tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post116170111950316892..comments2024-01-23T09:42:56.561-06:00Comments on Rancid Raves : Can I Clarify A Few Things?Cagey (Kelli Oliver George)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13691589813815058981noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-1161737056534611792006-10-24T19:44:00.000-05:002006-10-24T19:44:00.000-05:00Good writers borrow; great writers steal.OK, I did...Good writers borrow; great writers steal.<BR/><BR/>OK, I didn't make that up and I have NO IDEA who did.<BR/><BR/>But I do work in publishing, so I know that you can't copyright "ideas." And if a word is used enough, it gets into the dictionary, so everyone should use everyone's words. :)Blondiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01903668054657873042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-1161730701955960072006-10-24T17:58:00.000-05:002006-10-24T17:58:00.000-05:00I always worry that I'm unconsciously cribbing/pla...I always worry that I'm unconsciously cribbing/plagiarizing. Like some word or fab turn of phrase I read will lodge in my brain and I'll be all proud of myself for thinking of it and in reality I "stole" it w/o even remembering.<BR/><BR/>Does that make sense?Rozannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04536916678337782615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-1161727210390085372006-10-24T17:00:00.000-05:002006-10-24T17:00:00.000-05:00Jenn,I've never seen Dooce to claim ALL CAPS writi...Jenn,<BR/>I've never seen Dooce to claim ALL CAPS writing was hers, but rather I've seen others attribute it to her. To the contrary, Dooce is very modest about her writing. I think it's a testament to her how humble and human she has remained despite her fame, unlike some other Power Bloggers who have let their readers down.<BR/><BR/>re: your mom - of COURSE, she is going to think Althea has Cagey (Kelli Oliver George)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13691589813815058981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-1161722290353813642006-10-24T15:38:00.000-05:002006-10-24T15:38:00.000-05:00OMG Writing in all caps is attributed to Dooce??? ...OMG Writing in all caps is attributed to Dooce??? Like she fucking created the art of writing?!?!? <BR/>What-the-fuck-ever!!<BR/>Let me guess? She was the FIRST to make up that word too? <BR/><BR/>As always your son is adorable...in fact he's SO cute I actually showed his picture to my mother the other day LOL<BR/><BR/>"wanna see the cutest baby with the most awsome eyes?"<BR/>"Not as awsome Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17498882698871973763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-1161716235246983642006-10-24T13:57:00.000-05:002006-10-24T13:57:00.000-05:00When I wrote MY entry. I hadn't seen that title wh...When I wrote MY entry. I hadn't seen that title when I wrote my own Margaret entry.Monkey McWearingChapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159146850159129520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-1161716065967786302006-10-24T13:54:00.000-05:002006-10-24T13:54:00.000-05:00Wow, so I wrote out this complex comment and then ...Wow, so I wrote out this complex comment and then POOF, internet explorer crashed. <BR/><BR/>1) Frock is from "Born Confused", Goblins were made famous by Amy Sedaris long before me. Mothership I did come up with on my own but it's because I spent so many years as an "alien", lol (legal, please put down the pitchforks). <BR/><BR/>2) Random capitalisation and punctuation...wtf, that shit goes backMonkey McWearingChapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159146850159129520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-1161712451484311562006-10-24T12:54:00.000-05:002006-10-24T12:54:00.000-05:00Note: Your site comes up weird on my blogroll. Go...Note: Your site comes up weird on my blogroll. Go see if it happens to you. I had to go to archives to see this post. Weird.<BR/><BR/>On to the better stuff - in writing programs, they call such things as you describe "influences." A young writer is actually encouraged to borrow the styles of other, more writerly writers until he or she finds his or her own little style and grows into it. <BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com