Sad, but it's not just Hollywood. I spent eight years in the White House (Reagan/Bush) and I have heard people tell stories about what it was like when a really difficult decision was made...but, I know for certain they were not even in the room. Or, someone shares the salient comments they made at a meeting with the President when in fact the comments came from someone else. I'm not sure what it is, but there clearly is a desire in some to be seen as smart and creative, even if the story emerges totally from their vivid imagination.
This was so well said. Crazy that someone would try to get away with this even with a writer as successful as you! Wrong regardless. But at this level - clueless narcissism.
Ahhh yes; "Remember The Night: 1939 movie (older than I, barely), screenplay by Preston Sturges, starring Barbara Stanwick and Fred MacMurray. Great old movie about a diamond thief! Sort of.
Sad, but it's not just Hollywood. I spent eight years in the White House (Reagan/Bush) and I have heard people tell stories about what it was like when a really difficult decision was made...but, I know for certain they were not even in the room. Or, someone shares the salient comments they made at a meeting with the President when in fact the comments came from someone else. I'm not sure what it is, but there clearly is a desire in some to be seen as smart and creative, even if the story emerges totally from their vivid imagination.
Legally it may not be theft, but it sure should be. I'm sorry it happened to you and others. We LOVE your books!
This was so well said. Crazy that someone would try to get away with this even with a writer as successful as you! Wrong regardless. But at this level - clueless narcissism.
This just makes me sad....
That's crazy
Ahhh yes; "Remember The Night: 1939 movie (older than I, barely), screenplay by Preston Sturges, starring Barbara Stanwick and Fred MacMurray. Great old movie about a diamond thief! Sort of.