This Week’s Favorite Amazon and Goodreads Reviews for Psycho-Tropics
Lots of downtime these days? Going stir crazy with no sports, no restaurants, etc.? What could be a better time-filler than curling up with a good book? May I recommend Psycho-Tropics? Check out the reviews. But you know it is with reviews. After you get a certain...
Using Song Lyrics in Fiction (and Psycho-Tropics Soundtrack)
[UPDATE: In a more recent post, I provide a detailed legal analysis of how the fair use exception to copyright laws applies to using a song snippet in a novel.] Without any particular design, Psycho-Tropics ended up littered with references to popular songs. Some...
This Week’s Favorite Amazon Review
This week we celebrate not only Independence Day, but this new Amazon review for Psycho-Tropics:As to whether I've "been toiling away on a new near-masterpiece," I've certainly been toiling away. The first book in the Emily Calby Series, The Hiding Girl, will be out...
My Cat the Editor
Defamation in Fiction—What’s in a Name?
Dorian Box All writers should be aware of the risk of defamation in fiction and take precautions to avoid it, even accidentally. There are several excellent blog posts explaining tort liability (civil liability for money damages) arising from fictionalized works...