Does anybody out there know a person with the handle Jdunn58? This person has recently filed a review of a book I published on Amazon and has clearly not read it.
"Just childish writing" ... OK. That's opinion. I can live with that.
"I know this author from Fictionmania...Never have you heard any one author toot their own horn about their work" ... OK. Probably not accurate, but I am not offended.
"...most every idea is taken from someone else" Hang on a minute. Which ideas? Which someone?
"...Writes a few lines based on another's work, then brags about how many "stories" they have written. The back of a serial box has as many words as their stories". Ah, you are talking about my short tales inspired by captioned images that I post regularly on Fictionmania? Certainly this person did not read this book and probably did not check the contents page and the number of pages in it.
And the title of this diatribe? "Just Mostly Stolen Ideas".
That is an allegation of plagiarism, and this is not the first time.
Once again, for all those who do not understand the term, plagiarism is passing off the work of another as your own.
My takes on captioned images reproduce the work that inspired and name the author where known (seeking them where not). That is the very opposite of plagiarism.
But this book was all original stories. At 16 stories, 229 pages and 64,200 words it is an awful lot of cereal boxes. But to my knowledge there is not a single story that is not an original with nothing but my own prose.
So who is Jdunn58? Please identify yourself and make precise allegations of my literary crimes contained in my book of other crimes.
I am sure that there are authors out there that will feel as affronted as I am in being accused of what is the most serious allegation that can be leveled against any writer.
If anybody knows this individual please us all a favor and stand with me in calling them out.
Maryanne Peters