Any Advice: Found My Emails posted as Stories on Lit.

[~hellbaby~]

I figure it is better for me to leave this alone but I was wondering if anyone has another opinion or advice. A few days ago I clicked a story link in a post and started reading the author's work. The story was very familiar,many of the stories {the author is listed as a fem}reeked of familiarity. These stories are made from letters I received,not entirely verbatim but close enough to know I received them several months before they were submitted to lit. The stories were simply embellished a bit but the contents are there,paragraph for paragraph,just in different order. I did not write them,perhaps the man who did submitted them under a woman's name. I thought of telling him but then thought better of it. What would you do? Is staying out of it the best thing?

 

[Colleen Thomas]

That's difficult. A breech of trust for sure. If the communications were private and you do not want them seen I would suggest sending a pm to Laure, the web mistress. Include some of the originals with date stamps if you have them and see if she can remove the stories for you.

Best of luck.

-Colly

 

[rgraham666]

That's really low, in my opinion.

I've a story here based on correspondence with some one but I made damn sure that person was aware of and comfortable with the idea of me submitting that story.

Colleen's advice is good.

 

[~hellbaby~]

That's really low, in my opinion.

I've a story here based on correspondence with some one but I made damn sure that person was aware of and comfortable with the idea of me submitting that story.

Colleen's advice is good.

Thanks, and to Colleen It is not so much it bothers me as much as the fact they were ,I thought personal and I wonder if 'He' knows . I would like to think they were personal to him too but I may be fooling myself there. Thanks guys!

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Wait a minute, I don't understand.

You mean these stories on Lit contained email letters that were sent to you personally? That some third party got their hands on them and turned them into stories?

Or do you think that the guy who wrote these letters to you has turned them into stories?

How do you know that the guy who wrote you didn't just copy his letters from the posted stories? Maybe he did the plagiarizing?

---dr.M.

 

[~hellbaby~]

Wait a minute, I don't understand.

You mean these stories on Lit contained email letters that were sent to you personally? That some third party got their hands on them and turned them into stories?

Or do you think that the guy who wrote these letters to you has turned them into stories?

How do you know that the guy who wrote you didn't just copy his letters from the posted stories? Maybe he did the plagiarizing?

---dr.M.

This is what I do not know, The poster joined the same week I recieved the letter. That was back in the spring but the story was not posted until last month. It is possible he did it but we were {I thought}in an intimate relationship. I do not know why he would not say anything about it. He may just be a real jerk.It wouldn't be plagerism though,if it is his work? It also wouldn't be the first time my prince turned out to be a frog

 

[cloudy]

I would think your first step would be to get in touch with the person who wrote the emails to you originally, and see if he had anything to do with it or not, and then go from there.

You must feel really betrayed right now....I'm sorry.

 

[~hellbaby~]

I would think your first step would be to get in touch with the person who wrote the emails to you originally, and see if he had anything to do with it or not, and then go from there.

You must feel really betrayed right now....I'm sorry.

Thanks.This {if he posted them}should be the biggest betrayal,I wish HA. It's a shame because they were 'soak your panties'hot letters and they are ruined,if they were kept originally as wriitten it would not be so bad.

 

[Lisa Denton]

I don't think anyone understood what may have happened and what you owe the person who may have originally wrote these to you. You owe him privacy. You CANNOT send them to Manu or Laurel or do anything until you talk to the one person you believe sent you his own private thoughts.

If he wrote those tell him what you saw and where. If they were copied from him then you have kept private correspondence private and someone else broke his trust, or perhaps he posted his correspondence to you under a pen name. If you think he copied the letters from someone else ask him point blank, but you cannot assume that.

What he may have written to you cannot go beyond you and him, until you feel certain that he copied them. What you would do to his trust and privacy, if you were wrong, is priceless.

Tell him that, perhaps he will admit that his words to you were so good he posted them under a different name, which is slightly funky, perhaps he will admit that he copied them, which means he is a pig and you will have to report that to the person who he copied it from and to the site if you choose to.

Until you know different anything sent to you privately should remain private between you and him.

 

[D. Mattanthas]

Ouch. The idea of cross plaguirism is disgusting - I've dealt with the laws surrounding plaguirism (in fact I've re-written a couple), and the whole thing stinks.

I extend a comforting hand, and - for your own mental health - you may wish to delve into it. Get in contact with your....whomever....and find out what actually happened.

If it turns out that what you received was ripped off of here, I'm certain you will have all of our support in beating the snot out of the bastard.

Frankly, I'd expect nothing less if it were me.


*Edit*
I agree with Ms. Denton - things like that should remain private between "you" and "him".

Good luck with this.

 

[~hellbaby~]

Wait wait..

OK I can see this is getting confused,my bad I should have made it clearer. I 100% positivley know he wrote them speciffically to me. They are about anticipation of upcoming plans we had. I know he wrote them. I do not know who submitted them,if this was a pen name of his or if someone copied them. I have tried to contact him to no avail.
My indecision was if I should continue trying to contact him or not.It struck me odd that he would alter some parts like they were but then again I found out a lot of stuff I did not think he was capable of doing. I think I will leave it be.

 

[SeaCat]

HellBaby,

That is truly something different. You have received some great advice from others here and I'll even put in my two cents worth.

I think the first thing you need to do is get in contact with the person who wrote you those letters and ask him if he did indeed post them as stories. If he didn't then he needs to know about this right away. If he did post them as stories though, then you have several options open to you.

The first would be to contact Laurel and Manu to see if anything can be done about the stores from their end. (If you want them to do anything about it.) You could also let the dishonorable *&%^#$&!#$&^% !##^*% (sorry saw red there for a minute.) know what you think about them, either in private, or if you are unhappy with them enough to deal with the feedback, on any public forum you choose.

Other than this I have no advice I can give. Just my deepest sympathies.

Cat
The Marine Feline

 

[D. Mattanthas]

As to bringing this to the attention of the moderators....I'm afraid that's already been discussed - and it is, apparently not an option.

If you can't contact him, block his computer, and drop it. He lost your trust, and that is a blow that he shouldn't be allowed to recover from.

That's harsh - sorry to hear it.

 

[Lisa Denton]

Re: Wait wait..

OK I can see this is getting confused,my bad I should have made it clearer. I 100% positivley know he wrote them speciffically to me. They are about anticipation of upcoming plans we had. I know he wrote them. I do not know who submitted them,if this was a pen name of his or if someone copied them. I have tried to contact him to no avail.
My indecision was if I should continue trying to contact him or not.It struck me odd that he would alter some parts like they were but then again I found out a lot of stuff I did not think he was capable of doing. I think I will leave it be.

I wouldn't, close it out, it sounds as if it means a lot to you, as it should.

I see now you are sure he didn't copy them from someone else. He is probably a pig, but on the off chance that someone he trusted used his words I would not send anyone his private words to you.

As a last resort I suppose you could contact Laurel, explain the situation and that you will not reveal what was written in your mails but what you think, and ask her to attempt to contact either your ex-pen-pal or the poster of the stories and see if you get any info without revealing the exact contents of what was sent to you.

Just a thought, maintain privacy trust, but push it for closure.

 

[~hellbaby~]

As to bringing this to the attention of the moderators....I'm afraid that's already been discussed - and it is, apparently not an option.

If you can't contact him, block his computer, and drop it. He lost your trust, and that is a blow that he shouldn't be allowed to recover from.

That's harsh - sorry to hear it.

Yes,well I guess I am not as special as I was led to believe ....
There's one born every minute...I think I won't think about it anymore

 

[D. Mattanthas]

*Chuckle* If that isn't a plea for attention, I don't know what is!!!

That's a harsh view to take of yourself - internet relationships are.........well, I don't recommend them!!! Don't think someone thinks you're special until you've met them face to face - a lot can be learned from how someone acts around you. To dump an email / falsity on you like that is crude, but, frankly, to be expected.

You have my sympathy, as far as it goes. Be wary of Internet relationships. A lesson learned, I hope.

I hope things go better for you in the future.

 

[~hellbaby~]

*Chuckle* If that isn't a plea for attention, I don't know what is!!!

That's a harsh view to take of yourself - internet relationships are.........well, I don't recommend them!!! Don't think someone thinks you're special until you've met them face to face - a lot can be learned from how someone acts around you. To dump an email / falsity on you like that is crude, but, frankly, to be expected.

You have my sympathy, as far as it goes. Be wary of Internet relationships. A lesson learned, I hope.

I hope things go better for you in the future.

I am not that niave, we met in person several times.Sympathy's not what I need~common sense is!lol..

 

[D. Mattanthas]

Ouch - you and me both!!!

Unfortunately, I'm slightly naive, but I'm enjoying it.

 

[~hellbaby~]

Ouch - you and me both!!!

Unfortunately, I'm slightly naive, but I'm enjoying it.

I might learn the hard way,{no pun intended} but at least I have fun doing it

 

[D. Mattanthas]

Heheheh!