Meet Robert Stanek

If you’ve ever wondered why the smear campaigns continue...

If you’ve ever asked, “Why him? Why this?”

If you’ve been caught in the comment threads, the videos, the “gotcha” posts...

Here’s what you need to know:

The noise is the point.

It’s not about facts.

It’s not about truth.

It’s not even really about me.

It’s about making sure you never read the books.

What the Noise Wants

It wants you to scroll past.

It wants you to snicker and move on.

It wants to drown out the stories under a pile of drama, doubt, and ridicule.

Because if you read the books, you might see something different.

You might see why readers passed them hand to hand.

Why librarians and teachers shared them.

Why people said: “This mattered to me.”

If you read the books, you might discover they don’t fit in neat boxes.

That they’re raw. Real. Political. Emotional.

And that they refuse to be silenced.

That’s what the noise fears most:

That the books might still matter. And they do...

So They Create a Wall of Distraction

They don’t want you to ask why Ruin Mist rose in the first place.

They don’t want you to remember:

• That I was one of the first to self-publish successfully—before it was accepted.
• That my work reached millions without permission from the gatekeepers.
• That it was taught in classrooms, read aloud in libraries, and passed from parent to child.

So instead, they say:

• “It must have been fake.”
• “The readers weren’t real.”
• “The author couldn’t possibly have done this without a scam.”

And if you speak out?

They say you're being dramatic.

If you stay silent?

They say that proves guilt.

It’s not a debate.

It’s a distraction.

And the goal is always the same:

Make enough noise to drown out the books.

The Real Question Isn’t “Why Him?”

The real question is:

Why are they so afraid of people reading the books?

Why spend decades mocking, gaslighting, and misrepresenting someone...

...if what they created didn’t matter?

Why dig through 25 years of screenshots, distort facts, and frame opinions as evidence...

...if there wasn’t something real and lasting at the center?

Because maybe it’s not just about discrediting one author.

Maybe it’s about making sure other indie authors don’t think they can succeed at all.

Maybe it’s about making sure readers stop trusting themselves.

The Stories Speak for Themselves

If you’re tired of the noise—read the books.

Read them because they weren’t meant to please gatekeepers.

Read them because they were written without apology.

Read them because they center the voices that are usually silenced:

• The outcast.
• The fighter.
• The quiet one who refuses to disappear.

And read them because they’re still here—despite it all.

A Call for Action: Be the Reason the Story Lives

If you’ve ever believed in second chances, read the books.

If you’ve ever rooted for the outsider, recommend them.

If you’ve ever been told you don’t belong, support the authors who dare anyway.

Here's how:

• Buy the books.
• Talk about them.
• Review them.
• Share them.
• Push back when you see the lies.

We don’t beat noise with more noise.

We beat it by lifting the signal.

The Story Still Stands

I’ve written over 150 books.

I’ve served my country.

I’ve raised a family.

I’ve mentored leaders.

I’ve taught through words, through pages, through years of work—visible and invisible.

And no amount of manufactured outrage will erase that.

The books are real.

The readers are real.

The story is still standing.

And if you’ve ever been told “You can’t,”

If you’ve ever been laughed at for trying,

If you’ve ever had to prove yourself again and again and again—

This is your story too.

Join us.