When I was working on this list, I was reminded of another attempted scam related to My Immortal, which happened at around the same time, and which I think I might have told you about? It centered around an woman who claimed to have written the fic in order to locate her brother in foster care, and almost had a "memoir" published about it. Wild stuff.
I'm familiar with all but #4
I think that familiarity with those stories requires one's media interests to intersect in some very specific ways - and before the miniseries, I don't think that Belle Gibson was super well known outside of Australia anyway.
I definitely had you and some of my other plural/soulbonding friends in mind when I was writing the section about Andy Blake. And I haven't communicated directly with Abbey, but I admire her a lot; she really does seem like a strong and gracious person, and I'm glad that your interactions with her have been positive.
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I'm familiar with all but #4
I think that familiarity with those stories requires one's media interests to intersect in some very specific ways - and before the miniseries, I don't think that Belle Gibson was super well known outside of Australia anyway.
I definitely had you and some of my other plural/soulbonding friends in mind when I was writing the section about Andy Blake. And I haven't communicated directly with Abbey, but I admire her a lot; she really does seem like a strong and gracious person, and I'm glad that your interactions with her have been positive.