And I'm in a position of either letting them take my story and be quiet while put it wherever they want it--without, so far, them saying a word to me about it; or taking my story back and have people call me names.
I decided not to participate in Yuletide this year (my story got posted on a purpose-made blog (http://yuletideoverdrive.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/authors-note-on-writing-this-and-otw/)) precisely because I was unhappy about being forced to participate in AO3 (and was made still more unhappy at the reaction from Astolat that I was "acting entitled" when I quoted her own Yuletide rules at her).
I haven't yet decided what to do about the past stories I wrote for 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, or 2008, but they're my stories and if I decide to take them down, well, dammit, they're mine and I get to decide where they're published. They're certainly not going to be "orphaned".
My support to you whatever you decide. You are not "in the wrong" - you get to decide where your stories are published.
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I decided not to participate in Yuletide this year (my story got posted on a purpose-made blog (http://yuletideoverdrive.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/authors-note-on-writing-this-and-otw/)) precisely because I was unhappy about being forced to participate in AO3 (and was made still more unhappy at the reaction from Astolat that I was "acting entitled" when I quoted her own Yuletide rules at her).
I haven't yet decided what to do about the past stories I wrote for 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, or 2008, but they're my stories and if I decide to take them down, well, dammit, they're mine and I get to decide where they're published. They're certainly not going to be "orphaned".
My support to you whatever you decide. You are not "in the wrong" - you get to decide where your stories are published.