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Lotswits @Lotswits (176) • Hong Kong 29 Jul 10

I had heard that a good novel takes you five years of time to write. However, what the hell is the magic recipe of writing a novel? I am just curious to know. (For example) J.K Rowling is the famous author that had ever been. What...

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matersfish I'm not a famous writer, not even a good writer, probably. But don't use J.K. Rowling as a standard if you're looking for excellence in writing and something to aspire to. After ripping off the lead character and various scenarios from the movie Troll, and...

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Ritchelle @Ritchelle (3790) • Philippines 6 Feb 10

when helium.com was still entertaining writers from the philippines i'd get a first result in some key words when you look it up in google. not so anymore. which makes me wonder whether the web address one writes in has a lot to...

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scheng1 Hi Ritchelle, there are many factors involved, commonly known as onpage seo and offpage seo. Onpage seo refers to domain name, title, meta tags, keyword selection and keyword density. Offpage seo refers to the quality and quantity of incoming links. New...

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iakulchen @iakulchen (615) • Singapore 23 Sep 09

and it's Sharonbucks again. And the next alert is about Sharonbucks again. All saying the exact same thing. Anyone else getting tired of reading all these alerts that are all saying precisely the same thing in such a short period...

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MysD The ones that I am receiving are not saying the same thing each time They inform that the tasks that are set up by SharonBucks are worth more than the time before. I am not completing the tasks but I know that many Lotters are doing them...

24 Sep 09

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katerina @thea09 (18305) • Greece 19 Aug 09

I hope it didn't cause offence and I could have chosen someone else at random to pose the question to but I did it. I accepted a friend request last week. As a politeness when I do this I usually go in and respond to a few of...

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katerina @thea09 (18305) • Greece 19 Aug 09

I hope it didn't cause offence and I could have chosen someone else at random to pose the question to but I did it. I accepted a friend request last week. As a politeness when I do this I usually go in and respond to a few of...

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katerina Hi iakulchen, there are many people like this on here so I doubt it's the same person. I've no problem replying to people with broken English as the more they post and interact the quicker their English tends to improve but if as you say they just restate...

21 Aug 09

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scheng1 @scheng1 (24650) • Singapore 16 Aug 09

Someone is using article spinner to distort many articles from Associated Content. Unfortunately my articles suffer the same disfiguration. One of my article is about Economics on Demand. My original paragraph is: "The study...

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SpikeTheLobster @SpikeTheLobster (6403) 29 Mar 09

I just got a Google alert for one of my articles which has been stolen and published by http://news.indoweblog.com You might want to drop in and see if they've stolen any of yours. It's owned by one "R Wahyudi", email is on his...

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Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 11 Mar 09

I find it interesting that there are so many individuals that lack skills in areas that they would copy, plagiarize, and steal another's hard work. When I come across a thread, post, blog, etc and begin to read the words I've read...

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Anora_Eldorath Yes, I saw one of the longer threads this week where the profile was a male, but the actual article was written by a female. It's really sad too. I generally recommend that if people have questions about how to cite material that they visit Purdue's Online...

12 Mar 09

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Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 11 Mar 09

I find it interesting that there are so many individuals that lack skills in areas that they would copy, plagiarize, and steal another's hard work. When I come across a thread, post, blog, etc and begin to read the words I've read...

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paula27661 I did a Freelance Journalism Course a couple of years ago; an entire unit was dedicated to plagiarism and how to avoid it because it can ruin a writer's career before it has even started. We were taught how to be "switched on" to article ideas by reading...

12 Mar 09

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Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 11 Mar 09

I find it interesting that there are so many individuals that lack skills in areas that they would copy, plagiarize, and steal another's hard work. When I come across a thread, post, blog, etc and begin to read the words I've read...

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mariposaman I disagree that someone would not just copy and paste someone else's ideas because that is exactly what someone was doing before they were deleted from myLot. They would just copy and paste someone else's post right in the same thread. I guess they figure...

12 Mar 09

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Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 11 Mar 09

I find it interesting that there are so many individuals that lack skills in areas that they would copy, plagiarize, and steal another's hard work. When I come across a thread, post, blog, etc and begin to read the words I've read...

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TheCasualReporter I don't see the use in reiterating something that someone else has already said better just so you aren't copying it, in fact I applaud those who use other people's words when those words are better -- as long as they give credit to the other person, or at the...

12 Mar 09

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Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 11 Mar 09

I find it interesting that there are so many individuals that lack skills in areas that they would copy, plagiarize, and steal another's hard work. When I come across a thread, post, blog, etc and begin to read the words I've read...

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elysium With bags, I can tell a faux from the authentic, but with posts, I can not tell the difference unless I read that book. If I found out somebody was pretending to be somebody else, then I would tell everybody on the forum and notify the publisher or the author....

12 Mar 09

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Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 11 Mar 09

I find it interesting that there are so many individuals that lack skills in areas that they would copy, plagiarize, and steal another's hard work. When I come across a thread, post, blog, etc and begin to read the words I've read...

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Anora_Eldorath Very true! Thanks for your insight. Namaste-Anora

12 Mar 09

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Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 11 Mar 09

I find it interesting that there are so many individuals that lack skills in areas that they would copy, plagiarize, and steal another's hard work. When I come across a thread, post, blog, etc and begin to read the words I've read...

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Anora_Eldorath I know. I just strongly feel that if someone is going to use another's work they should cite them. I don't even care if they give a full bibliography, just give the name of the author so people can go read the work for themselves. To pass yourself off as...

12 Mar 09

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Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 11 Mar 09

I find it interesting that there are so many individuals that lack skills in areas that they would copy, plagiarize, and steal another's hard work. When I come across a thread, post, blog, etc and begin to read the words I've read...

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Anora_Eldorath Well, in true Quantitative research exact quotes are not used (often), but citations are. I had a professor that explained it as such, and this is a loose paraphrase, if you can't think for yourself you're doing a book report. I do agree that citations can be...

12 Mar 09

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Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 11 Mar 09

I find it interesting that there are so many individuals that lack skills in areas that they would copy, plagiarize, and steal another's hard work. When I come across a thread, post, blog, etc and begin to read the words I've read...

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Anora_Eldorath Mariposaman- You are so right. It's funny, I had a group of young men once that turned in their essays that were all the same. They simply had changed the names, and thought I wouldn't notice. I told them the problem was the first sentence had a mistake in...

12 Mar 09

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Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 11 Mar 09

I find it interesting that there are so many individuals that lack skills in areas that they would copy, plagiarize, and steal another's hard work. When I come across a thread, post, blog, etc and begin to read the words I've read...

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Anora_Eldorath Paula- Sadly I've seen it a few times now on Mylot and it is sad. I can't ignore it when I see it to be honest, it goes against everything I teach as an English teacher. It also goes against my rights as an author. I agree though, how satisfying can it...

12 Mar 09

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Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 11 Mar 09

I find it interesting that there are so many individuals that lack skills in areas that they would copy, plagiarize, and steal another's hard work. When I come across a thread, post, blog, etc and begin to read the words I've read...

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Anora_Eldorath Thanks for responding. I think most people don't maliciously copy, I think it's more an ignorance on how to cite properly. However, if they are frequent offenders I think their work should be taken down. Namaste-Anora

12 Mar 09

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Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 11 Mar 09

I find it interesting that there are so many individuals that lack skills in areas that they would copy, plagiarize, and steal another's hard work. When I come across a thread, post, blog, etc and begin to read the words I've read...

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Anora_Eldorath I'm not saying there will not be discussions on topics, what I'm talking about is giving credit to those authors who have written the material. For example, if I come across an article written by a college professor and I post it on here as my own work, then...

12 Mar 09

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Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 11 Mar 09

I find it interesting that there are so many individuals that lack skills in areas that they would copy, plagiarize, and steal another's hard work. When I come across a thread, post, blog, etc and begin to read the words I've read...

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