Author: Sterling
Title: Explanation of the Bargain Basement folder.

NOTE that this folder is completely OBSOLETE as of 9/22/2020. All
of the stories here have been copied to the main directory, so
this survives just for historical interest and in case some external
links have paths pointing into this subfolder.

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Old description:

What's this folder? I've created it to hold stories that don't
live up to the standards I set for "Sterling". I had also thought
of calling it "Grade B Stroke Stories" or "Sterling's Farm Team".

A fantasy often comes to me and I write for a while, but then I
lose interest. I don't want to develop it into a full story with
plot, but I still think it's kind of cool. It has stroke value to
me. I've often noticed that some of the stroke stories by
other authors that I find hottest aren't objectively very good
writing, but I appreciate them. So I offer these stories to
the world in the same spirit -- and the writing's not actually
bad by any means.

I may put other stories here that are half-baked in some way. I
suppose sufficient reader enthusiasm might goad me to develop one
of those ideas further.

Another reason for the change is that at this writing Sterling
has more than 50 stories. I find that when I'm looking at other
authors with that many stories, my eyes kind of glaze over.

My writing has improved over time. Some of the earlier things I
wrote (especially before March of 2010) aren't as good
technically as later works. But I'm not going back to rewrite
history; I'm only putting stories in the bargain basement going
forward from today (6/15/2011).

Feedback welcome at sterling27@live.com.

Sterling