I’m attempting to write my first book. If I want to publish a photo in my book that I either don’t own or that was published somewhere else, how do I get rights/permission to print it? Is there a standard form I need to use? Do I have to pay the owner? How does this work? Thanks!
November is coming up, and you know what that means: warm up your word processors, refill your fountain pens, gnaw at your pencils, sharpen your quill nubs, and set the espresso machine to overdrive because it’s NaNoWriMo time! It’s that magical time of year where writers from all over the world hun ...
Writer’s Rock & Roll, of course! That’s what I have. Here’s what it does: Makes you want to spend all your time writing new stuff, rather than doting on the old stuff. That’s good, to a point. The well never seems in danger of running dry. But, it makes you want to do everything Quickly! Blog [...]
National Novel Writing Month Write-In NaNoWriMo I’m writing on NaNoWriMo. Related articles by Zemanta Scrivener Offers Discount (trippingthemuse.com) Similar Posts: What’s your novel? National Novel Writing Month – 2009 Wordless Weekend – Sake Squared NaNoWriMo November 1st Kickoff – St. Louis NaNoW ...
Happy Friday morning ladies and gents! It's finally the weekend. Woohoo! My mom will be taking the kids tonight and we'll be enjoying a peaceful evening. Then tomorrow we get to sleep late. I like sleeping late. I hate the sound of my alarm clock Monday through Friday. That sucker scares me half to ...
Years ago when Napoleon Hill’s famous manuscript on building riches was ready for publication, it had no appellation. His publisher called and said, “If you don’t come up with a appellation by tomorrow morning, I’m going call it “Consume YOUR NOODLE AND MAKE A BOODLE.” Distraught, Napoleon Hill bega ...
This past week I was contacted by a publisher to write a technical book on an open source technology. Since writing a book is on my list of lifetime goals, I decided to send him an outline along with the typical new writer questions. These questions included: What are the expectations of me? What ar ...
According to a recent survey, more than eighty percent of Americans deprivation to compose a book. This sensational datum is fairly puzzling because the National Endowment for the Arts estimates that only fifty-seven percent of Americans have read one book in the last XII months! What is it that mak ...
For those of you who aspire to publish your writing, you know what THE CALL is. And for my friends who don’t (those of you who prefer sports, math, and other topics I don’t understand, but am grateful you do), it’s when a literary agent rings your phone and shocks the holy hell out of [...]
For many posts now, I have been relying upon my journal of old writings which are finally able to see the light of day, thanks to this blog. These have been on the woo-woo side. Or, had you noticed? I figured that they would be much more interesting than blog-style reports about the home front. My [ ...
