This just in from Anon:
Another bully got the boot. Linda Hilton was deleted from Goodreads. Congrats, STGRB, you do a good job to make the world a better place. One bully down, more to go.
Linda has been one of the more aggressive bullies, attacking other authors online, condemning them for five-starring their own books, while at the same time doing the same to hers. She’s part of the Dear Author crowd and has been involved in multiple online attacks of authors, if not leading them herself. Her absence from GR is a huge relief.
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We just received this link from a reader. It’s from Linda’s BookLikes page. Here’s a screenshot:
Be careful reading the comments below her post. They may cause you to hurl violently. Typical bully whining and rationalizing as to why they keep getting banned.
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I am crying. Tears, guys, tears of joy!
Yes, tears of happiness shed all around!
Well, I’m not surprised Linda was shown the door. To be fair, she frequently had sensible things to say, but she said them in a way that was guaranteed to get her ignored .
She did some good detective work and expected people to listen to her, but she snarked endlessly at the GR staff and anyone who had a differeing POV. I don’t know about the rest of you, but when someone talks to or about me with that level of disrespect, the hand goes up and I turn off. She could’ve had the cure for cancer and I wouldn’t have listened.
Plus, the woman just flat out stifled good discussion. If she didn’t like what an author said on a thread, she shelved them “Do not buy” or one-starred them. I know, I know. That was her RIGHT, but really? Grow the f up.
Linda, you’re old enough to know how it works. The fact that you don’t leads me to conclude that you’re very immature or you just don’t care. And if you don’t care, then your banning shouldn’t come as a surprise to you. I’d be willing to bet you’ve been banned from other forums and venues. Too bad, because you made sense once in a while.
After you watching behave like a lunatic shrew for the better part of year though, all I can think is “DIng Dong.” You know the rest.
The sad thing is that she doesn’t understand why. She thinks it’s about going after paid reviewers. I actually agree with her position on that, although who made her the world’s policeman. Her attacks on authors is what earned her special attention, just like Angela Horn / Bijou Hunter Dakota Shepherd.
One of her main targets expressed the opinion on her own blog that she thought it was wrong to game the system by down voting books because of arguments with the author, and for that act of freedom of speech she became a primary target for the sickos like Hilton who just get off on hurting people.
It’s never their own fault in their eyes though. That’s why these writers who attack other writers are invariably crap writers. They have no empathy and can’t imagine the way they would feel if the roles were reversed. No wonder their characters are always flat.
She’s going to play the big victim now. BTW, have you noticed that several known socks went at the same time? I’m pretty sure Victoria Minion was one of Hilton’s.
Off topic…but I found this by accident recently and keep forgetting to share. For anyone who ever thought Ann Somerville was treated too harshly here, this will open your eyes as proof to the magnitude of how vicious and relentless a bully Somerville really is. It’s a twitter exchange with Somerville attacking yet another victim who didn’t see it coming. https://storify.com/id_distan/ann-somerville-harasses-k-tempest-bradford
And here’s another that actually refers to her as a bully.
https://storify.com/id_distan/ann-somerville-harasses-naamenblog
Doesn’t tolerate stupidity very well? Is that what she said? Well, the she must not be able to tolerate herself very well! Ha ha ha hahahahahha……..
I have recently had dealing with this person. She is an author who attacks other authors. And though I did **NOT** intend to carpet bomb her, merely by exposing her, it seems she’s so vile and so wretched that it galvanized a whole bunch of other authors into doing so.
And while I both publicly AND privately disagree with this action, it’s difficult to feel bad for this woman who like a snake in the grass makes sport of her fellow indie authors.
Really, it’s only a matter of time before the amazon bullies betray her, just like they betrayed Ann Somerville.
I wonder if anyone will be willing to accept her back once they’ve done so.
I know I won’t. In my eyes, she will always be one of the bullies, even AFTER they’ve thrown her under the bus and she comes crawling and begging for someone to side with her.
I’m commenting publicly because I’ve decided that, from today on, I’m going to endorse this website and its efforts.