Devoid of any inspiration, but nevertheless determined to win at all costs, Mary-Leeann entered the writing competition many times over. Many of her submissions were merely rewritten copies of material written elsewhere, but another ploy was to re-submit the same entry several times, each with a different title.
She appeared not to understand that she was cheating – cheating the organisers, cheating her fellow competitors, but most of all cheating herself.
That she hoped to deceive everyone was perhaps the biggest insult of all. But then cheats often delude themselves into thinking that it's everyone else who is stupid.
She appeared not to understand that she was cheating – cheating the organisers, cheating her fellow competitors, but most of all cheating herself.
That she hoped to deceive everyone was perhaps the biggest insult of all. But then cheats often delude themselves into thinking that it's everyone else who is stupid.
