Oct 25 2010
Reference question: stories about job changes
What are some interesting books or movies where a character struggles to adjust to a new job? (Any genre). Thanks, I appreciate your suggestions.
Oct 25 2010
What are some interesting books or movies where a character struggles to adjust to a new job? (Any genre). Thanks, I appreciate your suggestions.
Oct 25 2010
I would highly recommend against including a copyright notice when you submit a story to a publisher or review group.
1. It’s totally unnecessary. “Copyright notices have never been required on unpublished works.” Also, stories are automatically covered by copyright as soon as they are written, so we already know it’s protected.
2. It suggests the author is somewhat paranoid. If your ideas/manuscript impressed a publisher enough that the publisher would actually want to use them, it’d be much easier and more professional to hire you than to give the ideas to someone else.
3. It indicates the author holds the reader/publisher in low regard. If you are so uneasy about the professionalism of a publisher or a review group that you feel the need to tell them it’s illegal to steal your ideas, don’t submit there!