My Cat the Editor Hates Exclamation Points

by | Dec 18, 2020

If you’ve read The Hiding Girl (Emily Calby Book 1), you know that one of twelve-year-old Emily’s trademark traits is effervescence, albeit often feigned. Her internal thoughts on the subject: “Artificial sparkle. It works on almost everyone. The...

Check Out Crime Fiction Writer Andrew Diamond

by | Nov 18, 2020

Big shout-out to my friend Andrew Diamond, an award-winning author listed as a “Rising Talent” on this list of the 10 best crime fiction writers, which includes a few names you might have heard of (e.g., Elmore Leonard, Lee Child, Gillian Flynn, and John...

Song Lyrics in Fiction and the Fair Use Doctrine

by | Oct 31, 2020

By Dorian Box In a previous post, I briefly discussed the interaction between the “fair use” exception to the U.S. Copyright Act and the use of song snippets in works of fiction, but wanted to conduct a more in-depth legal analysis of the issue. The fair use exception...

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