by Helen Sedwick | Aug 28, 2015 | Legal Issues
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 | Aug 28, 2015 | Legal Issues
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 | Jun 26, 2015 | Legal Issues
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...
by Joel Friedlander | May 3, 2015 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
Springtime. There’s nothing quite like it after a long winter, is there? The bright colors and sweet scents of the flowers, the singing birds, the warm temperatures… If you’re outside soaking up the sunshine, don’t forget that this week’s...
by Helen Sedwick | Apr 24, 2015 | Legal Issues
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...