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Fair Use for Fun and Profit

Copyright Gargoyle

Copyright Gargoyle

When is it OK to rip off copyrighted material? It all depends on the ambiguity of fair use. Difficult to define, but you know it when you see it. Here are some examples of fair use, as far …

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Season’s Greetings from the Publishing Abyss

The Deviled Egg Eyes of the Publishing Abyss Gaze into My Soul
The Deviled Egg Eyes of the Publishing Abyss Gaze into My Soul

’Twas the season to be jolly a short while back.

Dr. Zaius received Charleton Heston, stuffed by the finest simian taxidermist. When wrapped, …

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Fiction Panel Discusses Franz Kafka the Complete Stories

Unpublished Guy Fiction Panel (left to right): William Blake, Dr. Zaius, Mrs. Butterworth

Unpublished Guy Fiction Panel (left to right): William Blake, Dr. Zaius, Mrs. Butterworth

Each month, more or less, the Unpublished Guy Fiction Panel discusses a novel or short story. This week: Franz Kafka the Complete Short Stories.

William Blake:

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Fiction Panel Discusses a Novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey

Novel Critique: Apes with Bald Kneecaps

Let’s hear what the Unpublished Guy fiction panel has to say about the novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was developed while the movie was being filmed.

Dr. Zaius: Blasphemous. This heretical book posits …

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The Marriage of Mass Publishing and Self-Publishing

n the days of Washington and Napoleon,
Before Six Sigma and Toyota Motors manufactur’d its infernal machines
according to the edicts of consistency,
I did each copy of my self-published work by hand;
If I saw a need for improvement …

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July Novel Writing Month Status Update – Getting Started

The fourth of July and four days into July Novel Writing Month. Four days of staring at a blank page wondering what font I should be using to write my novel. I settled on Verdana. I prefer sans serif, but …

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July Novel Writing Month and Guest Bloggers

Some time ago, I signed up for July Novel Writing Month, which of course, is a writing contest identical to National Novel Writing Month, held in November. What are all of these novel writing months? The goal of …

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18th Century Poet William Blake Announces Clothing Line of Literary T-Shirts

William Blake’s Illuminated I William Blake, Poet & Engraver, have begun production of my new clothing line of Illuminated Smocks called Tyger, Tyger Washing Bright. With this line consists of Illuminated Smocks: I have joined others practiced in the graphic arts in creating a …

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