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Watching a blatant book plagiarism scandal going down in real time on Twitter
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Courtney!!! Milan ๐ฆ on Twitter
Thread where Courtney Milan details some pretty blatant examples of theft from her books
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A blog post of same
Kbity
holy shiiit
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The same "author" has plagiarized MULTIPLE other romance authors, AND copypasted bits of recipes: 
kawy โ๏ธ on Twitter
kawy โ๏ธ on Twitter
ellen on Twitter
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Like, there are SO MANY examples of it one of the authors I follow is theorizing that she bought it from a ghostwriter/novel factory that just churned out a lazy book she then sold under her own name
Kbity
a recipe?
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Yeah- some authors add their own recipes at the end for flavor/mentioning dishes that were important to the story
Kbity
well yeah but that's like... extra pungood. like it's one thing to use a recipe, but you can re-write it ffs. and even the formatting is the same
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YEAH
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Oh, the author is now admitting she DID use a ghostwriter: 
Cristiane Serruya on Twitter
Kbity
that doesn't make it better
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Or else is blaming one
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YEP
Kbity
seems very irresponsible
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Like, I'd think if you were going to slap your name on a book someone else is putting out for you you'd want to do some vetting first
Kbity
Cos either way she's admitting she doesn't write her own books
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And this is an especially sensitive area for romance authors, because it's 100% possible she did it with the ANY IDIOT CAN WRITE ROMANCE AND MAKE A QUICK BUCK mentality some folks have
wooper
yikes
wooper
that's so inexcusable
wooper
(also Courtney Milan is great so I feel extra offended on her behalf)
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IKR?
H I M B O
hooooly fuck. how in the world did this asshole not know that people were going to call her out on this
H I M B O
that's not even subtle
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ugh thank God I'm SO bored at work and I needed something to do
papermint tiger
even recipes...
papermint tiger
like i mean, have a recipe if you want, i enjoy recipes. but at least say 'taken from such-and-such source' and maybe ask permission
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Xen x Cole McCade ๐ค Tsundere Prime on Twitter
Someone managed to dig up the plagiarist's earnings- two of the books have earned the princely sum of three dollars
Kbity
wow
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Courtney!!! Milan ๐ฆ on Twitter
AAAALSO the plagiarist's book was entered in the RITA awards
Kbity
whaaat
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Jeanna Louise Skinner on Twitter
AND. According to this list she has lifted text from more than 20 fucking books
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INCLUDING NORA ROBERTS HOLY SHIT WHO PLAGIARISES NORA ROBERTS
Kbity
oh shit
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Courtney!!! Milan ๐ฆ on Twitter
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Courtney Milan has been contacted by 3 separate ghostwriters saying Cristiane Serruya gave them a bunch of scenes to be fleshed out/polished into a proper book, so yeah, MY GHOSTWRITER DID IT doesn't seem to be holding water
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Oh, and Serruya declined to pay one of them.
Oh, and Serruya declined to pay one of them.
Kbity
ooooooo
papermint tiger
Whaaaat
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holy shit
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papermint tiger
papermint tiger
...also 
lucineblue
