You know you failed miserably on that sneaky thing. lol
There are a number of places here where a person can do writing. In Literary Lounge you can actually get two folders for your personal work. One public for general audience works and one restricted for works not suitable for all ages.
If you'd like a forum for your own personal space and projects, you can always get that too. There is a folder in the BeehiveForums.US Site Information Forum for forum requests with information on how to request a forum.
If you make your forum public the system automatically creates a chat room for it. I make mine public, then if I want anything restricted I restrict the folders and create groups I can add people to for access to what I want them to see. Works pretty nice for me, and helps keep human spammers at bay. :)
I'm not usually around as much as I'd like to be, but I do still provide the real estate and tools. The building of their community is up to the forum owner and their staff.
I also provide other services on request. Such as member webpage space, forum webpage space, and image storage on another site I own using piwigo with a plug in installed that allows for cut and paste of image urls for linking them to other places for display.
I'm also always on the lookout for volunteers familiar with Beehive Forum software and Ajax Chat. People who can keep their emotions under wraps and not take things personally when representing the site, such as in a mod or main staff position.
This place is my answer to places like Delphi and their 'Give me money or get treated like crap.' attitude.
We're donation and ad supported, mostly donations. I try to keep most ads out of the forums and chats.
Yeah. I know. I've gotten old. The nice lady (MtnRose) that led me here has a nice forum for that. I don't think I could run my own forum. Not right now anyway. Thank you for the info and encouragement though.