September 2023 Update Part 2

Whelp, I'm back. Although my time is rather more constrained these days I am keen to complete and indeed publish my scribblings.

I will not commit to a schedule as my work, private life, and hobbies are cruel mistresses (I've just finished with Comic Con 2023 - great couple of days DM'ing).

Oh and PS, I have a few new stories that I've been working on as I await the muses to top up the old creative juices.

Story Progress Updates

The Barbarian Wizard - Updated with Chp 9 on the 13/9/2023

Chosen Ones - I am stuck on the next ARC - I am still working on this one

A New Order - I am writing new chapters and editing old ones. The next chapter is almost complete.

Lost Part 2 - I am several thousand words into this and hope to have at least the first few chapters finished soon-ish.

Gods Among Us - The next chapter is close to completion

Winter Wind - is coming along...

New Stuff

In the Frozen North - Buffy the Vampire Slayer/GOT crossover

IMPORTANT AUTHOR NOTICE

I WILL continue to publish here, but they will be T to M-rated (The stories in their original format that are now, according to some MA and may not be suitable for the site have been replicated (Slowly) to Archive of our own. So if you want to read the stories as they were originally written try these sites.

I may publish on other sites, but for now, I've got enough on my plate. I thought my stories were well classified as M, but I suspect that I and many other authors, will need to be careful. All it takes is one of the many groups out there on to get a bee in their bonnet...

Author Rant follows...

Personally, I'm getting tired of flames camouflaged as 'constructive criticism'. I freely acknowledge that I am not a professional writer. I also like to hope that I am producing stories that others may enjoy reading. Is my grammar perfect? No, it is not. Do I want to improve it? Of course, I do. Let me just speak for a moment as an adult educator, ranting abuse and mockery of someone will not encourage them nor does it make your phallic dysfunction go away.

From my perspective, if I get a bad review I read it and consider the feedback and or criticism and take it on board. If I receive something offensive, I block you from doing so again. I dislike cyberbullies.

That being said, I do appreciate criticism of my works (it makes them better) I just get a bit tired of some twits and their boorish opinions.

I've blocked one reviewer who made some ill-informed and offensive remarks. Sheesh, where do some people get off? I am idolizing rapists? You, sir, are a twit.

I will point out that (so far) all my fics are rated M. This was done in an attempt to be responsible. If that and my story description are not enough to deter 'kids', then I am not sure what the answer is. Oh and if you had wanted a discourse on the issue that offended you, then perhaps not blocking replies to your account would be more productive.

On that note, I've blocked a reviewer who makes the case that only grammatically perfect, literary pieces (such as the author's own works I assume) may be posted on the site...hmmm. After perusing said authors work I blocked him/her from reviewing or PM'ing me because:

A). They referred to other users as retarded for wanting to post their less than perfect works and B). The ranting twits own work was poorly written, boring and juvenile. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone...sigh.

Oh and to those lovely communities of 'critics' I'd take you far more seriously if you were not cyberbullies (Sorry you really are, hate to tell you). I am not going to waste my energy on replying to your trolling disguised as reviews...I just block you. I am not interested in replying to your rubbish. Don't like it? Then tell me why and not just (and I quote) "Ths is Sh Harry would kill all dem...he's so week." I assume week is weak? Have you heard of character development, a character learning to use their abilities and having some weaknesses means that they can’t just destroy everything in their path?

Wow...just wow.

I love this site, and I love that FanFic authors of all ages and abilities are moved to post their works. Do I like them all? No, of course not but that does not give me the right to demand their removal. I simply don't read any further. I don't flame them, or berate and belittle them, I don't post on a site dedicated to tearing down new writers. I simply move on.

Oh and to SOME members of groups that haunt the fanfiction scene (begins with a D...), It isn't all that courageous to attack others and call it 'discussion' you steer on occasion toward cyber-bullying and no doubt drive many budding authors to hang up their quill. I'm not sure who that benefits. I am also damn sure that I'd take some of the 'feedback' I've received over the years a lot more seriously if it a) wasn't a guest review and b) said experts actual feedback was in the grammatically perfect state they demand and they had posted something more constructive than a series of toxic, trollish reviews (Say a story or two, go on, show us how you would do it!).