I had an idea, when I decided to rewrite/post again.
The plan was to just stick to what I considered the least controversial stories - not that I ever ran afoul of Rule 7 or anything. But depending on the audience, some of my stories are farther from the middle than others. Since, to be honest, I'm still paranoid that those who want to enforce some sort of weird christian (though they sure don't act like it) morality and rules on the rest of us - paranoid that they will come after writers of imaginary stories. I don't think they will, or I wouldn't bother with this, but I'm still quite nervous... hence my idea was to stick to the least controversial option. That means some of the favorites that people are already asking about, are not even on the list - at least until I can somehow believe that it's totally safe again. The Camp. Notebook, Tia, Robin - I really like them, liked writing, and really would like to clean up/fix things with them(since a couple are pretty early in my writing days) - but I'm stuck in this indecision - do I dare...etc..
As I said, I was ok with sticking with the fully adult stories like Games, The Dare, a few others, but as I edit and fix things in The Dare, I keep finding references to things that are no longer there. Given how the Dare works, I am not sure I want to remove all mention of things/characters/stories, even if they are gone.
Or do I just bite the bullet and start posting Niki/Max, Tia, etc...
---Now, before anyone gets all excited -- I am going to clean up and rewrite anything/everything I put back up - some of my early stories really bug me now :) -- I have hundreds of chapters, so there is not going to be a mass flood coming. This indecision is more about deciding where I should be editing/fixing at THIS time.
Sorry, I ramble, but I want folks to know I hear ya, but I am a bit stuck.
I had quite a few readers and a rather broad collection of interests. All prior to the great purge of 2024 (?) I had posted a number of stories, and after the pandemic, the craziness in my country re: book bans and other censorship, I removed everything from this site. After some time has passed, and some assurances that the NSA is not likely to come knocking, I am slowly reposting some of my favorite stories - at least those I consider safe sharing. There's still so much BS out there, and the last thing I want to do is have some gumminent official wreaking havoc on my 'IRL'.
Secondly, rather than just blasting the 'safer' stories back online, I am revisiting each and every one of them. Over time, between 'Games', 'Niki and Max', and up to say, 'Tia's game', I (hopefully) improved my storytelling considerably - at least when I go back and read the early stuff, I feel myself cringing.
So, this will take some time, so feel free to just check back in a month or two -- I am not the speediest of writers/editors.
Also, unless I figure out how to be even safer, some stories will stay with me, even though (for instance) Tia's game is well over 35 chapters now. Both that one and the Camp, and maybe one or two more, are just too risky for me. Even though nothing bad has ever happened here, I find myself overly paranoid.
Finally, as (perhaps) a bit of appeasement - those who liked 'The Dare, Book 1 and 2 ' - I've kept on writing Talia's story in the downtime, so, when I get to it, there's way more than was ever online before.
TW