Published on March 24, 2022
author, book marketing, Censorship, legal, libel, Networking, writing career advice

Take it a step further. What if people start cancelling authors and publishers after they were triggered by something in a book? Think that’s impossible? Take it further still. What if authors and publishers start getting sued for not publishing trigger warnings, or the right trigger warnings? Think that won’t happen? Look around you!
Published on March 7, 2022
author, copyrights, legal, libel, writing career advice

“My lawyer says I can’t be sued because everything in my book is true.”
I’m always shocked when I hear this…
Published on February 4, 2022
Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, legal, Print on demand, writing career advice

My publisher appears to have gone out of business, but my book is still selling on Amazon.
Published on January 27, 2022
author, book marketing, legal, storytelling, writing career advice

Should I make up a fictitious hospital name for use in my novel? Yes. Read why.
Published on January 15, 2022
Censorship, legal, libel, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice

A book you’ll be publishing for the masses is NOT the place to settle a score, even if you think you’re doing it anonymously…
Published on January 8, 2022
legal, libel

Unfortunately, she can’t publish the book as-is because it comes with a great deal of legal liability. Here was my response to her…
Published on December 14, 2021
author, author scams, legal, writing career advice

She didn’t yet know who to leave her intellectual property to but that she knew who NOT to leave it to.
Published on December 10, 2021
author, book marketing, copyrights, legal, libel, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice

It’s pretty pathetic when a company is happy to take hundreds or thousands of dollars from you, knowing all the while that YOU might get sued some day for something you included in your book…
Published on December 3, 2021
author, copyrights, legal, write that book, writing career advice

An article that has the exact same title as my book. Can I sue?
Published on November 19, 2021
legal, writing career advice

I couldn’t think of a better solution than Excel for my record keeping dilemma.