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In reply to the discussion: Has anyone read the new James Patterson memoir "Stories of My Life" ? [View all]anobserver2
(922 posts)15. Note to: any of his "writing factory" writers
One reason I like posting here on DU when I feel like saying something is because you never know who is reading the thread. And it occurs to me that perhaps someday a writer from Patterson's writing factory will somehow stumble upon this thread. If so, here is what I would like to say to that person:
You and the other writers in his writing factory are far from being the first group of writers exploited by James Patterson for his own personal gain. Later in this thread I will teach you all about a group of more than 5,000 writers who were exploited by him for his own personal gain - and don't even know he exploited them. But I know. And I will show you what he did to those people and how he benefited from his misconduct.
In addition, I will show you, right now, the public story of one writer he exploited. I read about this writer in the NY Post,. I don't recall seeing any other media outlet disclose her lawsuit. I read the NY Post -- and that's how I learned of this writer.
After you read her story, decide for yourself if James Patterson is in the habit of exploiting writers. And, if you're not sure, wait until later on this thread when I show what he did to 5,000+ other writers. Then you be the judge of whether or not he has a pattern of exploitation against writers..
Here is the one public story of an exploited writer -- which I learned of by reading the NY Post:
Federal lawsuit of Christina Sharpe vs. James Patterson
https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914b6c7add7b0493477b1f4
https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914b6c7add7b0493477b1f4]
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Has anyone read the new James Patterson memoir "Stories of My Life" ? [View all]
anobserver2
Jun 2022
OP
It seems he has promoted two versions of the structure of his writing factory
anobserver2
Jun 2022
#14
PS Here's the NY Post article about the lawsuit a writer filed against Patterson
anobserver2
Jun 2022
#16
Also: Patterson's new memoir makes no mention of any lawsuit against him by a writer
anobserver2
Jun 2022
#17
Two organizations for writers in the writing factory - Author's Guild and National Writers Union
anobserver2
Jun 2022
#18
When I have time I will write a list of discrepencies I found in this memoir
anobserver2
Jun 2022
#8
From June 20, 2022 New Yorker magazine: "How James Patterson Became the World's Best-Selling Author"
anobserver2
Jun 2022
#26
Deception #11 in Memoir: Money, and Pages 120-121 - "the fine art of negociating"
anobserver2
Jun 2022
#41