The RMFW Spotlight feature will introduce a few of our RMFW officers and volunteers. We started out with the board of directors, sat them in the hot seat, shined the bright light on them, and channeling our best inner Oprah, plugged them with a few questions. This week, we’ve interrogated our Treasurer, Shannon Baker. I…
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We’re Taking this Holiday Week Off
The contributors to the RMFW Blog wish you a Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Hanukkah We will return on Monday, December 2
Talk to the Paw: Weapons of Destruction
by Karen Duvall Having pets has its advantages and disadvantages. Young pets are like babies. They explore, get into mischief, teethe… Yeah. Well, sometimes they don’t grow out of their childhood habits. I have a full grown cat and a full grown dog who still act like a kitten and a puppy respectively. Days go…
Do You Know Your (Publishing) Rights?
By Susan Spann The grant of rights to the publisher is among the most important (and trickiest) terms in a publishing contract. Although the paragraph itself is seldom long, it’s often connected to several others, not all of which are obvious during an initial read. Regardless of the length or complexity of the terms, it’s critical for…
Me? A Procrastinator?
By Kerry Schafer Procrastination. A fascinating topic — one I can spend hours discussing, analyzing, and lamenting as a lovely (and valid) evasion from whatever task I’m procrastinating from. Now, I know procrastination has a bad rap, and a lot of people think its roots lie in sheer laziness. This is a myth that…