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I started posting my stories on Archive Of Our Own (AO3). That’s where my all my stories will be available. I’ll send some to Nifty, but they do have a policy where straight stories officially aren’t allowed. AO3 has an awesome CMS for me, no weird copyright sh*t, and a minimum age of fictional characters that I can live with.
So, keep an eye on https://archiveofourown.org/users/Jasoncrowwriter It will take me some time to post everything, but to me, that’s the way forward.
Christmas is usually a time for reflection, and over the past few weeks I’ve done plenty of that. After a lot of thinking, I’ve decided to stop running the site.
Don’t get me wrong, I genuinely enjoyed maintaining it. I liked posting new stories, tweaking settings, and generally tinkering behind the scenes. It was fun, creative, and oddly satisfying. But at some point, I had to admit that the risk/reward balance just wasn’t there anymore. The effort and the potential downsides started to outweigh the joy I was getting from it. And then when the message from my hosting party dropped… (read all about that below)
Every now and then, a kind message would land in my inbox from someone who enjoyed a story, and I’m grateful for those. Even the ones where someone was colorful about how much they sprayed over their keyboards….
After the bomb dropped, I kept asking myself, “Why continue, and what do I really get out of this?” I couldn’t find an answer that felt convincing enough.
The money was never the issue. The site costs me about €100–€150 a year, which is manageable. What I can’t justify anymore is the ongoing sense of pressure and uncertainty that comes with it. Even when you’re confident you’re acting within the rules, it only takes one report or one interpretation to find yourself in a lot of trouble.
In theory, I know that what I do is legal. In practice, the lines feel increasingly blurry. Hosting policies change, interpretations vary, and I don’t have the energy to keep navigating that minefield on my own. At some point, stepping away becomes the more reasonable choice.
If someone out there does have a safe place to host the site or feels more comfortable carrying it forward, you’re more than welcome to reach out. I’ll gladly provide a backup (without any non-essential images) and help get things running. But for me, that will be the last thing I do with the site, and I consider this chapter closed.
That said, I’m not done writing. Not at all. I’ll be posting what hasn’t been shared yet on Nifty, and I’ll also pass along Cali’s and Rwxxx13’s work. I might explore other platforms as well (like Archive of Our Own or storiesonline), once I’ve had a good look at their rules.
I’m sad it’s come to this. Everything I did was done with good intentions. Still, it sometimes feels like tilting at windmills: ideals meeting reality, and reality winning. Maybe that’s just how it goes.
There’s a strong and necessary focus these days on protecting people from real harm online. Something I fully support. Unfortunately, that wide net can sometimes catch things that were never meant to cause harm in the first place. I can understand why that happens, even if it’s frustrating to be on the receiving end.
So, with a heavy heart, I’m pulling the plug. The irony isn’t lost on me: the site began as a tribute to Alex Hawk, grew into something bigger, and now ends for much the same reasons Alex stepped away. The difference is that I’m not giving up on writing. At least not yet.
That’s it… Thank you for reading, for supporting, and for being part of the ride. It really was fun while it lasted.
Jason out.
Now… What happened?
I know some of you have been wondering what happened to the site. Let me explain.
A little over three weeks ago, I received a notification from my hosting provider saying there had been an abuse report filed against my account. When I asked for details, they told me, after almost a whole day of waiting, that it involved a copyright infringement. However, they couldn’t tell me what content was supposedly infringing. I kept pressing, because if I don’t know what the problem is, I can’t fix it. Eventually, they admitted they didn’t know either. I was given a chance to re-enable the site, but with the warning that there wouldn’t be unlimited chances.
A few days later, I received another email stating that my account had been permanently banned, could not be reactivated, and that the decision was final and non-negotiable. WTF?!
I tried contacting them again, but I was welcomed to the modern world of “AI.” There was no way to reach a human being, only an automated chatbot. And yes, I’m putting AI in quotes on purpose. This (and most bots, for that matter) wasn’t artificial intelligence; it was just a large language model serving canned FAQ responses. That’s not intelligence, just marketing hype. (Sorry for the side rant.)
After a lot of persistence and refusing to give up, I finally managed to speak to an actual human who could explain what had happened. The issue turned out to be the Eye Candy section, which had been reported to my hosting provider as abuse. The hosting provider has a zero-tolerance policy, and that was the end of the discussion. I strongly disagree with that classification, but there was, and is, nothing I can do about it. Still, I won’t pretend it didn’t shake me. I can’t afford to have authorities knocking on my door over something like this.
I hope you understand now why I decided to quit altogether.
Your friendly neighborhood author,
Jason
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