Fair Use in Fiction

You know, with all the hullabaloo with Savage Gate, there’s been a lot of bandying about of the term “fair use.” You can check out fair use and copyright by visiting the site of the US Copyright Office. But here’s a good explanation from the US Copyright Office’s website:
The 1961 Report of the [...]

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CBC.ca Arts – Romance cuts across racial lines, publishers find

CBC.ca Arts – Romance cuts across racial lines, publishers find
Between the cat food and the diapers in most North American supermarkets lurks a haven of verdant passion.
It’s the aisle for romance novels and its customer in 2007 is nearly always female, but just as likely to be a woman of colour as a Caucasian soccer [...]

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Drought + Freeze Warning = WTF?

So I get home today to find a notice on the townhouse door. The management company has a Freezing Weather policy that they wanted to make me aware of. Basically, I have to turn on every faucet in the house, both hot and cold taps, and run a stream at the thickness of [...]

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Happy New Year!

Like everyone else, I’m wishing you a very happy new year! I spent the evening with a few close friends–I just can’t stomach the crowds, especially being a height-challenged person.
Later today friends and family will descend to partake of the traditional Southern New Year’s Day meal: collards, black-eyed peas, cornbread, and pork. [...]

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