What is holding you back from being the writer you want to be?

As a writing instructor and coach I work with writers every day who are not reaching their full potential. What holds them back? When you talk with struggling writers they generally mention one of three problems: ~ Lack of writing skills~ Lack of writing opportunities~ Lack of knowledge As a writing professional with more than […]

Copyright Confusion?

What I am writing at this moment is protected by copyright. As soon as my individual expression is fixed in a tangible medium, I can do any of the following things with it: reproduce it in copies, make derivative works of it, distribute the work in copies, perform the work, display the work, or broadcast […]

Copyright Essentials for Writers

Twice in as many weeks, I have run across items that were clearly not written by the “writers” who claimed them as their own. I’ve had my writing stolen, “misappropriated,” used without my consent, and I’ve seen so many examples of blatant disregard by one writer for the rights of another that I tend to […]