batten down the hatches

[callowyn]

I know a lot of you are in a tizzy about LJ's troubles, and I'd like to take this opportunity to echo this plea: ARCHIVE YOUR FIC. Even if you don't like that fandom anymore. Even if you wrote it ten years ago. Even if you hate it and everyone you know hates it. Someone will want it. Fandom will survive the death of a website, sure; the people that

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[archaeologist_d]

I've got most of mine on ff.n and all of it on my own website. I might consider AOOO at some future point - when I have some free time but it's a good reminder that websites come and go.

[callowyn]

TBH I prefer AO3's format- I'm not very clear on ff.net's policies, otherwise I would have offered that as an alternative. Do you know how committed they are to archiving?

[callowyn]

DDD: See that is the sort of thing I would get (am getting) UBER PARANOID ABOUT. Is nowhere safe? MUST I COPY PASTE EVERYTHING INTO WORD DOCUMENTS?

[openmoments]

Good thing I've saved every fic on my hard drive to begin with, and most of them are up on fanfiction.net (withoutamuse there, if you're interested). As well, I'm there as well, if you want to check me out there as well. I don't have a lot of stuff up there, but I'm sure I'll change that as things get sketchier over here. :\

Also just applied for an AO3 account, I'll let you know if/when that happens. :)

[callowyn]

(As well as well as well ;P ) Soon as this school year ends, I'm going to go on a downloading spree, no joke. I've already lost too many of my favorite fics to the ravages of time.

Just stalked you on DW \o/

[openmoments]

I'm definitely going to figure out how I want to have all of my favourite fics set up on my computer. I need to re-arrange all the space on my computer and figure out if I need to add more space to it. THE WOES OF MY LIFE ARE TERRIBLE, OKAY?!

YAY! I also added you on my writing journal, which is the same as here: onyxexistance. JUST IN CASE YOU WANTED!

[callowyn]

I SAW THAT. YOU AND YOUR SNEAKY DOUBLE USERNAMES.

Yeah I need to go on an organizing spree. I wish there was some app like, I dunno, like iTunes, so you could keep all your fics in one place and store info about their author and fandom and tags etc etc. OH WAIT IT'S THE AO3 XD

[callowyn]

I'm the most excited about their new subscribe feature! I'm going down my flist and subscribing to anybody who has an account. Are you glim over there, too?

/adds everywhere

[callowyn]

Especially since LJ is failing even as I attempt to send this comment. I feel like I'm trying to send coded messages through an elaborate series of underground spies. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

[calliglad]

Erm... was just wondering, is that AO3 invite still going? That is, if you'd like to give it away. I have long envied AO3's clean lines and pdf downloads :)

[callowyn]

Yeah! Just send me your email and I'll send it on over :)