Comments on: The Art of the (Non) Apology

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I hate eating my words. | Her Hands, My Hands — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:02:09 +0000

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By: fred

fred — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 06:27:59 +0000

Wow, just wow. I think the non-apologies have been plagiarized too. They sound so familiar.

By: Whitney

Whitney — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 21:19:17 +0000

I was googling for “non-apology” and it led me here. It’s truly impressive what you’ve done here, or written. I’m a reader from China with relatively limited knowledge on words and terms in English, but I still found it fascinating to read your article! And this article you’ve written here explains what “non-apology” means right to the point, supported by the examples that come in most possible different forms, which I found absolutely amazing.
I’m glad that I stumbled on your blog. I guess I’ll follow your blog from now on.

By: Plagiarism in the YA Community: My Own Experience | The Midnight GardenThe Midnight Garden

Tue, 28 Jan 2014 00:06:37 +0000

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By: The Story Siren: How to Gracefully Act When You’re a Plagiarist

The Story Siren: How to Gracefully Act When You’re a Plagiarist — Tue, 28 May 2013 16:44:10 +0000

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By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:08:04 +0000

Just read your blog on the plagiarism event you experienced. Well put ! I also noticed that she, Kristi (the plagiarizer) should use spell check. 😉 The old life lesson of how lying is wrong…. as you can see it just keeps manifesting into more and more lies where you end up tangled in a web and can’t get out …. a.k.a… Karma…

By: Red Tag Chic Los Angeles

Red Tag Chic Los Angeles — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:08:09 +0000

I admire you & Ms. V for espousing plagiarism….May all these be put to rest so everyone can move on in a big way!

Rebecca
http://www.redtagchiclosangeles.com

By: Must Love Books

Must Love Books — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 23:45:49 +0000

Dang, I’m really far behind in this whole TSS drama. I’m also a YA book blogger and someone mentioned “the whole drama with the story siren” on my blog recently. I had no clue what she was talking about because I try and avoid all the book blogging drama (because there is a surprising amount of it), I had to go look it up. I looked at Kristi’s blog and that didn’t tell me anything so I found this blog and read all about it.

This whole situation is giving me many mixed emotions, mostly anger. Ever since this all came out into the open, a lot of publishers have decided that they will no longer give out arcs (advanced readers copies) to bloggers. Arcs being something that all book bloggers love and cherish and take very seriously. Now All of us book bloggers are being punished for what Kristi did. And I can not understand why she even plagarized in the first place. From what I saw, the posts she copied were ones about what she dislikes in a blog. Everyone knows what they dislike in a blog, so why copy someone elses opinion?

In the comments I’ve read about this, I’m seeing a lot of people saying that Kristi should be punished for what she did and how she handled it. She is definitely being punished. Her page views has dramatically gone down, her follower numbers have gone down, people aren’t doing her memes anymore, and she isn’t receiving as many arcs anymore either. Plus she has become a major focus of gossip and hate in the community.

I’m sorry the 4 different bloggers have been dragged into the drama that is the book community. I know that you’ve said that her actions only make her look bad, not the community as a whole, but I would have to disagree. She has made us all look bad and we are all feeling the affects of what she has done.

By: Veshoevius

Veshoevius — Thu, 31 May 2012 22:12:00 +0000

Wow! Just read this – sorry to hear the Story Siren thing is dragging on and your dissection of all her non apologies is VERY interesting – the pyschology of being in denial really. She just can’t bring herself to say sorry to you guys can she?
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