What? It’s 2023 already? New year, new motto — Don’t sacrifice progress and success for perfection. Two writers recently entered into a collaborative project and midway through questions arose about who owns the copyright. If […]
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The Estate Planning for Writers article raised a few questions about creating a corporation or limited liability company to govern your literary work. As a quick reminder, there are four ways to transfer assets at
P. L. Travers, Mark Twain, Robert Galbraith – these are all fictitious names used by writers. In this case, Helen Goff, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, and Joanne Rowling. But you knew that, right? Most writers have
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Is that dialogue from a thriller I am writing? Nope. Those words were part of Anthony Elonis’ Facebook tirade about murdering his estranged wife. His social media statements, along with other digital vitriol about murdering
Today I had the awesome experience of hanging out with humpback whales while surfing, which made me incredibly happy (wait…what blog post am I writing here). So why not write about something else that makes
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Text messaging—the mode of communication has become so entrenched in our daily routine, it is no wonder I am often asked about the legalities of publishing text messages. Whether using real life text messages in
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