This just in. One of our blog readers has just sent us this photograph taken late last night of two Mystery Men dedicated to fighting trolls and moonlighting as caped crusaders:
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LOL! I think I know who they are. Their names are Dumb and Dumber. 😀
LMAO! Dumb and Dumber. That’s right! 😀
STGRB, I’ve got a question. Why was he banned from your blog? I want to hear your side of the story.
He was banned because he did something unbelievably stupid. He threatened Athena in an email. Athena was trying to calm the waters over the whole email mess and he threatened her. No one blackmailed him. No one was going to kick him out of any FB groups. There was no “secret plan” to have him removed from anything. There was no “deal” cut with GR.
Threatening people in emails is something he is known for. It’s what got him kicked off Goodreads. During his attack, he sent Archer Adam Pring an email saying he was going to buy a plane ticket so he and Archer could fight it out. He challenged Archer to a physical fight. Archer reported the email to Goodreads and he was banned. In his defense, he was provoked. Like the trolls do to so many authors, he was backed into a cage like a wild animal and he did the only thing he could at the time. He lashed out and then got in trouble for it, but this recent lashing out at Athena was uncalled for. So he was also banned from our blog as well.
I always had a strange feeling about him but didn’t want to say anything. Everything always seemed to be about him. All the drama, as if he just wanted to attract attention to himself to increase his blog traffic. It became obvious when he turned that whole Goodreads sexual role play with minors article into a personal war with that one blogger. I read it thinking, what the hell does sexual role play with minors have to do with his personal online battles? Nothing.
I noticed that too. It irritated me everytime he posted a link to his blog and said, “Everyone come over to my blog and check it out.” He was using STGRB. Both he and Rick. Now that STGRB has banned him, he’s trying to hitch his wagon to Anne Rice. Someone should warn her.
I’ve never seen anyone have a meltdown like that. Ever. That was spectacular.
I knew that there was something off about him when he started to harass those girls he never shut up about. Not to mention his self-praising and very repetitive, unreadable blog posts.
Have you seen his most recent? Dumb just got dumber. So maybe their names should be Dumber and Dumbest?
If he thinks he’s smearing Athena’s reputation, he’s dead wrong. Her beauty shines through in everything she says while his egomania becomes blatantly obvious.
Agreed, Observer.
I’m mad at myself for not speaking up about him sooner. His case has been one of the only ones that I never agreed with. He has basically stalked at least two girls for last year and a half. He wrote posts thousands of words long about the one girl who had the nerve to tell her blog readers to stay away from him and guess what?? She was right! I think he is dangerous and has been on the verge of a complete and total meltdown for a while now. If anyone is a badly behaved author, it’s him! I felt so badly for those two girls. He even made entire blogs about both of them and wrote some really horrible untrue things. This is the sort of behavior that we expect from some of the bullies, not from an author.
That has got to be the strangest post I’ve ever read. How can he possibly think that paints him in a good light? I would be humiliated to publish something like that.
I agree, Observer, as does Lucy’s. He made a mistake and now he’s blaming everyone else? Lucy had every right to ask him to remove that post and she did it with class. It’s also clear that Athena was trying her best to resolve the situation, showing concern for those who have been attacked. You’d think out of anyone, he would sympathize with that. Being the victim he claims he is, how could he not? This is why I’m glad to see his real character come out. I used to read his blog and sympathize with how the bullies treated him. Not anymore. He is worse than any bully.
I’ve never seen a meltdown like that either. It was rather magnificent, wasn’t it? Is it just me, or did it seem like he was trying to convince himself? His convictions kept changing. You notice? First he was ALL about the cause. Then it HAD to have been an agreement made between Goodreads and STGRB because it couldn’t have had anything to do with his behavior, could it? Then finally, it was all a big scam to dupe him, use him, and toss him aside because again, it couldn’t have had ANYTHING to do with his behavior. Oh no! Not that! (sarcasm)
Wasn’t he the guy who used a photo of a much younger male model as his profile picture? He pretended it was him in the photo. LOL! The photo attracted a young female blogger and the two became quite friendly through emails, until the girl found out the male model in the photo wasn’t him. That was a creepy thing to do. Although, it was still wrong of the trolls to attack him the way they did. I can understand why people were annoyed with him, but it’s no reason to bully someone.
He regularly claims he was bullied more then anyone. Is it a competition? The trolls moved on and forgot about him, but he kept stirring the whole thing back up again. I don’t think he liked being bullied at the start, but it seemed to take over his life. After a while, he seemed to relish all the attention. He really should move on and forget about it. The trolls have totally forgotten about him, but he is desperately trying to keep the whole thing going. He is trying to sensationalize authors being attacked. Unfortunately he is becoming the very thing he was fighting against.
I skimmed through his most recent blog post, I couldn’t read the whole thing because my eyes kept glazing over due to the length of it. I’m not entirely sure what the point of his blog post is. The emails show Athena in a very good light. It’s so nice to see that even behind the scenes, Athena is doing her best to protect authors’ safety. This proves that Athena is dedicated to the cause. Even when no one is looking, she is still standing up for authors. Athena is a strong and powerful woman. She selflessly stands up to cyberbullies. I believe STGRB has brought positive change to Goodreads. It’s great to see other bloggers getting inspiration and courage from STGRB. There are anti-bullying blogs popping up everywhere now. It’s great to see.
Kime, I agree that the emails put both Athena and Lucy in a good light. Athena even tried to warn him about his temper. To me, that’s the sign of a true friend — someone who tells you the truth about yourself when you can’t see it. She even said she hoped it would help him and that he would take it constructively. Apparently he didn’t and now he has done more damage to himself and his reputation than can ever be undone.
That is the same guy. It all started because he called bloggers out who stole his books. He did it very publicly instead of trying to solve the problem in private. People on Goodreads found out and he kept digging himself into a hole and Goodreads kicked him off. He then wrote crazy blog posts and attacked the girl he dated and some other blogger. He made up lies about the one girl having an abortion and wrote the other girl had an affair. There is something really wrong with him!! I urge everyone to stay away from him and let him suffer in his own misery. I don’t want to see anything horrible happen to anyone.
I thought he said he was taking his blog down. Apparently not.
Nope. The fearless superhero had a talk with his mommy and changed his mind.
Hi everyone! I want to thank you all for openly supporting Lucy. She should have never been exposed the way she was. It’s exactly the thing that STGRB is fighting against, exposing authors to abuse. I also want to apologize for having misjudged him. That was my fault. I should have seen the red flags early on. As for this comment thread, I have decided to close it down. I think this discussion has run its course. I want to move forward and focus on the positive changes happening on Goodreads and Amazon. I hope you all understand.