Woo hoo, Sox!
Zoe: So you two were kissin'? Book: Well. Isn't that... special?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
amyth - Jan 12, 2012 11:19:44 am PST #5008 of 6693
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Dana - Jan 12, 2012 11:36:25 am PST #5009 of 6693
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
My story will be on their website next week.
Polter-Cow - Jan 12, 2012 11:43:59 am PST #5010 of 6693
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Congrats, Sox!
Ginger - Jan 12, 2012 11:49:49 am PST #5011 of 6693
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yay! Sox committed a novel!
hippocampus - Jan 12, 2012 1:11:51 pm PST #5012 of 6693
not your mom's socks.
Thanks everybody. I think I'm temporarily out of words.
Stop that now please.
ok.
Sox committed a novel!
hah!
JenP - Jan 12, 2012 3:52:56 pm PST #5013 of 6693
Yay, Sox! Congrats.
Yay, Dana! Congrats.
Burrell - Jan 12, 2012 7:23:47 pm PST #5014 of 6693
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh, congratulations to Sox and Dana!
Typo Boy - Jan 12, 2012 7:38:08 pm PST #5015 of 6693
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Soxgratulation! Danariffic!
SailAweigh - Jan 13, 2012 4:56:28 pm PST #5016 of 6693
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Congrats, Dana and Sox! Our list of published Buffistas is growing apace.
Ginger - Jan 13, 2012 5:31:39 pm PST #5017 of 6693
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Amazon is rife with fake authors selling e-books ripped word-for-word from stories posted on sites like Literotica, plus any number of published sources [link]
Writing a book is hard. All those torturous hours an author has to spend creating, crafting, culling until nonsensical words are transformed into engaging prose. It's a whole lot easier to copy and paste someone else's work, slap your name on top, and wait for the money to roll in. This creates a strong economic incentive, with fake authors--Sharazade thinks it's possible they are organized gangs based in Asia--earning 70% royalty rates on every sale, earning far more than a spammer could with click fraud.
(The author doesn't seem to understand that SOPA can block legitimate sites for the thinnest of reasons, but is unlikely to affect organized plagiarism gangs in Asia.)