The case of Harvard plagiarist Kaavya Viswanathan has already been flogged to death, with several people who should know better trying real hard to insert the phrase "schadenfreude" into their opinions as if they use it all the time. Sadly, the first thing that popped into my head is my own moronic childhood version of schadenfreude (oh yes, it just so happens I use that word all the time, 'cuz I am so smart), which of course must be chanted in an irritating sing-song: "Cheaters never prosper! Cheaters never prosper!"  MORE Mojo! »

This has no doubt been totally blogged to death, but what the hey.

There's a truism in the publishing industry that says an author should never, ever EVER respond to a bad review. And yet there is always someone (like me, for example!) who somehow thinks rules don't apply to them.  MORE Mojo! »