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Fanfiction Authors: HEADS UP

(Non-authors, please RB to signal boost to your author friends!)

An astute reader informed me this morning that one of my fics (Children of the Future Age) had been pirated and was being sold as a novel on Amazon:

(And they weren't even creative with their cover design. If you're going to pirate something that I spent a full year of my life writing, at least give me a pretty screenshot to brag about later. Seriously.)

I promptly filed a DMCA complaint to have it removed, but I checked out the company that put it up -- Plush Books -- and it looks like A LOT of their books are pirated fic. They are by no means the only ones doing this, either -- the fact that """publishers""" can download stories from AO3 in ebook format and then reupload them to Amazon in just a few clicks makes fic piracy a common problem. There are a whole host of reasons why letting this continue is bad -- including actual legal risk to fanfiction archives -- but basically:

IF YOU ARE A FANFIC AUTHOR WITH LONG AND/OR POPULAR WORKS, PLEASE CHECK AMAZON TO SEE IF YOUR STORIES HAVE BEEN PIRATED.

You can search for your fics by title, or by text from the description (which is often just copied wholesale from AO3 as well). If you find that someone has stolen your work and is selling it as their own, you can lodge a DMCA complaint (Amazon.com/USA site; other countries have different systems). If you haven't done this before, it's easy! Here's a tutorial:

HOW TO FILE A COPYRIGHT COMPLAINT FOR STOLEN WORK ON AMAZON.COM:

First, go to this form. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account.

Select the radio buttons/dropdown options (shown below) to indicate that you are the legal Rights Owner, you have a copyright concern, and it is about a pirated product.

Enter the name of your story in the Name of Brand field.

In the Link to the Copyrighted Work box, enter a link to the story on AO3 or whatever site your work is posted on.

In the Additional Information box, explain that you are the author of the work and it is being sold without your permission. That's all you really need. If you want, you can include additional information that might be helpful in establishing the validity of your claim, but you don't have to go into great detail. You can simply write something like this:

I am the author of this work, which is being sold by [publisher] without my permission. I originally published this story in [date/year] on [name of site], and have provided a link to the original above. On request, I can provide documentation proving that I am the owner of the account that originally posted this story.

In the ASIN/ISBN-10 field, copy and paste the ID number from the pirated copy's URL. You'll find this ten-digit number in the Amazon URL after the word "product," as in the screenshot below. (If the URL extends beyond this number, you can ignore everything from the question mark on.) Once this number has been added, Amazon will pull the product information automatically and add it to the complaint form, so you can check the listing title and make sure it's correct.

Finally, add your contact information to the relevant fields, check the "I have read and accept the statements" box, and then click Submit. You should receive an email confirmation that Amazon has received the form.

Please share this information with your writer friends, keep an eye out for/report pirated works, and help us keep fanfiction free and legally protected!

NOTE: All of the above also applies to Amazon products featuring stolen artwork, etc., so fan artists should check too!

I love it when I catch an even number!! 💜💜

Very proud of myself for accomplishing this in this year alone!! Can’t wait to see the number go up further!! 💜

New chapter posted!!

New Fic just posted!!

New fic just posted!!

Never have I ever been more determined to write 6,260 words in my life!!

Currently working on a side project that connects to one of my fics that I’ve posted, not sure if I should make it a second chapter to the original fic or have it be its own fic within a series to the original. So, poll time!

Whenever I feel guilty about working on a new WIP instead of the 20-ish ones I already have, I remind myself that writing something is better than nothing and that writing the new idea might spark inspiration to continue one of my older ones.

And also there’s an audience for just about everything you write, so might as well dip your toes in everything!

I find it way too funny that Ao3 needs to tell us to go take a break 😂

Go touch grass you gremlins while we fix the house we all live in!!

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💜IndigoLover97! Master List💜

*This master list is nowhere near perfect and will be subject to changes as I continue to write!

Hi! Welcome to my page! To make it quick and easy for all of you I’ve created this master list organized by the series on my Ao3

I post mainly on Mondays and will update this list accordingly, I will also post when I have a new chapter up!

My main fandom is BTS and my main pairing is Namkook (Namjoon/Jungkook), but I do have some other side pairs included in my fics; mainly Taegi (Taehyung/Yoongi) and Jinmin (Jin/Jimin) with the occasional Jin/Jimin/Hoseok.

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We Are Seven Series

Explicit | Ongoing | Mix of one-shots and chaptered fics

Mafia AU | Graphic Depictions of Violence | Jungkook main POV | Action/Romance

~ We’re Dripping In It

Explicit | Completed 75 chapters | 254.4k

First Meeting Namkook | Emotional Hurt/comfort | Happy Ending | Smut

~ We Started It

Mature | Completed 11 chapters | 21.8k

Taehyung POV | Taehyung/Yoongi First Meeting | Angst/Comfort

~ We Hid In The Shadows

Mature | Completed 10 chapters | 17.7k

Hoseok POV | Minor Hoseok/Jin | Angst/Comfort | Revenge

~ I Survived

Mature | Completed 7 chapters | 10.8k

Jimin POV | Found Family | Fluff | Bonding

~ I Led The Chain

Explicit | Completed 8 chapters | 29.7k

Jin POV | Fluff and Smut | Three-some M/M/M | Polyamory Negotiations

~ Sea

Teen | Completed One-Shot | 5.6k

Established Married Namkook | Vacation | Kid Fic | Family Fluff

~ The Moments We Make

Mature | Ongoing 2/5 | 5.4k~

Established Namkook | Kid Fic | Child Soobin | Domestic Fluff

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Alternate Meetings Series

Explicit | Ongoing | current fic a one-shot

BTS Mafia AU | An Alternative First Meeting between Namjoon and Jungkook in the We Are Seven Universe

~ A Heart Is A Heavy Burden

Explicit | Completed One-Shot | 21k

Jungkook POV | Mission Fic | Implied Character Death | Smut

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Crashing Into You Series

Explicit | Completed/Ongoing | One-Shots

Thunderstorms AU | Boxer Jungkook | Music Producer Namjoon | Fluff/Comfort

~ Box My heart

Teen | Completed | 4.3k

Neighbors AU | Trapped Together | Fluff | Jungkook POV | Namkook

~ Thunder In My Veins

Explicit | Completed | 4.4k

Established Namkook | Minor Couple Fights | Smut | Jungkook POV | Comfort

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Chaptered Standalone Fics

~ Can you hear my heartbeat?

Teen | Completed 12 chapters | 24.9k

Jungkook POV | Deaf AU | College AU | Fluff and Angst | Namkook falling in love

~ The club is no place to dance

General Audience | Completed 9 chapters | 10.9k

Crack Fic | Fluff and Crack | Namkook meet in a club

~ The Scent of You

Teen | Ongoing 4/6 | 12.3k~

Omegaverse | Alpha/Alpha | Namkook First Meeting | Fluff

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One-Shots

~ Please Lift Me!

Teen | Completed | 3.9k

Crack Fic | Crack and Fluff | Namkook get together | Idol Universe

~ Just Pause to Breathe Me In

Explicit | Completed | 5.6k

Established Namkook | Idol Universe | Smut | PWP

* I also have a Pseudo, MarvelGirl1991!, under my account with a few Marvel fics. It was my original account that I may not add to as I’m not in that fandom anymore, but you’re free to check out my works there!

Saw a post in Reddit that made me chuckle a bit.

Someone was going on a rant about how they didn’t like how descriptive some people do scents in omegaverse fics. And how it wasn’t “realistic” to be able to describe them so well or specific. To each their own on that front, even if I personally like people describing the literal scent of the Alpha or Omega or Beta.

But what made me chuckle was the first comment on that thread, someone said that no one is reading omegaverse for realism 😂

I didn’t even have to read anyone else’s comments, cause that right there explains everything that you need to know about omegaverse.

I was talking to my girlfriend and she said that she just goes through a tag and sometimes it's hard to find good fics if the fandom is too big or if there's too many fanfics.

So, idk how anyone else does it, but here's my "how to find good fics and lose yourself in madness" guide:

Open our trusted and beloved ao3 on the fandom/ship tag what you wanna read about. Or other site you prefer, but this works best for ao3, I'm old, idk how to deal with wattpad nonsense, sorry

Go through the filters <- LISTEN HERE KIDS, THIS IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE!!! FILTER THE CONTENT U DONT WANNA SEE PLS FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH

Find a fic that you like. I tend to stick to long ones, so I filter the word count as well but you do you

Read the fic; kudo the fic; comment on the fic; bookmark the fic; even better, and/or DOWNLOAD THE ONES YOU WANNA READ AGAIN (you never know what the future might bring and again IF THE AUTHOR DELETED THEIR STUFF ITS NONE OF OUR BUSINESS)

Then open the author's profile, click on works AND FILTER IT AGAIN THIS IS IMPORTANT!!! YOUR FAV AUTHORS CAN WRITE WHATEVER THE SHIT THEY WANT AND YOU'RE NOT ENTITLED TO COMPLAIN, JUST MOVE ON

Read all the fics that they wrote for the fandom you're hyperfixating rn, and again, kudo/comment/bookmark/download

Go to the Author's bookmarks. Because we USUALLY write what we like to read, so the author's bookmarks will probably have fics that, if you liked their fics, you gonna like them too.

FILTER. FILTER THE ONES YOU DON'T WANNA READ. USE THE EXCLUDE TAGS FILTER FOR THE LOVE OF-

Read all the fics the author had bookmarked

Find a new author that you liked.

Go back to step 4.

Congratulations, you're late for work/school/family gathering/any other appointments you might have.

Have fun!

Something that I like about the Ao3 community on Tumblr vs Reddit is that nobody really complains about seeing the fifth or tenth post of ‘Is Ao3 down?!’ we just go ‘same, I’m freaking out too!’

But seriously, Ao3 why do you keep abandoning us!! 😭

(I saw the post, it should be back now btw)

New chapter posted!!

Final Chapters Posted!!

The last chapter as well as the epilogue have been posted!! A short fic to follow the epilogue will soon be posted later today!

New fic just posted!!

Memories 2016 - Blood Sweat & Tears MV Making Story cr. 0613data RM and Jungkook (redux)

i go nuts

New Fic just posted!!

jungkook’s reaction when namjoon said he is proud of him 🥹😭

NAMJOON’S BIRTHDAY COUNTDOWN: namjoon + terry jeffords (b99) 🤍 [cr. qdeoks, c_a_leaf, namuspromised]

Happy RM Day, fellow Joon stans ♡

New chapter posted!!

Happy Birthday Namjoon!! 💜💜💜