Heaven Help Us All... What Lows Will She Stoop To Next?
I was reading on Rachel Nunes' blog here, an open letter from Lilah Weston, the wife of Sgt. Chase Weston from whose personal life story, Terror In A Cloud Of Dust was stolen by the plagiarist whom I have mentioned before. (I choose not to say her name, because I am so repulsed by her actions that I simply choose not to, and just refer to her as "the plagiarist". Enough people know her name already, and I needn't say it.) I was sickened for Mrs. Weston's sake, and her husband's. His personal experience had been stolen and cheapened. And from what the plagiarist wrote about what she stole from him, she seemed unrepentant and unbending, unwilling to admit she had stolen, even when the evidence was glaringly obvious. But what I learned a few minutes later, made me even more... I don't even know the word... repulsed, furious, disgusted... those words pale compared to the feeling I felt when I realized I had not yet learned of the depths the plagiarist is willing to sink to.
I learned, reading another fellow writer, Donna K. Weaver's blog, that many of the sock puppets the plagiarist used to boost her own reviews and harass Rachel Nunes and bloggers who stood up for her, were the names of her own 8 year old students. Children. Children! Young learners who trusted her, and depended on her! Their names were stolen and used to say things the plagiarist didn't dare to say with her own name, or pen name. They are as much victims as Rachel Nunes, or Sgt. Weston. And they are children!
Plagiarizing a wounded veteran... plagiarizing a reputable author... using young children's names as sock puppets...
As I said on Donna Weaver's blog, what new lows will she stoop to? Dare I even think? Heaven help us all.
I learned, reading another fellow writer, Donna K. Weaver's blog, that many of the sock puppets the plagiarist used to boost her own reviews and harass Rachel Nunes and bloggers who stood up for her, were the names of her own 8 year old students. Children. Children! Young learners who trusted her, and depended on her! Their names were stolen and used to say things the plagiarist didn't dare to say with her own name, or pen name. They are as much victims as Rachel Nunes, or Sgt. Weston. And they are children!
Plagiarizing a wounded veteran... plagiarizing a reputable author... using young children's names as sock puppets...
As I said on Donna Weaver's blog, what new lows will she stoop to? Dare I even think? Heaven help us all.
Published on September 12, 2014 19:04
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Loralee Evans
Hello, I am the author of The King's Heir, and The Birthright, both published by Cedar Fort. They are based on stories from the Book of Mormon, and both have similar characters in them, though either
Hello, I am the author of The King's Heir, and The Birthright, both published by Cedar Fort. They are based on stories from the Book of Mormon, and both have similar characters in them, though either one could stand alone as its own book. The King's Heir, while written after The Birthright, happens first chronologically, and takes place during the time of Alma the Younger. In fact, the story opens just a few days before his conversion. It follows the lives of Rebekah and Sarah, cousins and best friends, and the struggles they go through to find true love. The Birthright takes place during the war near to the end of the book of Alma when Amalickiah and his brother Ammoron are wreaking havoc, and Captain Moroni and his comrades have to stop them. It follows Miriam, a young lady who has both Nephite and Lamanite blood in her, who has to find her way in the world, and discover her own hidden strength.
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