Good thing I keep my blogs on WP com.  I would be one unhappy author with the amount of crappy web hosting and/or domain service I’ve had on my sites.  At least my main site is usually up and running.

Please don’t drink and drive — whether you are driving a car, a boat, or a motor scooter.

And for you historians — sure, argue the “birthday” is some other date if you want — I’m still counting it as July 4.

Eugena Net

Fanfiction Works:

Hyorinmaru Fanfiction Collective

Wikia apparently uses “creative commons” and reminds me a bit of facebook.  I really don’t want Wikia to just re-post, edit and post my entries to MY works.

So, what’s my solution?  I’m trying out a new host for Hyorinmaru and Eugena Net.  I will be putting a fanfiction wiki on Hyorinmaru and an original works wiki on Eugena Net.

First, reasons to keep FB:
1) According to various reports, employers,  school officials, etc. think there is SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU if you do not do social networking.  Why is that?

My ideas: Employers, School, Government, etc LOVES I repeat LOVES social networking.  They can use it to SPY on you.  But it’s not really spying, right?  You are putting info on the ‘net.

Oh, wait, YOU don’t always put the info on the ‘net.  Random people you know might put pictures of YOU on FB WITHOUT your consent, tag you, and places it in a somewhat publicly accessible photo album.  They often don’t even restrict the album to certain people (ex: family only).  And my favorite?  You untag yourself and they just tag you again!

So if your clandestine inquirers cannot look via social network and get the dirt on you, you MUST have something to hide.  Yes, just forget maybe you ACTUALLY APPRECIATE YOUR OWN PRIVACY.

2) School work

or your relevant network.  Because no one calls anyone anymore.  They just want to IM you or expect you have read their facebook – don’t you love the “just gone to the bathroom posts”?

Reasons I’m not really using it:

Apparently, according to facebook’s terms of service or other item, they have the right to HAVE your stuff.  So, writers out there, you may want to check before posting your great idea.  Maybe they are okay with STEALING it from you.  You post it, they own it.

That’s the most recent discussion I’ve heard on facebook for that subject.  Could have changed.

And the other reason?  I covered that above.  I don’t mind tagging me in cutesy pictures — this cute little animal reminds me of you, etc.  But I DO mind personally (my photo) being tagged or my stuff (Age of Merrik, etc. promotion) unless I’ve already put it out there.

There has been a LOT of deleted profiles.  Sure, don’t be like Weiner.  And don’t get your best “Chapter One” ‘borrowed’.  If that “borrowing” is really happening, I hope some lawyer out there will attack facebook.  It deserves it.

There is supposedly a way to screen comments, but since I have not found a “post comment when approved” type method, I will not be updating my journals.

I’m not going to move my blogs off wordpress.  I would consider using the blogger service, but I will not move my blogs to the new host.  I get tired of importing my blog posts again and again.

I disagree with the Terms of Service/Creative Commons for most wikia hosts and will be moving my wiki and wikia entries to the new sites.  One for original fiction, one for fanfiction (Hyorinmaru).

Hard to believe that a site I started about 2 years ago has such a following.

But I finally found a recommended host with MYSQL support so my efiction library can be up. I only get 1 of these databases, so I will be putting both my fanfiction and my original fiction excerpts here.

Trying out another host for a forum site.

Exams time. Look for updates in May. Thank you readers!

I have a list of all my FB Fan Pages at http://tinyurl.com/emfanpages

Users can still add me to their FB games list. Any posts to me will have to be via one of my Pages.