ApolloImperium

PW - Yes, exactly! That's exactly what I wanted to imply with it! The 140 characters for some reason comes really easy....

Review Replies for Pillow: JayDee - I'm glad your still enjoying the little TwitFic's I come up with! Bronx - We can dearest! *offers tissue* I can honestly say that it's not biographical though, well except for the counting the days part....

Pen Name: Apollo Story link: Prompt: Pillow Type of fic: TwitFic Rating: Adult Fandom: Original Pairing: N/A Warnings: Complete, NoSex

Prompt: Sand Please remember to follow the rules as outlined here: Rules Happy Writing!

Well smack me around a little bit, I totally forgot to come back and tell everyone! JayDee hit the nail on the head, the theme was Holidays and associated imagery to go along with! So when the store comes back up, someone poke at me to remind me to give out points to those that guessed correctly!

Updates from Apollo Updates from Apollo I seem to be apologizing again for the news being a day late! Life is what happens when you make other plans, right? So here we are at the beginning of a new year and things are looking good! Normally, this would go into the Donations section (and you can still find it down there) but I have to put it right up top where everyone can see. I'm even going to make it bigger and colored just for emphasis: We have $700 in our account, January is paid, and another $50o or so coming in from advertisers this month! This means that we are really starting to get a nice safety net formed for the site and will be able to start prioritizing the list of things that require money to do, such as site upgrades, etc! AFF's No Censorship Policy Recently there has been an uptick in content reported because the content was not suited to the reader's tastes, so I'd like to take a moment to address this publicly. As many of you are aware, AFF in its current form was created by Ayla as a response to FanFiction.net's draconian lock down on content. The site was created as a place where anyone and everyone could post their fiction regardless of content so long as it was legally allowed. To date, there are only two types of fiction that AFF will not allow to remain on site: Any fiction based off of Anne Rice's works since we got a Cease and Desist order and any Real Person fiction where the real person is under the age of 18. Other than that, we accept any and all kinks here at AFF. Now, I know this is a touchy subject, so please keep in mind that while we encourage discussions, if any flames are posted to this topic, they will be deleted. One of the biggest complaints we get are about the pedophilia stories that we allow. As I said, it is a touchy subject, so please stay- with me. First off, as abhorrent as many people find these stories, please understand that legally we are not committing a crime by allowing these stories to stay in the archive. Child pornography is defined by Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 110, Section 2256, Paragraph 8 & Sub-paragraph A of US Code as "any visual depiction ... where the visual depiction involves the use of a minor...." It further goes onto define a visual depiction as "...Any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or computer generated image or picture..." Secondly, one of the comments made most often in regards to these types of stories is that we are promoting molestation and pedophilia by hosting these stories and/or have pedophiles on site writing. I would like to, with out naming names, provide some additional insight. One of the author's on site who writes these stories experienced this as a young child. They write not to encourage, but as a way of release. Writing is an outlet for them. We have other authors that write rape fics for the very same reason and while that is illegal in the real world, they will not be censored either. I will admit that personally I would not click on one of these stories, but I respect their First Amendment write to freedom of speech within the confines of US law and hope that others can respect it as well. It is for these very reasons, knowing that not everyone wants to read these types of fiction, that we have story codes that all authors are required to use. Stories should be clearly labeled with these codes so that as you read you are not surprised by something that may turn your stomach. Now, I will say that if you find a work in the Archive that is improperly tagged, please let us know so we can address the situation immediately. That we will take action on. Just as a side note: Please know that if we contact you in regards to correcting disclaimer, tags or citations that it is not in an attempt to censor, but in an attempt to legally protect the site. ToS and Content Guidelines updated As promised, the Terms of Service and Content Guidelines were updated in the last two weeks to ensure that they were clear and easy to understand. The information contained on these pages has not been changed, the same policies still are in place, just the wording was changed. Keep in mind that these documents are continuous works in progress and are subject to change at any time, while we will do our best to notify you via the News Posts if there are major changes, it is your responsibility as a User to remain in compliance with them. AFF CafePress Store 2011 has started - Did you get your calendar? Please take a moment to check out our store, featuring our AFF Calendar and other merchandise with the wonderful designs they provided us! Funding Status Information to exact status is always found on the donations page. Currently, the site has $701.54 stored in PayPal. January's hosting are paid and as mentioned above we are looking great for Febrary! We have started to amass a small surplus that will allow us to do various upgrades that you our readers ask for, but again, please keep us in mind if you have some spare cash! Please see the donation page for further information on how. Tech Updates from DemonGoddess Coding within the Archive Just as a reminder, the archive does allow use of limited HTML coding, so if you use '<' anywhere in a story even as part of a text emoticons like <3, the archive will think you're ending the file and the rest your story will not show. Along the same lines, please ensure that you close any intentional HTML tags as this will also result in data not showing with in your chapter. When creating story titles and chapter titles, please refrain from the use of '#' as it is an illegal character and will cause the titles and chapter to disappear. The script uses this character in it's commands which prevents it from being used in these fields. Duplicate Accounts As of now, I have merged several duplicate accounts into 86 single accounts. There are still 279 accounts that I have to review and merge. There are several reasons for these duplicate accounts including the Great Database Crash of 2005 and previous site management, however I ask that if you are experiencing difficulties accessing your current account, please do not create a new one. Instead email technicalsupport@adult-fanfiction.org so that we can assist you in regaining access. Also, if you are aware that you have duplicate accounts, please contact us at the same address so that we can merge the accounts. All content will be saved. When contacting us regarding duplicate accounts, please be ready to verify your account. Invalid E-Mail Accounts Since we contact authors when needed regarding stories it is imperative that the email account attached to your Archive account be active. Currently we are aware of 398 invalid emails and have processed 93 already. If we find the e-mail to be invalid, we make an attempt to contact the author or have the author contact us. If we do not get a working email address the account and all account data will be deleted. Please make sure that your email is correct by going to your Authors Panel, select 'Edit profile' and ensure that the email is correct. The email address listed here is not viewable to anyone outside of staff, so it is safe from any bot programs crawling for addresses.

Prompt: Pillow Please remember to follow the rules as outlined here: Rules Happy Writing!

What we do offer however is for author's to include a twitter link that people can follow if the author chooses to post updates. I would also recommend checking the author's profile to see if they have a yahoo group or offer their own email notifications as many authors who have a larger following do.

There are guides already written on the forums you can look at otherwise, search can really be your friend http://www2.adult-fanfiction.org/forum/index.php/topic/18902-so-you-want-to-write-good-slash/ http://www2.adult-fanfiction.org/forum/index.php/topic/2960-myths-and-facts-of-homosexual-relationships/

Second Level of Hell You have come to a place mute of all light, where the wind bellows as the sea does in a tempest. This is the realm where the lustful spend eternity. Here, sinners are blown around endlessly by the unforgiving winds of unquenchable desire as punishment for their transgressions. The infernal hurricane that never rests hurtles the spirits onward in its rapine, whirling them round, and smiting, it molests them. You have betrayed reason at the behest of your appetite for pleasure, and so here you are doomed to remain. Cleopatra and Helen of Troy are two that share in your fate. LevelWho are sent there?Score Purgatory Repenting Believers Very Low Level 1 - Limbo Virtuous Non-Believers Very Low Level 2 Lustful Very High Level 3 Gluttonous Moderate Level 4 Prodigal and Avaricious High Level 5 Wrathful and Gloomy High Level 6 - The City of Dis Heretics Low Level 7 Violent High Level 8- the Malebolge Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers High Level 9 - Cocytus Treacherous Low

Thank you to all who have participated over the last quarter in the prompts - It's been a lot of fun! Continuing on, we are changing theme, keep an eye on the prompts and I can't wait to see what you can come up with! Prompt: Morpheus Please remember to follow the rules as outlined here: Rules Happy Writing!

Updates from Apollo Updates from Apollo Sorry the news is a day late, but yesterday was Christmas so it was a day off for us staff here at AFF. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! Goodness! It's the end of 2010 already! I can't believe it! It's been a hectic year here at AFF with Jaxxy's leaving and me resuming the running of the site! I appreciate everyone's patience as we've gone through the changes and we honestly couldn't have done it with out you guys. Each and everyone of you are the reason that this site exists and without you there would be no site. Since this is the last update of the year, I'd like to review some of the awesome changes that have happened and what we will be doing in the new year. Archive: - DemonGoddess has worked and is continuing to work to ensure that the database that is the backbone of the site is as stable as it can be! She updated the site's core software to help with this a few months ago. Many thanks to her continued dedication to the site, I shudder to think about what the site would be like with out her. - Our moderating staff has been working very hard over the past year cleaning up the archive, ensuring compliance to ToS and catching those nasty little minors running around the site. If you want to see the numbers since we started actively hunting in 2008, take a look here. We've also added 17 new members to our Hall of Shame, including plagiarists, people posting for minors, flamers and trolls. - Clean up is still ongoing as we work to find any corrupted data from the last big crash and we are still working on the re-organization to ensure that the larger fandoms are easy to find and navigate. - Even as you read this we have a lot in store! We are working on a new search engine for the database that will provide more search options and pull more results. - The beginning of the new year we will be launching an updated ToS & Content Guidelines that will make it much easier for you, our users, to understand what we, the owners/admins/moderators, ask of you. - There is a lot more that we are looking to do with the site, but it costs money to make these changes. Right now our advertising pays hosting costs, but leaves very little left for the fun goodies and upgrades. While the site is not in desperate times by any means, we appreciate any and all donations! Forums: - We've done quite a bit this year! We've upgraded the forum software, installed almost 1,000 games, and opened up the Shoutbox (Otherwise known as The Procrastination Station) - In October, we launched the Dribs, Drabs and Doggy Tales Prompts, that has been a wonderful success as members have fun stretching the limits of their creativity! - We hosted our first art contest for the 2011 AFF Calendar for the first time in quite a few years. The response was awesome and I cannot wait to see what the next one brings. - DemonGoddess is also going to be getting the forum store back up and running as soon as she is certain it will work for the new code. AFF CafePress Store Thank you again to all our wonderful contributors! Please take a moment to check out our store, featuring our AFF Calendar and other merchandise with the wonderful designs they provided us! Funding Status Information to exact status is always found on the donations page. Currently, the site has $502.84 stored in PayPal. January's hosting are well covered and we are looking great for Febrary! We have started to amass a small surplus that will allow us to do various upgrades that you our readers ask for, but again, please keep us in mind if you have some spare cash! Please see the donation page for further information on how.

If you remember, we said when we started out that we would have a theme for each quarter for the prompts. And of course what's the point of the theme if we don't have people guess? So since the last theme of the quarter (and 2010) is posted... what do you think the theme is?

Prompt: Ending Please remember to follow the rules as outlined here: Rules Happy Writing!

AFF has only been around for 9 years so it's unlikely it would be here...

We are working on implementing a better search feature that would allow users to search by codes as well as the current information. The issue we experience, if you were to peruse similar topics is that most search engines are not designed to search a database so large. In regards to your search for fiction, in order to get the best response I would actually recommend creating a topic that has what you are searching for in the main title, not the topic description as on first glance this post seems to be put in the wrong section even though it isn't, and include as much detail as possible to allow users to help. Not everyone may be familiar with the author you reference.

Interesting...