When someone asks you for an interview, I become very defensive. I don't do them. And if one person gets one from me, don't expect the answers you would receive from someone else trying to make themselves look more than what they are.
I had an encounter. I will not mention names at this moment. But, I asked questions. Well I asked one. I repeated the question over and over and over and over (you get the point), and they never answered it. When becoming successful, you have to be careful on who your friends are.
My freelancer had this friend. At the time, I had no pictures of myself up. I rarely have pictures of myself up. I don't like my picture being taken. I am vague on where I live. I am vague on everything. And, for a very great reason. I write for fun. I have a small fan base of readers who love my writing. I don't care about anything more. I'm happy. I don't write for the money.
Back to her friend, because I had no pictures up, she (the friend) wanted to be my PR person. She demanded that I pay her $65K up front. So she could quit her job, pay off her condo, and buy a new car. Umm, *scratches my head* I don't even make that a year. I don't even make a quarter of that a year. She began explaining when the books took off she would accept awards on my behalf. (Umm, no that's what I have a publisher for) She didn't like that. She, in return, started telling everyone that she was me. Well, I didn't have any pictures up, so they believed her.
She got a DUI, and Tracy helped her out. She drove out of her way to pick her, to drive her to work (two towns over). This continued for about a week. She asked her for gas money. She said she was buying her a dollar coffee in the morning and wasn't that good enough? Then she said she would put gas in her car (with no plates). Can you see where I'm going with this?
One could only take so much of being used and abused before saying: forget it - and cut all losses. (I don't blame her.)
In which she did exactly that. She lost a months worth of work and whatever little she had saved up, was gone. She went to harass my publisher at the time. She continued to harass me and everyone else. Whatever. She left horrible reviews. Which, is really funny because the reviews she left were for books not even released yet. Then, when I called her out on it, and got the reviews deleted, she would create fake name after fake name. She still does to this day.
Every few months or so, she'll try to come into my life and destroy it. Again, whatever. I didn't tell her the truth about everything. She can say whatever she wants. Who is going to have respect for someone who has to create fake names all over the place and leave un-honest reviews? It doesn't bother anyone who knows us either. They get a kick out if it.
She's not only a liar, but has way too much time on her hands. Would you go out of your way to create a fake account and try to destroy another? Or, do you have a life of your own?
She even went as far as to "pretend" to be a guy and say she contacted my previous publishers and was working with them. Again, I don't care. She then even went onto my like page and started trashing fans. Really? You have nothing better else to do with your time or life? That you need to follow mine? What you do is not a reflection upon me, it's a reflection upon you. How you conduct yourself, is showing the world what type of person you are.
That's fine you can bad mouth me. It only makes people want to look at me even more. That's fine you can leave bad reviews. People will know they are fake. So whenever you open your mouth, no one will believe a word that comes out of it. You are not hurting me. You are helping me and thank you. You are hurting yourself.
So what if you don't like my work? I don't care. Not everyone does. But, there are people who do. Because you come to points in your life to where it sucks, when you trash on another, Karma is a bitch. Future employers do look at what their employees do on the Internet. Background checks aren't hard to see what's associated with what.
More importantly, who the fuck cares what another person is doing? Are you that bored with your life that you need to meddle in anothers? I don't care what anyone else does. It's their life - not mine. When I say "Life" is my inspiration, it's people like you who give me the stories to write. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. That is fine. I welcome opinions. However, you make others want to defend their own opinions and make you see that you are wrong. Thank you. You may think something doesn't exist, that is fine. But, how do you know? Were you there? No. So, how are you one to comment? You may believe what you want to believe.
If you don't know the truth, don't claim that you do. You may think you do, but remember this...
I say and do everything for a reason. I will call you out when I know something isn't right. I ask specific questions. When it's never answered, or you divert away from it, yeah, that's a reflection upon you.
The reason I am where I am today, is because I have concentrated on my own life. I'm not meddling in others where I don't belong. I have never stated anything other than the truth. I have never stated anything other than facts. I never stated that everyone will love my books. I know some if not most will hate my books. That's fine. That's okay.
I can look at myself in the mirror and not hate myself. I can sleep (peacefully) at night. I can wake up in the morning with a smile. Yeah, you may wake up with a smile, in how to hurt someone for that day. I wake up in the morning and think of how I am going to better my life. I better myself without bringing down others. That's a real character of a person.
For those that become defensive over this, shows you are the guilty ones. For, I have not mentioned names. Long story short, my first book of Hidden Destiny is ghostwritten by my freelancer Tracy Adams. I tweaked the book and wrote the next eleven. I asked Tracy to step in on several occasions on behalf of myself. She made a lot of people think it was her (Tracy), really me (Lily). I have great friends and support behind me. I am sorry in having people think that she was me. But, I wanted to remain behind the scenes and write. For those who personally know me, knows why I did what I did.
I will say you will know who the troll/hater is by their review. They will diss me, the author, more than the book. They will say the book is pure fiction and everything is made up. (Find the irony there?) They will think they are revealing information. I am telling you right now, book one was ghostwritten. I tweeked it and wrote the remaining part of the saga.
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