When qafmaniac told me the news, you're the first person we thought of. No lie. I made a post in my journals, hoping you'd see it and kinda hoping you wouldn't, you know? I know you guys were tight, and...yeah. I'm sorry for your loss as well, bb.
Tita grabbed Valerie's fics from the Church and turned them into PDFs. We didn't want to just throw them out there yet. But if it's okay, we could make a post that we have them and we can put them on one of the GIH fileshare sites.
Don't disappear, okay? For real, there's those of us who love you dearly and worry about you.
I Honestly don't know if it's okay to put up the PDF's, i'd check with her sister,talula728 on LJ also known as Jean.
I found out quickly as My friend David keeps up with facebook more than I, so he called me as soon as he heard.
I'm not trying to claim her loss as my own or step on anyone's toes, i just realized that on my index a lot of fics are linked to val's site, so I needed to grab them and PDF them and host them somewhere, but i figured others might want a chance to grab them too.
her loss is terrible. She was unhappy a lot for a long time, but she wasn't unhappy anymore and then this happens.
I'm not gone, i'm just focusing on um... nothing so i have nothing to post. I'm okay though, i think. i just didn't want people not to have a chance to back up her fic or whatever. She was in my top ten fave writers of all time.
I'm not talking Top Ten internet /fanfic writers, i'm talking Douglas Adams and Vonnugut and Val.
I know you're not claiming her loss as yours. In my mind, you guys will always be linked because I found you both at the same time.
She was an amazing writer, with a true gift for humor. I laughed myself sick with I first read Blissed, and still do. And she made me believe Brian Kinney could be a US Senator.
I was telling Minxie that there's this thing online when you start to believe that everyone you talk to will always be there. Like they're immortal in some way.
I know what you mean. It;s like because we don't see each other, for real, we dont' age, haircuts don't change, the minutae of life isn't factored, and it just feels like an institution.
Like the holy church was just that.
Sadly, i kinda knew val's hold on life was tenuous at times but i was so happy for her that she seemed to be past that. and then...
No, if i knew, i'd tell you. Seriously, I was going to offer, but the reason I sent it to her is I don't know how to do it.
First you have to figure out who to pay to keep the domain name, i know that much.
I also know if you send out an SOS there are a bazillion fans of your perfect, and brilliant and crazy sister who will help you.
i really hope you're not pissed that I made this post. i just Wanted to give people a chance to remember and nab her stories if they wanted to.
i personally cried my way through all her BtVS vids yesterday.
If i can help, in any way, please let me know. I'm not like, jumping on the bandwagon 'cause she's gone. I just don't like the thought of people missing her genius because it's not easily accessible.
I'm babbling but i do that when i don't know what to say. So i'll leave it at, let me know how i can help.
You are so silly, why would I be mad at you? Anyone who is spreading the word of my sister's work is awesome. I really would spend the time and expense to keep those sites going but I am so bad at this stuff, I can't even begin to know how. Craig, Valerie's boyfriend, is talking to someone about how to do it as well. He is very dedicated to keeping all her stuff out there where it belongs.
I don't particularly have a right to be, but I was very saddened by this news. How can losing a person with so much talent for making people laugh out loud be anything but sad? Because I haven't been on LJ for a few years, I also haven't really followed her journal for a few years. Every now and again I would pop in, see her posts, and almost always laugh, or occasionally feel concerned, and sometimes both. I didn't know about the book she had on amazon. I just downloaded it. I'm certain it will crack my shit up. I wish I could have told her that it did.
In one of her boxes, I found a valentines day card you sent her. It had a picture of Brian and Justin in the shower and said "Brian and Justin are romantical love." and you wrote "go crazy- or don't. Love vamphile." just wanted you to know she kept it!
while sharing memories. The post she made on the WD after she moved, You know, with mike when she fell and her knee got all infected but first she told the story of how you said goodbye but it made it all dawn and buffy angsty... i still think about how brilliant that was and how so many people including me were jealous of a relationship as tight as yours and val's.
I know this post was written months ago, but I'm just now seeing it. I'm one of those people who read all of Val's work and loved it. I also kept up with her posts until life got in the way, and I stopped being in LJ a lot. I'm so very saddened to hear this news, and I hope you, her friends, and her family are doing as well as possible. She was so talented - such a brilliant writer, and she seemed like a wonderful person. So deeply sorry for your loss.
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When qafmaniac told me the news, you're the first person we thought of. No lie. I made a post in my journals, hoping you'd see it and kinda hoping you wouldn't, you know? I know you guys were tight, and...yeah. I'm sorry for your loss as well, bb.
Tita grabbed Valerie's fics from the Church and turned them into PDFs. We didn't want to just throw them out there yet. But if it's okay, we could make a post that we have them and we can put them on one of the GIH fileshare sites.
Don't disappear, okay? For real, there's those of us who love you dearly and worry about you.
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I found out quickly as My friend David keeps up with facebook more than I, so he called me as soon as he heard.
I'm not trying to claim her loss as my own or step on anyone's toes, i just realized that on my index a lot of fics are linked to val's site, so I needed to grab them and PDF them and host them somewhere, but i figured others might want a chance to grab them too.
her loss is terrible. She was unhappy a lot for a long time, but she wasn't unhappy anymore and then this happens.
I'm not gone, i'm just focusing on um... nothing so i have nothing to post. I'm okay though, i think. i just didn't want people not to have a chance to back up her fic or whatever. She was in my top ten fave writers of all time.
I'm not talking Top Ten internet /fanfic writers, i'm talking Douglas Adams and Vonnugut and Val.
I hate that I can't call her and tell her this.
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She was an amazing writer, with a true gift for humor. I laughed myself sick with I first read Blissed, and still do. And she made me believe Brian Kinney could be a US Senator.
I was telling Minxie that there's this thing online when you start to believe that everyone you talk to will always be there. Like they're immortal in some way.
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Like the holy church was just that.
Sadly, i kinda knew val's hold on life was tenuous at times but i was so happy for her that she seemed to be past that. and then...
Grrr, i hate that she's gone.
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First you have to figure out who to pay to keep the domain name, i know that much.
I also know if you send out an SOS there are a bazillion fans of your perfect, and brilliant and crazy sister who will help you.
i really hope you're not pissed that I made this post. i just Wanted to give people a chance to remember and nab her stories if they wanted to.
i personally cried my way through all her BtVS vids yesterday.
If i can help, in any way, please let me know. I'm not like, jumping on the bandwagon 'cause she's gone. I just don't like the thought of people missing her genius because it's not easily accessible.
I'm babbling but i do that when i don't know what to say. So i'll leave it at, let me know how i can help.
vamphile at g mail dot com.
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while sharing memories. The post she made on the WD after she moved, You know, with mike when she fell and her knee got all infected but first she told the story of how you said goodbye but it made it all dawn and buffy angsty... i still think about how brilliant that was and how so many people including me were jealous of a relationship as tight as yours and val's.
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