In the early morning hours of Sunday, February 6, I received an email from FanFiction telling me that The Training had been reported to them as having content over the M rating. Within ten minutes, I had a follow up email that said it appeared as though I had other stories with the same problem. I was told remove the smut ASAP or face account deletion.
As you know, it would be near impossible to remove all traces of smut from The Submissive, The Dominant, or The Training. I made the decision to remove everything but the first chapters from all stories and direct people to Twilighted to find unedited versions.
Please understand- I did not want to pull my stories from FanFiction, but the bottom line is, they have a Terms of Service and any kind of explicit sex violates those TOS. I had no choice. Rules are rules.
The LU was not behind the reporting of my stories. Who reported me, or what their motives were, does not matter. The fact remains, I violated TOS.
I know a lot of you have issues with Twilighted. Believe me, I KNOW. I hear you. The thing is, I had to make a quick decision and since there were already numerous chapters up for The Submissive and The Training on Twilighted, it only made sense to move the uncensored versions there. I will be placing the stories here on my blog at some point, but it will take time. I beseech you to be patient. Trust me when I say I would much rather be writing than dealing with this.
Also, my French translations will be the first things to go up on my blog. The translations aren’t available anywhere else at the moment, so they need to go up first. The rest will follow.
You can find my stories here, on Twilighted: The Submissive, The Dominant, The Training.
You will need to register in order to read, if you haven't already. The forums have a separate account; it is not the same thing. I know it’s cumbersome and can be confusing.
To put a story on alert at Twilighted do this:
1. Login at twilighted.net
2. Click on Account Info
3. Click Edit Preferences
4. Check “Contact when favorites are updated” and click the submit button
5. Find story you want to add an alert for, scroll to the bottom of the chapter
6. From the “Options” picklist, select “Add Story to Favorites” and click submit
Don’t like the white on black? Try this:
1. Login on the main site (http://www.twilighted.net)
2. Go to Account Info
3. Click Edit Preferences
4. Click drop down menu next to "Skin" & select "white"
5. Click "Submit"
6. If you try it and don't like it, to return to the classic Twilighted skin, you'll need to go back through the same procedure, selecting the skin called "Twilighted," and clicking submit, but then you have to clear your cache and re-login in order for it to go back to black.
I will not be putting my stories anywhere other than Twilighted and my blog at this time. I am aware of the other sites available to me, so thank you in advance for thinking of suggesting them, however, my time is limited and those are the locations I've selected.
On a side note, MsKathy and I did a collab for the Kill A Cullen contest. Go read our entry, then vote.
Lastly, thank you all for being so supportive. Thank you for telling me you’d follow me and Domward anywhere. I’ve always said I have the best readers in the fandom and I stand by that statement. Thank you.
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46 comments:
Thank you for not letting them censor you fully :) You are an awesome writer and your stories are fantastic! Keep up the good work.
zonagirlie
(soon to be outta work beta if FF.net keeps it up!)
Hi,
thank you for going through the trouble of reposting it all!
If I can help in any way, don't hesistate to ask!
ttfn
Ardanwen (@Ardanwen78 on twitter)
I don't care where your stories are posted..as long as you keep posting. You are a phenomenal writer and it would be epic fail if we couldn't read them!
Good luck with everything Tara, I'll be reading your stories no matter where you post them. I'm just sad you had to be bothered with the whole mess.
Thanks for posting this and letting us know!
I will follow you anywhere bb :)
done and done...thanks for the advice...it was quite hard reading with the black skin...
of course i will follow you and domward everywhere
Appreciate the heads up, sorry you had to do this. I have added you to favorites and can't wait to read your next update!
Your stories have been on my to read list for a bit and the ONLY reason why I haven't started reading them yet is I know just from a glance I will do nothing else, but read them. Nothing else and I'm pretty sure my professors wouldn't be too happy about that. I look forward to reading them wherever they may lie.
i cant wait to read your next update =]
Twilighted hasn't accepted me as a member yet so I'm not in a very good mood at the moment :( I love your work and I'd go anywhere to be able to read it (You're right, you know. You and Domward are addicting! I'd follow where ever). I just wish Twilighted would hurry up and activate my account so I can get to your next chapter!
Well this sucks the big one doesn't it?! I have a Twilighted account so I will go there to read. GD, you know I would follow you anywhere! Thanks for letting us know what's going on. Seems there's all kinds of things going on with FF right now...sigh!
marijee
I'm really glad that you are not letting this mishap discourage you! I think your stories are a breath of fresh air in the fanfiction world! I really enjoy them and can't wait for more updates! You post, we'll find you!
FF has a right to their rules and I have a right to vote with my browser. I will be reading everything in the future on Twilighted to increase their click counts and hopefully benefit them instead of FF. This is a free country and no one was forced to read your stories. If they didn't like the contenct they didn't have to read them.
All I can say is I enjoyed the stories immensely and I hope this doesn't discourage you. Thank you for posting the Twilighted instructions! I can safely promise to read any and all of your future story postings!
I had some issues getting Twilighted to work for me. It didn't want to log me in or let me register, and then when I did it acted funny, and... anyway, I've got it worked out now. Thanks for finding a new home for it. Some writers just let it die much to their readers disappointment.
If you are having trouble with Twilighted, it might be because you are using a browser other than IE. If you are not using IE and having trouble, try that and see if it fixes the problem!
I'm so glad that you decided to keep the stories and just move them somewhere else. I do love to read them, so thank you. I have created the Twilighted account just so I can keep reading them...I can't wait for more.
I am fairly new to fanfic and had kept hearing over and over that I needed to read your stories. I am glad that this link was retweeted so that I could find you and your stories.
Good for you. Your stories are amazing and I'm thrilled that I can read them elsewhere. Keep writing!
I'm glad I get emails saying you updated through Twilighted. Im just sad it changed my layout to white [white gives me a headache even on FF I had to change it to dark lol], I followed your steps to change it back and the only skin selection it gives me is white. :( but oh well, at least I get to read your story still :)
not fair but i will go wherever all my favorite authors go even if it does make me get a whole bunch of other profiles. i am sorry about what happened i hope your stories had to be the problem but once again I WILL FOLLOW ANY AUTHOR ANYWHERE
good chapt.17 lol i liked it
Thank God there is a place to find these stories, and you're right, it's much easier to post them on twilighted than erase the smut from ff.net, 'cause really, what would it be left? chapter XX and then review!, it would totally ruin the story.
Have been reading them on twilighted for a while, and so far, so good (now that I just said that, it's probably gonna fail, LOL).
Love them and would follow you anywhere ;)
wherever you I'll be there, yes twilighted has its problem... but doesn't matter... you keep doing that amazing job ... you are the best.
Thanks
thank you for telling how to be alerted and I'm glad you are continuing to post.
Thank you for the heads up. I love reading your stories, can't wait to read more of your stories!!!
have you thought about putting your stories up on the writers coffee shop it seems to be a lot easier to add a story and extra chapters opposed to twilighted.
just a thought
oops i forgot to say keep up the excellent work because i totally love your stories
Thank you so much for not giving up and for the quick Twilighted tutorial. You and MsKathy rock my world!!!!!
Love your stories, and I would never leave this story. Will you still be following the weekly Tuesday updates now or is it going to be something different?
I'm so glad that you seem to be taking this in stride and dealing with it as best you can. You know your fans would follow you anywhere--you're way too good to give up on.
It always irritates me to no end that people report stories like yours, when there are thousands that violate TOS, and aren't nearly as good as anything you've written. I'm so glad that you're dealing with this the way you are...I would be much worse off. I'll email you soon, and I hope that everything goes okay in the next few weeks. I'll always been an avid reader, no matter where you post your stuff.
God bless,
Natalie
I just want to say how awesome you are - I came acrossed The Submissive only a few days ago when I got bored at work. I used to spend so much time on FF when I was at Uni but haven't had the time once I started a real job and then I came across your stories and are totally addict to it. I have registered with Twilighted but still haven't heard from them :( Hopefully they'll get me sorted soon so I can get my fix!
Thank you very much for the stories! :D
Hyoga x
I am sorry that this is happening to you authors. I will follow my favorites and ditch FF if I have to, I have a right to read what I want. Would you consider posting over at The Writer's Coffee Shop?
Lookikng forward to more Training with Edward and Bella!
Thanks for the heads-up Tara. I just read the TOS and the rating guidelines on ff.net. Not only are authors being censored but the ratings at 'FictionRatings.com' (used by ff.net) are also being censored...
"Content Ratings:
FanFiction.Net adopts the rating system from FictionRatings.com.
Please note FanFiction.Net does not accept explicit content, Fiction Rating: MA, and the rating is only presented for reference."
Ff.net has censored the 'MA' (18+) rating from FictionRatings.com.
I'm glad I joined TWILIGHTED a long time ago. It sounds like it's kinda busy over there and I just joined The Writer's Coffee Shop just in case. Much love, bj.
Forgot...
Wish you could transfer all the reviews over to Twilighted. :)
I have alot of trouble with Twilighted access. I might have to wait until you can post here on your blog. So sad, but I'll support you in spirit
Have you thought about joining The writer coffee shop library.
They have nc 17 rating! you should maybe chek it out...?
Its actually really cool!
http://www.twcslibrary.com/index.php
Thank you for sending the link to your blog, I could not access your blog on Twilighted ... :( ^^
it's really nice to the French translations on your new blog as read your blog with 'Google Translate' is a bit hot since the translation is not bad ...^^ terrible that I have difficulty with English ...
In any case, I thank you for having responded and to publish your stories (even if on another site) because they are great! you're full of talent and I am eager to read more!
Bisous à toi et bonne continuation!
Soon
Katty
(Sorry for my bad English^^)
Oh Tara, You know how much I love you right? Well multiply that by 100 cuz you just showed me how to get friggin email alerts from Twilighted! I don't know why that site is so impossible for me. I just hate it. I think all the black and red makes me go temporarily stupid whenever I go there. The biggest problem I have had is the whole "click submit" thing. It took me something like 8 months to figure out that I was missing that step and that was keeping me from favoriting anything! Now that I finally can get my stories into favs....all that was missing was alerts! Thank you thank you. Its so wonderful that you still have your wonderful fics available somewhere for the fandom. FF.net can kiss our collective asses. They are gonna lose so much traffic! Can't thank you enough for all you've done. I couldn't possibly love you more than I do right now...really... Well....maybe i would love you harder if somehow, someway, in the future at some point....we get to witness Domward become Daddyward!!! Then I would have to pledge even more undying love for you. But until then, consider yourself adored beyond description from this loyal reader. MUAH! Can't wait for your next update...Even I have been doing my stretching!
I love your stories and I just wanted to let you know that I appreciate what you're doing in posting them elsewhere. Muchos thanks and please continue! Just know that you have my support all the way (:
- Cryingivy
Thanks for posting about this sucks that you have to stop working on the story to deal with it but what are you gonna do. You could always post on A Different Forest I don't think they have the same validating stipulation as Twi'd just a thought :D
I just wanted to thank you for your stories. I will follow you wherever you decided to post them. I hate that you have to take the time to move your stories, but take as much time as you need. I for one will wait as long as you need to workout all the details.
You probably have people messaging you about this left and right, but here:
http://angstgoddess003.livejournal.com/26810.html
I should have known. FFnet doesn't warn people about smut. It deletes first and asks no questions ever. So archiving stories in more than one place might is still a good idea, but it doesn't mean that you've come to FFnet's attention.
Of course, even if this James (assuming that you were contacted by someone calling himself "James") isn't really on the FFnet staff, he could still report the stories for sexually explicit content.
Hello! Hello! The situation stinks but I'm just happy you're willing to keep your stories up somewhere for us to read. I'm not a fan of Twilighted but I'll suck it up to keep reading your stories. I'm such an addict of fan fiction that B&N and Borders have sent me "Come Back, We Miss You" cards...
Love Twilighted, but I have also found The Writer's Coffee Shop. I have heard it is easier to post all the chapters you want in a day.
FF.net has their right for the TOS, but the inconsistent application is the problem. Can't wait for chapter 18. Thanks for keeping the stories out there. - Meg
I've only gotten a few glimpses of your story as it was pulled from FF before I got to the good stuff, LOL! However, if your work is EVER posted anywhere else (besides Twilighted) I know I will be a big fan. In all my years of reading fan fic, I've never come across a site as frustrating as Twilighted, so I'll live in hopes that you'll post on another site someday (Writer's Coffee Shop or AdultFanFiction), or maybe even here. Your work seems to be too good not to share beyond the Twilighted site.
Like a lot of other readers, I am very disappointed in FFn. I have written to them asking that they reconsider introducing a MA or NC-17 rating equivalent to that at Twilighted but have had no response. I am gradually trying to transfer all my favourites to Twilighted and since discovering Readability have no problem with the site - everyone should try it, it's brilliant and so easy to set up - http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/
Anyway, suffice it to say, I will absolutely continue to read your fics wherever you choose to post them. Love them too much not to!
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