I’m SURE all you authors are already aware of this issue, but an occasional reminder or advice to a new author, never goes amiss 🙂
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Like all ‘cheats’ they will be found out, especially in the ever vigilant ranks of the writing community.
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In my recent experience, for many people – it is just like, ah, what niche should I get into? So they buy a few books, copy the styles, something from the cover, the wording here and there, contact the loyal reviewers.. so on.
It is really sad.
It’s not what writing should be about.
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