Via an anonymous individual at wank_report. And Boing_Boing. And a quarter of my flist. And my obsessive Googling. Thanks, guys.

I think this belongs on f_w because the situation originated in fandom, but if not I can delete or move.

This is, in a nutshell, about screenwriter Josh Olson, his met-on-the-net pal, "Audrey", the woman she met on Deadwood boards who created a hot poet/firefighter out of thin air for "Audrey" to fall in love with, Harlan Ellison hosting an intervention, and singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg, whose middleaged lady fans apparently also had an imposter in their ranks. Also: llamas.

( It's very, very long, so it's all under the cut. )

ETA: "Audrey" has updated her blog with two excellent things:

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More ETA: the comments on the article are good times. This person really disliked A History of Violence:
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