Dorchester is off the main page, upper right hand corner click About Us and on the right hand side on the side bar it says, if you have a question for our Editorial department click here.

Kensington, to find the president’s email go to Kensington Publishing and scroll to the bottom of the page. In the center of that menu across the bottom is Contact Us. Click on that. On the right hand side, in a teal side bar, the second item is Presidents letter. If you click there you will see Mr. Zacharius’ personal email.

I searched and found Romance Writers of America’s site. In the top right hand corner it says About RWA. If you scroll down the left sidebar it says RWA staff. I wrote Allison Kelly, the Executive Director.

I hate bullies. The only way to stop them is to stand firm against this kind of crap. Once Kensington, Dorchester, and the RWA get here, the proof is pretty damming.

And Megan—Whoa! She’s calling a lawyer already? Please don’t be worried. There’s nothing more she can do to you. She should “come on over” and read the posts here before she calls. Maybe she should respond to us.

LOL! Thanks. But that’s just it…I don’t think she’s reading over here or she’d know better than to say I’m making it up and lying. It’s her own words tightening the noose, not mine.

One of her flying monkey clones just came on that loop she’s fussing at me on and told the moderator I was “spreading trash” and “Can you spell lynch mob?”

Sheesh! I’m waiting for my Inbox to flood with her supporters now because apparently, I am public enemy #1 and the one who needs to be taken down, sued and verbally abused, not their psycho-stalker co-publisher, cover artist extraordinaire. *rolling eyes* Yeah, whatever!

I’m probably going to mess this up but one of my favorite quotes in a book was in THE SECRET by Julie Garwood, where Iain told Judith “One whisper, added to a thousand others, becomes a roar of discontent.”

I’m adding my voice here and hope many others will too.

Authors, especially HP authors: We have lived in the nightmare for so long. It’s a fresh breath of air now that our experiences are out in the open. Bravo to the authors who see the injustice in HP’s and Ms. M’s methods.

I thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

In the end, all that has been posted here is true. Yes, we get yelled at, yes Ms. MacGillivray has touted herself as co-publisher as long ago as November 2007. Yes, she claims this is all lies, yes; I’m going to get an ass chewing the likes I have never experienced before. But the point is this…I’m tired of sitting back, being scared to say anything. I have moved on, found a publisher I adore and I can only wish the same for my fellow HP authors.

But let me say this. The odd cliché “with the sweet comes the sour” is true here. I have learned some very valuable lessons, I have made some wonderful friends and I have learned I’m tougher then I ever thought I was. I learned that I DO have what it takes to make it in this industry. I have the drive, the motivation, and the belief in myself. I have moved on from this house and I’ve found publication elsewhere. This experience has been a lessoned learned and I’m only sorry that something that started with so much promise has turned into something I’m not proud to be a part of.

Here is the link to Dorchester Publishing. http://www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/about.cfm There is a direct link there to their editorial department. I noticed Deborah didn’t mention the editors at Dorchester at all. They might not be aware.

Internet terrorism is beyond reproach. Threatening someone’s family, especially their kids has me so blistering angry I am off to pen my letters.

They will basically read like this.

“Dear Sir,

Your author, Deborah MacGillivray has launched a campaign of bullying and internet terrorism on the web. She is accused of manipulating Amazon, terrifying writers and stalking readers who give her poor reviews. She even threatened one reader, a Reba Belle’s children. The information is being discussed by readers and authors including several NY Times bestsellers. You can start at Dear Author http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/07/highland-press-warnings/ and then move to the Amazon forums where it is a hot topic the forums. Since this news broke on April 7th, Deborah MacGillivray has tried deleting and manipulating the information, but it is well documented. I hope you will address this problem immediately. Ms. MacGillivray claims your house is fully aware of this matter. I wanted to make certain that was true.”

That is a damn near perfect comparison, IMO.

Is she in violation of any of the standard terms in publishing contracts? I mean, is there a clause to the effect that thou shalt not attack thy readers in a public forum and cause embarrassment and potential loss of revenue to thy publisher?