Eleven Topics Writers Should Consider When Evaluating Potential Publishers
For over a decade, the ever-evolving publishing industry has blossomed with publishing paths for writers. Now, in addition to traditional publishers who typically pay advances, we have small presses who tend to avoid advances,...
Bail To Sentencing: Stages Of A Criminal Trial
Earlier this month, two writers asked for a description of criminal trial procedures. Below is an overview of the trial stages from Bail to Sentencing. While states and the federal government follow a standard set of procedures,...
Defamation? It’s the truth, I SWEAR! — How to Avoid Libel in Fiction
Whether writing fiction or memoirs, we writers are constantly encouraged by the literary community to mine our own experiences, relationships, and observations for writing material. As I write this post, the old adage “write what...
Money Laundering
Lawyers. We love our caveats. So here it is. This blog post is not a how-to blog post on money laundering. What I am posting is an answer to a question proposed by Kerry from North Carolina who’s developing a fictional plot...
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Hello from Sidebar Saturdays – where the practice of law meets the profession of writing every Saturday morning. Nice to meet you. We are a group of attorney/writers who share the passion of law and writing. We have extensive...