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    Book piracy and what do you do about it.

    Another thing to be aware of, when dealing with Intellectual Property Rights is that there can be consequences for a lack of challenge. If you allow the piracy to go unchallenged, there is, in many states, a legal doctrine that equates your lack of challenge to effectively releasing the work to...
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    Beginning and end but no middle

    I would add not to make the mistake of thinking you have to move the storyline X% per chapter. Some things may move in a couple of paragraphs. Other things may need multiple chapters to become fully fledged. Catching a child trying to steal doesn't require a lot of explanation, particularly...
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    The Beginning

    Pretend for a moment that your main character is your BFF. What would that person be doing on a typical Tuesday? Would it be shopping or laundry or milking a goat... See if you can get much on a page.
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    What do you look for in a book cover?

    I can't speak for anyone else BearBear but I have possibly enough artistic ability to do stick figures or petroglyphs or runes and that's about the extent of my visual arts skills. That's why I don't illustrate anything. I know what my characters look like. I know what their settings look...
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    What do you look for in a book cover?

    Please disregard. Having issues with my browser and touch pad.
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    Books with power... how would you interpolate?

    Perhaps reading the book causes the thing to perform its function sort of like the mop in Fantasia.
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