[FFML] [Req.] For all who've finished fics, but posted only portions to RAAC

[David McMillan]

Craig wrote:
> On Fri, 1 May 2009, Kalle Blomster <kalle.blomster at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>> Rakhal's old index doesn't list the fic in question at all, so the likelihood of
>> it being stored in one of the R.A.A.C FTP archives or something seems low.
> 
> Although not relevant to this particular fic (as none of it appears ever 
> to have been posted to RAAC), this is becoming a common and extremely 
> frustrating problem, which has grown considerably over the past few years: 
> i.e., the number of fics that have been finished, but only bits of which 
> were ever posted to RAAC.  Four examples come immediately to mind: 
> _Demiurge_, _Relentless_, _The Saotome Gambit_ and _Ill Met by Starlight_, 

	Eh?  I thought Jamie Wilde's site, where _The_Saotome_Gambit_ was 
hosted, vanished long ago.  I know I've tried to find it again several 
times, even sent his wife (her site was still up and had an email link) 
an email about it, but never got a reply.
	Which *sucks,* b/c Wilde was a top-notch writer, IMHO.  But he just 
seemed to drop off the net without warning one day.  He did have another 
site where it looked like he was developing an RPG, which was still up 
the last time I looked, but I haven't checked it for activity in a while.

> So, this is a simple request to all those who have finished fics over the 
> years, but who never completed posting them to RAAC: if at all possible, 
> do so before they're lost.

	That would be awfully nice.  But I suspect that, in the era of FF.net 
and its ilk, RAAC is losing relevance.  We seem to have a new generation 
of authors who aren't even aware of its existence.