#tw: bananapants shenanigans

[anoonzee]

So, in the waning days of 2023, we have three writers / authors behaving badly.

Cait Corrain - who had it all for a writer and was about to debut the first of 2 novels in 2024, yet decided to spend time to create some sockpuppet accounts on Goodreads to reviewbomb BIPOC writers who dared to have their books released in 2024...and stupidly use the same sockpuppets to give her own book 5 stars. She's been dropped by the friends she lied to / used, her book agent, and her publisher.

Lauren M Davis - believes that a WOC plagiarized her. The idea that was plagiarized? A character with sun-based powers. [Insert facepalm here]

Girl, you're not the first to have that idea, whut?

Demetrious Polychron (seriously, this is the name he goes with) - some ballsy fanfic writer who wrote what he called "the pitch perfect sequel to LOTR" and decided to sue THE ESTATE OF JRR TOLKIEN and Amazon for "infringing the copyright of his book". The Tolkien estate won and they countersued, demanding that Polychron destroy all physical copies of his book.

At the moment I'm writing this Tumblr post, we're not yet done with the year 2023. Either we've got the third one (it comes in threes, right?) OR there's still time for more ridiculousness in the world of publishing / books.