Are we beeing spoofed?
The webmaster explained it in another thread which I can't find. Gina's site is closing down so he ported the story here with her permission.
(If anyone can find the thread, can they post a link here please.)
ETA - found it https://storiesonline.net/d/s1/t13881/major-visual-change#po215888
AJ
Thank you. That wasn't the one I was thinking of (see ETA), but it was one I wasn't aware of so it's good too.
AJ
Along with almost all of the other stories there
That's great, there are some good ones there by other authors that are not here (yet).
I really hope that the other authors'stories come here too.e.g. Asa Strong.
That likely would take getting in contact with the various authors and getting their permission. The one exception might be if the terms and conditions to post on Gina's site allow her to transfer those stories to another site.
As it stands, I know of one author whose stories will not be coming across from that site (there may be others I don't know about).
Wes Boyd. Wes had his own site - which is still active - and his heirs would have to give their permission. They have already said "no" once, although I suppose that could change.
Glad to hear they are being preserved. If I could make a suggestion I would like to see all the content from BTFH in it's own area, maybe even label it 'BTFH'. I have a lot of those stories already downloaded, but it would be nice, and kind of a tribute/show of appreciation if they were kept together.
I realize there might be an issue from the other authors who have posted there, and I really don't know enough to know how permissions to do that could be obtained,
I realize there might be an issue from the other authors who have posted there, and I really don't know enough to know how permissions to do that could be obtained,
Even now that her site is gone, she could sell the rights to the site (say for $1) to WLPC, transfer the backup of the content to WLPC and BTFH could become the fourth story site here. No need to get permission from the other authors on BTFH. IF they are unhappy with the owner change they have to become active and remove their stories from BTFH.
HM.
Do you remember/know if her 'spitfire' story meets the age limit here? I have a poor memory of the MCs being below 14. Hopefully I am mistaken. Was the first of her stories I read on asstr, that started my reading of her stories.
Firstly, the 14-year-old rule was originally only applied to stories posted after September 2011.
Secondly, I *think* that story is "clean" in that respect.
It is a very long time since I looked at her "Tom's Diary" but I'd very surprised if that one passed the 14-y-o test.
I forget the beginning ages, but Tom had a license and was driving before the end. I do not think he had one of those hardship/farming licenses either. Have to reread it to see if the females were under 14. Tom's Diary' is grandfathered on here. Spitfire would not be, since it would come as a new story on here.
Tom's younger (and only) sister had her first period a day or so after having "been" with her uncle. She hadn't bothered with birth control because she thought she was too young.
And her site is now gone.
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So, we should not expect the incomplete and inactive stories to be finished. :(
Far Side Two or Kinsmen of the Dragons?
From what I have read, the reason is more of her poor health than just dropping/stopping stories for lack of interest.
From what I have read, the reason is more of her poor health
Yep.
She's been unable to write for some time, and her health has been steadily declining.
Hence her decision to shut down her site when it came up for renewal from the site's host.
Hence her decision to shut down her site when it came up for renewal from the site's host.
... and her earlier decision to post story snippets that she knew she would never develop further. When these are posted here, they are immediately flagged incomplete and inactive. (It would be nice if the original posting date on btfh was included, perhaps as part of the story description.)
her earlier decision to post story snippets that she knew she would never develop further.
My impression at the time was that she had not given up yet, she had a "health disaster" some time around 2009 (a guess) and was slowly recovering from that, then her more recent problem was diagnosed. For a while she thought she would be able to write again but - with small exceptions - that turned out not to be the case.
(It would be nice if the original posting date on btfh was included, perhaps as part of the story description.)
Or in the copyright line. That only gives the year a story was posted but who needs an exact timestamp anyway?