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Most of you probably don't have the faintest idea what I'm talking about. That's okay.
If you have time, then the long version is here at Bad Penny.
If you don't have time, then the short version is: the biggest and most well-known BNF of Harry Potter fandom stole whole passages from the books of published authors, as well as dialogue quotations from TV shows, and put them into her own work. Then, when people complimented her on her marvellous writing skills and witty dialogue, she accepted the praise as though it was her due.
She used her fame to gain a writing contract with a publishing house and is presently engaged in publishing a young adult fantasy novel under what is essentially her fandom name, minus an 'I'.
( GAH: this gets long - when doesn't it? )
( the short version )
If you have time, then the long version is here at Bad Penny.
If you don't have time, then the short version is: the biggest and most well-known BNF of Harry Potter fandom stole whole passages from the books of published authors, as well as dialogue quotations from TV shows, and put them into her own work. Then, when people complimented her on her marvellous writing skills and witty dialogue, she accepted the praise as though it was her due.
She used her fame to gain a writing contract with a publishing house and is presently engaged in publishing a young adult fantasy novel under what is essentially her fandom name, minus an 'I'.
( GAH: this gets long - when doesn't it? )
( the short version )
