When Fame Turns Frightening: How My Author Spotlight Invited a Sinister Shadow
So, I closed my bed and breakfast, gave away everything to strangers, left the city, and went into hiding for nearly eight years with little income. No longer could I appear in public to promote books. I couldn’t accept speaking gigs for fear he would shoot me, or miss me and hit an innocent bystander.
I pivoted, offering to negotiate contracts for other speakers, but they wouldn’t hire me because I refused to meet them in person. (Only one person agreed to have me negotiate for her because we had a mutual friend, Margaret Atwood.)
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