“While healthy competition isn’t a bad thing, what happened next was awful. The owner of the website started posting negative reviews about my service online. She has never used my service. As far as I know, she and I are the only ones offering this service. She posts under different names but the claims made and the writing style show it’s the same person…”
“I have a photograph that I took of a statue that I would like to use as cover/back cover art for a book I’ve written. The statue sits in…”
If I write a letter stating these people consent to my representing them in my novel, would this suffice?
Make it clear you expect to be paid. Otherwise the law says they can use your article for free.
Imagine going to a bookstore, and buying a non-fiction book on how to holistically treat a venereal disease you picked up last week, or a book on…
My friend said, “If you write about me, I’ll sue you.” But, I’ve already published the book!
Some authors are tempted to write what they want, and to hell with anyone who doesn’t like it.
It’s one thing to not be paying your authors’ royalties but it’s QUITE ANOTHER to have the balls to actually…
Can I turn interviews into my own book, or do those pieces belong to the magazine?
“It’s my number and, of course, I gave it to them, after receiving it from the IRS. But, they have steadfastly refused to tell me what the number is…”
