Dear Problem Reader,

I have asked you nicely to stop reblogging my work without express written consent. One request to stop doing it should be enough for you to back the fuck off, but no, you refuse to stop. I can’t decide if you’re stupid or asking for a fight. So, you were asked a second time to stop. I have yet to see results.

Is it my fault you lack originality and do nothing, but reblog and pingback to other people’s work as opposed to cultivating your own? No. However, you’re half a step away from a Cease & Desist letter for copyright infringement.

You see, there’s a copyright notice on everything I write, and on this platform in its entirety. There is another notice on my About page, in case I accidentally infringe on someone else’s rights, which I’d never do intentionally. There’s a reason for that; people such as yourself. I’ve had enough of you and your nonsense.

I’m a writer. It is my job to communicate with my readers, but it is NOT my job to have that work “shared” simply because you enjoy the more painful things I write about. This is not a book you’re passing around. It takes two seconds to ask a person if it’s all right before doing something that may or may not anger them. Quite frankly, if it’s a quote or a photo that does not belong to me, I don’t care if it gets reblogged, but when it is my written work, you bet your ass I care. It’s got my name on it for a reason, and part of that is my reputation.

I don’t know you and you don’t know me, not in any capacity. I have experience and knowledge behind me and I’m not about to let you play games with my work. I don’t care what context it is in; it needs to stop.

This is the only public warning you’re going to get before I have you tracked down. Do not, for a single second, think I am joking. I’m too smart for that. There is a reason I fiercely protect my work, and I will continue doing so as long as someone such as yourself exists.

Please remove the reblogs you did not ask me permission for, as well as ALL pinged material from your blog. I will give you seven business days to handle the removal of multiple pieces of my work, and if these items are not removed, I will proceed with stopping you for good.

If you’re not sure who you are, then this probably doesn’t pertain to you, but to the person it does pertain to: I asked you nicely once. I was more forceful the second time around. I am not going to be nice ever again.

P.S. Copyright infringement affects writers and all artists with platforms, blogs, and/or websites. So when I speak up for myself, I speak out for everyone else that could potentially be affected. Bullshit commenters need not apply.

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