The guy who hated my book showed up with fresh criticisms in his LJ (my obsessive vanity googling will be the death of me).
He accused me of plagairism with regards to me citing Snacky's Law.
I received written permission to use Snacky's Law from Snacky. Same with Godwin's Law. Shit, I anal retentively got written permission from Joss to use his posts on Buffistas.
I can't deal with that. I can deal with people hating the book, and me, but this makes me angry.
I would like to respond, but I'm unsure if that's okay, since I found it via google.
No, I think that's wankerific, and he doesn't deserve that just for having an opinion that hurts my feelings. But I love you for offering.
In general, I wouldn't respond at all, but I guess you could address just the plagiarism thing. The problem is that it feels like it would be too easy to get deeper into it, and that's what you want to avoid, I think.
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I don't want to bother looking it up, because he's excessively stupid, but how can something be plagarism when you attribute it to the source? It's not like you were talking about Paperdol's Law.
I'm unsure if that's okay, since I found it via google.
If he was trying to keep it a secret, he shouldn't have posted on the internet.
That having been said, I'd advise you to not bother. He's a guy who doesn't like your work, and has made some stupid accusations. It's very unlikely you'll change his mind or even the minds of his normal audience.
Got my chips, no thanks to you guys. On the way up in the elevator I head that Rosario Dawson should be approached for Friday or Saturday (her choice) and she has that poverty and that Latino thing.
Then someone mumbled Ed Norton's name and I didn't hear anything else...
No, I think that's wankerific, and he doesn't deserve that just for having an opinion that hurts my feelings. But I love you for offering.
This is not an opinion, this is a misstatement of fact. And accusing a writer of plagiarism is huge. I think that someone needs to respond. If that someone is me, that's cool. But, I won't be nice, so maybe Lee should do it.
I posted, and now am getting back to work now that I can concentrate, again.
Hi, I'm Allyson Beatrice.
I found this while pathetically vanity googling for reviews.
I'm sorry you hate my book, of course, but I expected some folks to hate it and others to love it or feel apathetic, blah blah criticism-cakes.
I'd just like to respond to your accusation of plagiarism.
I received written permission from both Snacky and Mike Godwin to use their "laws" in entirety.
The book might be shit, but it's not plagiarized shit.
Sorry for busting in on you. Also sorry that it seemed to be a painfully bad read for you.
Very good response.
I got called away, or else I would have said what Vortex did. (except that I was going to enlist Sparky's help, so it wouldn't be too nice). Not liking it is one thing, but the plagarism is a whole other thing.
