![]() ![]() When more and more stories started coming out (with proof) and the depth of the deception was made public, the apology posts started to pour forth. A lot of authors and readers were pretty fierce in their initial defense of SH, including Megan Erickson, who co-wrote the Cyberlove series with SH, and Sarah Lyons of Riptide Publishing. Twitter Account against SH: /SantinoHustleįor the most part, this played out on Twitter.Megan Erickson’s Statement and Apologies: Statement and Apologies.The entire debacle laid out, in complete detail: The Santino Hassell Debacle.If you haven’t had a chance to sort through the whole thing, here’s a list of links: “Sorry I’m an asshole” isn’t really the same thing as “I’m sorry I hurt everyone by being an asshole.” Or maybe that’s just me. He posted a second statement on his website, explaining his side, though again it didn’t really feel like a true apology. Since our statement, both Riptide Publishing and Berkley have dropped him. At that time we were still sorting through everything, but we felt the allegations were serious enough that we didn’t feel comfortable promoting his books. Santino Hassell Dropped by PublishersĪs we mentioned in our statement earlier this week, last week the romance community exploded with the news author Santino Hassell was maybe not everything he’d been purporting himself to be. ![]() ![]() A lot has happened this week in Romanceland. ![]()
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