Things fall apart and the centre cannot hold in the fatrickverse (
discussion) after Brian Keene, a succesful horror/fantasy writer, published an exposé on Tomlinson. The blogpost [
Link -
Archive] summarizes a year's worth of interactions with the pig. Initially sympathetic, Keene soon realized that Rick is an insufferable porkhuman being who pretty much had it coming.
It all started with a phonecall, where Keene comitted the deadly sin of suggesting that Rick should maybe stop engaging with the stalker children if he wanted the "harassment" to stop. This set off a one-sided cold war between a true and honest author and a pretend one, which has now gone hot.
Importantly, Keene claims that the wider literary and publishing scene is well aware of the kind of person Rick really is: he's
considered an annoyance at best, even among people who claim to support him.
He also alleges that Rick had contacted others in the industry, asking them to
publish anonymous smears against his enemies.
This is significant because Keene is an established author (and also thin, unlike Rick), with real connections in the industry. Rick has been trying to get a new book published, and might be blaming Keene for his failure to do so.
Rick wrote a
seething response as damage control, but others in the business have already begun to
take notice...
Update:
A new slapfight has started