I truly appreciate everybody who has followed these stories, and I have archived every comment. You simply cannot imagine how they mean the world to me. I am working on republishing these stories on other platforms and will post links here when they are available.
So I'm sure you've all heard, the owners of Tapas have decided to pull the plug and leave all its creators in the cold. The final day of service is set to be 31 March 2027, but honestly it already feels like the place is gasping its last.
I've seen many other creators expressing thanks to Tapas and wishing them well. I will not be one of those creators. Don't get me wrong: I am eternally grateful for what Tapas has given me: An audience, an abundence of stories from other creators, and, most importantly, a "found family"... but it is perhaps the loss of that last thing that has got me bitter. Over the years I have developed freindships with other creators. A big part of my day was reading stories, posting comments, and interacting with other creators. Art swaps, guest stories, "draw-this-in-your-style" challenges and events... I absolutely loved all of it. Knowing that certain stories would update on, say, Thursdays and Sundays always gave me something to look forward to on those days. Those creators and their stories have almost become like family. We're all pretty much one big family here. When I see that a certain creator has suddenly stopped updating I am genuinely concerned, sometimes even for their safety.
And now Tapas is ripping it all away.
Yes, we will find new places to publish our stuff, but it will never be the same. Hundreds of artists and writers scattered across dozens of very different platforms is going to be difficult to keep track of, and many of us with smaller audiences will find ourselves starting over from scratch. I am certainly going to try, but it ain't gonna be easy.
And now Tapas is ripping it all away.
Yes, we will find new places to publish our stuff, but it will never be the same. Hundreds of artists and writers scattered across dozens of very different platforms is going to be difficult to keep track of, and many of us with smaller audiences will find ourselves starting over from scratch. I am certainly going to try, but it ain't gonna be easy.
I've started the process of moving Defining Daecon and Wild Nights, Hot and Crazy Days over to new platforms, including NovelCult and Scribblehub. It will take some significant reformatting (and some significant learning on my part as to how do use these new platforms), but on the plus side, I have been working on final print versions of the stories, and these final versions are what will be posted there.
One thing that I only learned tonight, thanks to Skidiggy and CEWashburn, is that AI has been scraping Tapas "community" stories ("community" stories on Tapas are any that you don't have to pay to read. This includes stories that feature "early access") in order to steal content. Because of this I will be pulling all of my work off Tapas as soon as I can, possibly this weekend (November 7-8, 2026).
It's gonna take me a while to get back up and running on the other sites (both for reading and for publishing) but If I follow your stories here on Tapas I will make every effort to find you elsewhere.
Hope to see you on the other side.
One thing that I only learned tonight, thanks to Skidiggy and CEWashburn, is that AI has been scraping Tapas "community" stories ("community" stories on Tapas are any that you don't have to pay to read. This includes stories that feature "early access") in order to steal content. Because of this I will be pulling all of my work off Tapas as soon as I can, possibly this weekend (November 7-8, 2026).
It's gonna take me a while to get back up and running on the other sites (both for reading and for publishing) but If I follow your stories here on Tapas I will make every effort to find you elsewhere.
Hope to see you on the other side.
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