Authoring

[such_a_steph]

An author has left one of the fandoms I am involved in. She had written some of the most profound and stunningly beautiful pieces that exist in this particular fandom, and her departure leaves a huge hole (IMO

Comments

[lunachickk]

Which author/fandom?

I have to agree with you. She's got to be kidding to think that people are going to delete them though. If they are archived on sites they can be taken down but if she put them out there and people saved them. They are going to keep them.

BTW, I'm always sad when great authors leave fandoms. :(

[such_a_steph]

It was the Glee fandom.

I guess I'm thankful that I had the thought to save these stories... we've lost too much in the QAF fandom due to lost archives and deleted journals, and I've learned my lesson. I wonder if the Way Back Machine will work on her journal *evil cackle*

[lunachickk]

Wow, that's a relatively new fandom too.

Yeah, nothing on the internet is private. LOL

[chasingangel82]

That's a little weird. Is she trying to delete her internet presence completely?

Hmm.

[such_a_steph]

Both Tumblr and LJ are now empty shells (Though I think the LJ is now Private, and the entries haven't been deleted entirely).

[film102]

I'd guess the person is going to publish something. No publisher wants their writer to have works floating around new while work is being printed or put out there.

She can't do anything about making anyone delete the work.

Maybe wants to use the plot in something else.

Strange.

M Lyn

[such_a_steph]

if that's the case, good luck to her. She was gifted, and I'll be keeping and forever loving her stories.

[film102]

Wish I had a had a chance to read some of her work. Sorry I missed it.

M Lyn

[gaedhal]

This has happened before for a lot of reasons. I know one writer who had
some kind of religious conversion and decided all the man-sex was The Evil
and so she deleted and told everyone else to delete, too. Another got married
or into a new relationship and the guy was freaked out by the slash and
demanded that she get rid of it -- and she did. A number of others either
decided to try publishing and/or actually published some stuff and therefore
wanted to erase the fan fiction trail (or were advised to do so). And some
writers just lose interest and want to move on, so they dump their old identity
and the fics with it.

But if you have stories you love and you aren't posting them anywhere or
distributing them, I don't see why you should delete them. A lot of famous
people sometimes ask their correspondents to destroy their letters. Some
do, but a lot don't. If they are in your possession, then no one can force you
to, as long as you don't make use of them or give them to anyone else.

[such_a_steph]

Yes the reasons are many, but it's always so disappointing to see people turn their back on hours of work and loving creation. Whatever the reason I do hope she remains proud of the stories she wrote, because she deserves to be.

[flashfly]

It seems rather naive

Very naive. After all, these are fans, she's talking to.

Your post is interesting in light of what I'm reading right now - Michael Cunningham's first novel, Golden States. He's basically disowned it, not listing it on his website, and in an interview about it said, "My publisher very generously allowed me to turn down a paperback offer and it has really gone away."

Not totally gone away, since I've got a hardcover. :) Having read four of his books (one of which he won the Pulitzer for), I know why he wishes it were gone, it isn't very good, but as a huge fan, I'm thrilled to be able to read it. It took him ten years to write one of his novels, he may only have another 2-3 left in him. I wanna read every scrap!

[such_a_steph]

Ha.... that book is going to become the most collectible and expensive of all his works, just you wait and see ;) He's basically pushing it into rarity and infamy.