Its been a difficult couple of days for me, and more than once I considered giving up and leaving the site, but today finally ended with a positive result and I'm pleased to say that my future on this site, and my future in my editorships, is completely secure.

I am posting this because I want to lay to rest any lingering suspicions about me. There are some that will never be convinced, or that don't want to be, but there are some out there whose opinion I think too highly of to let this go. You know who you are. Of course, those that matter most never doubted me in the first place. Thank you to those who have already assured me of that. To those who haven't perhaps this blog will show you the truth.

So here's what happened:

As some of you are undoubtedly aware, someone accused me of gaming and plagiarism. And not just to their friends, or even to me, but to the staff. I got a private message from a staff member asking me to explain myself. Apparently, the summaries I wrote for The City were appearing on another website and it looked like *I* was the plagiarizer and not the other way around. Fortunately, that website contained links to its many other sites, all owned by the same person. Long story short, I was hardly the only person on tv.com whose summaries had been ripped off and published on their site. Many users who are above reproach, including several site moderators, had their summaries copied as well. Clearly, that website owner relies on tv.com writers to do its work for them. I'm just grateful their blog contained links to their other sites, or it would have been my word against theirs. I detest plagiarism. Writing is the one thing I love above all, and the talent I take the most pride in. I would never steal someone else's work and claim it as my own. Truthfully, it's beneath me.

My submission history was also investigated and found clean. I'd had warning from a friend who knew ahead of time that I was going to be investigated, so I knew it would be, but it is still not fun to receive a message from site moderators letting you know that you are being investigated. While the staff was as kind as possible, it is still very upsetting to know that there are people who are tracking your every move; hoping and trying to get you retired. I've never had a problem on this site before and lately it has felt unfriendly, clique-ish and high school-esque. I've been tempted to leave more than once but I love this site too much to leave without a fight.

And that, as they say, is that.