Re: S.T. Literary Agency
Thank you, Shiva.
If Robert Fletcher's been convicted of securities fraud, moved from that to working with the thoroughly bad guys at Sydra Technique/ST Literary, and has shown a long-term pattern of lying about things like his nonexistent degree in chemical engineering from LSU, I have to think that what we're looking at is a career con man.
That's too bad. Those guys are conscienceless predators. But it does have one upside: If things get too unpleasant or unprofitable for him in the scam agenting racket, he'll move on to some other crime of persuasion -- mulcting seniors of their retirement money, perhaps, or running business blowouts, or devising some new ponzi or pyramid scheme.
So many of these fraudulent agents only know the one scam. Look at the histories of Edit Ink, or Deering/Sovereign/Daniel Craig, or Janet Kay and George Titsworth. Those guys are like something out of Night of the Living Dead. They can be repeatedly exposed and busted, and have their credibility hanging off them in rotting shreds, but they'll still keep pulling themselves together and running the fake agent scam because it's all they know how to do. Some of them haven't had an honest job in decades.
If I were running the universe -- which, unaccountably, it appears that I am not -- I'd strongly encourage judges to not only bust these people, but make any clemency or probation contingent upon their getting some serious training followed by a supervised internship in some useful, productive, and legitimate occupation.