tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post931984351552886921..comments2023-04-11T09:34:03.031-04:00Comments on Polybloggimous: My Subconscious is a Plagiarizing BastardNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-23563637373415258922009-02-27T17:18:00.000-05:002009-02-27T17:18:00.000-05:00Have the check wrapped around a donut if you pleas...Have the check wrapped around a donut if you please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-50009616854049875232009-02-27T09:57:00.000-05:002009-02-27T09:57:00.000-05:00Oh those quaint Canadians with their euphemistic, ...Oh those quaint Canadians with their euphemistic, nicey-nice definitions of "steal".Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-85202899487994517302009-02-27T09:21:00.000-05:002009-02-27T09:21:00.000-05:00Send me a royalty check.Send me a royalty check.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-27328863154409640812009-02-26T22:23:00.000-05:002009-02-26T22:23:00.000-05:00Well Keith,That's a hell of an idea for a story. ...Well Keith,<BR/><BR/>That's a hell of an idea for a story. Mind if I steal it?Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-9795626793180157642009-02-26T21:45:00.000-05:002009-02-26T21:45:00.000-05:00Must be nice to have dreams that have some basis i...Must be nice to have dreams that have some basis in reality, even if it is someone else's. I was dreamt that I won the Nobel Prize for Bank Robbery. White tails, fat check and all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-34332028884631876362009-02-26T21:29:00.000-05:002009-02-26T21:29:00.000-05:00Ah go with it. Nobody reads this Ken Follett guy. ...Ah go with it. Nobody reads this Ken Follett guy. <BR/><BR/>And just make the idea your own. While you might be ripping ideas, plagiarism is copying the actual words.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-39447983993576911502009-02-26T17:10:00.000-05:002009-02-26T17:10:00.000-05:00I'm more concerned I might be called as a witness ...I'm more concerned I might be called as a witness in <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Beatle#Fictional_Fifth_Beatles" REL="nofollow">Clarence Walker's lawsuit</A>.<BR/><BR/>(If I wasn't at work, I'd find a video link--it looks like JibJab might have one; if you haven't seen the original, seek it out. Seriously.)Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-77542326100024889562009-02-26T14:15:00.000-05:002009-02-26T14:15:00.000-05:00Careful Eric, we don't want you tied in with the ...Careful Eric, we don't want you tied in with the <A HREF="http://mjwarnock.blogspot.com/2009/02/acclaimed-horror-novelist-assassinated.html" REL="nofollow"> Lennon murder plot</A>.mattwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07934926340973044413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-87217950028200876782009-02-26T12:27:00.000-05:002009-02-26T12:27:00.000-05:00When I was young, I once wrote a really awesome so...When I was young, I once wrote a really awesome song. Best melody I've composed in my entire life. And then one day I happened to realize it was just the John Lennon bits from "A Day In The Life," only in a different key.<BR/><BR/>I was very sad that day. It still makes me sad more than twenty years later. Stupid brain. Stupid song. Stupid John Lennon.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-62587395679154079842009-02-26T12:25:00.000-05:002009-02-26T12:25:00.000-05:00Jeff, so you're saying it's more like sampling the...Jeff, so you're saying it's more like sampling then?<BR/><BR/>Cool.<BR/><BR/>Because I've this great idea for an adventure set on a giant ring around a star, only the ring is a square - I'm thinking of calling it <I>Boxworld</I>, or maybe because the heroes are all rappers, <I>Blingworld</I>. And I've got another one about this big black cube that teaches cavemen about dental hygiene and how to build spaceships...Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-63849801955532254802009-02-26T12:24:00.000-05:002009-02-26T12:24:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-22583930655862614952009-02-26T11:32:00.000-05:002009-02-26T11:32:00.000-05:00You can't plagiarize ideas, bro. If your noodle go...You can't plagiarize ideas, bro. If your noodle got all het up over this one, DO NOT GIVE UP.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.charlaineharris.com/bb/bb138.html" REL="nofollow">Here, read this.</A> (The "Blog" section).<BR/><BR/>Then <A HREF="http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/01/journeys-end.html" REL="nofollow">read this</A> -- well, part of it. Scroll down or search the page for "Harris."<BR/><BR/>Why not take the Follett-ish idea and write it as if it were a Discworld story? Boom, your Acknowledgements page is done. I'd read that book. So would my father-in-law.<BR/><BR/>Write, monkey!Jeff Hentoszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05060570930866182531noreply@blogger.com