Lough and writer reach amicable agreement
Further to my previous post, today I had a phone conversation with the owner of Eskragh Lough. Unlike the earlier email he was polite and made a reasonable case why chaning the name of my story might avoid distress.
Even though I’m not entirely convinced that anyone could read the piece without realising it was a fiction, I agreed to change the name of the story and the title of the post to Askeragh – which should be sufficiently different that no one will make any unwanted connections or stumble across my story when searching for info on the lough.
I can’t help feeling that this is all slightly barmy, but at the same time I see no principle worth being pig-headed about when approached in a friendly manner.
So, here endeth the slightly strange case of the Lough and the writer… I hope.
Now, I wonder how long before Google picks up the change?
If anyone ever does drown (god forbid) in the lough, you should sue the lough owners for copyright.
Oh man. I hope Brighton & Hove council don’t get in touch about my clearly defamatory story where zombies come out of the sea and a giant demon is fought with rock & roll.