I appreciate all the support last night, and I know what you're thinking. Beth, you're such a drama queen. That was the shortest hiatus ever. And it probably was, but you're the reason why. I felt a need to unplug for a while because the people who stole my story apparently prefer erotica to clean romance. They trolled me! Their 1 star ratings brought my goodreads status down 1.2 points in two days, and I know it was them because the book wasn't available legally in the "reviewer's location."
And so many of you reached out to me last night that I realized the internet allows pirates and trolls in our modern wold, but it also allows me to be friends with people all around the world who I would have never met otherwise. People offered to help, so I've given books to anyone I know to love clean romance and hopefully by the time my blog tour starts Tuesday my rating will be back up. If not, I guess the world won't end. So today's post was supposed to feature Nickie Anderson from Here's the Story, and it did. But I had to say that I'm back so you're listening to me instead of reading her. It would make me super happy if you would go say, "Hi," to Nickie. Thanks!!!!
I'm glad you aren't letting those pirates win, Beth. Good for you. You've got all of us behind you.
ReplyDeleteAnd yay for Nickie!
And I'm glad you're back and with more power in you. :)
ReplyDeleteGood for you! :)
ReplyDeleteBeth, I came here, because you liked my review. I am so sorry, and I know this has happened to others...what they get out of it is beyond me. I do a lot of Christian books, and it is very prevalent there. I wish there was something that could be done about this. I know some have hit Amazon, and trying to bring down ratings. I see some of the of the ones who put the book down...no review, and another doesn't write in English. Have you published in other languages?
ReplyDeleteAs you can see, I enjoyed the books! Keep writing, and don't let them get you down!
No the book hasn't even been published in other languages! I think what happened is I posted the identity of the pirate, because she blogs an archive of all the books she pirates (2000 since Feb) and then I started getting neg reviews. Thank you so much for coming by. I enjoyed your review and I really appreciate your support.
DeleteSorry to hear this! It's dreadful what goes on.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're back. Don't let them win.
ReplyDeleteLauren
Oh, and turn that blog over to both blogger (if that's the platform) and the FBI.
DeleteI'm so sorry to hear this! Let me know if you need a blog tour stop. :-)
ReplyDeleteWelcome back,Beth.
ReplyDeleteJust sux you're going thru this with your book. I hope you can nab her or get her to someone who can. Writers work so hard we shouldnt have to deal with this mess.
ReplyDeleteWow. Kind of a frightening lesson for all of us...
ReplyDeleteWelcome back!! *throws confetti*
Fight those ugly trolls and devious pirates, yeah!
ReplyDeleteWelcome back! I'm so sorry that happened to your book. The pirates already did enough damage by stealing the book ... did they really need to troll it to? Some people are just horrible.
ReplyDelete