And again, a reader is the one who caught the alleged perpetrator. S.M. McEachern's book Sunset Rising was allegedly (I may be an ex-lawyer, but I know the legal rules about libel) plagiarized by Frost Kay. In turn, Kay is blaming their ghostwriter.
1) You may think the publishing industry is quick, easy money. It can be. . .when you do some seriously shady shit. If you don't want to spend time improving your craft, why bother with it? There's easier ways to make money.
2) I have a passion for storytelling. I still do despite the stress of this year. But when that passion isn't there, it's like. . .well, it's like touching my father-in-law's corpse. Not trying to be gross, but the sensation is the same sad, empty feeling. Why subject yourself to that?
3) If you don't have a passion for storytelling, why the hell are you doing this publishing thing? If you love to write, you don't have to publish. If you hate writing, find something else that you love.
Life's too short to fuck around like this, folks. And today, with everybody in everybody else's business and spending their days performing for social media, the ugly truth is always just a slip away.
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