Plagiarism
I’m dying to spill this, because I *know* the person behind the plagiarism. I like her and respect her, so this surprises me.
“She” (unnamed, but I know who she is) completely lifted something I wrote for publication, reprinted it and tried to pass it off as her own…but forgot to remove a line where I signed it with my full name! OMG.
I really can’t go into details for a variety of reasons, but I had to tell. At first I was a little miffed about it, but overall, it’s delicious fun. Because I’ve got a secret. What she did brought me three new lucrative clients! Bwahaha.
How’s that for karma?
Part of me wants to let her know I know what she did, but I won’t, because if she keeps it up, maybe I’ll get more clients. The poor clients had no clue about any of this, just said “I found you through so and so, your name was in x document.” It took me awhile to figure out the mystery, but I did. I wanted to confront her, but decided it’s best just to take the clients and the money. 
Once I had written an article for a major magazine, and a certain tabloid we all know and love stole it nearly word for word. My GRANDMOTHER found it because she happened to read that tabloid, for the health articles. (Doesn’t everyone read it for the health articles?) I contacted the magazine and they all fussed. In the end, I got paid again, by the tabloid, and at the magazine rate, which was about ten times what the tabloid would have paid for a freelance article. Karma rocks, and seems to always make me a few bucks.
