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Hi I was trying to write this in the comment box of Bully Melt Down Part one in reply to Jonny be good’s post. But there is something wrong with the comment box. My text kept writing on one line and going off the edge of the page so I couldn’t see what I was writing. The text wouldn’t go onto a new line? So here is my reply to Jonny.
From Gill.
They were saying awful things about STGRB on GR under Sharons blog. They called STGRB racist, sexist ect. Then they said that STGRB posted peoples private information. So I asked them for proof, I politely asked to see a screen shot of it. But suddenly the thread went very quite. Then one of them left a comment saying that they could post a screen shot because it shows a persons private information. Hehehehe!!!
Do they really think anyone is stupid enough to believe that??? They could have easily showed a screen shot and blurred out any private info! I’m hopeless with computers and even I know how to cross out or blur out words! They couldn’t show the screen shot because it doesn’t exist!!!
I was going to write back to ask them why they can’t just blur out the info, but I decided not to even get into it with them. Life is way too short! I know they are wrong and they know they are wrong, so that is all that matters!
See this http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1215858-respect-for-authors
Interesting. I will post this link on our latest post.
Bad reviews are a fact of life that as writers we simply have to accept but I had no idea things were this bad on GR.
I found this site as a result of researching why a complete stranger, identified on GR as M Hanley, Durham D8, would go to the bother of signing up to GR, marking only 3 books as read (just happens to be the 3 books I’ve got on GR) and then posting 3x 1 star ratings on the same day within the space of 2 minutes but with no text to explain why. I’m published by a very small company and my sales aren’t going to keep any other writers awake at night worrying about my stealing their market share, so this is all very odd
I guess I can be thankful for small mercies that they’ve not done the same on Amazon.
Nice site. Keep up the good work
You may or may not be following the most recent announcement that digital publisher Ellora’s Cave filed a lawsuit against Dear Author, and Jane Litte, in the state of Ohio for defamation, among other things. Since the announcement of this lawsuit there has been a resurfacing of every bully named on this blog, and in ways that haven’t been seen before in the romance community.
Jane Litte went too far this time, someone decided they weren’t going to take it anymore, and now the bully cult following that Dear Author has cultivated over the years is attacking everyone and anyone who even hints that Jane could be wrong.
I don’t know if you guys are posting comments anymore, but the Jane Litte lawsuit gets even better now. Jane Litte hired an attorney to defend her that she once slammed in a post about free speech, and this same attorney slammed another blogger for posting about his own law firm. It’s ridiculous at this point. Most feminist groups aren’t thrilled with this guy, and they’ve even set up a facebook page about him. And this is Jane’s lawyer?
I emailed a question about what someone should do if they are followed by an advocate of one of the goodreads bullies.
We must have missed it. Try sending again.
Resent, also new screenshot of the “authors should never respond to reviews” thread being resurrected to advertise Ann Rice’s book about Amazon cyber bullying. Who claims she has no evidence of her points.
If it’s my writing career, it’s one thing. But I just can’t stand seeing another author’s career being ruined for a noble cause.
To clarify, Ann’s career ruined for her noble cause.
Don’t worry. Trust me, Anne’s career is in no danger of being ruined.
As an update, the same lady calling out copywrite infringement is also using stolen bodice ripper covers: http://www.wattpad.com/user/FlamingLeeAndre
How can someone sleep at night with that kind of double standard? She was already called out in a thread about that.
I thought you guys might want to take a closer look at this person.