for those who left

[MrBlah]

this is a thread talking about different authors who have left for more than two (2) years please write about your favorite authors who no longer post

 

[lovecraft68]

I guess the one people will mention most is alwayswantedtoo. He hasn't been gone for two years yet, but is gone for good. Had his stories pulled, sent some goodbye e-mails around. His leaving was the result of serious-perhaps terminal-illness.

Tough to know that even here in our escape/fantasy land, real world shit still finds us.

Ahab scribe nothing in two years, no idea why. Sometimes people just stop writing, which is fine, but whenever someone wanders off, I hope for the best for them health wise.

Manyfeathers. Only one story in mid 2014, nothing since. He had a stroke back in 2013, but returned and wrote some more stories. Last conversation I had with him, he was recovering, but not 100% and more concerning was he sad his wife was having serious health issues.

All three of these are(were in AWT's case as he pulled everything) authors in the top ten all time favorite author list and immensely popular, but for me, I worry about the people first, not their stories and I find it disheartening that many people-especially with alwayswantedtoo-bemoan "oh no more free stories' more than the fact these people are going through serious things.

Another glowing example of human nature.

 

[sr71plt]

The site file is weaker for Selena Kitt having left--along with a few other highly favorited authors at that same time.

 

[Handley_Page]

The site file is weaker for Selena Kitt having left--along with a few other highly favorited authors at that same time.

And "the Alabama Slammer" (who's name escapes me).
Alex deKock is, I understand, suffering with a dicky ticker.

 

[TxRad]

My list of good writers gone would close in on a hundred very quickly.

 

[lovecraft68]

The site file is weaker for Selena Kitt having left--along with a few other highly favorited authors at that same time.

Sad that she left because the site saw it fit to choose 'freedom of speech' over doing the right thing and banning the assholes who drove her off.

 

[sr71plt]

Daniellekitten was another heavy hitter who allowed herself to be harassed off the site at the same time (a bit earlier) as Selena Kitt--in addition to a top-story male writer whose name I forget.

An author--and forum poster--I miss is MarshAllen.

 

[_Lynn_]

The cowboy, drksideofthemoon.

 

[sr71plt]

The cowboy, drksideofthemoon.

Ah, yes, that's the male author who declared he was leaving at the same time as Daniellekitten for the same reason of harassment that she left.

 

[lovecraft68]

Daniellekitten was another heavy hitter who allowed herself to be harassed off the site at the same time (a bit earlier) as Selena Kitt--in addition to a top-story male writer whose name I forget.

An author--and forum poster--I miss is MarshAllen.

And it was the same asshat harassing her if I recall.

As for posters I haven't seen 3113 around in a long time.

 

[TxRad]

Just a few

dr_mabeuse -- paying market
Evil Alpaca
L.A. Wicker
Colleen Thomas --Died
RedHairedandFriendly
mtnman2003
The Fool -- Pops in occasionally
Abs -- pops in occasionally
Cloudy -- pops in occasionally
sweetsubsarahh -- Got outed in real life and got left with a bunch of trouble from the last Chicago Litogether
CharleyH
Carl East -- Got married
Just-Legal
driphoney
estragon
jeninflorida
sophia jane -- Got blown north by a Hurricane
DesertPirate
SeaCat
Stella_Omega -- got tired of BS
NoJo
Dixon Carter Lee
FallingToFly
Liar
Nirvanadragones
ms.read
Austin8 -- his father died and he lost his landscaping business to the drought
Trinique_Fire
English Lady -- Paying market
Tatelou
matriarch -- Pops in occasionally
Belegon -- Pops in occasionally
Boota
litfan10
McKenna -- Got married and had a baby
Salvor-Hardon
neonlyte
Chantilyvamp
Misty_Morning
damppanties
Jenny_Jackson
SlickTony
rgraham666 -- Got married
shereads
impressive -- Started the Litogether charity books
starrkers
fieryjen
Rumple Foreskin -- lost his fight with blindness

 

[lovecraft68]

Jeninflorida is still around, but only on the GB as "neverendingme"

Litfan left because his wife Slave_ was harassed by the jackals on the GB to the point she went to another forum where people actually got tossed for acting like cyber bullies

They are two more examples of laurel's 'freedom of speech equals cyber bullying' business model. IN Slave's case it was Laurel's little friends doing it to her.

 

[JKendallDane]

The first ones I think of were all heavy hitters (all with multiple stories in the All Time HOF) in the GM category.

Robcub32 who is still cranking stories and books out, but in the paid market.

TimothyM who got fed up with the insanity of this forum and being harassed by anonymous comments.

(both of them are still active in the author community and posting at another site I'm also a member of)

Kitten2010 was in the paid market for a while, but got married and is busy with a new baby. She has been writing occasionally but posts at another site.

 

[_Lynn_]

Just a few

dr_mabeuse -- paying market
Evil Alpaca
L.A. Wicker
Colleen Thomas --Died
RedHairedandFriendly
mtnman2003
The Fool -- Pops in occasionally
Abs -- pops in occasionally
Cloudy -- pops in occasionally
sweetsubsarahh -- Got outed in real life and got left with a bunch of trouble from the last Chicago Litogether
CharleyH
Carl East -- Got married
Just-Legal
driphoney
estragon
jeninflorida
sophia jane -- Got blown north by a Hurricane
DesertPirate
SeaCat
Stella_Omega -- got tired of BS
NoJo
Dixon Carter Lee
FallingToFly
Liar
Nirvanadragones
ms.read
Austin8 -- his father died and he lost his landscaping business to the drought
Trinique_Fire
English Lady -- Psying market
Tatelou
matriarch -- Pops in occasionally
Belegon -- Pops in occasionally
Boota
litfan10
McKenna Got married and had a baby
Salvor-Hardon
neonlyte
Chantilyvamp
Misty_Morning
damppanties
Jenny_Jackson
SlickTony
rgraham666 -- Got married
shereads
impressive -- Started the Litogether charity books
starrkers
fieryjen
Rumple Foreskin -- lost his fight with blindness

Pirate keeps busy with family and the Knights of Columbus.

 

[GoldenCojones]

KillerMuffin
RayDario

Those would be my top two. But they were from a age ago when the world was more civil.

 

[PennLady]

Daniellekitten was another heavy hitter who allowed herself to be harassed off the site at the same time (a bit earlier) as Selena Kitt--in addition to a top-story male writer whose name I forget.

An author--and forum poster--I miss is MarshAllen.

DanielleKitten has a new story going. She's also had health problems over the last couple of years that interfered with her writing.

 

[sr71plt]

DanielleKitten has a new story going. She's also had health problems over the last couple of years that interfered with her writing.

That may be so, but when she left she very publicly threw down a "him or me" gauntlet and then left when she got no response (with some of us telling her she was unlikely to get a satisfactory response). She was a very popular writer at the time (at the top of the favorite listing) and she was openly being harassed by Scouries. Not particularly good marketing not to just erase the obvious personal harassment of your top-rated author at the time. Then darkofthemoon did the same publicly with the same result, and then Selena Kitt (although she didn't throw down a challenge; she just left) . . .

You would think a business person would get the message. There is a no business reason not to have a personal harassment forum rule and at least loosely enforcing it. Erasing of personal harassment isn't difficult and sends a message.

 

[lovecraft68]

That may be so, but when she left she very publicly threw down a "him or me" gauntlet and then left when when she got no response. She was a very popular writer at the time (at the top of the favorite listing) and she was openly being harassed by Scouries. Not particularly good marketing not to just erase the obvious harassment of your top-rated author at the time. Then darkofthemoon did the same publicly with the same result, and then Selena Kitt . . .

You would think a business person would get the message. There is a no business reason not to have a personal harassment forum rule and at least loosely enforcing it. Erasing of personal harassment isn't difficult and sends a message.

Am I the only one that noticed that scouries targeted both Kitt and Kitten when they were number one? Strange the site would allow him to do that to two number one authors while also creating fake contests, running up his stats, trolling....

Said it before, will say it again. Scouries is here because he serves a purpose.

As for your last point. Even Reddit has finally gotten that message and begun banning the trolls that have made the site uninhabitable.

It will never happen here. Now that the AH has a mod, the only forum un moderated is the GB...what a coincidence as that is laurel's favorite hangout and she openly encourages the insults, bullying and stalking there.

This is not a business, its a money making clubhouse.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

Jeninflorida is still around, but only on the GB as "neverendingme"

Litfan left because his wife Slave_ was harassed by the jackals on the GB to the point she went to another forum where people actually got tossed for acting like cyber bullies

They are two more examples of laurel's 'freedom of speech equals cyber bullying' business model. IN Slave's case it was Laurel's little friends doing it to her.

I wont name the person but they posted as a female and totally by accident I discovered she was a he. I mean, I was driving down the road when the proof was before my eyes! I checked it out and she was a he. I didn't confront anyone or share the info. I think the person went to prison for other deceits...fraud comes to mind.

 

[sr71plt]

Am I the only one that noticed that scouries targeted both Kitt and Kitten when they were number one?

Apparently not, as that was what I was saying in my post.

Scouries seems to be fading away. But from a business perspective (keeping your bread and butter producers providing your product to you for free happy), I haven't seen a whole lot of good business sense being displayed here. But maybe they don't have MBAs.

 

[Carnevil9]

I miss Grateful Fred. He had some unique stories, and was also a very amusing poster.

 

[sheablue]

I miss dampanties and Stella Omega.

It's ironic that some posting here about how harassment drove of some really good writers, are guilty of the same thing. Ah well, hypocrisy and bullying seldom recognize themselves.

 

[sr71plt]

I miss dampanties and Stella Omega.

It's ironic that some posting here about how harassment drove of some really good writers, are guilty of the same thing. Ah well, hypocrisy and bullying seldom recognize themselves.

I didn't see any evidence that dampanties was harassed. A good contributor to the forum, though. (and may actually be back with an alt.)

And I think Stella mostly left because Laurel deep-sixed her--giving her permission to do a query thread on adding a bi category and then claiming (on another forum) that she hadn't done so and had no intention of adding a bi category. But then, she also went after JBJ on being on the AH without posting stories (when she didn't do it either) and then still didn't do it when JBJ started posting stories. And there was the failed attempt to use the forum to get folks to abandon Lit. for Absolutewrite after a failed attempt to get political content off the AH. If the forum rules had been followed she would have been banned for that, but she wasn't. Yes, though, she was a major contributor to the forum and is missed.

 

[sheablue]

I wasn't saying dampanties was harassed, those were two separate thoughts.

Stella had strong opinions and she was right a good deal of the time. She was also a strong leader in the BDSM forum and cafe and her experience and advice was welcome and helpful. Maybe she still hangs out there, I'm not sure, I haven't checked in those areas in a long time.

 

[PennLady]

That may be so, but when she left she very publicly threw down a "him or me" gauntlet and then left when she got no response (with some of us telling her she was unlikely to get a satisfactory response). She was a very popular writer at the time (at the top of the favorite listing) and she was openly being harassed by Scouries. Not particularly good marketing not to just erase the obvious personal harassment of your top-rated author at the time. Then darkofthemoon did the same publicly with the same result, and then Selena Kitt (although she didn't throw down a challenge; she just left) . . .

You would think a business person would get the message. There is a no business reason not to have a personal harassment forum rule and at least loosely enforcing it. Erasing of personal harassment isn't difficult and sends a message.

I got the impression from email/PM exchanges with a couple of people, including DK, that DK left twice, once regarding Scouries and then once due to her health issues, which according to her current bio, she seems to have sorted out.