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Book Review: Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous_ In which a former mind controlled minion attempts to put their life together #booksky #fantasy #bookblogging

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#genre: cozy fantasy #genre: fantasy #writer: autumn k. england #booksky #fantasy #bookblogging

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_Book Review: A Dash of Demon_ by J-F Dubeau and Amy Frost: In which Our Protagonist inherits a cafe in a strange little town #books #achewillow

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#genre: cozy horror #genre: fantasy #writer: amy frost #writer: j-m dubeau #books #achewillow

Book Review: Hunger Pangs by Joy Demorra_ In which I finally got around to reading/reviewing this book, and enjoyed every minute. #booksky #fantasy #romance #bookblogging

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#genre: fantasy #genre: romance #writer: joy demorra #booksky #fantasy #romance #bookblogging

In Unhappy News--My dog has been extremely sick, and I had to make an extremely hard choice. #pets #dogs

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#roy #sad stuff #self

Book Review: Love Galaxy by Sierra Branham. In which a garbage collector gets a chance to be on the ultimate dating show: she hates every minute of it. #books #bookreview #sciencefiction

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#genre: romance #genre: science fiction #writer: sierra branham

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Book Review: Platform Decay by Martha Wells in which Sec Unit and Three work together to extract Dr. Mensah's family members from a dangerous situation. #bookreview #books #marthawells

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#genre: science fiction #series: the murderbot diaries #writer: martha wells

_BookReview: The Dragon Has Some Complaints_ by John Wiswell They are some extremely valid complaints too! #books #fantasy #bookreview

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#genre: cozy fantasy #genre: fantasy #genre: steam punk

Book Review: Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Palmer A nameless war mech goes on a quest, and stumbles into a conspiracy #booksky #bookreview #sciencefiction

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#genre: hopepunk #genre: post apocalyptic #genre: science fiction #writer: suzanne palmer

_Book Review: Daindreth's Assassin_ In which an assassin falls for her mark #bookreview #elisabethwheatley #daindrethsassassin #book

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#genre: fantasy #genre: romance #writer: elisabeth wheatley

Book Review: The Dark Lord's Guide to Dating (and Other War Crimes) by Tiffany Hunt. A "spicy" romance featuring "fake marriage," "coerced marriage," and also mutual "how dare X be so sexy." #bookreview #romantasy #fantasy

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#genre: fantasy #genre: romance #writer: tiffany hunt

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Lord of the Black Mountain: In which a prince attempts to save his sister from marriage to a necromancer, only to be the one married to him. #fantasy #books #iamwriting #blackmountain

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#blatant self promotion #genre: fantasy #lord of the black mountain #serial #web novel

Book Review: Overgrowth by Mira Grant Alien invasion as family reunion where Earth is a picnic basket. #horror #bookreview

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#genre: horror #genre: science fiction #writer: mira grant

Book Review: Run Aground by H. Birchwood, Key Dyson & Raymond Roach in which Rich and Liam get kidnapped by rich mercenary/warlord. #bookreview #books

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#genre: post apocalyptic #genre: romance #genre: science fiction #series: michigan fleet #writer: hannah birchwood #writer: key dyson #writer: raymond roach

Book Review: Brides in the Dark by Jacob Steven Mohr A fairy tale examining the selkie folktale. #fantasy #booksky #bookreview

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#fantasy #writer: jacob steven mohr

"This is actually X"

Where "X" is some other fandom/concept that has been used before/repackaged idea/theme/trope/plot idea--kind of needs to stop? Just. In general. Especially when it veers pretty close to what is essentially a goddamn accusation of plagiarism. Which happened to me extremely recently.

Let me give you an extremely stupid example that did in fact happen to me: Some dude told me that Tori Amos is derivative of Kate Bush. Their reasoning? Both played the piano, and were women who sang about Personal Shit in a similar style. (So by extension, they are in turn derivative of various women singers during the sixties, and Florence and the Machine is derivative of them.) <<== I am too autistic to deal with this train of thought.

This is essentially a thing that just happened to me (with some hyperbole because I am annoyed.):

Annoying Person: This prompt you wrote is just [specific fandom]

Me: Um. No it isn't, I haven't played it if it's a video game, and if it's anime, I've never seen it. [vaguely remembers that I looked it up on Wikipedia at one point during the last bunch of accusations.]

Annoying Person: lol, you must have because you're saying that it isn't. [Relates a video game that is pretty much not at all like the fucking prompt I just wrote.]

Me: Sure okay, you got me, I plagiarized an original plot instead of just fucking writing fan fic of it. (This is sarcasm by the way.)

I wrote mil sf for a mil sf-related word prompt. If anything this "Nier Automata," from what I understand of the plot is more like Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou only dystopian instead of weirdly gentle and cozy post apocalypse/decline of humanity.

A far more accurate derivative-ness may or my not be Fred Saberhagen's Berserker series. (Which I never actually read, but know about because a) I read sf encyclopedias/synopses of sf/f as a hobby /special interest b) I don't really buy the concept.) Berserkers are basically battle ships (and I think various kinds of robot) that are bringing the robopocalypse to the universe. (Oh look, the entire Terminator franchise is now derivative.)

This is stupid, and it is making me cranky and pushing me into dangerous "imposter syndrome" death spirals.

#writing #cranky

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_This Update is Pushing Things Around_: Updates and current writing/blog design plans. #iamwriting #booksky #blogging

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Barely Into the New Year and I am Having a Bad Time--Exactly what it says on the tin. #disability #housing

#disability issues #real life #self

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