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Elle Dee
I've been going to the same sandwich shop for lunch the last four months and since they are very friendly and obliging I bought a Christmas box of chocs to say thanks. I am now however wondering if this isn't silly? They are just doing their job after all but to me it just isn't a given that people 'just doing their job' are also nice with it so I thought it deserved a little thank you. Is that absolutely not done or would it be ok?
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I think it's a great idea. I'm a medical secretary and I got a gift from a patient the other day. It was just a little box of chocolates but WOW...it really made me feel good that they thought of me!
I think it's a great idea. I'm a medical secretary and I got a gift from a patient the other day. It was just a little box of chocolates but WOW...it really made me feel good that they thought of me!
To write a novel, do you get a copyright for your work before you look for a literary agent?
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Hi!
I've been working on my novel for a long time, and I finished writing a few months ago. I am looking at personally marketing my work, but I wonder if I should obtain a copyright first. Then I wonder if the copyright may affect getting the book published. That is why I ask.
The reason why I asked if I should get a copyright is due to the fact someone could take my story before I can get it published.
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The Technical answer is that once you have penned your words they are copyrighted. Since you can not copyright an idea. But take my advice don't believe this!
I have had so much stolen from my machine by an internet hacker and later saw it as movies. Also once I once sent a unfinished work to a movie producer who later turned around stuck his name on it said his mother always dreamed fo big blue aliens and he had worked on this script since he was a child and had shelved it for 15 years. He gave me no credit and no monetary gift in exchange turned out he has a history of this sort of thing. I should have researched producers before choosing who to send it too. Oops live and learn.
SO here is what I have come to and I believe this is what I believe you should do for your own protection from the bottom of my heart and out of my own disappointments and experiences.
First and foremost before you pay the 30 -40 dollars for a copywrite and over and above this. Take your script/ novel to a lawyer!!! Please. Speak with the lawyer and tell them this is what you want. You want some one to read your novel script open a file just for the work you will be bringing in to them and have it recorded and logged the day and work and the just of the story, by their legal secretary and records kept of such, for your protection, with that law firm.
This way if things do go south as the expression goes. You will be able to prove this was your work FIRST by the records the lawyer kept. This is what I have been doing now. I have taken it to the extreme and used various lawyers in different cities, it really doesn't cost that much. and I believe this to be the best protection because copyrights log or record your name as the author and the title of the work NOT the actual work itself like the words in the novel i mean.
I wish only the best of success for you and please understand that this comment is only for the purpose of rendering insight. I want you to succeed.
Please keep in touch with me and let me know how this suggestion works for you. Perhaps we can share tips on this subject as we go along.
Thanks in advance for that, JC :)
The Technical answer is that once you have penned your words they are copyrighted. Since you can not copyright an idea. But take my advice don't believe this!
I have had so much stolen from my machine by an internet hacker and later saw it as movies. Also once I once sent a unfinished work to a movie producer who later turned around stuck his name on it said his mother always dreamed fo big blue aliens and he had worked on this script since he was a child and had shelved it for 15 years. He gave me no credit and no monetary gift in exchange turned out he has a history of this sort of thing. I should have researched producers before choosing who to send it too. Oops live and learn.
SO here is what I have come to and I believe this is what I believe you should do for your own protection from the bottom of my heart and out of my own disappointments and experiences.
First and foremost before you pay the 30 -40 dollars for a copywrite and over and above this. Take your script/ novel to a lawyer!!! Please. Speak with the lawyer and tell them this is what you want. You want some one to read your novel script open a file just for the work you will be bringing in to them and have it recorded and logged the day and work and the just of the story, by their legal secretary and records kept of such, for your protection, with that law firm.
This way if things do go south as the expression goes. You will be able to prove this was your work FIRST by the records the lawyer kept. This is what I have been doing now. I have taken it to the extreme and used various lawyers in different cities, it really doesn't cost that much. and I believe this to be the best protection because copyrights log or record your name as the author and the title of the work NOT the actual work itself like the words in the novel i mean.
I wish only the best of success for you and please understand that this comment is only for the purpose of rendering insight. I want you to succeed.
Please keep in touch with me and let me know how this suggestion works for you. Perhaps we can share tips on this subject as we go along.
Thanks in advance for that, JC :)
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