I want to thank everyone who showed their support yesterday regarding my ordeal with Heidi Komlofske-Rojek, and San Francisco Book Review. Thank you for all of your comments, shares, and support. And thank you to all of the former freelancers who came forward to tell me their stories. Your voices really helped me get through a very stressful time.

A few of you asked to be updated on my progress. You’ll be glad to know that because of your efforts, I was finally compensated for my time and hard work under San Francisco Book Review.

Apparently, the compensation comes with some strings attached, and I received this email soon after my (at long last!) payment.

I’ll let you draw your own conclusions, but it would appear that Heidi Komlofske-Rojek has paid me for my work, while simultaneously attempting to buy my silence on this whole ordeal.

In this email she claims that she pays reviewers 60 days after the review appears in the magazine (not when the reviewer turns in their work, which is much earlier). It’s a stipulation that appears nowhere on the site, nowhere in the contract I signed, and if you recall from yesterday’s post, nowhere in the emails, where I asked Heidi Komlofske-Rojek, on more than one occasion, when I could expect to get paid.

   

Even her assistant doesn’t know Heidi Komlofske-Rojek’s alleged pay schedule.

That email also disregards the comments that Heidi Komlofske-Rojek herself posted on my blog, admitting that she’s two years behind on payment.

I refused to be bullied in such a manner. I refuse to sell my integrity for pennies, and I refuse to post lies to appease a scam artist.

I hope to move on from this and in the future, conduct business with more honest and forthright people. I can’t wait to show you guys the cover for the final book in my dystopian series, along with fun blog posts about writing female villians.

Stay tuned, and I’ll keep you guys updated!

I would have a GREAT time too if other people paid for my vacation.

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