azteclady has movedVia twitter: indie author Susan Meachen faked her own death by suicide.
Beyond the cruelty of choosing that form of death, someone pretending to be her daughter crowdfunded for funeral costs of someone very much alive.
And now on Jezebel, for everyone to cringe at genre romance (readers and authors) some more
https://jezebel.com/novelist-appears-to-announce-shes-alive-2-years-after-f-1849949521
It gets worse with every detail: fake daughter tried the, "if you don't buy my ~dead~ mother's books, they'll go out of print" (or, in her own words, 'unpublished')
https://www.insider.com/author-returns-social-media-faking-suicide-promotional-ploy-2023-1
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
Okay, this got even more weird just now.
Thread by Cate Eland (@RomancingTheNope on twitter) is here:
https://twitter.com/RomancingNope/status/1611909544719810561
Meka@herhandsmyhands this whole thing is...yikes
@mektastic it just keeps getting worse
Amanda Weaver@herhandsmyhands I am gobsmacked. "If you're mad, that means you want me dead, and that makes YOU the bad person."
@AmandaWeaver I have seen some shit in the time I've been online, but she's really working to be the fucking worst.