Someone Stole Something of Value from Me

In scouring this morning’s news on the interwebs, I stumbled across an image that looked oddly familiar so I did what most curious people do - I clicked on it.

Upon opening and reading the attached story, I realized that it was a blog I had written in the past. My work was plagiarized and I am not completely sure how I feel about this. There was no credit given to me nor the client whom I wrote it for. No backlink. Nothing. Just straight up taken as their own.

As a writer, I pay attention to the world around me. I am inspired by so many things but have never taken someone else’s work and credited it as my own. Hell, I never even copied off someone else’s homework in school nor turned it in with my name on it. I never did this because it is wrong. I am led by my integrity but alas, there are clearly others who are not.

I feel sick. The bottom of my stomach has dropped and feels queasy. Like I just got handed some heavy news. Oh wait, I did. Someone stole something of great value from me - My words. My art. My craft.