I live in a small town in the middle of nowhere...ugh I miss my city.
About three years ago, my first book, a novella was published. YAY! Or so I thought.
Since then, a few people in this town have sent me what I deem as hate emails every time I get a book published, when I post a small excerpt from one I'm working on or what have you.
So far I have been called a demon worshiper, a cat killer, an abusive mother because who else could write horror...and the list goes on. For the most part, I stay to myself because I have no idea who the people are sending the emails. They are all anonymous. My question is how do I make them stop? I am not an evil person, I don't worship the devil and of course I don't hurt cats or my children. If any of you have gone through this, please tell me what you did. I plan on moving in a few years after the house is paid off, but not until then. For the most part, I ignore them, still it's getting harder to do that. I'm just a writer. I'm even thinking about going under a Pen name so I can stop these people. This town is weird to say the least. What I don't plan on doing is quitting. I love being an author. I don't really care what they think...I just don't want it to start messing with my children. So any thoughts would be nice.
Thank you all for everything. So far the experience here has been AMAZING!!
About three years ago, my first book, a novella was published. YAY! Or so I thought.
Since then, a few people in this town have sent me what I deem as hate emails every time I get a book published, when I post a small excerpt from one I'm working on or what have you.
So far I have been called a demon worshiper, a cat killer, an abusive mother because who else could write horror...and the list goes on. For the most part, I stay to myself because I have no idea who the people are sending the emails. They are all anonymous. My question is how do I make them stop? I am not an evil person, I don't worship the devil and of course I don't hurt cats or my children. If any of you have gone through this, please tell me what you did. I plan on moving in a few years after the house is paid off, but not until then. For the most part, I ignore them, still it's getting harder to do that. I'm just a writer. I'm even thinking about going under a Pen name so I can stop these people. This town is weird to say the least. What I don't plan on doing is quitting. I love being an author. I don't really care what they think...I just don't want it to start messing with my children. So any thoughts would be nice.
Thank you all for everything. So far the experience here has been AMAZING!!