[HPFGU-OTChatter] WIPs and Lemons (two fanficcy resplies)

[Saitaina]

Heidi wrote:

<claiming it was in memory of those who
were killed, but when they went back up,
they'd changed the
structure of the site so that NC17 fics
were no longer uploadable or
searchable.>

Yes but FF.N made the announcement of the
removal of NC-17 fics long before this
event occurred.  I know because I had to
remove mine (well, remove one and change
the rating of another as it passes under
hard R).

I think that the timing of the September
11th shut down and the removal was ill
advised, but they did do what I what have
done, used a scheduled down time to do
some work they needed to do.

I know, I'm one of the very few HP
writers who defend FF.N in any form (and
usually don't) but this time it is sort
of understandable why they did it.  Why
take the site down AGAIN after a
scheduled downtime just to perform
maintenance when already so many people
are annoyed at the amount of time the
site's down...Better just to get it all
done at once.

As for WiP's, I shouldn't be one to
speak.  I upload a chapter anywhere from
once a month to once a year depending on
how many issues I'm having with the story
(fans who read the second to last chapter
understand why it took so long).   I will
never abandon my story (and if such a
time comes that I cannot write on it, I
will remove it) but it does take me a
while to squeeze the story out of my
characters.

While it's often hard as a reader to
wait, I recomend the fun approach of
forgetting about it for a while, then
checking in,  in six months, even longer.
You often get a pleasant surprise by
doing this as there might be many
chapters you have yet to read.  And if
not, well, keep waiting or move on.
Also, if you're a fan of a small time
story (such as my own The End of the
Beginning) rather then a huge, well known
story, sometimes emailing the author can
get you a response to tell you where
they're going with it.   I've fielded
inquires about my other now dead fic, "I
Now Pronounce You Man, Wife, and Bitter
Ex-Lover" where they wanted to know when
the next bit was coming out.  I knew that
personally telling them there probably
won't be anymore was disappointing, but
at least they weren't sitting around
waiting when they could be reading other
wonderful fics by wonderful writers.

So it's just a balance of time, patience
and some nudging from readers who want
more.

Saitaina
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all this and plow face-first into a tree
because I was looking the wrong bloody
way. And I'll still be having a better
day than I am today."