The hardest aspect of writing is writing. I spend the day reviewing the research I’ve done on a particular individual and desperately try to create an original way to tell their story. That’s what I hope to do with Victoria Woodhull today. My goal is eight pages by the days end. I am anxious to speak with a gentleman who emailed me this weekend who is a relative of Harvey Logan from the Wild Bunch. Maybe there’s an untold story there. I’m excited to start digging. Of course nothing I write can compare to the pithy, succinct, hate-ridden emails I received this weekend. One example of such an email read, “Die, Die, Die, B___, B___,B____ for sticking up for your brother.” My personal favorite was “You should be repeatedly raped and thrown in a grave for defending your brother.” What started it all was the following email – complete with a bogus email address so there was no way to respond. All subsequent emails contained a fake email address as well. The tracking device on my computer system and the one built into the website quickly traced the author of the letters to a home in Norborne, Missouri. They initially tried to hide their location at a spot in Dallas, Texas, but again…the tracking devise. As I’m focusing on writing this morning I have to applaud the author of the hate mail. They decided not to be long winded with their thoughts. They were brief, to the point, and guilty. I can smell their fear all the way in California. In spite of the hate mail I’m going to continue to champion my brother. The emails make me believe we are on the right track. If the false accuser of my brother was secure in her testimony there would be no need to write such letters. Here is a copy of one of the first emails – certainly the only one tame enough to share.
Your Name
Sydney Lindsay
Your Email
syd.linds99@gmail.com
Message
You are seriously an awful person for continuing to defend your brother. Shame on you.
Apart from the fact the email address is a fraud (which given the author I’m not surprised) the use of the word “seriously” makes one believe the author is under the age of 20. As a published author I’d edited this piece by removing the word “seriously”. It’s not needed. I wish I could critique the other emails in this journal entry but they were too graphic to include here. And now it’s time to continue with my own writing. I’m overwhelmed with work and I’m grateful for that.
