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[Pamela Jo]

 

[Pamela Jo]

 

[Sedayne]

So, her previous, little-known, self-published fiction turns out to be true, and the massive-selling, Penguin-published, non-fiction turns out to be false.
Is she a skilled con-artist, or someone who doesn't know what's real and what isn't anymore?
A fascinating lesson in ethics and desperation.

 

[Sarit]

If she had written it from the beginning saying this is fiction or 'inspired by real events' that's fine. But if she deliberately advertised and monetized her trauma as a way to sell a book--that's ugly. But now, she has money and fame, so what does she care? Is there any legal recourse here? I think not.

Many authors and screenwriters milk and exaggerate their traumas to sell their writing. Maybe also the industry is to blame as in your bio etc. they always want to know why you wrote the book and what's your connection to the story. And God forbid you say you have no connection and it all just came out of your imaginative brain!