@hearts530 I mean I did get a lawyer involved when she plagiarized from our formerly cowritten novel but it ended in me having a $1k lawyer fee and then owing me 7$….. so it’s tough.
@_withcindy Reading this makes me wanna go back to 2017 self and really write out the story of how we ended up writing a book together almost from the get go without me knowing them. It sounds so implausible and yet…here I am in 2024 still reeling.
@FrancineHibiscs@amergina Tragically, they are a good writer, if not predictable in style. I’ve always wondered why someone with talent who had the absolute commitment to being a writer would destroy themselves over and over.
Angry post #2. In the course of writing Shadows with Taylor/Brooklyn/jupiter/Freydís in 2018, we had multiple convos about my experiences as a Latine author who was nervous to claim my identity online, particularly when writing A Tiny Piece of Something Greater.
I’m here if anyone needs an ear. DM me if you want, even if we have never spoken. (Though if it takes a minute to respond it is just bc I’m having eye surgery tomorrow).
All usual apologies for typos.
So many in community, took space, preyed upon other’s experiences, leveraged and weaponized it, makes me sick and makes my heart hurt for everyone whose trust was broken. I am so, so sorry this happened to you.
We are just writers, standing in front of agents, asking them to pick us instead of the 8 dysfunctional raccoons in a trench coat that seems to have managed to get FOUR AGENTS WITH THEIR DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES I MEAN WHAT THE HELL???
I woke up MAD. It occurred to me last night that Taylor/Brooklyn/jupiter/Freydís is basically becoming lore. This will end up as lore.
I am not the only author who experiences with this person were so traumatic they STOPPED writing and publishing.
@GHargraveWrites This deeply resonates with my experiences years ago. I’m sorry to see people who had to go through the same thing, who were scared to speak up. I was that person once. I hope you’re able to keep moving forward
@racheline_m Yeah. I have a sense these tweets centered me in a way I wasn’t intending. My dream is a compendium of those names that we can send out into the world.
@racheline_m I hope you can one day too. I love those books so much. They’re tied up in bad memories for you guys, but the heart of those stories is really powerful for so many.
@katiek92681073 @Claribel_Ortega It’s complicated. As far as abuse, I have a whole thread that gives a cliffs notes summary of what they did to me in 2018 as Taylor. You’ll find other threads that discuss bullying. Remember, they had a discord server. They established online friendships that way too.