I normally do not do this - using a chapter to post a personal message but I feel I must. Someone has recently posted a story that has stolen and plagiarized this one. She emailed me only 4 days ago asking to do so and I did NOT give this person permission. For her so say that she asked me to use my story does not constitute my permission.

I have every intention of finishing this story. I know it has been a while since I have written but that has been inevitable. I hope to get back to writing in the early new year. However, even if I never intended to finish it I would never give anyone my permission to take my story and complete it or post it as their own.

I have written to her and demanded that she immediately delete the story.

If you a a reader and/or fan of my writing, please let me know if you ever see any of my stories here or elsewhere being posted and claimed by someone else. I am disgusted, disappointed and saddened by this. This is not the first time this has happened to me. Another person did the same thing with my Santa Baby story several years ago. She posted it on another site where they thought I would probably not find it. But I have many followers who enjoy my writing and they always let me know when they see this happen. It is people who do this kind of thing, who steal others' work, that ruin these writing fandoms - for all of us. For someone to say she loves a story so much and use that as an excuse to steal it is indefensible.

Thank you, as always, to all of you who read and enjoy my stories. I have not abandoned it or you. I will be back to finish all of my stories.

Ellie