Before getting into this, it is worth mentioning that there’s a writer and speaker known professionally as Dave Westfall (aka @DaveWestfall on twitter) who is not the same as @davewestfall_1

@davewesrfall_1 is constantly changing his username to hide from his alleged “haters”, so by the time this article is out, he might have changed already; as many users have been calling attention to his behavior through the tag #DAVE 

Superficially, the person known as Dave is a Twitter user who dedicates his time to the #WritersLift tag, encouraging members of the writing community to follow new writers. As you can see on his main profile that is all he ever tweets about. 

For a while now he has been known as the guy who helps new authors get new followers and feel part of the writing community. With a “selfless” disposition to help (mostly new female) authors, @davewestfall_1 had been known as a “warm welcome” to new authors on twitter. 

Recently DMs of his real intentions have surfaced the #WritingCommunity tag, as Dave is seen trying to manipulate female authors, using his 43k following as leverage. He promises to help them gain more followers, if they agree to do sexual favors for him. He seemed to target female erotica writers the most, and has even been accused of using multiple accounts to tweet hateful things to the women who rejected him or boost his own account.