asshat
How bad is it?
Cassie Edwards’ plagiarism that is? Well I tried an experiment. I decided to spend part of my evening hunting down some CE sample text, look through it, and see if I can Google a lifted passage. I decided this at Read more…
asshat
In her own(?) words
What follows may be as close to a complete statement from Cassie Edwards as we’ve had since the whole plagiarism issue raised its ugly head. It is allegedly an e-mail response to a fan expressing support, and is documentary evidence Read more…
about the blog
Projects and Counters and Stuff
It’s a new year and I’ve revised my project counters. I have ditched the counter for The Unicorns of Hunting Valley because it seems very unlikely I’ll be able to justify getting back to it any time in the near Read more…
book covers
Butt Glut
In a manifestation of what I noted in an earlier post; that if your romantic paranormal fantasy is filed on the romance shelf you get a hunk on the cover, on the fantasy shelf you get a babe on the Read more…
intellectual property
In case you weren’t sure what plagiarism is
Well, Cassie Edwards’ research methodology has caused quite an internet dust-up. Inevitable, I guess, when a set of controversial bloggers uncover this kind of skeleton in the literary closet of a popular NY-Times bestselling author. What I find interesting is Read more…
intellectual property
File this one under, “and you were thinking what?”
If you follow this blog you might remember NE Ohio’s resident plagercop Jack L. Herman who swiped plays wholesale from Canada, produced them under his own name, and I guess just assumed that the language barrier would prevent him from Read more…
real life
Bummed
Well it looks like I’m going to fall short of my self-imposed deadline for Prophets. I went and caught the flu. When I get to feeling this kind of blah, I find it hard to read, much less write. So Read more…
blatant self-promotion
Now I feel all warm and fuzzy inside
John Ottinger has had some nice things to say about Fellowship Fantastic, the latest anthology by Martin H. Greenberg and Kerrie Hughes. He also had some very nice things to say about this humble author’s contribution: The best stories in Read more…
Apotheosis Trilogy
The weird things you discover when finishing a manuscript
I didn’t write a chapter 12 for Prophets.No, I didn’t leave anything out, I just went straight from 11 to 13.No, I don’t know how it happened.Yes, this is a sort of pointless comment.
internet
Don’t drink the product when writing your ad copy
Or else your Robutussin ad might read like this: Two things: Love MucusTM That woman looks way too excited that she gets MORE than just MucusTM