1. The WaPo used recent events in hockey to discuss some hockey romances. (Also I had missed much of the drama until it reached a head, so had not been commenting. But basically hockey players, and other athletes are real people. What you imagine to yourself or amongst your friends is fine and good. But tagging actual people in your fantasies about them is sexual harassment. Their spouses should not have to ask you to stop. They should not have to ask you to stop. And their teams should not be egging you on.)
But, there's only a short list of hockey romances in that article. There are plenty more if you want suggestions, contact me.
2. Jane Friedman's particular issue with books she had not written being posted to Amazon has been resolved, but she's correct that this will likely be an ongoing issue. There are two other authors who publish under some variation of Tara Kennedy. All of them come up when you search my name of Amazon. One of them gets listed as me all the time on Goodreads, and yes I have tried correcting it, but it gets linked back each time. In my case, as far as I know these are real people publishing under their also real name. But with more AI books being posted, it would not surprise me if they try to piggyback on the name of existing authors. Much the way in the early days we saw a lot of Nora C. Roberts books.
3. And I was pleased to see that Yilin Wang, the translator whose work was used without permission or attribution in an exhibit has reached a settlement with the museum.
And one additional note. As I mentioned to newsletter folks, I'm doing a group promo with some other authors in Kobo Plus. If you have a Kobo Plus Subscription (or are in your free trial period) and were looking for authors who have books in there, there's a list that includes me if you click here.
