Katy McKenna Raymond  
Personal blog of christian writer Katy McKenna Raymond in Kansas City, Missouri

Personal blog of christian
writer & fallible mom
Katy McKenna Raymond
in Kansas City, Missouri


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Greg Johnson at
WordServe Literary

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Half A Million Little Dollars

If you haven’t seen this story, you should.

Honestly, what are people thinking when they sit down to claim a hefty $500,000 advance from Little, Brown? Do writers really imagine that the technology doesn’t exist to discover whether or not they’ve plagiarized? How does a chick get herself into Harvard without knowing she shouldn’t copy chick lit from the chick in front of her?

James Frey messed up big-time, claiming fact where there was merely story. But this gal? In my opinion, this is even a more agregious literary offense.

But, hey. Who am I to judge? I don’t even like it if I think I might have copied myself.

Posted by Katy on 04/23/06 at 07:24 AM
Fallible Comments...
  1. Whoa there. That's eerie! Why oh why would she do that? Thanks for this link, Katy!
    Posted by relevantgirl  on  04/23/06  at  08:28 AM
  2. Now there you go. Now I am going to feel guilty when I steal your words, "I don’t even like it if I think I might have copied myself."

    Take Care
    Michael
    Posted by Michael #2  on  04/23/06  at  10:48 AM
  3. This isn't half as bad as your spelling of egregious.
    Posted by Bob  on  04/23/06  at  06:58 PM
  4. Bob--Yeah. I did that at 7 this morning, and then left the house until tonight. I've been looking at it cross-eyed ever since, thinking something wasn't quite right...Thanks for pointing out my error. I will pay my publisher back the huge advance and we'll call it even. ;)
    Posted by Katy  on  04/23/06  at  07:03 PM
  5. Relevant Mary--I will be interested to find out the whys and wherefores. Imagine being offered an advance like that while you're still in high school, and the pressure that might result. That's all I can think...

    Take Care Michael Number #2--Aw, heck, it's OK just this once...Ha! :)
    Posted by Katy  on  04/23/06  at  07:31 PM
  6. That is AMAZING. I am in shock.
    Posted by kathryn, dym  on  04/23/06  at  11:38 PM
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