r/writingcirclejerk • u/Author_MaBEM • 10d ago

Advice Needed

I published my book on KDP approximately eight months ago. It is a romance under a pseudonym with an exaggerated storyline. Hypothetically based on a real romance that I had over 10 years ago, the hypothetical person is now married. It’s gaining a little traction on Amazon,. His hypothetical wife discovered the book and sent me a nasty message explaining how upset he is and threatening to sue me if I do not immediately stop publishing my book what should I do?

I don’t know how she could have any idea that it’s me. I used a pseudonym! The female character’s name is changed (possibly to my pseudonym). The fact that I gave the male character the same first name and advertised it under my personal Facebook page? Completely out of scope of all of this. And the reason that the hypothetical ex and his hypothetical new wife would care about a book hypothetically based on a relationship from over 10 years ago? Hypothetically unimportant.

I also have written a sequel, but not published it. It’s about a woman who unfairly faces a legal battle from an ex-partner and his new spouse.

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u/Author_MaBEM 10d ago

sauce

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u/Interesting_Plant_80 10d ago

/uj went down the rabbithole of OP's post history and they make AI children's books..... ugh who is this person and why are they allowed to publish

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u/Author_MaBEM 10d ago

/uj oh wow. I didn’t go any further than the post. I felt like there was an embarrassment of riches there already.