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Location: UK, West of London in Ber...
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I saw today at http://www.gaywritersguild.org a sad message saying that GWG is no more.
I feel sad about that.
It was only the other day that Christian was getting pretty excited about revamped pages that we will now not see.
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tim - the canuck
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Location: Canada
Registered: March 2003
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Registered: March 2012
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Please have a look at tgo for a reply. i tried to copy and it failed.
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tim
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Really getting into it |
Location: UK, West of London in Ber...
Registered: February 2002
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I shut down because of lack of interest from writers and readers to support our existance.
I shut down because we are in the red beyond reason
I shut down because our servers get wacked, our writers get threatened, and other things.
GWG is gone due to indifference.
U want it back? GET INVOLVED. Put your money where your mouth is. Give me, and Larry, the support we need. The servers are still up, and it would take only a show of support (NOT WORDS, but TRUE support) for us to stay up. I asked for a token support from readers and writers, a 5 $, be it yearly or mensualy. i did not care. we collected an astronomical 75 $ in all after 4 months. Talk about community support.
I hear everyone is sorry about GWG being offline. I'm not so sure about that. Anyway, if readers and writers really want us to stay online, they can PROVE it by helping us. Send a cheque or money order to
Larry Higgins
722 Lake Avenue #155
Lake Worth, FL 33460
put it in the order of Larry, and mention its for GWG support.
GWG is dead but it can be revived, IF and only IF, there is interest.
On a personal note, I've had a hellish 6 months, both physically and emotionaly. The squabbles and boycott of GWG (AND IT WAS EFFECTIVE, our readership was dropping) got to me. GWG was my life-jacket, after the loss of my last home friend to HIV, the loss of 3 more over the net, the loss of my net bf, due to cancer, and the loss of my hiv support group that got taken over by a Duesnberg fan who believes hiv is a hoax and kept doing personal attacks on everyone that believed otherwise. Ive been sick as a consequence of my HIV status, stress and, to be honest, the GWG fight last night was the last straw that broke the camel's back. I do not think I need to tell you all in what emotional state I am today...anything you can imagine and more. Too bad its too stormy for me to go out on the bridge without looking suspicious. I've learned one thing over the last 6 months, a simple thing: I'm only worth to others what they can gain out of me. I've learned that people take things for granted, dont give a shit about the efforts we put into things, that saying thank you is beyond them. I'm having trouble typing, because I'm crying and in shambles.
To Driver, to Nelson, who got under direct fire of the boycotters, I'm sorry, I did all I could to stop it. Seems people are much more willing to kill then to build. To associated sites who now lose their host, who lost readership because of the boycott (Dabeagle, Archerland) I extend my sympathies. I wish u all luck.
To all the writers, thank you for supporting us for these past 3 years by contributing your work. To all the readers who stayed with us, even in the storm of the boycott, thank you too.
Christian.
webmaster
GWG (should I say ex?)
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Michael Simon
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Registered: January 1970
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.. first of all a hug. I know I shoudl have cared more..but I did not. Pls accept my apologies. I just wish we could meet in Second Cup and talk it all out and then have dinner again in that French place down the road where I lived. Just let me please say thank you for the time I was allowed to spend on GWG. The rest I will tell you in private.
*hugs you my Canadian friend*
ya Michael
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marc
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Needs to get a life! |
Registered: March 2003
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The reality of the GWG's dilema is that it is in financial straights. But it is nothing that we can't or won't fix....
There will be a chat at the GWG site at 10pm est.... Chris will put the GWG main page and the proper links to the chat back online this evening.....
Together we CAN save the GWG.......
Marc, Co-Founder, Board of Directors Gay Writers Guild
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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marc
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Needs to get a life! |
Registered: March 2003
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I tried for an hour and a half and I couldn't get to the chat... Fate sometimes has a way of dealing out the truth... I guess the GWG was not meant to be after all...
I'm sorry......
Marc.......
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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tim
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Really getting into it |
Location: UK, West of London in Ber...
Registered: February 2002
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It's good to see it back online. It would be nice to see it permanently so.
I'd like to suggest that they dump one of their servers to reduce costs, but that is their business.
I would like to drop a hint to the authors hosted there. And it is not to be read as a hint to the authors I host, please, for I host for different reasons, and I offer homes to stories rather than take submissions. But, if you have submitted a story to the GWG, even if it was not accepted, PLEASE make a small donation to them via their site.
I can make this hint, request, because I am impartial here. I am not a GWG member, I receive no benefit from them, either financial or in publicity. I simply support their aims
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