Still working on redirection pages
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: My fiction
I'm still working on redirection pages for all of my stories, but at least everything is now over at the Athenaeum. I also don't have it broken down by "universe", but you can see a list of all stories & URLS, in the correct universe order (Xena, Original, Star Trek, Uber) at https://jsstephens.tripod.com/athen_chron.html

JS

Getting Ready for the Big Move
I've done a couple of things - if you hit my home page https://jsstephens.tripod.com/, you'll get a new page with a link to my author's page at Xenafiction.net. Also, I've started subbing redirector pages for stories under my Xena fiction. I'll try to get this finished by the end of the week.

Index posted
Topic: My fiction
I now have an index of my stories, in their chronological order, with the new URL for the Athenaeum. The index is here.

Note: the original stories are in random order since none of them were in a series. The Uber stories have not been posted yet.

JS Stephens

Not really Xena or fiction related...
Mood:  irritated
Topic: My boring life
I've been biking after work for almost five months now, but have become increasingly frustrated by the lack of cycling clothes in the stores for larger women. I walk into a store, and find that a "large" or "extra-large" is what used to be a "medium" or "large". I was in my local REI the other day and noticed that depending on the brand, that XL cycling shorts seemed to be somewhere between a 14 and 18.

I want to be healthy, I want to keep pushing, but it's not fun with just three pair of shorts - and one pair is getting pretty old. I keep seeing news stories about how obese Americans are getting, but if we can't buy the proper clothing to DO SOMETHING about it, it's extremely easy to just give up and crawl back on the couch with a bag of chips and a remote control or laptop.

Grrr.

JS Stephens

More of my stories being posted on Xenafiction.net
Mood:  surprised
More of my stuff over at The Athenaeum. They don't lack many more to post - and, surprisingly enough, I'm still in the Top 25 for the week of August 15 - 21, 2005.

Amazing.

JS Stephens

Getting my site ready for the changeover
Mood:  chatty
Topic: My fiction
I'm slowly but surely creating redirect pages that will move you from my old story location to the new home at The Athenaeum. I haven't actually uploaded any of them yet, but when I do, I'll post a note here first.

Also, just due to my persnickety nature, I'll create a special page that has all of the conversion links. It will be something like Story Title, New URL.

Example: First Christmas Alone : http://xenafiction.net/scrolls/js_stephens_first_christmas_alone.hts

JS Stephens

I had no idea
Mood:  surprised
It seems that I've hit the top 25 at The Athenaeum, where my fiction is being transferred. I've never had this type of coverage in the entire eight years I've been posting to the web - frankly, I didn't even know it until another author, dabkey 2005, emailed me today to let me know that I was on the list multiple times. If you want to see this list this week, go to Top 25 List.

Also, be sure you go read dabkey's fabulous tale, And Playing the Role of Herself. This is an absolutely riveting tale of three actresses, and the permutations of their love lives. There are some really interesting plot twists, so don't miss it. Be sure to give feedback to the bard.

Gotta go - it's starting a thunder & lightning show out there.

Peace,
JS Stephens

The winner is...
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: My fiction
The winner in the "who gets to host my fiction" sweepstakes is...(drumroll, please)...Trumpets!

The Athenaeum!

My "author page" is located at JS Stephens' Fiction. The main entry for their site is http://xenafiction.net/. Wicked new graphic, by the way.

So far, they have five of my original stories up. Watch their space for more.

JS Stephens

Stay tuned for details
Mood:  party time!
Topic: My fiction
I'll share the details when I have confirmation, but it looks like my stories will be hosted on another site in the very near future.

JS Stephens

Votes trickling in
Mood:  rushed
Topic: My fiction
Ok, the votes are trickling in and I've been asked to either a) keep my site up or b) to ask some site such as The Atheneaum, The Paradoxical F/F site, or the Academy of the Bards to host my little ramblings versus just letting the stories disappear completely.

Any feedback on actually submitting stories to any of these sites? I'm curious as to others' feedback on how they feel about hosting their fiction somewhere else, which are their favorite hosting sites, etc.

JS Stephens