I finally decided what to do with my Dreamwidth account. I'm currently using it as a sort of mental haven: a place to go where I need to speak my mind when I don't feel comfortable doing so on my LJ (because I don't want to possibly/accidentally offend people, don't want to get into arguments/debates, because I don't want to spam people with my whining;), and so on). Some posts will be vent posts, yes, but those will be locked. Most posts will be discussion fodder; those won't be locked.
I'm also Kriadydragon on DW, so should you stumble on my DW journal, friend with caution (Ex. don't friend if you're just looking for stories. I don't plan on posting stories there. If I do use DW for stories, it will be with a different account. But if you've enjoyed some of the discussion I have (or tried to;)) generated, then it's all good :D)
If I don't grant you access back, please don't feel offended. I'm very cautious with the whole friending/access thing and whether I friend/not friend, grant access/don't grant access has
nothing to do with liking or disliking anyone.
Edit: I forgot to say that this is probably going to be temporary as I'm getting other ideas on what to do with this account. The current idea (and
friendshipper I'm totally taking this idea from you, I hope you don't mind :S) is to make it a place for stories after all - original short stories - in order to get feedback and critiques while keeping them relatively under lock and key. I don't have a lot of people I can go to outside my family for good, helpful feedback, so would like to have a place where I can get such feedback.
But this is an idea I'm still debating, so we shall see.