Either because people know I think ferrets are the source of all things funny, or they are aware of my deep ire over plagiarism, the following article landed in my e-mail inbox yesterday from several friends:
Move Over ‘Meerkat Manor’ by Paul Tolme, the victim of the Cassie Edwards plagiarism scandal.
Tolme is speaking out…with much [...]
Posts Tagged ‘plagiarism’
Even the ferrets agree…plagiarism is bad.
Posted in writing, tagged ferrets, plagiarism, writing on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Taken, borrowed and lifted
Posted in writing, tagged plagiarism, writing on January 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today, CNN reported an AP story about allegations of plagiarism made on the Web site www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com against author Cassie Edwards. The article gives a side-by-side comparison of a passage from one of Edwards’ novels and then a reference work, and the implications are fairly damning.
Having never read anything by Edwards*, I’m not so much concerned [...]