“I think in my humble opinion that this is getting a little out of control. Why look through all of her articles for more ammo to call her crazy? The stalking is more than enough to hang her out to dry with. If these pieces had been written by someone else, I don’t think they’d be getting the same reaction.”

I’ve come across this sort of comment a few times.

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Until now authors stalking reviewers had largely remained in cyber space rather than face-to-face. Kathleen Hale spent money finding the address a writer of a one-star review of Hale’s book, hired a car and landed on the doorstep of an understandably shocked and flabbergasted victim, who was then further victimised by Hale’s disturbingly vivid account of her obsessive and criminal actions in the Guardian which failed to remove identifying information.

Richard Brittain took this one giant leap further.

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Because stalking is never ok...I support Blogger Blackout.

This whole thing frightens me. I've had a few angry messages sent to me from authors pissed off over my negative reviews. But I certainly never expect one to drive to my house, call me and threaten me.

The fact she seems to not get how very wrong she was is boggling. Even if Blythe slammed your book wrongly, YOU FUCKING STALKED HER! THAT'S A CRIME!

And because of all this, Blythe has shut her Goodreads account down to only friends seeing her stuff. So I'm no longer allowed to read her reviews and see her updates like I used to. And I certainly wouldn't blame her for rejecting my friend request, since I am an author and she's been stalked by one of my kind. I feel so bad for her. And I hope she knows we're not all like that.

Authors: How many times do I have to tell you, not everyone will like your damn book!