Plagiarism.
Just seeing the word sets me on edge. Let me say I have had horrible experiences with it.
I have been plagiarized from before—not for one of my blog posts but one of my babies ( which is what I refer to any novel/ short story I write). And here's the reason why: Hours upon hours were spent scribbling down illegible words in the middle of math class, ignoring some of my of homework to jot down important scenes, and staying up late into the many nights so as not to lose my inspiration—thus leaving me tired and drained out the following day—in order to write my novels. My writing is a very important part of who I am. For someone to steal any of it and claim it as their own is beyond soul crushing.
Thus—I do not condone plagiarism. At all. I don’t excuse it. I don’t mark it off as a mistake (because really, 6 stolen blog posts is NOT a mistake). And I most certainly do not give the plagiarist a pat on the back for what they did.
Especially when the plagiarist: tries to cover it up, lies about it, further denies they didn’t do it despite the glaring evidence, and then has to be forced into an apology after finally being caught when the whole situation took place months and months ago. (An apology in which she mostly is concerned with what the publishers think about her, not her readers)
Not to mention [this] which almost made me cry. [The girl this was sent to is unknown]
Not to mention [this] which almost made me cry. [The girl this was sent to is unknown]
In light of recent events I will no longer be participating in the In My Mailbox meme. Although I'm sure you're already aware, If you’re confused on what’s going on there are some great posts already written on the situation I'm refering to in this post like this one, this one, and this one. And just because I can't leave the world of academia I thought this post on plagiarism was awesome as well.
In other news:
I haven’t received any books this week (which is great! since I have so many that I need to catch up on at the moment) but next week and so on I will be using an alternative to IMM.
