I am currently editing a reprint anthology, that FurPlanet Productions will publish for Anthrocon 2015 in July. I found one story online on a 1997 post that I liked. When I e-mailed the author to ask if we could buy the reprint rights, he said that he had forgotten all about it long ago. He was embarrassed to have such an early example of his writing resurrected today -- but he has taken the $50, and you'll see it in July. I think that everybody will still enjoy reading this "forgotten" story. Yes, there are still gems to be found on "embarrassing" old posts.
At the same time, some early work is truly amateurish and embarrassing today, and I can appreciate the creators wanting to remove all traces of it from the Internet.
I am currently editing a reprint anthology, that FurPlanet Productions will publish for Anthrocon 2015 in July. I found one story online on a 1997 post that I liked. When I e-mailed the author to ask if we could buy the reprint rights, he said that he had forgotten all about it long ago. He was embarrassed to have such an early example of his writing resurrected today -- but he has taken the $50, and you'll see it in July. I think that everybody will still enjoy reading this "forgotten" story. Yes, there are still gems to be found on "embarrassing" old posts.
At the same time, some early work is truly amateurish and embarrassing today, and I can appreciate the creators wanting to remove all traces of it from the Internet.
Fred Patten