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Everyone’s heard of Copyscape, the super duper plagiarism detection tool. Sometimes it’s the bane of our lives (like when clients who pay 1 cent a word want you to check every article on Copyscape even though you KNOW that you never plagiarise). At other times, it’s a useful tool, such ...

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If you don’t want to hear a rant, click away now. Two incidents happened recently that led me to write this post. The first is that one of the writers I work with was unjustly accused of plagiarism. On reflection, I think it may have been a scam (which I’ll ...

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My friend and colleague Sharon Hurley Hall told me that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I wasn’t sure if I should be flattered or annoyed when she pointed me towards a blog she found that closely resembled something I recently wrote. I recently inspired someone else who started ...

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Here’s another find from Mom and More, a discussion of ethics and ghostwriting. Here are my responses to the questions: 1. Would you completely write a book, play, or other creative work and allow someone else to have the credit? This is a tough one. As a ghostwriter, I might ...

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In my other life I taught journalism and media at university. Gracepub’s post on people passing off classics as their own work and a conversation with her reminded me one of my pet peeves. Plagiarism is one of the banes of a teacher’s life. Stupid plagiarism especially. What do I ...

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