See also the Special Interest Groups at the National Storytelling Network (described below).
2. Email and Web Services for Storytellers
Want an email (and Web) address that doesn't change even if you change your Internet service provider? Try ForeverMail, which provides a permanent "forwarding service." You can email them at
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Or get your own web page (www.storyteller.net/yourname) and a permanent forwarding address (yourname @ storyteller.net) at http://www.storyteller.net. This service is an "exchange" service - you can pay $15 per year or contribute an article, interview, etc.
Better yet, get your own domain name, and an account that gives you your own mailbox. Then your permanent email address can be like mine ("
"): "[email protected]" Or like Jay O'Callahan's: "
." If you go one step further and have unlimited email aliases, you can set up trackable email names for all your ads, email campaigns, etc. Thus, I know that any replies I get to "
" come from my ad in the Utne Reader. But the replies go to my regular email address, so there's no extra work in getting them!
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Are you serious about the professional image of your web site? I'm leasing out a very few true virtual domains on my web server. This means that you can have your own domain (www.yourbusinessname.com) for a very low monthly fee. This is not a "starter acount" like you'll see advertised at "loss-leader" prices. This is a full, professional server, with all the capabilities of my own sites. (Including unlimited mailboxes and email aliases.) Email me at
for details. Or read about it online: Low-Cost Professional Web Server.
The National Storytelling Network. Contains a directory of storytellers, listings of storytelling organizations, information about the annual National Storytelling Conference, and much more.
NSN now has Special Interest Groups (SIGs) in several areas, with more forming each year:
Storytelling in Organizations
The Healing Story Alliance
Youth Storytelling
Organizers of Storytelling Events
Storytelling in Higher Education
Several of them offer email discussion groups, web sites, pre-conferences, newsletters, awards programs, and more. Check http://www.storynet.org for the latest information!
The International Storytelling Center (http://www.storytellingcenter.com) in Jonesborough, TN, hosts the annual National Storytelling Festival, the soon-to-open National Storytelling Center, and provides training and information in selected areas of storytelling: storytelling in business, healthcare, education, and communities/community organizing.
The LANES (League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling) website is located at:
http://www.lanes.org.
The information in the LANES website has recently been updated and
expanded. Check it out.
The Hasidic Stories Home Page.
Includes Hasidic (Jewish mystical) stories, articles about them, resources, links, and more. Sign up for the Hasidic Messenger, which sends you a featured Hasidic story or article every month!
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