Edit: The IP address of the sender was traced and we now know he/she lives in Newbury, UK.  We understand that action is being taken against the culprit behind these emails.

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We received screenshots of two emails sent to one of our blog readers attacking fantasy author Melissa Douthit.  We were also given permission to share them with our readers and alert people to be on the lookout for libelous emails like these that attack and libel any author or reader.

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We have said in the past and we’ll say again — none of us here, neither Athena, Peter, Stitch, Tink, nor me, are authors.  We also state this in our sidebar and Who We Are page.

The review MLW is accusing Melissa of writing is this one:

Review

We want to let our readers know that everything said in these emails is FALSE information and reminds us forcefully of an attack on another Melissa, Melissa Foster, who was targeted by a failed author banned from Goodreads.  So was Hugh Howey.  Both Melissas and Hugh are innocent of the accusations made against them and we find the harassment and libeling of these authors disgusting and despicable.

Melissa Douthit has been accused of many things of which she is completely innocent.  She has been accused of creating sock accounts in order to one-star other authors’ books and five-star her own.  She has been accused of stalking, harassing, and attacking reviewers.  And she’s been accused of being the founder of our blog and of the Facebook group WIN.

We know our readers already know this, but none of this is true.  Melissa became a target of bully abuse two years ago when she .  She left Goodreads in February of 2012 and stated clearly that she would never return.  Just recently, she has published an article .  She’s endured being harassed, stalked, carpet-bombed, and threatened.

We ask our readers to alert us if they see any of these libelous emails circulating around the internet.  If you happen to receive one, please report it and inform the victimized party immediately.

Thank you!

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