By Helen Sedwick In 1979, Penthouse Magazine carried a humor piece about a Miss Wyoming whose talent performance involved a sex act that caused a man’s entire body to levitate off the floor, all while she twirled her baton. The real Miss Wyoming, Kimerli Pring, sued,...
By Helen Sedwick In 1979, Penthouse Magazine carried a humor piece about a Miss Wyoming whose talent performance involved a sex act that caused a man’s entire body to levitate off the floor, all while she twirled her baton. The real Miss Wyoming, Kimerli Pring, sued,...
By Helen Sedwick Writers frequently ask me whether they should incorporate or form an LLC (short for limited liability company) for their writing, blogging, and self-publishing businesses. They have heard that forming a corporation or LLC will protect their personal...
Writers see the warnings all the time. Watch out for rights grabs, those contracts that transfer all rights to the writer’s work to some less-than-reputable publisher or self-publishing company. Without realizing it, the writer has given away the right to publish his...
By Helen Sedwick Writers see the warnings all the time. Watch out for rights grabs, those contracts that transfer all rights to the writer’s work to some less-than-reputable publisher or self-publishing company. Without realizing it, the writer has given away the...
By Helen Sedwick Whenever I speak at a conference, I ask who uses lyrics in their writing. Without fail, hands go up, including my own. Lyrics are a quick way to communicate setting or reveal character. A Sinatra ballad evokes wartime romance while Grateful Dead...
