Posts Tagged ‘publishing industry’

The Horrors of Copyright Registration

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A few weeks ago, I was talking to a screenwriter pal of mine (because if you really want to understand creative misery, talk to one of those guys), and he said something that made me want to throttle him soundly about the neck. He said: “I can’t submit anything ’till I’ve registered my stuff.” He [...]

The Horrors of the Writer Advice Machine

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Writers are like grass. They are the soft, nutritious layer of plant material layered over the floor of the entertainment industry forest. Writers support and nourish thousands of media species from books to movies to pop music while, at the same time, they’re stepped on and taken for granted. Then, like grass, writers are occasionally [...]

The Cult – Absolute Write Water Cooler

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Some days, a writer just needs to get their bearings. Some days, a writer’s been locked in their room for a week and a half with no human contact save for You Tube videos and a packet of demon-possessed Skittles candy. Some days, when the burden of the terrible task weighs down upon us too [...]