tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79091521015286485622024-03-19T05:32:27.816-07:00Absolute BlightUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-47957194529807334532014-10-27T13:12:00.001-07:002014-10-27T14:02:15.238-07:00The Infamous Strauss Hate Blog <br />
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This question was put to Vic Strauss last year. She (predictably)
ignored it. She's a member of AW and a buddy of Big Mac Stone. Then when
the criticism of AW became so loud it could no longer be ignored,
Strauss wrote the infamous hate article, which alleged that all the
criticism was coming from just one troll! She also placed the odious and
dissipated Stone on a pedestal. As a result of this glaringly
subjective and partisan behaviour, Strauss has lost all credibility.
She's just a tool for AW. Even the title of the hate article was spurious. There is no 'hate campaign' against AW. Stone and Spangenberg have destroyed the site's reputation all by themselves.<br />
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<a href="http://accrispin.blogspot.ca/2013/12/news-of-weird-quill-shift-literary.html">http://accrispin.blogspot.ca/2013/12/news-of-weird-quill-shift-literary.html</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-63622695512919963622014-09-29T18:39:00.000-07:002014-09-30T12:44:13.792-07:00Rump Smooching And Sock PuppetsHere is yet another member accused of being several different 'socks.' This is the fate of all who have a different opinion from the AW 'in' crowd. If BabsWriter was agreeing with them the accusation would never have been made. Strauss is big on this too. If you disagree with her assessment of AW, you are automatically a super troll with 100 sockpuppets. This is incredible stupidy, and even unworthy in a school playground. When will these dorks grow up? BabsWriter also addresses all the 'rump smooching,' noted on our previous <a href="http://absoluteblight.blogspot.ca/2014/09/licking-jackboots.html">post.</a><br />
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And, predictably, here is the big cheese to lay down the law.<br />
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<a href="http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9102470&postcount=164">http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9102470&postcount=164</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-64338334633808268722014-09-29T10:28:00.000-07:002014-09-29T18:39:55.621-07:00Grovelling On AW<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: large;">AN AW MEMBER IN TRAINING</span></b></td></tr>
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CrastersBabies, prolific poster and longtime member, had to crawl on her belly and whinge today, in fear she would be banned. AW is a sadomasochist's black leather heaven. The amount of time they waste on there doing the sycophant thing is a case study in self loathing. That sick forum is like a sadistic school that hazes new members and demeans established ones. Everyone, except the <i>really</i> in crowd, is humiliated and punished. They are given 'time out,' which is tantamount to being made to stand in the corner. Anyone who puts up with this kind of abuse is as sick as those who are dishing it out.<br />
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The pecking order at AW, is rigid and ridiculous. The way they go on you'd think it actually mattered what one says under an assumed handle on the supposedly anonymous Internet. Talk about a tempest in a teacup. On second thoughts, make that a thimble. CrastersBabies must have a sore tongue after all that licking. Ick! One can only hope she feels good about herself as she looks in the mirror, and prepares for yet another day spent on AW. She -- and others like her, are using it like a drug. It's obvious they have way too much time on their hands. Boredom is the forerunner of depression, which then triggers addictive behaviour.<br />
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All this drama resulted in <i>Perks,</i> another longtime member with almost 16,000 posts to prove it, changing her user name to <i>JustJM</i>. So as you can see it was a planet tilting time today at AW. <br />
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There has <i>got</i> to be a good novel here, folks. Get busy. :-)<br />
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<a href="http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=297096">http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=297096</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-6556994032830694202014-09-25T01:49:00.000-07:002014-09-25T12:36:12.070-07:00The Bully Brigade<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Halloween is just around the corner, and these two dreadfuls won't need any make-up. (scream...scream) Ditto for their pal and great supporter, Strauss the Louse.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-42617367349759849252014-09-24T10:22:00.001-07:002014-09-24T10:23:38.819-07:00Why I'm Done With Absolute Write<a href="http://learningaboutwriting.tumblr.com/post/81370399979/why-im-done-with-absolutewrite-or-the-post-that-lets" rel="bookmark">Why I’m done with AbsoluteWrite (Or: the post that lets two dozen people say “LOL, told you so”)</a><br />
It’s not like I hadn’t been warned about AbsoluteWrite before I
signed up. I thought (and still think) that there are some great people
there. Some of whom I’m so fond of that I do not take the decision to
pull the plug on that board lightly.<br />
But there are also some really weird things about that board. And
when I started scratching beneath the surface, it got even weirder.
Plus, when someone says “watch what you’re doing, or else” and the “or
else” part is “you can’t keep providing free content to my website,”
well, yea, fuck you. I’ll “or else” myself right out of there for you.<br />
<a href="http://learningaboutwriting.tumblr.com/search/absolute+write">http://learningaboutwriting.tumblr.com/search/absolute+write</a><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-6632934800902123812014-09-23T20:04:00.000-07:002014-09-24T10:16:24.133-07:00Bullies On The HillEven after a member has deleted all her posts and left AW forever, they still feel the need to degrade and ridicule her. Witness the <i>'permaflounced'</i> nastiness underneath Ocean's name.<br />
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<a href="http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=252247">http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=252247</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-52023493090519556772014-09-23T19:27:00.000-07:002014-09-23T20:06:08.823-07:00Another Boner From Big Mac And The SpangerNow get this! Big Mac and The Spanger sink to even lower levels.<br />
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The Big Mac states:<br />
"How many viewers doesn't actually mean very much, at any given moment,
unless you're privy to the more detailed server log statistics -- and we
neither monitor, keep, nor track that information, because I think it's
an unnecessary breach of user privacy."<br />
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So she's either a hypocrite (no surprise there) or her live-in partner, Liza "The Spanger"<br />
Spangenberg, is a bald-faced liar. (no surprise there either) For remember The Spanger claimed to know who everyone <i>really</i> was by their MAC number, which she'd have to hack into their computer to obtain. Now if that isn't a breach of user privacy, I don't know what is !!! Then there was her bragging about outing members using her forensic science techniques. And although this is a silly claim without any grounding in reality, it still proves that these nasty vipers don't give a rat's ass about their members' privacy.<br />
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<a href="http://absoluteblight.blogspot.ca/2014/09/aw-webstalkers.html">Spangenberg Is A Webstalker and Hacker </a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-83151447859644443052014-09-12T12:26:00.002-07:002014-09-17T20:07:47.297-07:00'Reputation Clobbering' At AW<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".o.1:3:1:$comment10152671783302458_10152699511402458:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".o.1:3:1:$comment10152671783302458_10152699511402458:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".o.1:3:1:$comment10152671783302458_10152699511402458:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3"><span data-reactid=".o.1:3:1:$comment10152671783302458_10152699511402458:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".o.1:3:1:$comment10152671783302458_10152699511402458:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0">
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posture, bullying and reputation clobbering is a norm at AW, far more
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<span data-reactid=".1.1:3:1:$comment10152671783302458_10152714689127458:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:0"></span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".1.1:3:1:$comment10152671783302458_10152714689127458:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".1.1:3:1:$comment10152671783302458_10152714689127458:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".1.1:3:1:$comment10152671783302458_10152714689127458:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0">"I do like some things about AW. I don't like the emotional violence."</span></span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-72639443252781255082014-09-07T12:43:00.001-07:002014-09-08T13:55:19.823-07:00Who Is The Real Time Waster?<br />
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MC Hanna, aka 'Filigree,' thinks this site is a 'time waster.' Yet <i>she</i> has written 10,505 posts on AW in just 4 years! Now that truly is a time waster as far as we're concerned. We have a purpose, and an honourable one. We are seeking to support authors who have been abused, maligned, ridiculed and their livliehoods threatened by the bullying and shaming culture of AW. We are the voice for those who are now so devastated by this abuse that they cannot speak for themselves. Some have contemplated suicide. We are pledged to assist in organising the appropriate legal action that will seek redress and financial compensation for their suffering.<br />
<a href="http://www.cranehanabooks.com/blog/">http://www.cranehanabooks.com/blog/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-58344615670456231282014-09-06T12:27:00.002-07:002014-09-14T21:59:36.730-07:00Editor Attacked On AW<a href="http://marlamiller.com/">Marla Miller, Marketing the Muse</a> fell victim to the bullying culture at AW when she advertised her editorial services <a href="http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=232021">there.</a> This is a typical case of how the bullies do a pile-on to virtually everyone who offers publishing services. They are immediately accused of being a scammer and unqualified. Only the major publishing houses, and top agents, are treated with respect. Nobody else counts. In fact, the very fact of their existence is taken as an insult, for it proves authors aren't obeying AW's golden advice. Namely, query top agents only. And if you aren't accepted by one after several years of trying, write another better book. That's it.<br />
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Now that might have been appropriate advice 20 years ago, but it's now woefully out-of-date. Traditional publishing is going the way of the dinosaur, and authors who follow that path today are faced with lottery odds of getting an agent.<br />
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However, even if our AW inspired author <i>does</i> snag an agent, after years and years and years of trying, there's still only a 50-50 chance of selling the book to a publisher. That process is likely to take years and years also. For a first time author, it's probably going to be a midlist publisher who won't expend all their resources behind the book. As a result it won't make much money. By the time the agent takes his cut, there won't be anything left. So the author is back to square one again with the added handicap of a book that didn't sell.<br />
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But by all means, keep querying agents for years and years and years, and meanwhile, write another better book. :-) Or, you can move with the times and self publish. That way you'll never have to give away the rights to your book, and will remain master of your own destiny. It's your choice.<br />
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Now we get down to the real reason Marla was attacked. Typical AW snobbery. She wasn't a <b>real</b> editor. Not like Old Hack, who works for the 'big trade publishers.' You'll notice how the 'big trade publishers' are worshipped as the yardstick of excellence at AW. If you're not associated with them then you must be a scammer.<br />
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Strauss is quite literally on dozens of websites all over the Internet. Blogs, Facebook, Twitter...you name it she's on it. She has broadcast all her personal information, including her location, for the world to see. She's the epitome of an exhibitionist troll, desperate to be noticed. "Look at me...look at me...I'm important." She has therefore, 'doxxed' (one of her favourite expressions) herself.<br />
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For those considering a class action lawsuit against Strauss for invasion of privacy, libel, and loss of income, an address to serve the summons is necessary. There is a Victoria M Strauss listed at 27 Cosby Avenue, Amherst, MA 01002. But there is an indication that her current address may be 103 <span class="street-address">Sunset Ave</span><span class="locality">, Amherst</span>, <span class="region">MA</span> <span class="postal-code">01002-2019</span>
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As for the lawsuit that's pending against Strauss's buddy, Melodie S. Sherman, we're very close to getting an exact physical address for the horse farm. As soon as we have verifiable information, we'll post it.<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/victoriastrauss">https://twitter.com/victoriastrauss</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-47614080071547218942014-09-04T18:39:00.002-07:002014-09-05T13:25:25.747-07:00A Successful Author's Opinion Of AW<a href="http://linrobinson.com/index.php">Linton Robinson (University of Washington)</a> is a successful multi-published author. We agree with what he had to say about AW. It's a good resource, but the present owner and the moderators are dreadful. All that bullying and banning is totally out-of-line.<br />
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According to the Three Stooges -- Sherman, Strauss and Spanbenberg, all the criticism of AW comes from just one <a href="http://www.donotlink.com/framed?532955">troll</a>. It's name is Vicky. Now there's a coincidence. Or is it? Could it be Strauss's alter ego?<br />
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Either way, this isn't just any troll. It's a master of disguise, and has used hundreds of different user names on forums far and wide.<br />
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The busy little blighter has also set up at least 20 websites, including this one, and a fake Facebook account just to message Strauss! Not quite sure why that would be necessary, but then I didn't know Vicky had set up this forum either. That's how crafty this multifaceted troll can be.<br />
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I agree with the Three Stooges totally. It's the only logical explanation for all the criticism of AW, which is a marvelously friendly and supportive forum. It's full of wonderful people, who are totally up-to-date, in their advice about the publishing industry. Only losers self publish. The 'real' authors query agents for years and years and years. Traditional publishing has never been in better shape. The Big 5 in New York, have now expanded to 10 to meet the demand, and new bookstores are opening up all the time. A bookstore today is a great investment. Go for it.<br />
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But I digress. Back to Vicky. They seek her here, they seek her there, they seek that super troll everywhere...<br />
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<b>How do you spell 'delusions of grandeur'? </b><br />
Spangenberg has just announced on <a href="http://www.donotlink.com/framed?532955">Strauss's blog, </a>that's she's a forensic data analyst. "And it’s how I can recognize your writing every time you post." Oh man, are we impressed. She's a sleuth extraordinaire. And here we were thinking she was just a labourer on a horse farm. They're coming to get you Vicky...Sherlock Spangenberg is hot on your trail. But hey, isn't that stalking?<br />
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Spangenberg is being as dishonest about this latest wild claim as she was about the MAC address. Forensic Data Analysis is used to uncover financial crime. Now unless Vicky has been cooking the books at the horse farm, I don't see how this applies.<br />
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<b>"Forensic Data Analysis</b> (FDA) is a branch of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_forensics" title="Digital forensics">Digital forensics</a>. It examines <i>structured</i> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data" title="Data">data</a> with regard to incidents of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_crime" title="Financial crime">financial crime</a>. The aim is to discover and analyse patterns of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud" title="Fraud">fraudulent</a> activities. Data from application systems or from their underlying databases is referred to as structured data."<br />
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So 'Mac' speaks of 'Webstalkers." Hmmm....well I guess it takes one to know one. For that's exactly what <i>she</i> does when she's tracking down so called 'trolls' and 'sockpuppets.' Her live in partner, Lisa Spangenberg, engages in a lot of this cyberstalking as well. She's also a self-confessed hacker. More on that later.<br />
<a href="http://absoluteblight.blogspot.ca/2014/07/another-smear-campaign-at-aw.html">http://absoluteblight.blogspot.ca/2014/07/another-smear-campaign-at-aw.html</a><br />
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Now this is what I call 'cyberstalking.' How can you profess to 'know' who a forum member is, if you haven't been cyberstalking him? It's so creepy.<br />
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In this post, Spangenberg has admitted to not only cyberstalking AW members, but hacking them as well. That is the only way she could get their MAC address. Further, a MAC address is going to tell her much less about her victim's identity than their IP would. This was something thrown out there by Spangenberg to make herself sound technically brilliant. What it's actually done is make her look like a right old idiot and a hacker (which is illegal) to boot.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>UPDATE:</b></span><br />
Spangenberg has just announced on <a href="http://www.donotlink.com/framed?532955">Strauss's blog, </a>that's she's a forensic data analyst. "And it’s how I can recognize your writing every time you post." So when Sherlock Spangenberg (SS) isn't stalking her victims and hacking into their computers for their MAC address, she's analyzing their handwriting. But this isn't cyberstalking, of course. LOL<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And more proof that they hate self publishing:</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://nanowrimo.org/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/125107?page=3">http://nanowrimo.org/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/125107?page=3</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-44576985403360912912014-09-01T17:35:00.003-07:002014-09-01T17:56:08.384-07:00AW And The Disappearing Threads<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Not as rare as you'd like us to believe, Lisa. AW does indeed delete
threads when it's in their better interests to do so. Like when the gang
of bullies has so trashed a young author that she's fled to another
forum, which has linked to the whole shameful episode.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,172987.125.html">http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,172987.125.html</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-67840472543273542852014-09-01T14:50:00.002-07:002014-09-01T23:14:34.311-07:00Content That Is Critical Of AW Is Suddenly DisappearingFortunately, these missing reviews were copied by <a href="http://writeabsolutereviews.blogspot.ca/">Write Absolute Reviews,</a> who have made them available to us. We thank them for that. Censorship is always scary, and those who resort to it so often have something to hide. As this purge is likely to continue, we have made copies of all relevant documents, so we will still be able to provide authors with the information they are entitled to.<br />
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Update: Due to popular demand, Dark Markets have made this article available again on their site:<br />
<a href="http://darkmarkets.com/the-cult-absolute-write-water-cooler/">http://darkmarkets.com/the-cult-absolute-write-water-cooler/</a> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-54612437035353396572014-09-01T14:41:00.000-07:002014-09-01T19:13:36.248-07:00Is This The Real Agenda Of AW?<br />
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And furthermore, AW doesn't even pay the writers they hire to flog said lessons. <br />
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<a href="http://forums.writersweekly.com/viewtopic.php?t=8199%22">http://forums.writersweekly.com/viewtopic.php?t=8199%22</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-64190824676072597262014-08-30T15:00:00.001-07:002014-09-01T17:28:36.023-07:00More Glaring Injustices At AWSome of you might not realise that when you register at AW, you can never delete your account. This is so the bullies can target you ad infinitum long after you're gone, and that this pile-on of ridicule and vilification will come up on a Google search, thereby attaching itself to your name forever.<br />
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We know of no other forum that operates in this totally undemocratic manner. If a member wants to cancel his account, he has a perfect right to do so. But at the very very least, one is entitled to know right up front, when registering, about the no cancellation policy.<br />
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It's a bit late in the day, and totally unfair, to learn of this when a pack of ravenous vultures is tearing at your innards, posting all sorts of lies about your real identity and seeking to destroy you utterly. The AW cabal is the epitome of evil and their vileness has contaminated what once was a good forum.<br />
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Jim Alexander, whose <a href="http://absoluteblight.blogspot.ca/2014/08/another-banning-about-to-happen.html">plight</a> we featured a few days ago, finds himself in just this bind right now. He wants to cancel his account and get away from that nightmare of a forum but won't be able to. His only recourse is to consult a lawyer.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-72632570783992023122014-08-28T22:56:00.003-07:002014-09-14T21:56:42.473-07:00 AW Still Gets A 'Highly Recommended' Rating At Preditors And Editors (Unbelievable!)Writer advocates such as Preditors and Editors, and Victoria Strauss, who continue to support AW despite the overwhelming evidence of bullying, foul language, and bad advice, are defending the kind of foul language and sentiments, which Mel/Mac displayed in this Tweet. They obviously think it's appropriate. Otherwise, how could they continue to recommend AW as a good forum for writers? The fact that they do is totally incomprehensible. Mel/Mac is a foul mouthed vicious bully who has destroyed more writers than she's ever helped. This Tweet proves that.<br />
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