered helping to keep these sites up and running? Are you also a fan of Ted Louis' "Joel" series? Well, Ted has informed us that he found a case of assorted Joel books. Yeah, "actual" in print books! He decided that for anyone willing to make a $10 or larger donation within the US to the hosting service paying the bills for the Fort Family Community of sites, he is willing to send you your very own copy of a random book in the "Joel" series, autographed by Ted Louis himself as a thank you! An amazing keepsake from an amazing author!
What to do:
1. Click on https://dsshosting.net/donations/donation-form/ and click on "Donate Now".
2. Make a qualifying donation of $10 or more.
3,. Email your name and mailing address to joel-offer@fortfamilyforums.com (Yes, a P.O. box, relative's address, next-door neighbor, total stranger's address... is fine. As long as you are able to intercept the mail ;)
4. Once the donation has been confirmed, Ted Louis will send a random autographed copy of one of his books to you directly.
(One book per donation. This offer will be withdrawn once the limited number of books has been sent. The early bird gets the worm! Unfortunately, only US residents due to expensive international shipping :( We'll take down the offer as soon as we confirm that no copies remain.)
January 22, 2024: A Submission Lost In Cyberspace :(
Posted by The Story Lover
Originally Posted by Fred DeElve
Dear Readers,
Unfortunately, a Thanksgiving Short Story Submission by Paladin was lost in Cyberspace. It was submitted in time and processed properly, however, when the story was returned to the author it never arrived! The author contacted the indomitable TSL, who was able to get me in contact with the author.
Paladin's story is now live and available for your reading pleasure.
Keep Christmas in your hearts every day,
Fred
January 10, 2024: awesomedude.com has moved!
Posted by The Story Lover
Originally Posted by JeffsFort
Hi Gang,
A real quick note to update you on our neighboring community "Awesome Dude" which many of our sites are linked to. As we all know, they recently suffered the untimely passing of their founder and leader. They are still working hard to regain control of their community and we all offer our best wishes to its team.
Today I learned that the site was offline as they were transitioning to a new domain. May be temporary but either way, I was provided this statement from their administration:
"As the acting Admin of AD, on behalf of the team of members and their work, the story site is now back online. You can find it here, https://awesomedude.org"
So for the time being at least, be sure to update your bookmarks and if your site links back to their community, give them a hand and redirect that link to the .org so their visitors can still find their way in.
Thanks Everyone!
The links on the Links Page have been updated - Thanks Jeff.
Take care,
TSL
December 14, 2023: After The Game Revised By Felix P. & Substitute Dad by Scribe1971
Posted by The Story Lover
Dear Readers,
If you are reading Felix P.'s revised version of After The Game, I strongly advise reading Scribe 1971's story Substitute Dad as more of the characters from that story will be appearing in After The Game. Learning more about Josh, Shelley, and Mark will enhance your reading of After The Game.
Enjoy reading,
TSL