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Romance Author Cancels Her Own Book After Activists Complain About Elon Musk Reference To "Ensure My Work Doesn't Do More Harm"

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Mar 06, 2025
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Romance author Sophie Lark placed a reference to Elon Musk in one of her recent books, sparking outrage from a leftist mob, and as a result, she’s caved and pulled her book from publication to do re-writes so the book “doesn’t contribute to harm.”

Cancel culture is nothing new to many in the independent spaces online. The mob tactic of generating a swell…

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Author of The Black Crown, The Lionheart (Forthcoming), and reviewer of novels. Avid fan of epic fantasy, 90s animation, and indie novels and indie comics of all stripes. Written and video reviews.
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