Welcome back for the continuing story of Once Upon a Time in the Land of BookLikes. Below is Part 4, the grand finale! If you haven’t read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3, we recommend it before continuing.
Enjoy!
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Having been banned from Evil Queen Shelby’s court and from the Kingdom of Goodreads, Gavin returned to his home in the land of BookLikes and :
And Troll Grim felt bad:
And rivulets of dissent started trickling in:
Then, suddenly, a flood erupted and that’s when the fighting began, instigated again by Troll Edward:
To Sir STGRB’s non-surprise, he was blamed for the whole thing even when he had had nothing to do with it:
So, SIr STGRB shook his head in wonder and continued to watch Evil Queen Shelby’s minions fight amongst themselves:
Watching the whole farce play out, Sir STGRB scratched his head and wondered the very same thing as Troll Char, specifically: why were the fake reviews and twitter gaming suddenly not important to readers who used to attack authors for this very thing?
Very strange.
Meanwhile, Troll Edward returned to his home in the land of BookLikes and made a public announcement that what he had done in the Kingdom of Goodreads, he had done maliciously and on purpose:
And Spare Ammo called him desperate and icky:
Then, the trolls and flying monkeys went after Troll Edward:
Finally, Troll Amanda , acting as if she had never done anything similar in her entire life:
Fed up with the behavior of her court, Evil Queen Shelby decided to leave the land of BookLikes and claimed she was going to leave the Kingdom of Goodreads as well:
But when she received several pleas from her fawning sycophants:
She decided to stay and they all danced in celebration:
And Gavin? What happened to poor, bullied and banned Gavin? How did his story end?
Well, after having been shattered by the evil queen and her minions, he learned a very valuable lesson:
He returned to his in the land of BookLikes and continued once more to rebuild his life and his reputation.
The end.
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MORAL OF THE STORY:
NEVER get involved with evil queens, trolls, and flying monkeys because it NEVER ends well. Stay very far away from them and their lands.
The reason we shared this story with you is because we wanted to show you what happens to a person when they get involved with the bullies. Gavin originally went to them to smear his enemy, Joe. In the end, he was the one who got smeared and bullied.
This is perfect example of why it’s best to stay away. DO NOT associate with the bullies. They are not your friends. They will turn on a dime and you will suddenly find yourself the target of their hatred. You will be guilty until proven innocent and what’s more, for many of them, you won’t be able to say anything to dissuade them from their conviction. The best thing to do is stay far away from them. Far, far away.
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Four days of this, and not one of you has passed me the popcorn you apparently have?
You guys are jerks.
Sorry, ME! Here’s your bowl of popcorn. Everyone gets a free bowl of popcorn for the grand finale! 😀
It’s useless to try and defend yourself. If you’ve done nothing wrong, then screw the bullshit and move on. In the long run who gives a rats ass what these people think. We need to concentrate on the fans and readers who want you to succeed.
Knew Shelby wasnt going to leave after all, just proves how much of an attention seeker she is, wanting to make it all about her and her feelings, honestly makes me sick
3 R’s did the same thing awhile back, but at least when she came back she seems to be disassociating herself from the trolls and drama. 3 R’s did not go off on people like Shelby did, however.
The trolls again proving that they are acting like high school bullies. Why would anyone, that is an intelligent adult, want to associate with people like that? Especially a writer. If you’re a writer and have anything to do with these morons – you need to separate yourself NOW. Not only does it make you look unprofessional, but very very pathetic. Readers don’t want to learn that you’re involved in this kind of drama and immature behavior. If you are still associating with them and think they are helping you, let me ask you – how are your book sales? If they are decent – it’s not because of THIS type of drama. You’d probably sell a hell of a lot more if you weren’t involved in asinine behavior and focused on promoting your books and not running with a pack of morons. And if you leave their little pathetic circle – don’t worry about the little one stars they give your books. I’ve received them and they don’t hurt my sales on Amazon (and I sell enough to make a great living), because that’s where the REAL readers are that are buying your books. They don’t give a shit about GR or Booklikes. Amazon is where you make your money and if you can write a good book, you can make a decent living by promoting in other ways such as offering free books using KDP Select or perma-freeing one of your books. Then you’re going to know if you’re a good writer or not – if they buy your other books. It has nothing to do with these self-righteous butt-wipes on GR and Booklikes…. Separate yourself now and become a professional in this business, not a clique follower. And I hope that the authors who think they could never be listed as a BBA read all of these articles. Because you can be listed as one just because one of these trolls decides they don’t like you, your cover, your friends, or they hear a rumor that you’re Bigfoot. There is no rhyme or reason to their madness.
All of this is so true!
And Shelby, you might’ve decided to stick around after all {shock!}, but I guarantee that people will NOT forget what you did. Even your ass-kissers, deep down inside, know what a horrible person you really are. LOL, they’re just afraid to say it, as you’ve proven beyond any doubt that people must censor themselves while they’re around you. No, you don’t censor yourself, but you damn well wish to censor others who don’t agree with you.
Bitch.
Oh wow! That was intense. And why yes, I did have the popcorn and balloons out.
I’ve got just one thing to say to those who live in the la-la-land: What goes around always comes back around.
yes, this. Karma has a way of coming back to return all of your favors.
I have a whole new respect for JennyJen. I just wish people like her would give other not-so-bad BBAs the benefit of the doubt, or another chance.
*sigh* I guess it’s easier to defend a nice, handsome male author, than to defend a more outspoken female one [there’s been women authors who’ve apologized too, but their pleas fell on deaf ears]. Too bad they can’t be more forgiving of the women authors as well, or those men who aren’t so young or handsome. I’m sure they don’t realize the sexism in their own behavior [meanwhile they love to accuse authors of misogyny all the time].
Beware, don’t get too cozy with her. She’s one of the nastier bullies who’s been on our BBG list for while. We highlighted where she said that she was 100% sure there were no dissenting comments on Shelby’s post because she’s full of crap. If you scroll up to the top of this post, you’ll see where people began to question Shelby for accusing Gavin with no proof. JennyJen is just as big a bully as the others. Make no mistake.
Oh trust me, I don’t plan to get cozy with her by any means. I just gained a smidgeon of respect for her and that’s it. That’s why I mentioned their misogyny. You can’t even trust them when they’re acting decent.
Also, thanks for keeping up this blog. You’re doing a great job!
Thank you for your advice, JBG.
Ah, but Gavin had previously taken the precaution of sucking up to everyone he could get his hands on. So when they caught him doing stuff (not necessarily the stealing bit, but the fake 5 star reviews and the fake twitter followers) they gave him a pass because of that.
Starting to think Gavin had no idea what he was getting himself into when he got involved with that crowd. More fool him
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SHELBEEEEEEEEEE PLEASE DON’T LEAVE!!!!!!!!!!! I’ll kill myself if you leave because I have no life without uuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!”
“Oh, all right. I’m back. Did you all miss me? I said, DID YOU ALL FUCKING MISS ME????!”
Enough said.
Hahahah thats exactly how it went
You may or may not know that Grimlock is putting together a list of shitty writers to give to her managers at B&N. The purpose of this list is to get B&N to start selling these shitty indies, so that B&N go out of business faster, I guess. So all her shitty indie friends are on it but guess who she’s having doubts about? Looney! Yes! Poor Looney who’s been such a devoted attack bitch for the bully crowd, and Grimlock doesn’t know if she deserves to be on TAH LIST. It’s incredibly sad to read, yet also funny. http://allhailgrimlock.booklikes.com/post/856575/more-help-please-
Gavin isnt on the list either but to be honest the list wont be making any differences anyway
Grimlock has decided to include Looney in her list! Calloo Callay! She says she can’t find any evidence of her insulting a reviewer. My personal congratulations will go to whoever finds that tweet where Ann called a reviewer a stupid bint. I can’t be bothered to look for it myself.
She might want to read this:
https://stopthegrbullies.com/2013/03/10/bully-wank/
She’s insulted a lot more than just reviewers. The woman is a menace.
Funny thing is, every time I see Grimlock’s name, I’m reminded of that Charmed episode where the Grimlocks were demons… Giving yourself a ‘demonic’ name says a lot about you as a person… 😀
All of these idiots have too much time on their hands! My goodness.
Wait did he actually put up a copy of his birth certificate? WTF!
Yeah, he did.
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This is superb. Honestly, these four parts are four of the best articles ever written on STGRBs, fucking loved it all.
Hey STGRB community! Have you seen this bullshit?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/03/28/no-1-reviewer-on-goodreads-is-a-speed-demon/
Wonder who Walkingstick is? The way he/she keeps defending her, I’d bet you dollars to donuts it’s someone we know.