stuff I wish I'd known about

Here is a safe space to share your story for the book as described below, if you prefer your contribution to be completely anonymous.  (I took the word "sex" out of  the title post to avoid random web cruisers!)

Just add your piece below as an anonymous comment. 

Here is the FB note again, for reference purposes.   looking forward to reading your work!


Don't you wish that book existed!  So do I.  Let's make it together!

This is a call for contributions.  I’m asking you, because I feel safe asking you, and because you know this book is needed, and because your wisdom stories would be healing, helpful and maybe even wonderfully hilarious/poigant /you name it.
Target audience is 12-16 year-old girls.  You know, the ones on a diet right now.


Stories/perspectives/ideas – what you learned the hard way, what you wish someone had told you – about, for example, saying no after having
said yes, and vice versa, pleasure lost and/or found, the attraction roller coaster, peer pressure pro and con, ownership of one’s body, love-lust confusion, appearance and smells,  discovering/exploring orientation and preferences...   Hurt feelings, powerful moments, disappointment, surprise, joy, triumph.

<p>Whatever you are comfortable sharing – the emphasis is support, not disclosure.</p>

Nothing prescriptive or sex-ed-ish, everything true about personal experience, navigating feelings and expectations.


To begin, we’ll start with about 25 shortish pieces, 250 – 750 words average, poetry and drawings welcome too.  If more contributions come in, well then that’s volume 2, isn’t it?
Anonymous, pen or actual name, all fine.
I will write too, but mostly edit and publish. (Editing help welcome!).  Published as a $0.99 ebook, to the profit of RAINN or some such (suggestions welcome).


Please forward to others who may want to contribute.  If I didn’t tag you, but you want to contribute, by all means jump in.

If you are in, please let me know by December 1.  Pieces to be ready by January 15, 2015.
All aboard!
p.s. -- if you'd like to contribute in some other way, design or marketing support, yes! let me know that too.