Grrr...

I am so incredibly pissed.

Yes, I do have a lot of fics going right now. Sure, I don't update daily or anything. I actually have a life. But, I do take time out of my life to write.

Now, I realize that I just write fan fics. Yeah, the characters are borrowed from shows. But, that doesn't mean another "author" (Yes, I use that term lightly in this case) can go look at the latest chapter of one of my fics, say, "Hey, that looks funny! I think I'll use that same exact idea in my own fic." (And by same exact idea I'm talking actual wording here, people).

Usually, I'll just brush something off as a coincidence. However, seeing as there is pretty damn close wording, I don't see how I can. In this case, I would probably be slightly annoyed, but not pissed, if the other writer didn't review my story and tell me how much they enjoyed it. God, if you're going to copy someone's idea (Not talking storyline idea here, actual words and things in chapters) at least act like you didn't see it first in the other persons fic. Damn.

Anyway, thanks for listening to my rant. Perhaps, rather than being pissed that someone chose to copy parts of my fic, I should be flattered that they liked mine enough to try to pass it off as their own.

Besides, it's not as if it's a huge, life changing deal. It's just my fics, not my original work (Which I've hesitated in posting at fiction press because I've had a problem with someone years ago stealing my original work). But still, that's somehow not much comfort... oh well. Enough of my ranting & bitching.