In today’s Journal
* Quote of the Day
* Copyright: It Isn’t Rocket Science
* No bites
* Great day
* The Numbers
Quote of the Day
“I am a writer, a writer whose work has been published widely, so I have figured out a thing or two about how copyright does and does not work.” Emily Harstone
Copyright: It Isn’t Rocket Science
Sorry, but the quote of the day is just a really stupid statement. Being a writer, even a widely published writer, doesn’t mean you know copyright any more than being an experienced driver means you know the inner workings of an internal combustion engine.
Still, thanks to Emily Harstone of AuthorsPublish.com for pointing me to the first two articles linked to in “Of Interest.” They are both useful articles. I did not link to her article on the topic because, ironically, she infringed on the copyright of the writer of one of the articles. And apparently she didn’t even realize it. Sigh.
Emily explained in her article that “Before I wrote this article I spent time researching the subject.” That “research” consisted of reading two other articles, then quoting lines without quotation marks or direct attribution from those articles. Yeah, that would be a no-no. I would have left a comment, but apparently those aren’t allowed.
Just to be clear, I recommend purchasing and reading The Copyright Handbook from NOLO Press. They’re having a 25%-off sale right now.
In a related note, I’ve had no bites, nary so much as a nibble, on my offer to hire someone to run StoneThread Publishing. That’s how little understanding people have of the value of IP and the potential of licensing.
So eventually I suppose I’ll be foreced to take some time off to catch up on publishing some of these things. Or not. At present I have 4 FOH novels, the one-off (maybe) I’m almost finished with, and around 15 short stories, all waiting to be published. But I’m having a ball writing them.
What’s worse, I suspect if I bothered putting together an ad to attract someone to manage my legacy after I’m gone, I’d get the same reaction. Very unfortunate. A lot of relatives, organizations and institutions will be leaving a $%@#load of money on the table. But then, that won’t be my problem.
Great day yesterday. The novel, as it should, is writing itself. After this one I expect to catch a high-speed shuttle back up to The Ark and write the next story in the FOH series.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “10 Big Myths about copyright explained” at https://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html. Thanks to Emily Harstone of AuthorsPublish.com for pointing me to the article
See “Copyright Information for Writers” at https://www.pw.org/content/copyright.
See “What We See When We Read” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/what-we-see-when-we-read/. Good article. This is why I advocate providing ample description. If the POV character notices it, it should go on the page.
See “Amazon Recommendations and Also Boughts” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/amazon-recommendations-and-also-boughts/.
See “6 BookBub Ads Features You May Not Know About” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/6-bookbub-ads-features-you-may-not-know-about/. See PG’s take.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………………… 500 words
Writing of How “Best” Is Defined (novel, tentative title)
Words brought forward……………………………………………… 6997
Day 1…… 5644 words. Total words to date…… 12641
Day 2…… 5799 words. Total words to date…… 18440
Day 3…… 6237 words. Total words to date…… 24677
Total fiction words for February……… 44793
Total fiction words for the year………… 142270
Total nonfiction words for February… 9320
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 34650
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 176920
Calendar Year 2021 Novels to Date…………………… 2
Calendar Year 2021 Novellas to Date……………… X
Calendar Year 2021 Short Stories to Date… 1
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 56
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 215
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31