rheasilvia: (Once Upon A Time)
2019-04-12 05:08 pm

Crimes of Websites Past

So, a while back [personal profile] galaxysoup and I were reminiscing about the horrors of classic fannish website design. Remember when Geocities was a thing and disclaimer pages made you hunt for the second comma in the thirteenth line? Remember purple text on black background, blinking gifs and flashing text, cheesy ornamental buttons, weird graphics and crazy fonts?

Well, as it turns out, I still have evidence of some of my transgressions. Here they are, for your amusement! Pictures under the cut!  )

Sooo… what do you think?
Poll #21797 Times were different, MacLeod. I was different.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 27


But why?

View Answers

You Too Can Learn HTML
4 (14.8%)

X-Files Versus Readability
5 (18.5%)

The Red and the Black Archive
5 (18.5%)

Quoth the Raven
1 (3.7%)

Eroica Overload
4 (14.8%)

Art Nouveau Green
6 (22.2%)

All of the above!
8 (29.6%)

OMG. WHY.
1 (3.7%)

None of the above!
0 (0.0%)

NO SHAME.
22 (81.5%)

Spar….kles?
3 (11.1%)

SPARKLES!!
16 (59.3%)



Do you have any early website crimes to share? Show us the evidence!!
rheasilvia: (Default)
2014-05-26 01:00 am
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Back online!

My website is back online! By the Pen is now here. It has a less pretty URL, but is otherwise completely unchanged.

I've changed all links to point to the new site - or at least I think I have. If you come across any broken links, please do let me know.
rheasilvia: (Default)
2014-05-22 06:45 pm
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"By the Pen" downtime

Unfortunately, my website will be down for a while - I'm looking for a new host and haven't found the time to look into all the possibilities yet.

In the meantime, almost all of my stories are available on AO3.

My X-Files novel "The Gift of an Enemy" is the only exception - if that's the story you want, just drop me a line and I'll send it to you.

Sorry for the inconvenience!