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Where would be a good place to begin if I want to get my "stories" published?

Asked by Dutchess_III (46842points) August 27th, 2015

I have kept diaries, both hand written and electronic, for years and years. Most of the stories revolve around my kids, and now grandkids. Most of them are about funny stuff.
I used to share them via letters with family members, who always got a kick out of them, and asked for MORE!
In the last few years I’ve been posting them on Facebook, and I often get positive comments like, “I LOVE the way you tell these stories!”
I had a friend for many years who used to bug me to get them published.
Well, last evening my cousin, who don’t talk with very often, commented on one of my most recent stories. She said she “Luv Luv LUVs” my stories and would I please email that one to her because she couldn’t figure out how to copy.
I did, then said if she wanted more, just let me know.
She said, “I want ALL of them! I had a folder at work where I used to keep your stories, but I lost them.” (when she literally became a multi-millionaire over night and quit her job at Boeing.:) I’m not even sure how she got the stories, or which ones she has. Maybe her brother shared them with her.
Anyway, she said she’d been collecting them and had plans to compile them “someday.”

So now I’m really thinking…maybe this is actually possible. It wouldn’t hurt to try. But what do I do? Where do I start?

The format would be like Erma Bombeck, just kind of random things that have happened. But they need to be in SOME kind of order.

Any suggestions, guys? Who do I need to contact?

Here are a few stories that I’ve copied to my blog, which I don’t update often enough.

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