[quote user="MandyJ"] [quote user="annecater"] [quote user="mslondon01"] Well you two have obviously not been around other forums and seen trolls in operation.   [/quote] Obviously???   We've had trolls on RISI in the past, a couple of particularly nasty ones that I remember very clearly. ...

[quote user="wyres"] [quote user="windysisters"] [quote user="mslondon01"]  The other thing is that if someone was really intent on deceiving, it would be very simple to set up a false name (or two or three) and bio to lull people into a sense of your great integrity - "Hi I'm Mary ...

Well you two have obviously not been around other forums and seen trolls in operation.  

 The other thing is that if someone was really intent on deceiving, it would be very simple to set up a false name (or two or three) and bio to lull people into a sense of your great integrity - "Hi I'm Mary Smith and I've got 5 children and 12 grand children, I love reading Agatha Christie novels and ...

He could play Henry VIII

[quote user="try2write"] [quote user="mslondon01"]I agree with you.  We all have freedom of speech and we should not abuse it.  Using the anonymity of the internet to post negative comments about individuals - or even books that you would never say under your real name is wrong.[/quote] The whole question of the ...

[quote user="annecater"] [quote user="mslondon01"] But being an author and putting your fiction out there IS different though, imho. Difficult to explain, but partly because, from what I've seen of authors, they feel like they're (uniquely) putting their pasts, the essence of their ideas ...

 @annecater I agree with you.  We all have freedom of speech and we should not abuse it.  Using the anonymity of the internet to post negative comments about individuals - or even books that you would never say under your real name is wrong. "After all, just because someone is an author, it doesn't mean that they ...

 With all these accolades for his novels, I'm very eager to read one of them!   I've met a few authors, through a friend and through writing classes - and there can be a lot of bitterness running through their veins.  I remember one moderately successful author.  Not instantly recogiseable but he earns ...

 I have never heard of RJ Ellory before.   Although I'm now very curious to read his books  This is not in any way surprising.  In some ways, it's the way of the world now!  The internet is huge. It influences what people believe, what they buy and how you can make money out of them.  And more. What ...