Author's Note 1:
Hi there! I know that many of you are fans of TDP (I'm halfway through writing chapter 8 right now as I'm writing this), and others of you are new and curious about this ongoing epic of mine. I do hope you continue reading, and that you truly enjoy what you see. ^_^ I just wanted to write a thank you to everyone for bearing with me, because I know that this piece has been in the making for over 2 years now, and I've found a really faithful reader base!
There were just a few favors I wanted to ask from you all. If you'd like to keep seeing it being made, comments are always a wonderful incentive! I've had a hard time recently working with a writer's block, but I've been able to get things out once in a while thanks to inspiration from all your comments. ^_^
For now, I just wanted to ask you mainly to do this for me:
If you see ANYONE ripping off my work (especially The Dark Phoenix, since it is my longest running fic), please contact me! Just recently, I was alerted by a really kind person who knew my work that some member named "Agent Orange" on FF Online had actually tried to steal my work! I could hardly believe it O_O I am sort of flattered that he liked it that much that he chose one of mine to take as his own, but that's not the point. He was trying to steal something I spent a lot of time and emotion making! Any of you who are authors or artists yourself would probably know how I feel right now, if you imagined seeing someone else's name on something you worked hard on.
So please, if you see someone else put their name on The Dark Phoenix, A Tortured Soul, My Rillia, Dragon's Blood (even though the latter's less likely because it's personalized ^^;), or anything else, PLEASE e-mail me at sephiroth_x@ameritech.net and give me a link! This goes if anyone with a nick other than something related to Aerith is posing as me (if it really is me, I'll still thank you ^_~), or if someone is claiming it to belong to someone else completely. I can provide all the proof needed that this is MY story. Thank you. ^_^ I appreciate your understanding, and I look forward having you as my reader. ^_^
-Daphne Sy (a.k.a. Aerith)
