Mardi Gras was three weeks ago, but I can still ask you to “Throw me somethin’, Mister,” as they say in the Big Easy.

This time one year ago, I was experiencing my first day in Ascoli Piceno, joining the people of the language school I was about to spend two weeks studying with, in a walkabout in Ascoli’s Carnevale.

In Ascoli, they don’t throw plastic trinkets–they toss “coriandoli”, paper confetti. But what I want you to throw me are your stories, true and well told.

That’s a writing technique called “borrowed interest” and I’m not ashamed to use it to fill the digital pages of this blog. I publish writing prompts, book reviews, and stories from my own life, but my favorite content is YOUR stories.

Here are the guidelines. Now throw me somethin’, Mr.,  Ms., whoever you are! Send your true life stories to sarah.white@firstpersonprod.com and I’ll consider them for publication here.