Why have I come here? why am I writing a blog? What's this british upstart thinking of coming along into the forums and stirring up the soapbox?

Well, I think I need to tell you about myself first. I am so deep in the closet, I'm half way to Narnia. I live in a small town in the UK, and generally speaking homosexuality is not accepted. So finding an escape online has become a sort of "release Valve" for me. A few years ago I was a member of another internet forum, and we formed a very close community. It was a very, erm.. Sexual forum. And was entirely straight oriented. When that forum collapsed I realised how unhealthy and obsessive that forum had become - and so I became an "online celibate".

Then I discovered a couple of online stories. Fraternity memoirs sticks in my head as an early favorite. I fell in love with the body of work produced by Michael Arram. I also read a story called "on the Mark", written by some guy who I think some of you are familiar with . That story lead me to a series called Chronicles of an Academic Predator, and then to the Bridgemont series that lead me here.

And so I lurked here... and found an embracing community. This lead me to re-discover my need for a "release-valve" - somewhere to let it all out.

It occurs to me - I don't even give a damn if nobody reads this. It's for me - not you - though if I make a few friends along the way, well that's just a bonus.

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So this is the start of something new. Something big in my life. Because I'd like to start telling my story too - I'm trying to write a bit at the moment. I have two stories, one real, one fantasy, that I would like to push on with, and see what sort of reception I get. These are hard going - mainly because I keep going back and re-editing. I'll let you know how things go.

In the meantime, I'll just see where this blog takes me....