Iain King
asked
Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi, not a question but I'm following you on X and your recent activity there has been a little... questionable! I think your account may have been hacked... Question mark because the form requires it?
Lois McMaster Bujold
I am not, and never will be, on X. I am only on Goodreads. That person is a scammer/impersonator.
I am told I can only get them thrown off X if I sign up myself, which I am not willing to do. I was able to get one (no telling how many scumbags are doing this) thrown off Mastodon with the help of a reader there.
Please tell everyone on X and elsewhere you can reach that this is an impersonator, and I blog only on Goodreads.
A good recent SFWA Writer Beware post tackled the problem more generally --
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/...
My own ones have been reported to me before --
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
Please repost these links wherever the matter next arises! Especially the SFWA one, which is very informative.
Ta, L.
I am not, and never will be, on X. I am only on Goodreads. That person is a scammer/impersonator.
I am told I can only get them thrown off X if I sign up myself, which I am not willing to do. I was able to get one (no telling how many scumbags are doing this) thrown off Mastodon with the help of a reader there.
Please tell everyone on X and elsewhere you can reach that this is an impersonator, and I blog only on Goodreads.
A good recent SFWA Writer Beware post tackled the problem more generally --
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/...
My own ones have been reported to me before --
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
Please repost these links wherever the matter next arises! Especially the SFWA one, which is very informative.
Ta, L.
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Nancy
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
A long time ago, I asked you about feeling "bookicidal" (your word) about my own work. Your answer was empathetic, and I've carried it gratefully all these years. But now I have pressing financial concerns and a beta-reader who is so uninterested that she wants me to send her the Cliff's notes. I can't pander to that: I can only despair in its wake. Where do I find the courage to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear?
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