Disney is attempting to do something really underhanded. Quick background on how things work. Let’s say a hit movie is being released. A writer is hired to write a novelization of it. The movie comes out, the book is published, and then the parent company that produced the film and hired the writer pays royalty
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Flowers and Candy
Avon sent us beautiful flowers. The card reads: Not long ago, Jeaniene Frost also sent me flowers with a card for secret reasons. Here is what that card. Also someone sent us Russian candy. Thank you so much. The candy was delicious! Dear BDH, please do not send candy! We have no self-control. We mean
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Plagiarism and other fun things
I saw this today and thought of your reference to fan fiction recently. Would love your take – is it harder for young writers to get established in a popular genre if the tropes lend themselves to appearing like plagiarism? How does one determine copyright if the ‘original’ fiction was fan fiction to begin with?
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Social Media and Academic Marketing
I was hoping you could help guide me on an academic question. As part of my summer project work with my professor, I am involved in developing a marketing plan for his new book on business management. Your blog has been a wonderful resource to get insights into the publishing world for fiction writers. It
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Pitches and Jerks
Right now time is in short supply, so yesterday I bought a rotisserie chicken at Sams. The plan was to strip it, throw the meat into a salad, and serve that for dinner. Guess which jerk pushed the chicken off the island while it was cooling? I come into the kitchen, the chicken is on
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Fictional Contract Help
Update: Adventurous lawyer was found. Thank you! ::waves:: Usually when we are writing fictional contracts, we use real life boilerplates. Unfortunately, we need a contract which gives one party the authority to shut down a building site if someone is murdered and the other parties involved refuse to cooperate with the private investigator. It’s very
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Best Strategy to Support a New Book
I saw an article on Lifehacker about the best way to support an author (when they are releasing a new book). I’ve read several articles on your blog where you talk about the business side of writing but hadn’t seen any mention of this part of it. https://lifehacker.com/the-best-thing-you-can-do-to-support-a-new-book-1839838741 I like the idea – i usually
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Being an Author: Editor, Agent, and Other Fun Things
People sometimes ask about the admin side of things. People are interested to see what’s behind the curtain, so here is a small sampling of our emails. Looking behind the curtain is a huge mistake. Who is who: Erika Tsang, our Avon Editor (Hidden Legacy) Anne Sowards, our former Ace editor (Kate Daniels) Nancy Yost
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When You Spam, But You Can’t Be Bothered
We receive a lot of email. Here is the latest. Hello Nalini, I hope you are doing well today! Our company REDACTED is one of the reputed companies with 6+ years of experience in eBook conversion, book composing, design & typesetting. Till now we have work for many authors and publishers from all over the
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No
Brandi is sick. Gordon and I are hovering on the edge of sick. Kid 1 is patient zero who infected all of us. Because Brandi is sick, I decided to look at the emails this week. I had to reach for a bit of tranquility before responding to the one below, so here is a
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Audio, Hips, and Other Things
I did something to myself at the gym. I’m pretty sure how I did it, too. I had an exercise where I knelt on a bench supporting myself with one arm and one knee, one leg extended and the opposite arm curling 25 lbs. At the time I didn’t notice anything and finished my work
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Hybrid Authors
First things first: if you want the collector edition of Kinsmen from Subterranean, it’s on sale now for $37.50, 50% off. Click this link, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and it will be the 8th title up. Thank you to Aarya for heads up. Quick update on SWEEP OF THE BLADE: thank
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