By Susan Spann This September, I’m co-teaching a workshop at Colorado Gold with Midnight Ink editor Terri Bischoff. The workshop, titled “Contract Law: Where You Can Make a Difference,” is intended to offer advanced-level instruction on which publishing contract clauses are (and are not) negotiable. In preparation for that, my guest posts between now and…
Author: Susan Spann
Look Who’s Coming to the Colorado Gold Conference: Meet Bestselling Author William Kent Krueger
A stand-alone novel, Ordinary Grace, was released in March 2013 and also became a New York Times bestseller. The thirteenth book in the Cork O’Connor series, Tamarack County, is scheduled for release in August 2013.
Taxes 101 for Authors*
Most people in the United States work for someone else, as employees or independent contractors. (And, statistically, most people are employees.) Most writers have “day jobs” to help support their writing careers. For those who are self-employed, business owners, or primarily independent contractors, the tax obligations of a writer are probably already familiar. For those whose primary work experience comes as an employee, however, making money from writing means it’s time to think outside the W-2.
Juggling Contracts, Part 3: Beware the Sub-Clauses!
By Susan Spann Last month’s RMFW #PubLaw post talked about contract language authors want to see when juggling multiple contracts for different types of rights. This month, we’ll take a look at the other clauses authors need to watch for. Even contracts which seem to address only limited rights sometimes contain additional terms that impact…
Juggling Contracts, Part 2: Look for the Language!
By Susan Spann In month’s #PubLaw post here at Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, we started a conversation about juggling multiple contracts for rights to novels and other creative works. Over the next couple of months, my posts will continue that conversation, with an eye to helping authors learn to juggle rights successfully. Step 2 in…