Simily’s Dragon Era

In search of a flame that never was

When I first discovered the writing platform Simily, I was pretty excited.

It seemed like Medium, only heavily fiction-focused.

As someone who experiments a bit with fiction, I thought Simily would be a good place to practice.

A place (like Medium) to put my writing out there and to read other fiction and to learn and grow.

Sadly, that’s not really how it worked.

At all.

The site features a super basic interface (WordPress) and in the early days, it crashed a lot or simply didn’t work.

Plus, there was a ton of bad writing and essentially zero policing of content.

Simily has since restricted membership and made some other changes that have improved the quality of the writing there.

But, well, the site is still not where it should be. Or, could be.

Not really functional for writers.

I wrote about Simily’s attempted resurgence back in October:

Now, Simily has restarted its “Story of the Week” feature.

This week’s story is about dragons.

RAWR!

The site, though, still lacks the flame that would attract readers. So, while there may be some great writing there, it’s not likely to reach a wide audience.

So far, Simily doesn’t seem willing to expend the resources to drive traffic or attract readers.

Maybe . . . maybe this will be the time Simily starts a fire. Or, maybe this will be the last breath of a dying dragon that was never fully alive to begin with.

In case you’re interested in reading some of my fiction: