It wasn’t until I was writing this piece that I realized…shit. We were duped. It was all fake.
I looked up an article on narcissistic personality disorder, and he hit every single mark. It’s appalling to me that I didn’t see it sooner, though I there were red flags along the way. I just chose to ignore them.
I guess the good thing is that the truth finally came out, and we finally woke up. And although he tried to make you the bad guy, it all backfired, and he’s lost relationships with many strong writers as a result.