There’s been a bit of…hmmmm…I’m not really sure what to call it. Nastiness? Drama? Controversy? Whatever you call it, I’m not being a part of it. Perhaps you’re wondering what I’m talking about? And I took a long time today deciding whether or not I should write about it. Am I just adding fire to the flames by writing my whole response this way? I don’t think so. I have every right to voice my opinion. And I believe there needs to be more support in the indie community rather than in-fighting. I'm tired of it. Let me say this: If you’re an author/writer/poet, and you think putting down other authors publicly is fun, or you think you’re one hundred times better than other writers, or you can’t have a conversation or healthy debate about writing but turn to name-calling or worse, have others do it for you, I’m out. I’m not here to do that. I’m here to raise and lift others, write, share my work, and celebrate the written word with readers and fellow authors. If I don’t like another author’s writing, that’s that. I don’t read it. Or support it much or at all. (If it is abuse or something nefarious, that is different. I’m not talking about that.) And if you enjoy being involved with authors who do that as a reader or as their fan club, and if I see you being a part of that or a leader of it, jumping on a bandwagon to verbally assault other authors, I’m out of there too. With that said, I believe authors should try to be as honest as they can, that if they say something is autobiographical it should be, and that they shouldn’t be passing things off as the gospel truth. Remember that book there that Oprah recommended? A Million Little Pieces by James Frey, the guy who said it was autobiographical when it wasn’t? Not cool. I agree. Go, Oprah. Glad he got his rear-end handed to him. But see how it came to the surface because of astute readers? Not some other author leading some kind of witch hunt? No one likes dishonesty or being fed a crockpot of lies. No one. But in this indie community, if readers can’t figure that out for themselves, it’s not my job to take care of it. That shit takes care of itself. Watching authors act like petulant and jealous competitors is not my jam. I like to stick with those who support others vying for a chance. I like the underdogs. I love the indie community and the authors I’ve met along the way with the same mentality. I have too much going on in my flesh and blood life to worry about people typing anonymously behind a screen, suddenly so brave, who believe it’s okay to attack and ridicule others. If we can’t have a conversation like adults, if you’re here to make waves to sell books, good luck drowning. I won’t be there to lend a preserver. I’ll be long gone by then.
Peace.
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Sandi R.
10/3/2019 15:45:03
Nobody on this earth should be putting another person down as not issue in up. We're all different, all like different things at any given time & that's what makes the world an interesting one !
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CATHRYNE s.
10/3/2019 16:11:52
Mama always said that people who downgrade others are insecure. I call them bullies, and their actions should have consequences. What a shame this is going on.
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Lucas X. Black
10/3/2019 16:40:03
I think I know the matter you're discussing, and these shitstorms seem to pop up in the indie community, wearing one hat or another and wrapped in this or that color of righteous indignation, with depressing regularity, the targets sometimes authors, sometimes editors, sometimes models, and sometimes the outrage is even understandable, but never the instant kangaroo courts and subsequent lynch mobs. Some have been driven out of our community. Some have even made suicide attempts ... and for what?
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tom norrell
10/3/2019 16:50:41
im clueless what the heck is this about??
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Tara Wellington
10/4/2019 01:42:33
I don't know about what is going on, maybe because I'm not an author or maybe because I don't read hateful comments. I have enough negativity in my own life yo be reading it online. I support all authors no matter what they write as long as it not something like propaganda... As said above we are all different, we like different things..it makes the world go round... And I was taught if you can't say something nice don't say it at all, hiding behind the internet is just rude.
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