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A: Chuckles. And here I spent a full half an hour trying to find the perfect way to phrase my argument to why we should all wish to preserve our lovely admins and this site for many years to come. Sorry that I suck at the quotes button feature.

A; Alfonse, my reasoning is based upon a number of factors and researched topics. Perhaps I am as bad in my own way, yet I am thinking of preventing possible problems in the long term when I make any comments. DG, and other admins have left multiple posts about the incomplete code rewrite which has to be installed in waves to keep this archive working smoothly. They have stated the existence of laws they must adhere to to keep this site operational. What is more important, our momentary convenience, or having a place to share our writing and enjoyment of off color tales for many years to come? With this in mind, I made my case for protecting this site in whatever way is deemed necessary. I will always side with accepting a few extra minutes of reading, and typing so I can always post or read something that takes my fancy. The other option is I get my fast fix today, while the administration for AFF gets into trouble, possibly leading to the end of this archive as new laws get written and start getting enforced by the countries determined to control Internet access and uses. Times are changing where Internet is concerned. Several countries are hell bent and pushing to universalize laws that would place AFF administrators, and us mature theme writers at risk of being charged as sex offenders in their countries. Such laws are under debate, or getting voted upon as package deals that contain multiple Internet controls because that is the nature of Governments overall. A number of nations are determined to control Internet content, and make extra revenues off of it. Many Governments are seeking to implement Internet control laws that benefit them, not the people who enjoy freedom of expression. Governments do not care about individuals, or their rights nine times out of ten. It is the nature of the beast called Government. Our admins are great individuals and deserve our wholehearted respect for all the titanic amounts of work they have already done. Our Admins are putting out so much effort to improve this site, and get it cleaned up for everyone who visits now, and in the future. The idea that any of them might get into legal trouble due to maintaining this site for all our benefit is unacceptable to me as a member. Our Admins are doing the best they can, as quickly as they can, to get things cleaned up after a several year screw up by a previous admin group. I want AFF admins, who are doing their best to insure we have a place to read whatever we desire, to have iron clad protection. I want that safety net for all of us because I understand every person who posts here is a real, living, breathing, flesh and blood human being with a real life outside of the internet, the same as myself. We all have families and friends. If the Admins safety means I must be inconvenienced so that they can continue to provide me with a place to hang out and talk to like minded individuals for several years, I will gladly be inconvenienced for a couple extra minutes when I visit or post. My only thought is that it is worthwhile to expend effort so that I might do my part to insure the long term survival of this site.

A: As to the overblown comparison you make to an adult magazine at a liquor store, instant gratification is very dull compared to taking the steps to get real gratification you have earned with effort. Also, the exaggeration factor in your comparison is absurd. People who really want to read smut will always make the effort to get what they wish. If you are upset because you are not getting your way and instant gratification, you have the freedom of will to make a decision befitting your personality and agenda. However, I feel compelled to ask as a fellow author, and reader: AlfonsoLing, if you cannot endure the minute and a half it takes to fill in the blanks to set the cookie setter, why did you even join this site?

I continue working on chapter 40 of As the Smoke Clears. As the chapter is turning lemon, and I am infamously slow about getting sex scenes written, it will take a while to get the newest chapter posted. Still, once I get the right words, and descriptions settled, it will be a great reading chapter like all the others which people compliment, at least I hope it will be up to snuff. I have also started the revisions to "All for Love," in between lip gnawing fits of trying to find the right words for the chapter 40 lemon. I am replacing chapters as I get the wrong Japanese words replaced, and spelling/grammar hot spots fixed. I want to thank everyone who pointed out my problem spots in reviews. I really appreciate the tips I have received. I am taking my time to get the 3rd novel in series revised to reflect the return of axed chapters also, so it might take a while to get that story completely revised. I am considering returning other axed chapters from when I had it posted at another site. We shall see how the revisions up to the deleted chapters go. Once I have the off kilter stuff repaired, I will decide whether to return the graphic violence scenes to the story, or not.

A: Nobody should have to be in jailhouse orange that adminsd for AFForg simply because some dimwits have become gung-ho about thier flagrant disregard for the rules thanks to FFnet's oh so infamously lazy moderators. You, DG, and all the rest of the Admin crew work way too hard to provide us with a nice place to share our love of writing. I for one am grateful to you guys for giving me a safe haven for my controversial stories. Far as I'm conscerned, I'm all for the age verifycation blue page remaining annoying. Children are often imatient, so it is a great deterent I am pleased to deal with as necessary. If it helps to keeps bratty children from causing me added grief, and protects everyone from unreasonable sex offender charges, it is the best thing about AFF.org in my books.

Yeah, I know FFnet does not allow signed reviews to be deleted unless a mod removes it after determining it is hateful or trolling materials. However, a mod will take weeks to get around to reading the offensive review material at FFnet so is a waste of time to report them at FFnet. So, getting "kill all white people" off topic reviews, led to me deleting the Initial D Rivalry series for a few weeks. I saved the concrit reviews to my computer and did a hard revision based upon the good reviews I got before the race hater targeted my account. Was pathetic that I had to go that far, but it did work to end any more hate reviews since people missed the stories. Also, I took the signed race hater's screen name and added it to my blocked list. They never bothered me again after I was done with adding the anti hate warnings to my A/N and reposting the series there.

A: Thanks Bryosgirl. I do appreciate the fact that I can vent my frustration without being condemned by everyone. To be honest, I never had a reveiw deleted before I came ot AFFnet so it has been quite a horrible shock overall.

Doubt I will live long enough for that to happen, DG, but I do understand your point. I am far too old at this point to see the lesson get learned I figure. It is a sad thing to say, but no less true. I want to share the love of writing with others, as Gary once shared it with me. Too bad things are so very different from the 80's when concrit was considered a type of high compliment because it told you that the reviewer believed you could produce something fantastic with a revision. Now concrit is an ego attack, so I am well and truly out of my depth in this case.

A: A most positive sign if there is already a sequel getting requested. It can be nerve wracking when a sequel is requested, but I am sure you will get it written, and it will prove a lovely companion for your first published novel. Have fun with it, and enjoy pounding out that rough draft.

Congratulations, Bronx. I am so happy for your success in getting your baby into print. It is a very satisfying step for you I'll bet. May you have many more successes as you continue your journey as a published author.

Personally, I thank you for your thoughts on this subject, bryosgirl. Sorry if this comes across harsh sounding, but I am completely disgusted at this point. Since people have an ego boost mentality about raw drafts they post in these free archives, I won't bother wasting my scheduled free time on reading anything without a request for a Read and Review extended by the writer for the time being as a safety measure. Over time I hope to make a list of people's names so I can confine my reviews to such fellow writers. Seeing it with my own eyes and knowing the trend of how many people swear they have a book in them is at the root of my discontent with this whole mess. You have no idea how many lame excuses people come up with for not trying. However, I saw plenty of it when I was a career editor. I curb my reviews deeply, and yet reviewing is an exercise in futility when false pride is involved. This is the bottom line. Evidence has stacked up that supports the reality of people no longer caring about creating quality stories, only getting told good job even when not deserved. The younger gen gets it from the public education system. Therefore, forcing myself to wade through raw tales is a lost cause. As was pointed out in this thread: Other writers do not want to improve their talent nor their stories. So the point of trying to give them tips on making a story truly enjoyable is mute. Also pointed out was the thought that people presume quality reviewers are snotty when we aren't, so our thoughts are not welcome. These are my all time fave Gary Provost quotes which I adhere to when writing anything, and when giving anyone a concrit review. Gary Provost: “Never let perfect grammar interfere with a great storyline!” & “Know when to toss out grammar rules to make the story real.” I adhere to that advice and know when to toss out grammar rules, so do not qualify as a grammar fanatic. Why should I expend any more of my precious time and personal energy in trying to communicate when the review is going to get deleted anyway? Since it takes too much effort to force my way back into a poorly framed story repeatedly, because the writer's constant character POV shifting mid paragraph, or I can't figure out which character is holding POV at all, I'm better off going to the bookstore to buy something I can actually enjoy reading without the disrespect factor. Wasting my time is not worthwhile since I am not someone who has plenty of play time to waste. To Rogue: I tend to agree with you on many fronts and thank you for your input also. Characters have to hold the story together and when they can't it is a dead story from the first paragraph. Even in established fandoms, plenty of very flat and dead tales exist that I never bother reading past 3 paragraphs. I only reviewed things that I felt have real potential for becoming great reads. Still, when I have to go to such extremes to keep my Red headed temper under wraps because of egotists, it is very hard to not rant because of my personal frustration.

Personally, I wrote one fan fic where a character was 14, borderline to 15 about a decade ago. I felt really strange when I wrote that one, so never repeated that specific age range in any other stories I have written. For me it is very difficult to give a very young person a well-rounded emotional response that can be believed. Outside of a clinging need to be accepted taken to an overwhelming extreme, pre teen and the like feel somehow stilted or unnatural when it comes to portrayals of their emotional responses. Guess I obviously can not write such material without it sounding empty of anything meaningful. Without the meaningful interaction ques, my personal writing style is ruined. Due to being aware of the strengths, and weakness within my own writing style, I keep sexual encounters to older teenagers, or higher age ranges because the emotional overtones are more obvious, and emotions are easier to convey. A sixteen year old with raging hormones quickly convince themselves they are in love, and push the envelope on the emotions perceived. Radical emotional ques do flavor every intimate scene I write. A much younger person would not normally embody such emotionally evocative writing because they do not have as much interpersonal relationship skills and knowledge as an older teenager. I'm sure some writers can write compelling pre teen sex, however, I for one am not among their ranks.

A: Science aside, I agree with your higher grade reviews commentary. I have received several thoughtful reviews here, unlike at other sites I have posted stories at personally. Seeing concrete reviews that go way beyond "love it!" Or "Yesh, It's Yaoi, and I love Yaoi!" variety reviews tends to inspire me as a writer. Even the Private messages I receive here are delightfully substantial. When someone send me a PM and says they like my sex scenes, they give me reasons for why they enjoy those interludes. Seeing a review or PM that tells me I have stayed true to the original series lets me know I have remained on track despite going alternate universe in the telling of my dark, angst heavy tales. I never thought about numbers or hit counts in my posting, George, but I do not doubt your mathematical calculations are relevant. Personally, I will always write with or without reviews received because my plot bunnies are such whip cracking fiends. The reviews I do get simply adds a smile to the process of evolving as an author in my case.

A: I spent several days thinking about how tragic things have become, such as you noted, Rogue. Honestly, I have contemplated your input deeply. The reality that civility has become a lost art is something to be mourned. For all that we like to perceive ourselves as being civilized nations, one would think civility would be deeply ingrained in the masses by rote. Yet the opposite seems to be the truth. I've been asking myself if this is a case of rebellion against social values because the internet remains somehow anonymous? The anonymous nature of hiding behind a computer screen emboldens some people to act out poor behavior because they are not easily held accountable. Thinking of it in this light, I wonder if there will ever be a happy medium discovered for the quality reviewers who often get frustrated and feel abused when they only seek to give advice, or helpful tips to aide fellow writers. Personally, I have not read anything in the archive of late because I dislike the high risk of trying to give a quality review backfiring yet again. Only writers that have retained any of my reviews are getting checked to see if they have added any updated stories/chapters and so forth. Since thoughtful feedback is unwanted, trying to read anything in the archive suddenly feels downright stifling. In fact, I have skipped 3 reading days completely at this point. My once a week ritual is on hiatus. Since people do not seem sincere to me about the things they request, why should I bother to play into their trap is my feeling at this point. Has anyone else become so disenchanted with the whole disrespect for quality, concrit review techniques that they are no longer inclined to read other writers offerings?

A: Hm, I have never seen the show's scripts, so not certain if the descriptives truly classify under that heading. I compact multiple episodes into a single chapter when it comes to car races Takumi participates in as a rule. Sometimes I have the race squarely in Keisuke's point of view such as he hears radio commentary from teammates at different points of the course that describes the actions. Other times I may need to cite, but would placing a "Spoiler heavy episodes 6 through 9 from Initial D 1st stage" at the top in my A/N section an acceptable alternative to the bottom of the chapter?

A: I place a spoiler heavy tag at the top of every chapter where I am twisting the anime I write. I do not write anything verbatim for dialog, while keeping it true to the original commentaries made. I tagged in the top of chapter 1 that I am following the cannon story closely as an additional tag to cover the spoiler nature of the prequel I am writing. Does a somewhat accurately written description of visual car races from the show I have watched fall under the rules as needing some form of additional citing in each chapter? Or, does the spoiler heavy alert in the Author note heading suffice in this instance?

I apologize to anyone who was waiting for the next installments of both WIP novels for taking so long. Driven Heart 17 is posted. Having suffered a case of acute writer's block has thrown my schedule into complete chaos recently. Please forgive me for my tardiness in getting new chapters written and posted for everyone to read. Thank you to those individuals who have sent me encouragement emails while my Plot Bunnies were on strike. I truly appreciate every positive and supportive comment received. It helps to know that I do have a few die hard readers waiting for each new installment. As the Smoke Clears chapter 40 is getting worked upon at this very moment. I have been doing the bare bones version of the actual chapter, but with new research notes included, it is slowly evolving into a decent reading chapter. Special thanks to Raymy for reading over raw drafts, and being a most welcome sounding board when I get so annoyed that I have not portraying Keisuke's upheaval well enough to suit myself. I truly appreciate the input you gave me to help me unlock my stubbornly silent bunnies. Glad I am not the only person who has noticed all the subtle "Takumi is a psychic" references found in the actual anime/Manga also. Here's hoping that the Keisuke drawn to Takumi because they are soul mates continues to make this a worthwhile read for everyone as I get more Driven Heart chapters written.

After beating an unexpected case of writer's block, Chapter 17 is finally complete, and posted. I apologize for the inexcusable wait. It is a shorter than normal chapter due to not being completely back into the groove of writing daily. I am crossing my fingers that this will not happen again for another couple of years. Hope everyone enjoys the newest moments of insanity as Keisuke wrestles with his unwanted emotions.