<![CDATA[Inside The Mind Of A Plagiarist]]>Quentin Rowan, writing under the pen name QR Markham, had a book deal for a series of spy novels. The first installment, Assassin of Secrets, was favorably reviewed until it was discovered that mulitple passages in the book were blatantly plagiarized. Rowan explained himself to author Jeremy Duns, who had blurbed the book:

[T]he more I did it, the deeper into denial I went, until it felt as if I had two brains at war with each other. Half of my time this past year was spent in a strange internal argument: Yes I can, no I can't. They'll figure it out! No they won't!

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