Journal Status and A Very Long Rant
Over the last little while there was a bit of an emotional kerfuffle involving my fics. It resulted in some of them being temporarily unavailable and others being f-locked. They are all now publicly available on LJ (and only one was removed from all other locations).
The Rant:
If you have read anything of mine before you probably know that I write about dark material a lot of the time. About rape, suicide and self harm. I write from the perspective of the character and don't hold back on what I want to say or have happen. But a lot of the time I don't agree with the actions of my characters.
I do not condone rape, victim blaming (or allusions to/terribly timed words), self harm, or many other actions that appear in my writing. But I do explore those things in my writing.
There is an author's disclaimer saying much the same in the header of some of my fics.
There are also warnings in the header of each of my fics. I do not leave them out, nor will I ever consciously do so. They are there so that people who have triggers or who want to know what is coming have the opportunity to either turn away or brace themselves. However, I have been told several times that I should make my warnings more apparent. I do not know if other authors have this same problem, but short of putting my warnings in coloured/glittering/flashing letters, I can't do much more.
If you skip the warning and are triggered I am honestly sorry -- but I can't control your actions. I cannot force you to read the warnings.
Please don't leave me angry messages saying that I need to make my warnings more apparent. All that does is make me want to stop posting, and that's something that I don't want to do. I genuinely enjoy writing and sharing my writing.
If you have a concern about my writing and are willing to send me feedback and/or criticism in a constructive and adult manner I am more than happy to listen. I promise not to fly off the handle -- I can deal with criticism -- and to take every word into consideration. But pure negativity with no substance isn't very helpful and it certainly doesn't encourage any kind of productive action.
Okay. Rant done.
Now that this is over and I'm less likely to burst into random tears because my hormones are wacked, on to writing. Hopefully this has lead to a thicker skin.