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Let me be very clear about something:
If you drop an author& #39;s name, if you try to use them as a shield, a sword, a door, a prop, they will find out.
If you drop an author& #39;s name, if you try to use them as a shield, a sword, a door, a prop, they will find out.
I have been RTing others on the Krueger situation because 1) they& #39;ve said it much better and 2) I& #39;ve never gone out of my way to lift up that name, and 3) so often those statements can feel a bit empty, like covering bases.
It has however come to my attention that Paul has more than once held up MY name as a friend and ally of his, used it either as leverage or a shied against criticism from others, and that is unacceptable.
I am friendly with many in this publishing world. I am friends with far fewer. And if I EVER hear of someone using their presumed friendship with me as a means of bullying, manipulating, hurting, or controlling others, I will find out, and scorch every inch of earth I can reach.
Thank you for coming to my fucking Ted Talk.
PS. This is not the first time it’s happened. Usually I find out someone is only being nice to me so they can leverage themselves/their books (easy to tell because they drift off when I don’t benefit them enough) but this is the most insidious manifestation.
Also, to be very clear, 90% of my anger is for the people targeted by the harassment and abuse. 10% is for the co-opting and misuse of my name.
