WE'RE LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD MEN:

Our next book is about men who have lost love. Whether it's a break up, a loved one who passed away or a love that never got a chance, we want your story.
To submit your story, please follow the guidelines and questions below.

Guidelines & Questions
 
***Guildelines and questions are copyrighted and sole property of ARK Stories.***
 
Please send your response to nsots68@gmail.com
You may use your own email address to reply or you may create a free one on yahoo, gmail or hotmail so that you can remain completely anonymous.
 
Please answer all the questions that apply to you in detail. You can arrange them into an essay or you can cut and paste the questions into an email and answer each one and we will arrange the story so that it flows and is easy to read. The only editing we will do is clean up punctuation, remove repetitious answers and fix any minor grammar issues. To get an idea of what the finished story will look like, click on the "Look Inside The book" link to the left of the screen.

Please do not answer with a yes or no. The key here is to understand what men go through and we are looking for a story. We will not accept any story that is gratuitously vulgar. Nor will we accept stories that have not followed our specifications. We will only ask for your story one time. If we feel it is something we wish to use we may email you with anything that was left out.
 
All stories will be anonymous. Please try to be as vague as possible about any personal information. For example if you moved to another state to be with someone, do not mention the name of the state. You can say something like I moved 500 miles to be with her/him or I moved across country. Please do not mention a company where you or that person may work...substitute with their profession. Do not use the real name of the person you are writing about. We will change every name in the story in case you accidentally name someone.
 
By submitting your story, you agree to release all rights to Ark Stories and understand that the stories may be used in whole or in part for the purposes of publication, promotion and/or distribution in any manner. We make no guarantee that we will use your story.
 
We thank you in advance and are grateful for your contribution.
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Age:

Sexual orientation:

Have you ever gone through one or more break ups that were devastating to you? Did the one you love pass away?  If they passed away, please describe the circumstances.

How long were you together?

Were you married to any of these people and/or have children with them?

Why was the break up so hard? Without revealing anyone's identity, why did you break up?

Did you try to get back together? Did you offer any promises that you had a hard time with prior to the break up as a lure to get back together? For example: if you cheated and he/she left you, did you promise to be monogamous?

How did you express your pain? Did you cry? Sob? Did you mope? Call a psychic? Talk to a friend? Did you hide those feelings or did you allow anyone to know how upset you were? Please be specific and provide details.

How long before you began seeing other people? Did it help? Were you looking for another relationship or just people to date?

If you had sex with one or more people afterward, how long did it take and did it help? Did it make you feel better or worse?

What is the longest period of time it took you to get over someone? Is there someone you have never gotten over?

Do you secretly wish you could get that "someone" back?

If you did any of the following, please elaborate in detail and how often.

Did you ever:

     Call them and hang up?

     Drive by their home?

     Google their name?

     Snoop around their life through mutual friends?

     Spy on them using Facebook, Twitter or other social media?

What was the most embarrassing thing you feel you did?

Have you  ever felt desperate or suicidal about a break up?

Did you find out your ex met someone else before you did? How did that make you feel? DETAILS!!!

How long did it take for you to finally feel okay about it? How did you get to that point?

Has there ever been a person you fell hard for but never really got the chance to explore it? How did it make you feel? Were you depressed? What did you do to move past them?

Have you sought therapy to help you get over someone? What advice did you get? Did you apply it and did it work?

Is there something you wish you could say to any of your ex's or love interests that never came to be? What would it be?
 
For fun:
 
Do you believe in soul mates?
Have you met yours?
Do you think you can have more than one?
 
If you're not married, would you like to be and why?
 
Is there anything you would like to add?

I agree to release all rights to Ark Stories and understand that the stories may be used in whole or in part for the purposes of publication, promotion and/or distribution in any manner. I understand that if published, my story will be anonymous. Please answer with "I agree." or we cannot and will not use your story.













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