+873, and a Warning:
I had a rough night's sleep, which wasn't helped by the 3:00 AM heartburn, but I did manage another 873 words on the new story, which brings the total to 4968. Next Monday is my deadline.
I received an email this morning I thought I would pass on to everyone:
"Here is a warning about a known plagiarist, thief, and scam operator: David Boyer.
Please be careful to avoid becoming another victim of David Boyer.
His known aliases include:
David Byron, Dylan Cook, Leo Wolfe, Jack Burnett, Jack Sawyer, Tobey King, Christian Loche, Kelli Kelso, and Kelli Ross.
If you know of any aliases I don't have, please let me know. Also, if you find any of these links no longer working, please let me know.
Here are the links as evidence of David Boyer's misdeeds:
Documentation from the Horror Writer's Association (who give the Bram Stoker Awards) under the article titled Stoker-Recommended Works Removed for Plagiarism:
Here is the warning on Absolute Writer under Writers Beware:
Aphelion
Something Wicked
A victim speaks
Another victim speaks
Boyer's Mean Tirade Against Ramsey Campbell:
The Rusty Nail
A different Rusty Nail post
About Darkened Doorways:
About Vast Horizens on Science Fiction Writers Association:
Shocklines
And here is Ferrel (Rick) Moore ongoing satire, whose story Electrocuting the Clowns was stolen by David Boyer under his alias David Byron and who personally contacted the Horror Writer's Association about the theft:
Here is B. Thoughtful's website where evidence against David Boyer is carefully collected and saved:
I received an email this morning I thought I would pass on to everyone:
"Here is a warning about a known plagiarist, thief, and scam operator: David Boyer.
Please be careful to avoid becoming another victim of David Boyer.
His known aliases include:
David Byron, Dylan Cook, Leo Wolfe, Jack Burnett, Jack Sawyer, Tobey King, Christian Loche, Kelli Kelso, and Kelli Ross.
If you know of any aliases I don't have, please let me know. Also, if you find any of these links no longer working, please let me know.
Here are the links as evidence of David Boyer's misdeeds:
Documentation from the Horror Writer's Association (who give the Bram Stoker Awards) under the article titled Stoker-Recommended Works Removed for Plagiarism:
Here is the warning on Absolute Writer under Writers Beware:
Aphelion
Something Wicked
A victim speaks
Another victim speaks
Boyer's Mean Tirade Against Ramsey Campbell:
The Rusty Nail
A different Rusty Nail post
About Darkened Doorways:
About Vast Horizens on Science Fiction Writers Association:
Shocklines
And here is Ferrel (Rick) Moore ongoing satire, whose story Electrocuting the Clowns was stolen by David Boyer under his alias David Byron and who personally contacted the Horror Writer's Association about the theft:
Here is B. Thoughtful's website where evidence against David Boyer is carefully collected and saved: