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So there's this soi-disant literary agent (when you don't appear to have any sales, despite claiming to have been representing authors since 1984, I think you are probably not), Barbara Bauer. She's on Writer Beware's Twenty Worst Agencies list. So far, whatever; no different than the other 19, right?

Well, except for her multiple attempts to get sites closed down or her sending of legal threats for one! billion! dollars! for mentioning her name. Most recently, the Absolute Write discussion site disappeared rather suddenly, apparently due to their ISP rolling over for an abusive phone call that may have mentioned the DMCA.

There's a bunch of coverage around on this, including two posts from Miss Snark.

It's all about Barbara Bauer. Hmm, Google juice much?

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From:

mjlayman.livejournal.com

AbsoluteWrite.com was (is, they should be back up now with a new host) a writer's community with a lot of discussion, including things like the list of the worst agents. I'm not a writer, but I associate with some, and I'm appalled at how the host reacted to an invalid complaint.

(Your friend got Moondragon3 because she was the third person on LJ to request Moondragon.)

From:

newblksusan.livejournal.com

Thanks for clarifying and offering the info. Don't be surprised if she shows up "here" as I just forwarded this entire thread to her . . .not so much because of your question, but because of the information that started that the thread, but I also let her know that I was certain she wasn't the person you were referring to. . .

Thanks for the info though as I will be checking out AbsoluteWrite.com !

boy am I happy that I read Tygerr's friends' pages on a regular basis!