This isn't really my style to give disclaimers or make large introductions, but for safety's sake, and also for other reasons, this is a general announcement pertaining to all of my work and me as an author. If this is your first time visiting, please take the time to read.
First, I obviously don't own any franchise or business that you might probably recognize in the text, so please don't call me out on it. I think it's rather obvious I'm not the owner or else I wouldn't be spending my time writing fiction on the internet.
Some
of my work is "realistic"---meaning that it takes place in the real
world, and franchises that may or may not be common (some may be known
at a more local level to places I've been before or where I currently
live, etc.) might be present in the story. None of these recognizable
businesses or staples are of my personal making, I'm not making money
off of advertising them, nor do I mean any harm towards any business or product or
item or trend mentioned in my stories.
Second, I know the internet is a perfect feeding ground for
plagiarizers all over the place, so I'll just say this straight: Don't do it. Touch my stuff,
redistribute it, anything
without my consent, knowledge, etc.,
and I will be terribly disappointed and angry. Especially if you try to make money off of it without my knowing. I just might hunt you
down and do terrible things to you. I'll probably come at you with a two by four
and a lawyer and shout your ear off on top of it all.
I ask, if any of you out there are fans of mine, and you find someone who's done the unspeakable, please inform me. I'll give you front row tickets to a serious beating. And a warm kiss and hug of utter thanks.
This
site is not supposed to be a place for people to abuse the internet's
openness and steal other people's work. That's unethical, low, and
should make said plagiarizers feel bad about themselves, knowing
they've so shamelessly stolen someone else's work.
If you
are visiting this site, this means you understand this and recognize my
claim of my own personal work. If you want to help publicize my work, though, then that's a different story and I ask you email me instead of stealing without permission or thought of consideration.
Now third, I'd just like to say that I have no beta---never have had one, probably never will---which means all of my submissions here are probably edited by me solely if unless stated otherwise. If you, the reader, catch anything in the story that seems inconsistent, or maybe mistakes be it plot-wise or grammatical or whatever, feel free to point it out in an email (with the proper heading of what story you're critiquing so I know what you're talking about). I'd more than likely want to know that just leave horrible work standing there for others to get disgusted over.
I do apologize if I come off as harsh or
frightening or
anything like that with what I have to say. I might've disturbed you
and just made you shy away
from this site... but please don't run away! I just happen to take
pride in my work and have spent many hours fleshing it out. It would
make me very sad if I had to take any action against anyone because of
the poor judgment of a second party.
So long as you don't steal my work or bash me unjustifiably in a review, then I'm highly unlikely to actually do anything to you. So, yeah... Not much else to say, I think I got pretty much all the bases covered.
If you're not discouraged from venturing further into this site, then please take a look around. I hope you'll enjoy it to the very end. Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to any and all feedback.
Also, if you have any questions whatsoever, be it about me or the things I write or otherwise, feel free to email me and ask. I'll respond as soon as I can.
Ptolemy
