Sharkward

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Some disturbing, yet important news.

My-Bella and I wanted to take a minute to talk about something that may affect many of us in the very near future if it hasn't already.

Literally thousands of stories with mature content are being pulled from FanFiction.net left and right with no warning whatsoever or without giving to the authors the opportunity to fix or remove the material in question. I have heard of several authors loosing their stories forever because the only copy they had of them is the one that existed on FF. I know it would be devastating to myself if that were to happen to me.

Many of us authors and readers are taking part in a boycott of FanFiction.net this weekend, Friday and Saturday. FanFiction relies on what's known as click advertising to fund their site. By not gong to the site at all, this hurts them by them not getting money for us simply visiting the site. That is how click advertising works, I am sure you have all seen those adds that are at the top of all the pages we open on the site.

So if you are interested in participating you need to not, only not sign in, but refrain form going to FanFiction in any way at all. I know it may be difficult to hold back from reading any stories that you may be waiting on to update, but waiting a day or two to read them is certainly better than having them removed all together.

What we are hoping to accomplish is to get the powers that be at FanFiction to require an additional login for an story containing mature content. It is something that would be very simple for them to do and this would go a long way in helping to make sure that those underage are not reading material that is not suited for them.

It's totally up to you whether you decide to participate or not. We just wanted to make you all aware of the situation. We also wanted to let you know that should Beneath the Surface suddenly disappear, it is also available to read over on The Writers Coffee Shop.

The link for Beneath the Surface there is...

http://www.thewriterscoffeeshop.com/library/viewstory.php?sid=5306

Thanks so much for being the amazing, wonderful readers that you are. My-Bella and I feel so very fortunate to have such wonderful readers.

Until next time,

EA & My-Bella

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Beneath The Surface, chapter ten, shark tagging equipment

Getting in the water with sharks is no game for the crew of Team Masen. They take every precaution available to them and that includes gear specially designed for close encounters with the apex predators of the ocean. The need to be agile and to handle the weight of some of the gear keeps the crew striving to stay in top physical condition. While they all enjoy their jobs immensely, they definitely have to work hard to see results from their missions aboard Galeos.