I realize it's been a long time since I asked you a What? Monday question, but I just plain ran out of questions for a while. Then recently I was reading this post by Gina Gao, who blogs at Modern World.
Gina is a student, and she's had a couple of experiences with other students plagiarizing her work, including an older law student who stole her writing!
Gina's post got me wondering about our writing, especially related to the blogosphere, so here are the What? Monday questions:
Has anyone ever stolen your writing or your ideas? If so, what did you do about it?
As far as I know, no one has ever copied my writing. Occasionally, I'll pick up on another blogger's idea and run with it, but I give credit where credit is due.
For example, when Samson the Samoyed, who sometimes blogs with his mom Inger at Desert Canyon Living, called his girlfriend Gracie a bitch because he found out that bitch means a female dog, Franklin thought it was funny when he posted on my blog to say that I'm Elvis Aaron Schwarz's bitch. If I recall correctly, though, we attributed the joke to Inger and Samson on at least two occasions.
Now, how about you? Has anyone ever stolen your writing or your ideas? If so, what did you do about it?
I'd also like to encourage you to follow Gina at Modern World. She's intelligent and writes very well. If you're young, then you'll relate to her. Those of you who have kids in the young adult range may learn something from her about those difficult to fathom people living with you or dropping by with their laundry who used to be your children, and we old folks can keep up to date with Gina.
And we have a bit of happy business today. Our beloved Nicki Elson, who blogs at Nicki Elson's Not So Deep Thoughts, has a new book coming out on March 26th. It's called Divine Temptation. The big cover reveal is today at Michael Di Gesu's In Time... blog!
Well, I already went to his blog and grabbed the cover so you could see it.
Nicki! I'm so excited for you! The book looks very tempting.
Infinities of love,
Janie Junebug
You are so SWEET!!! That Elvis Aaron Schwartz is absolutely right in everything wonderful he says to you, baby doll. I'm very happy you approve of zee cover. :D (See? That's me being happy) Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're happy, and you're welcome. You are a sweetheart.
DeleteYeah, actually somebody did use my writing, word for word, but I just shrugged it off. Not saying it didn't bug me a little, though. I used to write a very lengthy amateur radio newsletter for hams throughout the state of Georgia... and beyond. I was offered a position (another UNPAID position) writing a column for an amateur radio magazine about the goings-on within our state. I declined, but the fella who took the position used to lift stuff from my newsletter... with attribution. Fine, I had no problem with that. The fellow who followed him submitted entire articles written by ME, word for freaking word from my newsletters, and didn't say BOO about who had actually written it. Oh well, the info got out, and I wasn't doing it for money or fame. Still, it WAS annoying.
ReplyDeleteThe book cover looks absolutely amazing! Yum.
That's pretty irritating. I'm glad he wasn't getting paid for stealing from you.
DeleteNO!!! Anyone hard up enough to steal my writings or ideas are welcome to them... and any jail time that goes with it.
ReplyDeleteNo one would dare to steal from you, Coffey. It's clear that you're one of a kind.
DeleteThat cover looks mouth-watering good. Great to meet you at Susan's blog today.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us. I'm proud to call Nicki Elson my pal.
DeleteIn college, I did a comparison/contrast of Grimm and Disney fairy tales. I worked on it for months. My roommate, who two days before hadn't even started it yet, asked me what I had been working on. Two days later she passed in her paper, same thesis, same teacher.
ReplyDeleteDifferent words though, so not much I could do.
Didn't make me less pissed though.
Wow, Juli! That really sucks.
DeleteI don't steal anything I can't eat.............lol Ok I don't steal anything although I have been know to borrow (and never return) other peoples ideas from time to time
ReplyDeleteI don't think anybody ever did, really how sad wold one have to be to steal my words or ideas? Gotta go check out all these blogs now...:)
ReplyDeleteNope. Ain't gotta a cloo as to wye.
ReplyDeleteHi Janie .. does anyone do ellipses like me? Nope - and I'm sure therefore anyone else would struggle to plagiarise me. Unless they seriously wanted to - and that I doubt!
ReplyDeleteI'd be really irritated and frustrated too ... I use others' ideas and if I utilise some info, then they're credited, ... or I've added to the mix - so it's not copied.
Samson and Inger are special though ... now Nicki's cover with its interesting premise looks tempting ..
Cheers Hilary