Nerve.com: Engaging Singles, Writing and Sharing Your Intimate Stories

June 23, 2009 at 11:00 am 4 comments

So if you haven’t visited Nerve.com, you definitely should. More than just their superb and interesting content about social erotica, the latest fiction, current movies, dating and flirting advice posted by the experienced editors, their team has launched new writing avenues for the aspiring author.

Now, writers can explore to publish some of their most revealing work for millions to read every day, the newest of these writing avenues being “My First Time” and “Dating Confessions”. Essentially, if you’ve written (or are thinking about writing) a piece that reveals your first intimate encounter (however sweet, however strange) or maybe a date gone bad (perhaps horribly bad, where he drones on about his job and her laugh sounds like a hyena), then you can submit your short confession to the Nerve editors, who will review your piece for publication on the Web site.

Of course not everyone wants to be so cavalier with their love stories, and not everyone wants millions of people to read (and comment on) stories that may be close to their heart. But for those of you looking to expand your authorship and see some of your articles published, it can’t hurt to submit your personal essays to Nerve.com. The worst that could happen is a short rejection, maybe a comment from the editors on how to improve your submission for next time, and that’s it. Only one thing’s for certain: not submitting means you have absolutely zero chance of getting published.

Truth is, plenty of well-established authors and columnists have published (and gotten starts in the literary community) from Nerve.com. Case in point, Steve Almond, whose title story (first published by Nerve) from his infamous collection My Life in Heavy Metal skyrocketed his writing career. Your writing biography could unfold the same way, but you need to have the courage to submit your writing first and foremost.

Submitting personal stories and revealing confessions are never easy for anyone, especially writers, but transcribing the truth in words is the business we’re in. So if you want to pursue a career in writing, you should consider taking the leap, not just submitting your work to Nerve, but other magazines (e.g. Canteen, Missouri Review, Denver Quarterly, Open City, among countless others) as well.

This is Justin, blogcasting from Wordclay, signing off.

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4 Comments Add your own

  • 1. Jenna  |  June 23, 2009 at 10:12 pm

    Pretty nice post. I just came across your blog and wanted to say
    that I have really enjoyed reading your blog posts. Anyway
    I’ll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you post again soon!

    Reply
  • 2. Pozycjonowanie  |  June 25, 2009 at 5:16 am

    I hope there’ll be some kind of quality control. Because sites like this often attrack the weirdest people. Would be better to just “filter them off” at the beginning.

    Reply
  • 3. LnddMiles  |  July 21, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    Pretty cool post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say
    that I have really liked reading your blog posts. Anyway
    I’ll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you post again soon!

    Reply
  • 4. Saffold  |  October 20, 2009 at 3:06 pm

    Bless you for your help.

    Reply

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