New Website For My Writing

[Imeavie]

In the past there was a wide variety of websites to share writing of any kind. You name your niche, and there was a website.
Now you're hard pressed to find anything half decent.

After being disappointed with modern options for publicly sharing my writing online, I have decided to set up my own personal website.

I am sharing it here to both get views, and receive reviews on the website itself.
Please give me any thoughts or opinions on the website itself, and bring any problems you notice to my attention.

The process of setting up the website, configuring a CDN, a DNS, and responding to security issues, etc. has been a huge learning process. Lacking any real funds, I have not had any automated assistance, only able to spare about $10 monthly total. Which means everything had to be done manually, learning as I went.

Also I already am aware that the posts kind of cram my poetry together in a mashed up sentence. I don't know how to fix that, but when you click the post, it opens up with normal formatting, and no issues.

www.imeavie.me

Thank you in advance for your time.

 

[galaxid]

How'd you build the site I like the aesthetic. I also really like Crystalline Requiem!

 

[whywere]

I absolutely LOVE your poetry.

The insight and the feeling are wonderful!

Keep up the GREAT work!

Walter

 

[The Actual Devil]

I see what you did there.

I'm actually quite glad you made this. And you should be proud of it, too!
When I promised I'd read your writings on your other websites, I meant it. And then I wasted my two free views of the month on misclicks
So, I've had those sites open in tabs waiting for them to refresh, haha. I'll take a look at this new website this weekend. It looks good!

 

[Hymn223]

woah thats really cool, did you code the website yourself? i adore your poetry as well, you're really good at saying a lot with a such a small number of words :)

 

[Imeavie]

woah thats really cool, did you code the website yourself? i adore your poetry as well, you're really good at saying a lot with a such a small number of words :)

Thank you, and everyone else here for the positive feedback on my writing! Ive been nervous about sharing. Even though some of my current work dates back to 2017 (I lost everything prior), I only started sharing with others about 2 years ago.

Unfortunately I do not know how to code.
I used WordPress, and a free theme someone else made. That said the process was still difficult for a first timer, and I had tried some other designs, giving up atter a lot of failed effort.

Anyone can do the same if they do their research, put in some effort, and the more money you have, the easier it gets as services will automate some stuff.

I can't put it in the FAQ for security reasons, but im using Vultr as my host, and Bunny as my CDN.

I also am using cloudflare nameservers, and bought my domain with porkbun.

All of these are great choices, and budget friendly.

Sorry for the essay reply!
However, there are many great options outside of my choices.

 

[Imeavie]

Update: For anyone who is interested in starting their own projects, I will be sharing updates on my learning experience here.

After receiving constant spam comments on my website, I started researching solutions. There are multiple solutions available free, however I had to find the one that suited my small little website best.

I have decided to use cloudflare turnstile as my solution. It is free, lightweight, and as of right now, I have not had any spam. My website now must veirfy you as a human before you can access post comments. Unlike captcha challenges, at most you will have to click a button that says you're human.

 

[Imeavie]

I have tried adding an option to sign up for a weekly news letter of new posts/changes, and positive messages.
However, SMTP with Gmail will always display my actual email when sending news letters. The solution is a proton email, but they have SMTP services behind a paid subscription. This is a huge barrier as I'm disabled without actual income.

I have a friend bringing me a bunch of stuff he has been storing for me since I lost my home. I hope to sell a lot of it, and use some of that money to cover the annual cost of approx. $80. Normally I would drop this service due to cost, but I really want to grow my website. This project has become very special to me, and is helping me stay sane.

I'm happy to answer any questions related to setting up this website for anyone trying to do the same.
Sharing this experience has been therapeutic, making me feel a little less alone.

 

[seabed_adan]

Hello, amazing work! I was wondering if you'd like to exchange websites, because I love to write as well. Your imagery and metaphorical style is so exquisite, I feel very seen with your writing.

 

[Imeavie]

Hello, amazing work! I was wondering if you'd like to exchange websites, because I love to write as well. Your imagery and metaphorical style is so exquisite, I feel very seen with your writing.

Thank you, and im glad you came away with a positive experience.

Honestly I havent gotten much traffic (less than 10 visitors I think) having only shared here so far while I work on it. However, I am always surprised everytime someone enjoys my work. I really appreciate the feedback from everyone.


If by exchange you mean sharing yours, I'd be bappy to check it out.

 

[The Actual Devil]

So, I read your poetry, and while they are all very good, I have a few favorites.

Revelry of the Accursed is full of gripping imagery. It reminds me of all of those Halloween and Day of the Dead tales where the deceased rise once a year for a night of supernatural revelry. The pacing was perfect, without a single word wasted. Love it.

Carol is, of course, just beautiful. I already praised it in your one other thread, but it bears repeating. This type of theme fits your writing style well and marks the beginning of a new chapter in your growth as a poet.

The dual meaning behind The Fear of Nothing is hauntingly poignant. It turns nihilism into a specter and the meaninglessness in suffering into its own type of
suffering, almost paradoxically. Such a bittersweet final message as well. Chilling and relatable.

Keep up the great work! And I love your new pfp. She could be SaSu's mascot, lol

 

[Imeavie]

Thank you again for your kind words, and generous feedback.

Revelry of the Accursed is an interesting one. It's one of the few inspired by images in my mind which captivate me. It was probably a combination of my narcolepsy & a minor psychotic episode, but a scene played briefly in my head while I was lost in thought.

I never shared this before, though there is no particular reason for it.

I could try to describe it clearly, however it wouldn't be accurate. My vision was not merely a scene played out on film. It came with a feeling, a moving of my soul that I cannot put to words. There was a story told not in my ears, but in my chest. It was as if a silent film could tell stories with emotions placed inside you.

This is as close as I can come to sharing how I experienced it. It falls short greatly, but c'est la vie.

A humble graveyard of crumbling stones
A hill small in size, green with grass
The air silver with moonlight
The moon large, hovers close
A woman lone, dancing graceful yet free
Her dress long, hem in tatters
Her mouth carries death
Her touch corrupts
Carrion birds feed not in her wake
A Partner skeletal, invited to join
A macabre union, dancing in celebration

 

[Imeavie]

Probably should have mentioned this.
Read that not as a poem, that was actually not my intention when writing it.

Read each sentence as its own independent scene, picturing that specific image close, but moving past you quickly. Each scene is the briefest of glimpses. Each sentence is its own story.

Only at the end, when you have finished the final story, should you put it together, and picture the entire scene as a fluid beautiful story.

I saw glimpses, quick flashes, zoomed in close on individual elements, with en emotional knowledge of their story in my chest.

 

[The Actual Devil]

You described that very interestingly. It felt dream-like, just from reading it.

I'm sorry to hear that you have narcolepsy. Is that the disability I've heard you mention? Forgive me if you've said it elsewhere, my memory can be a bit cheesy, you know—filled with holes.

In any case, I, too, have sleep issues that leave me with bizarre episodes. It's some form of sleep paralysis that occasionally causes reality to blur with often hellish dreamscapes. You've heard of sleep paralysis demons, right? Well, with me, it's not a consistent entity, but really anything. It can take some time before I realize I'm awake and hallucinating either creatures, landscapes, or even sensations like falling, pain, emotional distress, etc. Does any of this sound similar to your condition?

Anyway, I didn't mean to detract from your thread. I just wanted to say that what you described sounds familiar. Maybe not the exact scene, but the way it played out for you. I can almost picture it. Or should I say, feel and experience it.

 

[Imeavie]

I have Narcolepsy with Cataplexy, among other things. My brain has no divide between asleep/awake, only between conscious/unconscious. In either state by brain will enter/exit REM repeatedly. While I am walkin/talking I'm in/out of REM. While I'm sleeping it will disrupt the sleep cycle with out of order REM stages, and full "awake" activity. I am always under the effects of 48-72 hours sleep deprivation, tired from the moment I wake. I do not know what it is like to not be tired, and that is a literal, factual statement.

The Cataplexy gives me weakness at varying degrees both gradual, and sudden, in all muscles. It can even cause temporary paralysis.

Some people with it have frequent sleep paralysis, fortunately I have only had it twice. I have seen many many stories about it in online support groups.

Nightmares are frequent if not nightly for a lot of us, so I do relate to some degree with you. Other members narcolepsy online groups have told me my dreams are so much worse than theirs that they would ctb because they could not live with them.

I am no stranger to nightly suffering, even if it's a different experience. I can imagine how terrible you must feel dealing with your condition as well.

 

[The Actual Devil]

I'm terribly sorry to hear that. But thank you for being so open about it. It sounds exhausting, not just physically, but in every sense of the word. I hope that somehow, some treatment or cure is found for you.

 

[Sabrinaxox]

Your writing is so amazing! And the website is so beautifully made, I love the color scheme

 

[Imeavie]

Your writing is so amazing! And the website is so beautifully made, I love the color scheme

Thank you!
I have always been very insecure about my writing.
To see how well received my website has been is a very welcome surprise.