Due to the current and horrible situation of theft I decided to try a different approach. I hope that it helps, I hope that it will flush this person out and I hope that those authors who were wronged felt I handled it well.
To the person who stole your stories I wrote them a private message on FF as follows:
“I decided to write you a private message instead of a public review. I would like to think that maybe you are just shy and worried what others in your fandom would think of your own writing. I am judging by the way that you have taken Klaroline fics and turned them into Steroline fics that Caroline/Stefan is your main pairing. That's fine, great even. Though I am not sure how the Steroline Fandom Community works or handles things but in my fandom, the Klaroline Community; we look out for and after our own.
You and I both know, along with many others including the authors you have blatantly violated, that you copied other's hard work, changed the names and are passing them off as your own. Why that is, I have no idea, I can only guess out of two things. One; isn’t a very nice option and I would like to think that you are not that mean of a person or that desperate for attention so let’s just skip that one for now. Two; that you really want to write but have no idea where to start.
Option two is where I would tell you that; as far as how it goes in the Klaroline Community, every single author I know, myself included, would be willing to help you. To read over your original works, offer you advice and support. Maybe they don’t do that sort of thing over in the Steroline Community but I find that hard to believe.
As an author myself; I know just how much time, effort, blood, sweat and tears go into each and every word we script together. Along with all the excited anxiety that comes as soon as we post something new; will they like it? Will they hate it?
I can tell you that all of the original works that you stole I have personally read and have been a fan of these authors for a long while now. That being said, I will be very put out if your theft deters them from writing anything new.
For you I am offering this; My inbox is open to you. If you are too afraid or ashamed to apologize personally, after you remove the stole stories of course, you may do so through me. I am in contact/have ways to contact each of the original authors. If you follow through with this, whether through me or by standing up and putting on your big girl panties and apologizing to them yourself, I will be willing to help you with your own stories by reading over them, editing and so on.
But if you do not do this I am sorry to say that I will have to report you. The bottom line here is that we all, no matter what fandom we follow, have dreams to become authors and/or enjoy the hobby of writing and telling stories. For anyone to steal someone else’s work and label it as their own is a heartbreaking violation of a code that we authors should follow.
I hope to hear back from you soon or at the very least hear that you have taken care of this horrible mistake.”
I hope this was okay. I will keep you all posted if I hear anything.
@xxafterthestormxx @lalainajanes @cuteasahybridpuppy @accidental-rambler @that-wandering-belle @klaroline69
Please tag the other author’s I missed, I went off of @lalainajanes post she made of a list for the stole works and their original pieces.
