This morning, I inserted myself into a quick discussion about an apparent plagiarist taking stories originally posted here and then being reposted by someone other than the original author over on the Big River website.
This evening, I got a message from someone named "fintinman_1." I'll place it here, as is.
what is the truth of you read a tale, that was never finished, or a tale that was done better then the author that started the tale. hell I wrote 19 published tales, that I gave up on because there was no real ending in sight. so gave up on them. it also allowed me to see that my writings were shit, in print. also that you can't whine, if someone makes it better. here's my advice. read warlords- scout, then read, argon's scout. tell me that BS, again.
it's not thift if you tell your tale.
Now here is my response...
"Huh?"
I'm guessing "fintinman_1" is talking about my extreme dislike of plagiarists attempting to profit from someone else's work.
I'm thinking I'm not alone in my thinking on this. Unfortunately, I forgot to save my well-worded response to him, but I did send it to "fintinman_1."
I also asked if he was maybe Refusenik under a different name. If that was the case, then apologies all around. However, that would also bring up the validity of the authorship of several other tales for sale under the name Adewale Bosun that seem to have originated from different authors here on SOL.
It is a quandary, for sure. What do y'all think?
--Shinerdrinker