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Moral Rights: What Writers Need to Know July 3, 2025
Today I’m writing for SFWA’s online magazine, Planetside (formerly the SFWA blog) on a subject many writers–especially in the USA–aren’t familiar with. Enshrined in most countries’ copyright laws, moral rights provide important protections that many writers don’t really think about…until they are asked to relinquish them. What are moral rights? In addition to various economicRead […]
Victoria Strauss
Why the Bankruptcy Clause in Your Publishing Contract May Not Protect You June 27, 2025
I’m blogging at Writer Unboxed again today. Bankruptcy. When you’re considering a publishing offer, the possibility that your publisher will go bankrupt probably isn’t top of mind. And indeed, publisher bankruptcies aren’t very common. Publishers frequently fail or close, but bankruptcy takes time and costs money, and makes a business accountable to its creditors. EspeciallyRead […]
Victoria Strauss