To Steal A Book Is An Elegant Offense

European dragon/Crab/Sun

I saw a post go by recently...somewhere. Truthfully, it might have been on Discord.

It mentioned the fact that the poster misses the old-school author's notes on fic and that got me thinking about the fact that two things are happening simultaneously (might be corollary, not causational, but bear with me): 1. Fandom --and fic and art in particular-- is becoming more transactional and less interactive.

2. Author's/Artist's notes put a human face on the work. And it made me think about how I used to write and post vs how I do that now. AN were very much a part of how I did this "back in the day" and now I usually only use that space for administrative reasons (noting if it's part of an event, linking works together as related, explaining an au, etc) and it feels rather impersonal on my end. Like I'm churning out fic instead of writing it to share with friends and fellow fen.

So.

I'm going to start including AN again. The good kind. The kind that talk about why I wrote what I did and maybe mention a personal thing or two that may or may not be relevant to the story at hand.

A Fair Return

Sleep deprivation

Drugs

Pretty girl

Pretty not girl

Hungry

Stressed out

Drone incursions are becoming more and more of an issue when it comes to wildfires, so last year I designed these graphics, but I never got around to sharing them anywhere.

If you send your drone up during a wildfire, even if you don't feel like you are that close, all planes and helicopters in the area may have to be grounded which can have a massive and detrimental effect on first responders' ability to manage that fire.

If you send your drone up and a plane or helicopter hits it, no matter how small your drone is, it could crash that aircraft injuring or killing those on board and potentially people on the ground as well. Even if the aircraft stays up, it will have damage that could ground it for an indeterminate and potentially extensive amount of time, meaning one less resource is available for that fire and other fires.

Just don't do it.

These graphics are free to use and distribute for any non-profit uses! You can check out my Payhip store to download (for free, or pay what you want) a package of files that include vertical versions of each design, print sizes, and social media sizes.

I've seen this happen before, and like I said, it's a pain in the ass for EVERYONE. We communicate via radio on fires, and any time a channel has to be taken up by some bullshit like "there's a civilian drone flying" is time when other information can't be communicated over that channel. Larger incidents usually have open channels for just about everything, but still, it's radio traffic that doesn't need to be taking up airtime.

Most wildfires and prescribed burns have established Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs). If you plan on flying a personal drone somewhere, please check that there isn't a TFR in place. The FAA has this information freely available, and I believe there are several apps where the information is updated as well.