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John S Alty replied to the topic My failure in the forum Podium 7 years, 7 months ago
As Ricky Nelson sang “You can’t please everybody so you gotta please yourself”
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John S Alty replied to the topic Getting an Agent. in the forum Blogs 7 years, 7 months ago
@daedalus The law in the USA is basically the same, copyright rests with the creator as soon as the creation is in a tangible form. The difference is litigation, America’s national sport. To defend, or attack, is far less complex and expensive if you’ve registered the copyright. But, an important point, just putting the C-mark on your work,…[Read more]
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John S Alty replied to the topic Den monthly competition September 2018 in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 7 months ago
A New Dawn
A blood red sun rose through the smoke from a thousand cooking fires, smoke that hung like mist over distant Alexandra township. A typical African morning on the highveld, but this was not a typical day. Daniel and his mother stepped from the bus onto the dusty road and followed the other passengers. Daniel wished his father could be…[Read more]
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John S Alty replied to the topic Getting an Agent. in the forum Blogs 7 years, 7 months ago
An author’s work is automatically copyrighted as soon as it’s produced. Registering copyright is not necessary. All registration does is make legal pursuit of a plagiarist a little easier.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 7 months ago
Remember “Memories” in the critique section? Now it’s “Felicity’s First” at Across The Margin: http://acrossthemargin.com/felicitys-first/
And Sorrow Point is on my website:
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John S Alty replied to the topic Flash Fiction Win – posted in the right place now, I hope 😉 in the forum Podium 7 years, 7 months ago
Belated congratulations, Janette, super job.
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Not something I imagined would happen when we were chewing over it a few months back
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I thought we agreed we wouldn’t allow hitting
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Oh Gosh, you’re 100% right. I remember now. Also, no biting, gouging or spoon scooping action. That last one almost got through if I recall, but was thrown out on a recount after somebody was shown to have voted for it 17 times. Can’t remember who that was now.
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Spoons!
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