As I prepare to shortly remove the novella version of Gang Aft Agley from my website (VeryWellAged.com) in favor of the new novel of the same name (a reworking of that story now in novel form, it struck me that I needed to preserve what has existed, even though I do not want it presented on the site as the ‘official’ version of that title any more. Still removing it entirely, erasing it, seems like a step too destructive. For the time being, I have moved my local copies the ebooks, PDF and HTML versions of the novella in a local archive folder that will also be backed up for preservation.
The novella still exists on my website, as the novel is still being edited. (An earlier and error filled version still exists here on the SOL website. But the SOL version here is plagued with errors.) My official novella version will give way yet later this month to the novel and no longer be available for download. Will anyone really care? Is this a silent rage into that good night? I don’t know if this is pure ego, or has some meaning. All I know is that I have done it.