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May the Force be with you!

For those who like a little Star Wars with their Sanvers–– new Fic from @morganastorm24 !

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Attention all Sanvers readers and writers! Our very own @Thelxiope1 has concocted something special to keep us occupied while we're furiously BBing and trying to stay hydrated. Come on! You know you want to!

Drop a like or a DM for more details and a link to the Discord server.

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I’m a mother. My daughters look up to me and everything that I do. And for them to say that. For them to see and go, "Mom, wow, look, like- you’re killing it. Mom, you’re kicking ass.” My kids say this to me and it just makes me go, “Okay, alright, maybe… maybe I’m doing a good job.” You know? Maybe I deserve to feel really good about myself, not because of how I look but because of who I am.

Q: Nobody says good job to themselves nearly enough. I wanna know something you accomplish in The Way Home that you know you’ll be able to look back on and say to yourself, "Damn, I’m proud of what I did there."

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Hi,

It’s you friendly neighbor fanfic author here. In the light of this apparent new trend of people feeding unfinished fics to AI to get an “ending,” and some people even talking about “blanket permissions,” let me just say this:

I EXPLICITLY FORBID ANYONE TO FEED MY FICS TO AI. DUDE, THAT IS ABOUT THE LEAST RESPECTFUL THING YOU CAN DO. IF YOU DO IT, SHALL YOU BE EXCOMMUNICATED FROM YOUR FANDOM AND WALK ON LEGOS BAREFOOT TILL THE END OF DAYS.

That is my anti-permission.

Thank you for your attention.

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Fics are finished/ing! Reveals start next week! And now for an excerpt from "Saving Hope" by @morganastorm24 !

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A super and wonderful excerpt from Amazonian Awakenings by Wally/ Wttboz on AO3!

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A preview from the upcoming L-Gym, by @dkgwrites !

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It's been a long road, and the dinos and readers are hungry! Presenting our first reveal for Finish the Fic 2023--Spice World by @performativezippers !!! With art by @morganastorm24 !!!

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In addition to her incredible artwork, the inimitable @morganastorm24 is also granting our wish for a Super Alex story done right. Prepare yourself for some super-powered AgentCorp and Kaois in "Saving Hope"!! Accompanying art by @luthorheda !!

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Call for Sanvers Artists!

Dear Fandom Friends, the Sanvers and Friends Finish-the-Fic Challenge is looking for more artists, in particular Sanvers artists, for our event.

If you're a Sanvers artist, we would love to have you participate. Sign-up forms are below.

Join us and help break Winn out of Art Jail!

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Special Announcement for the Sanvers & Friends Finish-the-Fic Challenge

We are looking for artists to join this event!

All manner of visual arts are welcome! Highlight your talent or even try something new!  Like in other events, artists will get summaries of the FtF works and get to pick the ones they are interested in and we'll do our best to match everyone to their choice(s). It's a multi-ship event, but participants can state their preferences. 

Or maybe you are already working on a SG queership art project and you are looking for some feedback and/or cheerleading to help you get it done. You can sign up too! *Event sign-up ends Jan 20

You can sign up here. https://forms.gle/MMHHgD8ybxBtc4Wp9

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Come on folks, you know you want to!

More information on the Sanvers & Friends 2023 Finish-the-Fic challenge.

Sign-ups: January 5-20th.

Note: This form is for artists and betas as well as writers. You'll be able to find the information if you scroll down.

While writing-focused, we want to spotlight the artists and storytellers alike. Artists will be included in the mini-views and the pre-reveal hype train.

No word count minimums or maximums. Your fic might need 50,000 words or it might need "... and then they kissed. The End." That's entirely up to you.

It helps us spread the word about your story if it's already posted, but your fic does not have to be published online for you to participate. As long as you've got a story started and it's sitting in a drawer or fallen behind a shelf somewhere, you're welcome to join.

For writers who've already posted their incomplete fics, we want this to be a chance to reconnect with readers and remind them of why they fell in love with your stories.

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The 2023 Sanvers & Friends Finish-the-Fic Challenge

Attention Fic Writers and Fan Artists and Beta Readers!!!

Welcome to the 2023 Sanvers & Friends Finish-the-Fic Challenge: an event to help SG Queership writers finish those fics that have been floating forlornly on the seas of Ao3 (and in the screaming, dust-ridden corners of our psyches). From Sanvers to Brainia and Agentcorp, if you've got an SG queership story you'd like to add to your list of New Years Resolutions, you can sign up below!

Note: This form is for artists and betas as well as writers. You'll be able to find the information if you scroll down.

https://forms.gle/MMHHgD8ybxBtc4Wp9

Sign up period: January 5-20. 

Event Begins January 21st.

Summaries for Artists Due: January 26th.

Forms for artists and betas to choose favorite fic(s) sent out: January 27th

Forms close: February 7th

Sending out matches: February 8th-9th

General outline of story to completion sent to artists: February 25th

Snippets and Mini-views: March 5th

Work completion Deadline May 20th

Reveals Start: May 25th (reveals may start earlier for those who finish prior to the deadline).

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PLUSH BOOKS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

I received several comments this morning informing me that one of my fanfictions has been stolen and published for money by a company called "Plush Books". A group of saints on twitter have been helping fic authors who's fics have been stolen, and have been providing information on what to do if you are affected. Please reblog this so that fanfic authors can check if they have been plagarised and learn what to do if they have.

Plush Books have been using FicLabs to download entire fics then upload them and sell them as e-books and paperbacks on multiple different sites including Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Abe Books and others.

Twitter user KokomRoily has been calling for help with contacting affected authors and a spread sheet in Google Docs of contacted authors has been made here. You can find the full list of works published by Plush Books here.

KokomRoily provides a good template to use with the Amazon DMCA takedown form (X, text version), which has limited characters, however, you will also need to search other sites too. Other sites have different legal requirements, and I'm copying the template I used here. A good way to find most of the places you need to contact is to look on Good Reads, which lists lots of the marketplaces selling the book.

Make sure you add an author note on the original story stating that this company do not have the rights to publish your fic. I strongly suggest sending this email from the email address that your fic account is registered to, in case you need to provide further evidence. Here is an email template that I put together based on the one above and modified according to the legal demands required on Barnes and Noble's takedown help page:

To whom it may concern,

I affirm under penalty of perjury that I am [YOUR AUTHOR NAME ON YOUR FIC], the author of the work "[YOUR FIC NAME]" posted at [LINK] (entire work) as a free-to-read story. My work has been stolen and published and you are currently listing the work as for sale at the following location [LINK ON MARKETPLACE] as "[BOOK NAME]" by Plush Books.

Under statute 17 USC 512, [MARKETPLACE] has a legal obligation to take down Plush Books' "[BOOK NAME]" in response to a valid DMCA takedown notice by the author. According to this statute, if "[BOOK NAME]" is not taken down, you are making [MARKETPLACE] liable to be sued. Please check with a manager to verify.

I will not be filling in my contact information such as home number and address and I am not required to do so in order for my claim to be valid. I have written in the author's note section of my story that I have not given Plush Books permission to use my work, which is proof enough that Plush Books has stolen the work from someone. If you would like more proof, I can email you screenshots of comments/kudos I've received from my readers from [DATE], the original date of publication, that are still in my inbox.

I have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. The information in the notification is accurate, and I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I am the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Please take ""[BOOK NAME]"" down.

Sincerely,

[YOUR AUTHOR NAME ON YOUR FIC]

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PLUSH BOOKS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

I received several comments this morning informing me that one of my fanfictions has been stolen and published for money by a company called "Plush Books". A group of saints on twitter have been helping fic authors who's fics have been stolen, and have been providing information on what to do if you are affected. Please reblog this so that fanfic authors can check if they have been plagarised and learn what to do if they have.

Plush Books have been using FicLabs to download entire fics then upload them and sell them as e-books and paperbacks on multiple different sites including Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Abe Books and others.

Twitter user KokomRoily has been calling for help with contacting affected authors and a spread sheet in Google Docs of contacted authors has been made here. You can find the full list of works published by Plush Books here.

KokomRoily provides a good template to use with the Amazon DMCA takedown form (X, text version), which has limited characters, however, you will also need to search other sites too. Other sites have different legal requirements, and I'm copying the template I used here. A good way to find most of the places you need to contact is to look on Good Reads, which lists lots of the marketplaces selling the book.

Make sure you add an author note on the original story stating that this company do not have the rights to publish your fic. I strongly suggest sending this email from the email address that your fic account is registered to, in case you need to provide further evidence. Here is an email template that I put together based on the one above and modified according to the legal demands required on Barnes and Noble's takedown help page:

To whom it may concern,

I affirm under penalty of perjury that I am [YOUR AUTHOR NAME ON YOUR FIC], the author of the work "[YOUR FIC NAME]" posted at [LINK] (entire work) as a free-to-read story. My work has been stolen and published and you are currently listing the work as for sale at the following location [LINK ON MARKETPLACE] as "[BOOK NAME]" by Plush Books.

Under statute 17 USC 512, [MARKETPLACE] has a legal obligation to take down Plush Books' "[BOOK NAME]" in response to a valid DMCA takedown notice by the author. According to this statute, if "[BOOK NAME]" is not taken down, you are making [MARKETPLACE] liable to be sued. Please check with a manager to verify.

I will not be filling in my contact information such as home number and address and I am not required to do so in order for my claim to be valid. I have written in the author's note section of my story that I have not given Plush Books permission to use my work, which is proof enough that Plush Books has stolen the work from someone. If you would like more proof, I can email you screenshots of comments/kudos I've received from my readers from [DATE], the original date of publication, that are still in my inbox.

I have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. The information in the notification is accurate, and I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I am the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Please take ""[BOOK NAME]"" down.

Sincerely,

[YOUR AUTHOR NAME ON YOUR FIC]

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Me reading a really good book: god this makes me wanna write

Me reading a really bad book: ugh this makes me wanna write

Me having coffee: i wanna write

Me going on a drive: i wanna write

Me doing the dishes: i wanna write

Me waking up: i wanna write

Me writing: