Badly behaved authors
A poem by Martin Niemöller
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When the Nazis came for the communists,
When they locked up the social democrats,
When they came for the trade unionists,
When they came for the Jews,
When they came for me,
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Bertrand Russell said ....
If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.
Martin Luther King Jr said ....
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
D. A. M.
The stories about my first Amazon nemesis, together with some interesting links, are to be found in D. A. M..
"C. H."
"C. H."'s blog posts are gone, but I've preserved them here for posterity. Blogger only removes personal attacks in response to court orders, as an inspection of their terms and conditions proves. Therefore, she must have deleted them voluntarily although the timing (so soon after posting about me) seems odd. Maybe she suddenly realized that her blog posts worked against her. Some of the posts were extremely offensive while others were only mildly so. My purpose in saving the contents here is to show how nasty she was.
| On Amazon |
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| Amazon profile page | Blog posts - text saved by me |
| The truth about the scam at Amazon and blogs |
| All hail Reba Belle |
| Grains of the hourglass |
| Faux writer has pique attack |
| Peter Durward Harris |
The reviewer racketeer guide was posted under a different account but was almost certainly written by the same person.
V. L.
| Deleted by V. L., text saved by me |
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| Thicker skin... |
| The pen IS mightier than the sword... |
| Living in a world of crazies... | On the "Romance readers" forum |
| V. L. on her official website |
| Your comments? V. L. column |
| V. L. blog entries | On the "Dear Author" blog |
| Does psychic V. L. foresee lawsuit in her future? |
| V. L. sends blogger threats from a lawyer |
| Wherein Jane sends email to V. L.’s editor |
| Unsubstantiated cease and desist letters under scrutiny | On the "Novel reads" blog by ChariDee |
| Authors getting even |
| More thoughts on authors getting even |
| Authors getting even - update |
| Where in ChariDee is threatened by an author that wanted revenges attorney... |
| In the immortal words of Tom Petty... |
| The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle | On the "Genrewonk" blog |
| How to be an asshat, literary edition | Spoof on the "Pickled cupid" blog |
| Author's death ruled an "act of God" |
Other interesting links
Some related web pages that may be of interest.
Romance readers forum
As already indicated, the romance readers forum was set up by a group of people who decided that they no longer wished to participate in Amazon's romance books forum. It was a great idea and, despite some early problems, it's got off to a great start. I'd recommend it to any romance book readers out there, although if they are supporters of D. A. M., they might be wise to keep quiet about it. Because of my involvement in the Reba Belle case, I was invited to participate in the forum, along with another person who had been involved the case but who, like me, isn't a romance book reader. The idea was that I should join in the fun threads (in the off-topic section of the forum) while also contributing to the section devoted to Amazon issues. Because of the divisions in the campaign against D. A. M., I was reluctant to accept. I sensed that intractable differences over Amazon issues would cause more trouble than my participation was worth, but ultimately the issues were resolved in a way that allowed me to be an active participant until I decided to move on to other things.
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