Okay! That’s it for me. How did you do in July? Any goals for August?
Month: July 2015
Got a main character you don’t like?
Hi everyone,
Today I’m at Coffintree Hill, giving tips on what to do when your main character’s personality clashes with yours.
Hope to see you there!
Misha
Spectacles, Tea, Worldbuilding and Books
Tanya Miranda’s Interviewing Me Today
Hi everyone!
Today, Tanya’s interviewing me on writing, inspiration, and some things you probably don’t know about me.
See you there, I hope!
Misha
I’m visiting the Ninja Captain today.
Hi everyone!
Today, I’m visiting Alex J. Cavanaugh, and sharing my top ten ways in which I broke “fantasy rules” in order to write my stories.
Hope to see you there!
Misha
Want to know how I beat the sagging middle?
Hi everyone!
Today, you can find me at Carole Anne Carr’s blog, where I’m talking about beating the sagging middle. Hope to see you there.
Have a great weekend!
Misha
Visiting with Tyrean
Hi everyone!
Today you can find me at Tyrean’s blog, where Tyrean interviewed me on books I read, writing and goals. I’d love to see you there!
Misha
I’m visiting Rachel Pattinson Today
Hi all!
Two things. The first is that I’m visiting Rachel today, talking about the economic reason why I’m self publishing.
Then, while we’re on the subject of economics, do you know that there’s a New Copyright Act coming? Well, it’s not good, so please click here to find out what can be done.
Guys, I don’t care what country you live in. If you depend on copyright, you need to read this.
At the risk of sounding seriously dramatic: The Copyright Act is under threat.
Big internet players are lobbying to change the law in ways that is not beneficial to the copyright holder.
First, I’m linking to Richmond Illustration Inc because that post explains all this much better than I can, but in case you’re still wondering if you should bother to click through, let me present you with a little excerpt from the above mentioned site as a TL:DR:
Brad Holland in “The Return of Orphan Works: The Next Great Copyright Act” states:
1. It would void our Constitutional right to the exclusive control of our work.
2. It would “privilege” the public’s right to use our work.
3. It would “pressure” you to register your life’s work with commercial registries.
4. It would “orphan” unregistered work.
5. It would make orphaned work available for commercial infringement by “good faith” infringers.
6. It would allow others to alter your work and copyright those “derivative works” in their own names.
7. It would affect all visual art: drawings, paintings, sketches, photos, etc.; past, present and future; published and unpublished; domestic and foreign.
– Keep it professional and respectful.
– Explain that you’re an artist and have been one for x number of years.
– Briefly list your educational background, publications, awards etc.
– Indicate the field(s) you work in.
– Explain clearly and forcefully that for you, copyright law is not an abstract legal issue, but the basis on which your business rests.
– Our copyrights are the products we license.
– This means that infringing our work is no different than stealing our money.
– It’s important to our businesses that we remain able to determine voluntarily how and by whom our work is used.
– Stress that your work does NOT lose its value upon publication.
– Instead, everything you create becomes part of your business inventory.
– In the digital era, inventory is more valuable to artists than ever before.
– You might want to stress that it’s important to you that you determine how and by whom your work is used.
–You might wish to state that even if you are a hobbyist, you would not welcome someone else monetizing your work for their own profit without your knowledge or consent.
Next Stop: Next Door
Sort of. Actually, I’m visiting Murees Dupe, who lives so close to me that we met each other for coffee last weekend. (Which is a nice change from, you know, living on the other side of the world.)