I've been encouraging my friends and family to get their vaccines. COVID-19 is spiking in our part of the country. It's obvious from testing both in Ohio and across the border in Michigan, the British variant is racing through the counties. It's a little scary because only a third of the country has received their vaccines so far.
I'm really considering to keep the mask-wearing in public a permanent thing. I haven't been sick since this damn pandemic started. I'm immuno-compromised thanks to chronic conditions. It's been a lovely year in that regard.
The writing and publishing world has been rather quiet since the combined #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements unleashed chaos and retrospection. I'm still waiting to see how that all falls out. I don't have much hope with the increased attacks on Asian-Americans.
There hasn't been much scandal lately except plagarism in Romancelandia. I swear to Cthulu that's ALWAYS happening. This time it was S.M. Soto who was caught. (Google it. I'm not linking to give her more publicity.)
Here's why plagiarism is stupid in Romancelandia. These readers are voracious. And they have memories. If you need to find a book you read decades ago, but you can't remember the title, ask romance readers. Usually, someone can give you the answer in twenty-four hours. So if you plagiarize, or worse you plagiarize La Nora, YOU WILL GET CAUGHT.
Oh, maybe not on the first book. Or the second. But it will happen. If you're lucky, you'll only be embarrassed. If you cross La Nora, you will find yourself on the wrong end of a lawsuit.
There's easier ways to make money, folks.
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