About This Site

I’m Randy Cassingham, one of the first online publishers ever (starting with my flagship This is True in early 1994).

What It’s Like to… is my newest site. I call it WiLt for short. It tells real stories of what it’s really like to do …whatever. Save a Life. Be a Surgeon. Pave a Road.

Of course, many wonder about “negative” things too — What It’s Like to Notify a Family of a Death. Lose a Child. Serve on a Murder Jury.

The Site NO LONGER Takes Submissions: While I’ve done a lot of things in my life I certainly don’t know it all, so part of the idea was to be a platform to allow readers to tell their own stories, which are then professionally edited for a smooth flow. A number of readers in fact did submit stories for publication here.

Unfortunately, the site was lost during a server transition, and the most recent backup was lost in another incident. It was a few years before I finally found a n early backup, and over time I will be bringing back all the stories.

That said, after the initial flurry, submissions dried up, and I realized the site would not be able to continue. I do want to get all the stories back online, but will not be accepting more.

Thanks to the authors who did submit stories. It was cool to be able to read them.