BronxWench

I've deleted no reviews since I first began posting fiction online in 2008 simply because I was feeling hurt by what the reviewer said. Sadly, I lost all my reviews on FFN when I removed my work there due to the rampant plagiarism and lack of moderation on that site. Having said that, I will admit to having deleted a few non-reviews. Two were responses to warnings I'd left as a moderator here, and the authors posted to my review board rather than emailing. I replied via email, but deleted the non-reviews. The only other non-review I deleted was posted on the latest of a series of prompt response one-shots I had done, and the reviewer was posting in retaliation for my having warned a friend of hers. It was obvious from the review that she had simply gone to the first subdomain where I had something published, and grabbed the story at the top of the list, which, as anyone with sense knows, would not have been the first thing I'd published, but the most recent. It was not a serious review, and although I have retained a screenshot, I did not dignify that idiocy with a response, nor did I feel obligated to keep it, typos and all, on my review board. For the most part, I try to respond to all my reviews, and my review threads are right on my profile. I love a good discussion, and I love good concrit even more.

Emailed, with my FFN account and a statement that this is why I will not post there any longer.

Long titles can work. One of my all time favorite works is Philip Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? which actually bore no resemblance to the still enjoyable movie, Blade Runner. Mr. Dick's title did not give too many clues as to the content, but it was certainly intriguing enough to make me pick up the book so very many years ago. Samuel R Delany's Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand was another brilliant work with a hefty but evocative title. My titles tend to be short, but that's because I am dreadful at titles. I don't think there are hard and fast rules on title length, nor should there be. It really is a matter of individual taste when you come down to it.

It's fine to rewrite a story. We understand that authors want to change things sometimes.

Hi! If you've deleted the old story already, there's absolutely no problem with posting the rewritten version. If the original is still posted, don't delete it yet. Read this FAQ to find out how to proceed.

Oh, gods, television... I so rarely watch it, and when I do, it's things like Game of Thrones, or Vikings, or Copper on BBCA. I refuse to watch talk shows, reality shows, or anything where a "personality" calls the shots. But I'm sticking with George RR Martin on this. View all your characters as people, and you will tend to have well rounded characters. Did you see the interview excerpt making the rounds? I adore that man...

Oh, I'm not sure I'd say that women are always stereotyped in published fiction. I've read some remarkably strong female characters, who were not Cosmo cover girls and who still managed to be competent, memorable and downright marvelous. If you read with an eye toward anything, be it sexism, racism, homophobia, homophilia, or even furry-love, you will find it. While I don't deny such things exist, I do think we need to stop looking for them in every corner. I write slash because I genuinely enjoy it, and any female characters in my slash stories are as fully rounded. I also write het, and my female characters there are not at all stereotyped, not even in the strong and independent woman mold. They're all just people, with strengths and weaknesses, and hopes and dreams. They love, and fight, and screw up, and make up. The genders are largely irrelevant.

My very first sale (coming out soon) is a slash story, and I have three more in the works. I'll write what sells. As Arlo Guthrie said, "I'm not proud. Or tired."

I can tell you, as an author on the site, it's what "sells." My het work gets FAR less attention than my slash, and given that I don't write in anime-based fandoms, Twilight, or Harry Potter (eg, 90% of the readership base), it's very evident. I'm not at all offended, but I can also say that statistically, in the romance ebook genre, it's slash that sells, be it M/M or F/F. And it's largely the influence of anime and manga based fandoms, with the emphasis on yaoi and yuri, that has made that trend take off. Add to that the preponderance of female writers on the site, and there you have it. We like to fantasize about two men having at it, just like many men find two women making love arousing. Think of it as a perfect storm. As far as the advertisers, if you know of any straight publishers willing to buy some banners here, bring 'em on! We LOVE advertisers.

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Hi, You do need to ask an admin to remove the account itself. You can email: technicalsupport@adult-fanfiction.org with your penname, and the email address used to create the account. If our admins need anything else to verify your ownership of the account, they'll let you know, but that should be sufficient. Because these are public forums, we recommend you use email to make the request, to avoid your email address being picked up by spambots and other vermin.

Hi! You're in the right section, and I'll point you to our FAQ on the topic. This one has a few screenshots to help you navigate the revised code. I think you'll find it pretty easy and intuitive once you use it.

I still need to update my own Recommended Reading and Favorite Authors. I'm very bad at remembering to do that but I've managed to get a couple of things up, from the vast list I have bookmarked. One thing about Originals is that sometimes our authors pull stories because they are either publishing that story, or their publisher has asked that they take down any online published works. In cases like that, I applaud them and wish them much success.

You can search by tag, if there is something in particular that you fancy. Our search feature in the archive will search for a three letter tag provided you put it in quotes. That is one way to sort quickly through older fictions. I often find myself perusing the Stories Written lists of authors I've enjoyed. Checking their Recommended Reading lists is another method I employ. Yet another way within originals is to look within the subcategories. These are further divided into the next level of subcategories, and this at least refines the search somewhat. I will honestly say that I stumble over excellent works in my work within the archive. I will, at some point, see almost every new or updated story cross my screen, and often I find myself making a note to go back and read that particular story at my leisure.

Popularity is rarely an indicator of quality. We do not provide that sort of search option, and in fact will be revising the ratings system as the new code is developed to provide a more equitable option. The ratings are often manipulated by people voting a story up or down based on purely subjective criteria such as liking/disliking a pairing or because they are fond of/not fond of the subject matter. As an example, I do not like vampire fiction as a whole, but I do not rampage through the archive rating down every fiction that involves vampires. We have seen that happen, however. We have seen particular authors targeted as well, often for no apparent reason. To rely solely on ratings is somewhat unreliable. The same can go for reviews. I have seen fictions with a great many negative reviews, many more reviews than the two or three thoughtful and complimentary reviews left on other stories. The number of reviews alone is also unreliable as an indicator of merit.

Why I need an edit key for the shoutbox: Proofreading is good....

Hi. We have a FAQ that shows exactly where to find the Story ID and Author ID. We actually have a lot of good FAQs which are available for all our users without requiring forum registration. Many of them have screenshots to help explain each step. Feel free to look around! Chances are, we have a FAQ for it.

I have only one thing to say.... BANANA!

Those are fine. I've marked the fics as corrected, so no worries!

It might be better for her to wait until she's back so we get accurate information. It might be a browser setting that's creating the issue, but we won't be able to tell without actually seeing the error message. So, once she's home and can use her computer, if it happens again, she can do a screen shot and post that here for us.

How about: draylon has a few you might like as well.

The only thing I know that is limited like that is leaving a rating, not a review. You cannot rate a story more than once. However, there are numerous examples in the archive of people reading most of a multi-chaptered story in the same day, and leaving a review per chapter. We'll need her to give us a screen capture of the error to be able to assist.

What is the specific error message that appears on her screen when she gets locked out? That's what will help solve this.

Oh, gods, how did I forget Zelazny? And Arthur C Clarke, and Dan Simmons. Ray Bradbury because he reads like an ice cream sundae on a hot night...

I went on a pub crawl in London to visit the pubs featured in the Richard Jury mysteries by Martha Grimes. I'm strange that way, and I like a good pint of cider. But what makes me plop down money for a book is a story that draws me in because the world and/or characters promise to be interesting. Occasionally, this backfires, but I've also found books that were so unforgettable that they haunt me years later. I don't go for warm and fuzzy, for the most part, but I do like science, and I like my science fiction to be believable. There are authors I would hug and put on a shelf to talk to forever, if I could. Stephen King is one of them, actually. He can suck me into his world so fast that it's amazing. Mary Doria Russell's "Children of God" and "The Sparrow" will never stop haunting me. CJ Cherryh's Downbelow Station books are a favorite to return to for me. Of course, I mentioned George RR Martin, who is wonderful. Tolkien. Poe. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Samuel R Delany - "Dhalgren" is another book that will be with me forever. I also love Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books because I adore her humor. Lawrence Sander's "The Tomorrow File." I read Forgotten Realms books because I love the universe, even if some of the writers are a little less polished. I loved the Dune epic. The only thing my likes have in common is that I like them, I think...