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Um, I'm working on a Pig fansite.

*headdesk*

You knew it would eventually come to this, didn't you?

Anyway, I promised myself that I would clean house at All About Spike first, before I get too deeply involved in this new project.

So here is my FINAL All About Spike update. *sniffle*

What? Updates at All About Spike? Really?

Yes, there have actually been a few final updates at All About Spike.

I went ahead and added most of what's been on my "To Archive" list for the past year or so. You'll find all the new stories (well, not actually new; these are older stories by Herself, FayJay, and Colleen) at this page:
http://www.allaboutspike.com/datepage.html?did=219

I also added three new(ish) chapters to Ginmar's "Ever After," which you'll find at:
http://www.allaboutspike.com/fic.html?id=578

All About Spike is now officially closed to new stories. I will continue to update works in progress, series', existing stories, and author information, at the request of the author. I'm not actually keeping up with Spike fic myself, so authors, please email me directly if updates are needed.

The site will continue to stay online, as I've always promised. I've set the homepage to link to five random stories; this is my way of encouraging readers to check out the 1,000+ excellent stories housed in the All About Spike archive:
http://www.allaboutspike.com

I'd also like to encourage everyone to check out WriterCon, the upcoming convention for fanfic readers and writers. WriterCon 2004 was a huge hit and WriterCon 2006 is going to be even better (and I'm not just saying that because I'm on the concomm this year!). Check it out at:
http://www.writercon.com

I should also note that, in looking through old emails, I have an overwhelming amount of unanswered correspondence related to the website and to Spike fandom. I'm REALLY sorry to those I didn't answer, I REALLY appreciate all the nice things that were said, and I just don't have time to reply to everyone. Every email was read and appreciated, and I suck for not always replying.

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Thank you so much for creating this wonderful resource and for keeping it up even now. I've discovered many stories and writers there, and I still have more to read. Our fandom wouldn't be the same without this archive.

Good luck on all your new projects. And I hope to meet you at Writercon.

Thanks!

I definitely hope I get to see you at Writercon. :)

Thank you for the incredible amount of work you put into the archive, and for not leaving it dangling when your heart isn't in the fandom anymore.

And thanks for liking my stories. It means a very great deal to me.

Aww, thanks Colleen. :)

Your writing is wonderful. So much insight in even the tiniest stories!

I haven't been able to access All About Spike for awhile now, every browser gives me a "server not found". It got me wondering if you've got my IP blocked or something like that.

Wow, weird. I've never heard of anyone else having that problem.

I definitely don't have any IPs blocked or anything like that. Maybe something weird is going on on the server's end? Have you tried checking it from other computers? If you send me your IP address, I'll contact the people who own the server and ask them what's up.

Sorry about that. What a strange issue....!

whatevs....

what about the show last night?!

It's cool you're putting a decent pig site out there!

But, really, allaboutspike is an important part of online history, and it's great that it'll still be there.

Oh, y'know, same as always. Albion is hot and gross and expensive, and I'm constantly ducking creepy men, and they don't have the mint leaves for a mojito and it costs $7 for a beer and their selection sucks, the best I can get is a Heineken which is just sad...

Oh, and Bella Morte. Yeah, they're not actually that good, but they're fun. I like them better unplugged. And I will soon be seeing them unplugged, if I can get off my ass and walk over to CBGBs. It's in an hour; don't think I'll be getting dressed up for this one.....

Post the link to the pig site when you get it done. I loves me some raymond.

I just wanted to thank you one more time for creating the fantastic archive that is allaboutspike. This was my introduction to this fandom in particular, fandom in general, and LiveJournal. It made a huge difference that I began my reading with an archive which was so well-done in every way: great choices of stories, clearly and effectively organized, easy to use. I can't even count the hours and hours of enjoyment I've derived from the stories you archived and the stories I found because of your archive, and I have found such delightful people on LiveJournal whom I would never have met if not for you. So, for what it's worth, you've made a big and positive difference in the life of an absolute stranger--and I'm sure I'm not the only one!

I really can't thank you enough!

You? You kick ass. Always have, and All About Spike is just a small part of that.

I want to thank you again for all the hard work you put into All about Spike! It is still my go-to place whenever I'm jonesing for some good fic, and I'm ~~really happy~~ ecstatic and relieved to hear that the archive will stay up and that WIP updates will still get posted.

Thank you so much for All About Spike and for all the hard work you've put into it.

::applauds::