Guidelines for Dear Friends Your Not Alone:

Dear Friends You're Not Alone is stories about the pain, torment, struggle, the humiliation, of being overweight. It is also stories of hope, inspiration, determination and the victory of achieving your weight loss goals.

Dear Friends Your Not Alone is made up of real stories by real people. True stories about ordinary people doing dealing with being over weight. Some will talk of the pain some will be as if you wrote them yourself. Some will tear your heart out many will touch you deeply and bring tears to your eyes. Some will be hard to read and get through some will inspire you to continue on one more day, others will make you feel like you can climb mountains. You'll learn from these stories and because they will be so similar to your own journey you will learn you are not alone - that is the real message of
this book.

Dear Friends Your Not Alone will tug at your heart and rip the facade off the "Jolly Fat Man" or women. it doesn't really have a beginning or an end but you will see yourself in it's pages. By reading other people's stories you will learn your struggle and pain are not so unique after all. You will also lean people can lose weight and can triumph over being fat giving us all more hope and determination.

Guidelines Dear Friends Your Not Alone:

1. Tell an exciting, sad or funny story about something that has
happened to you NOT someone you know regarding being over weight, fat or obese.

2. Tell your story in a way that will make the reader connect with you,
see they aren't alone, share the pain or laughter, and the tears. I want
details so don't leave anything out..

3. The story should start with action; it should include a problem, issue or situation. It should include dialogue and the character should express their feelings though the conflict or situation. It should end in a result, such as a lesson learned, a positive change or pay-off.

4. Above all, let it come from deep down in your HEART! This is your
chance to tell your story to the world!

What Dear Friends Your Not Alone IS NOT:

1. It is not about fat acceptance.

2. It is not a sermon, or essay.

3. It is not a eulogy.

4. it is not a school project written for a term paper or thesis.

5. It is not a bunch of journal entries.

6. it is not about eating disorders like Bulimia or anorexia.

7. it is not a tribute to someone this is YOUR story, by you and about
you.

1. It is preferred that all submissions are sent via our website by clicking here.

2. Please be sure to include the author's name ( Your Name) and contact
information on the first page of each and every story.

3. No anonymous or author unknown submissions please.

6. Send only one copy of each submission.

7. If the story you wrote is published, you will be given a copy of the
book as payment of your story. no other form of payment is issued.

8. You will be given full credit for your story in the book.

9. Acknowledgment of your submission is done at the time of submitting through our website, by clicking here . By submitting through the website, you will be taken to an acknowledgment screen on our website directly after hitting "send". This screen will inform you that the story has been accepted into our submission process. We strongly encourage you to submit stories online as it is both the fastest and easiest way for us to process and review them.

Dear Friends Your Not Alone is expected to take between 2 - 3 years maybe longer to compile and develop. It is an extremely long and time-consuming process. If your story is chosen for the book , you will be notified and your permission to print it will be requested. Feel free to submit more than one story.