Hi Everyone! Sol here with a bit of a PSA.

I know the most recent chapters of my current fics are taking forever to come out, and I apologize that this is not an update - HOWEVER, it IS a public service announcement.

There's currently a monetized Russian website called fanfics. me (no space) that is reposting fanfics for download without the consent of the author. As far as I'm aware, their site is NOT DMCA COMPLIANT, meaning anyone whose work is reposted MAY get in legal trouble for 'profiting' off a copyrighted franchise/book/film, or etc.

TWO OF MY WORKS WERE POSTED ON THIS WEBSITE. I DID NOT GIVE THE SITE OWNER MY PERMISSION TO UPLOAD THEM THERE. And even if I DID - I REVOKE IT AT THIS TIME, ON THE GROUNDS THAT fanfics. me IS A MONETIZED SITE, AND I AM NOT ABOUT TO GET IN ANY KIND OF LEGAL BULLSHIT OVER FANFICTION.

I have sent the site owner an email demanding the removal of my works - Dragon Blade and Crash-landed. If they are NOT removed within a timely manner, I will be posting the transcripts of the emails (Russian and English translations) on my twitter and tumblr. I have currently made posts about this theft. If you're so inclined - please reblog or retweet them, and the post that I link in the tumblr vent as well. And for any fellow A03 users - tag your works with "Don't copy to another site" as this will force the fic-lifting script to skip your work.

I am posting this PSA on all my multichaptered stories on ffnet, and I have tagged all of my A03 works with the tag above. Please check out the post on my tumblr/twitter for information about how to find and remove your works - and PLEASE do so. Being sued over fanfiction is EXACTLY the kind of terror that was rampant before the advent of A03 and their volunteer legal team, and I don't want ANYONE to be placed in the position of forced deletion or forced payment of monetary damages.

Stay safe, loves. Next chapters of my fics should be coming out soon - I'm just...currently struggling to write a thesis that, for some reason, I decided to write fully and THEN translate into Mandarin Chinese.

~Sol