Fardels BearWhen romance novelists turn to the dark side.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/14/romance-novelist-faked-death-susan-meachen
IkaI wrote a thing, as they say! Shortish piece on The Conversation about Susan Meachen's return from the dead, with some narratology and a bit of print-vs-digital culture thrown in: https://theconversation.com/something-that-happens-in-fiction-romance-writer-susan-meachens-fake-death-reminds-us-the-author-is-a-construct-197787
'Something that happens in fiction': romance writer Susan Meachen's fake death reminds us 'the author' is a construct
A romance writer’s bizarre fake death has gone viral. That her being alive stayed undetected for 2.5 years reminds us that our online and published personas are still separate from real life.
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Self-publishing News: Overdrive Figures for 2022 Demonstrate Digital Popularity
Record Overdrive lending figures confirm non-fiction audiobook popularity. Apple launches AI narrated audiobook collection.
The post Self-publishing News: Overd...
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/self-publishing-news-overdrive-figures-for-2022-demonstrate-digital-popularity/
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SSteindear #writingcommunity : this is not cool. further, taking money from people like this is not cool. don't #SusanMeachen yourself.
i hope she doesn't get a book deal or more for this. it's beyond the pale. https://upstreamreviews.substack.com/p/not-dead-yet
Starchy ComplimentRomance Author Emerges Years After Apparent Suicide; It Doesn't Go Well
Art: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, "The Bolt," 1777-1778
aztecladyOkay, this got even more weird just now.
Thread by Cate Eland (@RomancingTheNope on twitter) is here:
https://twitter.com/RomancingNope/status/1611909544719810561
In which, apparently, #SusanMeachen 'tells her side', making the cruelty and fraud of faking her own death, and by suicide no less, a very elaborate "you made me do it, I was, and still am, an innocent and blameless victim" presentation of white woman tears.
(note: I have no idea who is behind Upstream Reviews, so read and believe at your own risk)
ETA: apparently this is a hoax https://twitter.com/chel_c_cam/status/1612191239792910336
A @Charlotte_Stein twitter thread on the same vein:
Presented without comment (because I agree with the sentiment)
