tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673694406514861705.post4861468139200075956..comments2023-08-07T00:57:13.122-07:00Comments on Read Indies Book Blog -- Discover Authors + Books. Hosted by indie author Robert Stanek. Read Indies: Authors Who Trash CompetitorsGo Indiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378150972130213855noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673694406514861705.post-46679160391225241612013-03-28T23:22:40.588-07:002013-03-28T23:22:40.588-07:00[Addendum] My original post seems to have caught t...[Addendum] My original post seems to have caught the attention of the huckster kings: Adam Whitehead and Patrick St. Dennis, that friend and #1 fan of Patrick Rothfuss. Adam was the first to respond with nonsense on his blog that he then brought to where else: the George RR Martin forums. Since I called Adam out on not being very creative in his response, it looks like he has now spent a considerable amount of time revising his original post, which of course is linked prominently to the conjugal felicity site—that trash site they love to bring out and parade around since their antics helped to create it.<br /><br />Like wild dogs and hyenas, hucksters and trolls seem to travel in packs. Nine people showed up on my blog to scream and howl along with Adam. Adam was nice enough to invite Patrick to the party, perhaps so the two could shuffle the blame for the sock puppets that showed up en masse on various sites, including my Facebook page. <br /><br />How many sock puppets so far? In the span of a few days, eighteen sock puppets have shown up in various places. And that’s eighteen sock puppets that I saw, because like cockroaches where there’s a few there usually are many more. And they like them some sock puppets they do, as it helps to amplify that mob effect that they try to create whenever they do things like this.<br /><br />As far as the hall of shame goes, they both deserve their place on the wall but the true hyenas are the competitors behind the scenes working their puppet strings, offering up perks and kickbacks. I can see how someone like Adam or Pat might do just about anything for their personal heroes and/or to get on the good side of certain publishers and authors. How cowardly though for guys like Stephen and Jim and the rest of them, but I guess their balls were cut off and put in a sack a long time ago (them that had balls in the first place that is).<br /><br />As far as disappearing posts go, Patrick Rothfuss and/or his representative deleted the rants about me not long after they were posted, having left the nonsense up just long enough to rile up the mob. I knew about the posts because of all animosity and anger being hurled in my direction but also because many people pointed me in the direction of the nonsense. For Adam’s part in the disappearing post saga, it looks like he cleaned house awhile back, probably about the time he realized there was now a definitive link between him and George in print. Kudos though for the bit about not having Internet until October 2005--my personal favorite part of the whole entire post, as if the Internet didn’t exist until such time or that websites and blogs didn’t get moved around.<br /><br />In the end, all I can say is how nice for the hucksters and trolls that they've never had to answer to anyone, meanwhile they harass, intimidate and stalk. All this must be very exciting for them.Go Indiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02378150972130213855noreply@blogger.com