I’ve been at this writing-for-a-living thing for a few decades, so when I hear someone complain that their ideas were stolen, I think back to the first Journalism course I took, which taught me this: Ideas cannot be copyrighted. There’s a reason for that. If they could be copyrighted, there would be just one book…
Tag: plagiarism
Writers and Attribution
What’s on the iPod: One by Ed Sheeran It’s been a busy start to the week. Like I expected, the work is flowing in. I’ve already hit my target for this month, and October is looking just as sweet. Today, I’ll be working on a large project, finalizing plans for another large project, and marketing…
What Bikini Shots Have to Do With Writing
What’s on the iPod: Blunderbuss by Jack White It’s been a good two days back. Monday was spent starting a project, sending off quotes to interview subjects for another project, and organizing this week’s workload, which isn’t as small as I thought it would be. It’s good, though. Imagine this — you go on vacation…
Curse of the Content Farm, er, Content
What I’m reading: Mornings Like These by Annie Dillard (found poetry)What’s on the iPod: Summer Nights by Rascal Flatts Code in da node – I have one. You know that feeling you get the day after a bottle of wine? That would be me. Yesterday was brought to me by Advil and lots of water…
Plagiarism Explained
The ad read: “Seeking a writer to create 12 business start-up how-to articles. Articles target couples thinking of starting a business together, explaining everything from picking the right business to marketing and more. Articles should be approx. 3 pages in length.” I applied. The response came. It read:“These projects pay $6 per page (approx. 420…