Okay, I've apparently hit a nerve.
I have no problem with continuing a story as a way to acknowledge your approval of an original story on SOL. Make sure to show the new story IS an acknowledgement of the original. Also, if possible, get approval to do the new story honoring the original.
Several people have written about my blog, saying essentially what I have said above.
My problem is with the 'author' "Adewale Bosun."
This author took the wonderful story "Island Mine" and posted it as his own on the Big River. Not a continuation. An exact copy of the same story. Bosun's only contribution is an AI-created cover.
That was the impetus for all of this from me. Taking one of the best stories on this great website and trying to profit from what was not yours.
If you wanted to write a continuation of "Island Mine," I completely understand the urge to do that, but you need permission. But since Refusenik has not been around, getting said permission is not a simple thing. So, you want to write a continuation using those characters, fine. But make it known that you are doing it without permission, but hoping to eventually get that permission.
It was "Island Mine" that lit my fire of fury. But a quick look through the rest of the offerings from this "author," and you see many other stories created by others on this website are being recreated for profit by someone else.
And what REALLY pisses me off, these stories have been making money for a little while.
--Shinerdrinker