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About to try making eggs Benedict for the first time. I'm cheating with the hollandaise sauce and using a powder, but poaching the eggs alone should prove challenging, I've never succeeded.
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Shutting down my PC because the whole building my apartment's in is getting major repairs and I have to put furniture & appliances in storage and move out for 5 months. Moving back with my parents. A 623km drive away and a chance to see lots of live shows in a different city for a change.
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zabu of nΩd
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Getting files together for a copyright registration. Been working on a novel in my spare time, still a long way from publication but close to 100 pages in. I want to register an unpublished draft now, cause I've been sharing parts of it with friends/acquaintances for feedback, and my giant ego makes me paranoid of plagiarism.
It's starting to sink in how much I'll be baring my soul to the world when I publish this. Hard to decide whether I want to publish anonymously or not. On one hand I value my privacy a lot, but on the other hand the anonymity probably wouldn't last, and on the minuscule chance the book is a success I'd probably prefer to get recognized for it.
It's starting to sink in how much I'll be baring my soul to the world when I publish this. Hard to decide whether I want to publish anonymously or not. On one hand I value my privacy a lot, but on the other hand the anonymity probably wouldn't last, and on the minuscule chance the book is a success I'd probably prefer to get recognized for it.
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Copyright is a given on all created works. If you are that paranoid forget the cost of copyright put the file on a USB stick and mail it to yourself, keep the package unopened with the date stamp on it. It's hard proof of when the file was created because the metadata shows when the actual file was first created.
As for anonymity even if you do make a successful book, having a pseudonym is no draw back if you don't want your full name out there. Plenty of authors, known and unknown use pseudonyms, many readers don't even realise it. If you do use one and the book is successful it can be reprinted with your full name.
As for anonymity even if you do make a successful book, having a pseudonym is no draw back if you don't want your full name out there. Plenty of authors, known and unknown use pseudonyms, many readers don't even realise it. If you do use one and the book is successful it can be reprinted with your full name.
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https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html
"Registration is recommended for a number of reasons. Many choose to register their works because they wish to have the facts of their copyright on the public record and have a certificate of registration. Registered works may be eligible for statutory damages and attorney's fees in successful litigation. Finally, if registration occurs within five years of publication, it is considered prima facie evidence in a court of law."
Poor man's copyright doesn't come with those benefits.
I guess... just a question of how long it would take to get it re-registered/reprinted (registration alone can take like half a year), and whether people who read the original would bother to look up the new edition.
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Yeah I've been through all that for 30+ years. I've registered copyrights, I've registered trademarks and sure they do protect you but copyright is still a given and if you can prove it's your work there isn't anyone in the world that can take that from you.
You also have to take into account that you can't copyright an idea, so the plot of the book is almost impossible to protect, it's the words you protect, therefore copyrighting a partially finished book could see the author only partially protected. Also as a first book it's not going to be great and therefore more than likely not going to have a line of people willing to steal it. And there is already a thousand books out there that use a similar premise, similar plot and are already published, trust me they are out there even for the most obscure genre.
Poor man's copyright may not come with the benefits but in the real world the chances of your work being stolen are pretty damn slim.
Writing under a pseudonym and revealing the real authors name can happen in many ways. It could be as simple as a byline on a cover, it could be so much more. But before any author worries about the name on the cover they need to write the book, edit it, send it to beta readers, edit it again, pay for a line edit, re-read it, pay for a full edit, and then start shipping it to agents if they want traditional publishing. The truth of the world is only a very very very small number of fist time authors get picked up and it's a long process. The publishers wont even give a crap if you call yourself Uncle Fairynuts on the manuscript, if they like it they will give you the pros and cons of choosing names for publication when they offer a contract.
On the self pub route of course it's all different, you buy an ISBN throw the shit on Amazon because you've read it three times and think you can edit it your own work and then another half arsed novel gets released on the world. But the advantage is you can change whatever you like when you like.
You also have to take into account that you can't copyright an idea, so the plot of the book is almost impossible to protect, it's the words you protect, therefore copyrighting a partially finished book could see the author only partially protected. Also as a first book it's not going to be great and therefore more than likely not going to have a line of people willing to steal it. And there is already a thousand books out there that use a similar premise, similar plot and are already published, trust me they are out there even for the most obscure genre.
Poor man's copyright may not come with the benefits but in the real world the chances of your work being stolen are pretty damn slim.
Writing under a pseudonym and revealing the real authors name can happen in many ways. It could be as simple as a byline on a cover, it could be so much more. But before any author worries about the name on the cover they need to write the book, edit it, send it to beta readers, edit it again, pay for a line edit, re-read it, pay for a full edit, and then start shipping it to agents if they want traditional publishing. The truth of the world is only a very very very small number of fist time authors get picked up and it's a long process. The publishers wont even give a crap if you call yourself Uncle Fairynuts on the manuscript, if they like it they will give you the pros and cons of choosing names for publication when they offer a contract.
On the self pub route of course it's all different, you buy an ISBN throw the shit on Amazon because you've read it three times and think you can edit it your own work and then another half arsed novel gets released on the world. But the advantage is you can change whatever you like when you like.
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I think it's awesome you're working on this. For what it's worth, literary recognition is a fickle thing. Basically, if you write an immensely popular book under a pseudonym, it will become obvious almost immediately that the name isn't a real person. If you don't do book tours or let journalists photograph you, people will realize. At that point, if the demand is there and you're comfortable divulging the info, then those who want to know your name will know it. The only way to stay anonymous after writing a popular book is to really, really try.
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Good points guys. Especially about self-editing vs hiring an editor. And yeah, I'm nowhere near the point of needing to worry about the name on the book.
My main goal right now is just to finish a short story early next year, cause I know the full book is gonna take much longer. I'm trying to write the short story in a way that lets me use it as a prologue for the book later on.
I don't see myself making a career out of writing. I have ideas for other books, but I don't want to spend 10+ years of my life writing. I think I need to get this first one right, and not just churn it out as a springboard for a second book. I'm open to it taking 3-4 more years if I find myself consistently improving the quality over time.
My main goal right now is just to finish a short story early next year, cause I know the full book is gonna take much longer. I'm trying to write the short story in a way that lets me use it as a prologue for the book later on.
I don't see myself making a career out of writing. I have ideas for other books, but I don't want to spend 10+ years of my life writing. I think I need to get this first one right, and not just churn it out as a springboard for a second book. I'm open to it taking 3-4 more years if I find myself consistently improving the quality over time.
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The second hardest part about writing a book is finishing it. That hardest part is coming to terms with the fact that what comes after the writing is shit loads harder and more time consuming than the actual writing.
Stuff like thinking you can self edit, thinking that your best mate is a worthy person to read it and assess it's worth, finding obvious and stupid mistakes that have glared at you for months but you've not seen and editing the crap out of it to 'make it read better' are things all writers do at least once.
Stuff like thinking you can self edit, thinking that your best mate is a worthy person to read it and assess it's worth, finding obvious and stupid mistakes that have glared at you for months but you've not seen and editing the crap out of it to 'make it read better' are things all writers do at least once.
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Editing/revising SUCKS. I'm in the process now of revising my dissertation as a book manuscript, and it's torture.
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Laughing my ass off at this woman trying to make prawn curry, chopping up the tinned whole tomatoes with scissors, being confused about how tomatoes and curry go together, all her utensils look burnt and fucked up and the prawns look wretched.
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I'm watching her make "Spicy Soup With Fish" now and she legit put a collection of frozen fish fillets into a frying pan. Frozen, as in, when she's stirring them around they sound like rocks... 
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Just had a really strange experience. Today I remembered this porn video that I saw from a meme a long time ago. Never saw it again until today when I suddenly remembered it and after some searching I found it.
About an hour later I'm scrolling through instagram and BOOM this shit pops up in my feed in another meme.
keep in mind this is a hard to find video, it's not a trending one or anything
About an hour later I'm scrolling through instagram and BOOM this shit pops up in my feed in another meme.
keep in mind this is a hard to find video, it's not a trending one or anything
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