Jules Jones

This has been rumbling on all week, but until now it's been chunks lifted from non-fiction sources. It's just possible to believe that an author could believe that this was acceptable behaviour (clue: it's not, and it's still plagiarism). But the latest news tonight is that the eerie similarities include ones to a 1930 Pulitzer Prize winning *novel*.

The academic romance blog Teach Me Tonight has two posts (so far) on the nature of plagiarism:
http://teachmetonight.blogspot.com/2008/01/publish-and-be-damned-incorrect-use-of.html
http://teachmetonight.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-words-words-1.html

I'd comment there, but I've just used up my typing ability for the day. I'm off to bed with a hot water bottle. :-(