[ ANNOUNCEMENT ] Bye-Bye AILMBTY, Hello New Rules!
Hello, everyone! I hope nobody's too sad about what they will read in this announcement because honestly, it's not as bad as you think it is.
Friday last week (May 10, 2013) I made an announcement regarding a possible plagiarism of And It Led Me Back to You. There's no solid evidence yet that it really happened, but the sender of the comment that started all this paranoia claimed that she "read it on aff," and even if we consider the possibility of a typographical error, why would they say that they "read it" there? Why were no words like "recommended," or even the phrase "found your story on a rec list"? It's too specific to be a typo, methinks. So yeah, I came up with a brilliant idea!
I'll just delete AILMBTY. :D
BUT I will make it available for download, because honestly it's not fair that the people who like the story have to suffer because of a wanna-be or a careless mistake. But I will only make the download available to those who request for a PDF of it. I will make a PDF Request Post later once I organize everything.
Some of you may ask: "Well, if you're going to make it available for download anyway, why delete it in the first place?" Good question. Let me answer in list form:
So that covers the first part of this announcement. The second part covers a revision of the community rules. Nothing drastic, just a few rules added in the profile.
New rules include:
I hope this isn't too demanding or anything ;___; I've been wanting to change the rules for a long time but never found the opportunity to hah, hah. Guess I found one :P
Well, guys, there you have it. AILMBTY is still very special so it will still be available to you guys after I finish all the editing, have it beta-read and process the PDF and its security settings. I will delete AILMBTY on the 24th of May, but I HIGHLY DISCOURAGE saving it. The first few chapters of AILMBTY have gone through immense amounts of editing, so unless you're okay with the sucky version, I do not advise saving the chapters on this community. Plus, it's against the rules to save it :P I'll put up the PDF Request Post thing sometime this week, but most likely the complete version will be available in mid-June. The PDF will include extra scenes, notes, fanart (lol), drabbles and some of my thoughts while writing the story. Obviously, saving the fic as it is now won't give you access to that XD
More notes:
Much Love,
Yamira
/runs before shitstorm starts
Friday last week (May 10, 2013) I made an announcement regarding a possible plagiarism of And It Led Me Back to You. There's no solid evidence yet that it really happened, but the sender of the comment that started all this paranoia claimed that she "read it on aff," and even if we consider the possibility of a typographical error, why would they say that they "read it" there? Why were no words like "recommended," or even the phrase "found your story on a rec list"? It's too specific to be a typo, methinks. So yeah, I came up with a brilliant idea!
I'll just delete AILMBTY. :D
BUT I will make it available for download, because honestly it's not fair that the people who like the story have to suffer because of a wanna-be or a careless mistake. But I will only make the download available to those who request for a PDF of it. I will make a PDF Request Post later once I organize everything.
Some of you may ask: "Well, if you're going to make it available for download anyway, why delete it in the first place?" Good question. Let me answer in list form:
- I want to piss off the person who plagiarized me (if it was indeed plagiarized). How hilarious would it be for that person to find out that they don't have access to the story anymore because it's no longer available online? LMAO
- It's my way of protecting the integrity of my story, and my pride as a writer. Two AILMBTY's (under two different names) CANNOT exist in my book. I don't think I deserve that OTL
- I'm lazy. Honesty, deleting AILMBTY would save me the trouble of posting updates. HAHAHAHA /shot
So that covers the first part of this announcement. The second part covers a revision of the community rules. Nothing drastic, just a few rules added in the profile.
New rules include:
- One must be a member of Livejournal to be part of the community. No accounts from Facebook, Twitter, or the like will be accepted from now on. I'm still debating whether or not to remove the non-LJ users from the comm, but I'll contact each one first.
- Do not befriend me if your reason for doing so is to join the community. Users who do this will be black-listed. (But making new friends is nice! :D)
- If you were referred/drawn to this community or to a story of mine by a friend/because of a rec-list, please tell me by whom/where. Nothing serious about this one; I'm just honestly curious because people claim to see my story on some reclist all the time but I have no idea where. I'm also afraid of the possibility that relatives would find my stories, so please cooperate. XD
I hope this isn't too demanding or anything ;___; I've been wanting to change the rules for a long time but never found the opportunity to hah, hah. Guess I found one :P
Well, guys, there you have it. AILMBTY is still very special so it will still be available to you guys after I finish all the editing, have it beta-read and process the PDF and its security settings. I will delete AILMBTY on the 24th of May, but I HIGHLY DISCOURAGE saving it. The first few chapters of AILMBTY have gone through immense amounts of editing, so unless you're okay with the sucky version, I do not advise saving the chapters on this community. Plus, it's against the rules to save it :P I'll put up the PDF Request Post thing sometime this week, but most likely the complete version will be available in mid-June. The PDF will include extra scenes, notes, fanart (lol), drabbles and some of my thoughts while writing the story. Obviously, saving the fic as it is now won't give you access to that XD
More notes:
- Approving membership requests will be on-hold till the 24th
- Expect stories from other fandoms after this month (I've gone back to FFVII and Naruto omg noooo XD)
- No matter what, remember that I still love you guys. Thanks for your never-ending support, especially for AILMBTY. I hope you'll find it worthwhile enough to request for the complete version when it becomes available 8)
Much Love,
Yamira
/runs before shitstorm starts