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ORIGINAL: lally2

well, ive stepped up and offered.  i dont see what the big deal is frankly.  ill only give out the information i want to give out and if it helps him to write a book about the deeper emotional aspects of submission to help those on the fringes to recognise their feelings and needs, then isnt that a good thing.

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ORIGINAL: antipode

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a book I am writing

Unfortunately, maestro, you can't use anything you read here for publication, read the rulez (that is actually the case on most boards - both for reasons of privacy, and because it is unethical to make money on other people's writings. Part of it is copyright - what anybody writes is their intellectual property, copyrighted by default, and you cannot use it unless you pay for it and receive a publication release. If the writer places it in the public domain (which by default cannot be done here) you cannot use it to make money with.

Secondly, nice that you have a blog, but in order for me to believe you are writing a book I'd have to have the publisher's name, publication target, and all that. bottom line, though, what you find here, solicited or otherwise, you cannot use.

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ORIGINAL: CallaFirestormBW


Also, if a particular story is changed sufficiently and it is made clear that it is fiction, OR an author's work is authorized through signature of a legal "release of permissions" (especially for non-fiction work where documentary-style information is presented), it is entirely possible to publish aspects of what he may learn here. If I were to offer a piece, I would want to see the finished product, though, to make sure that what I contributed was accurately represented or -clearly- delineated as fiction AND substantially re-written so that it would not be mistaken for my work, and I wouldn't sign off on permissions until the project was near completion (usually, the publisher has specific permission forms that would need to be signed in any case.)

Dame Calla

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ORIGINAL: ExpresMyDelirium

Now I am being honest here, and asking for those conversations, I want the people to talk to me knowing that I want a conversation, about what they might be interested in. to give the bones of something that I can turn into a piece of exciting and informative literature.

In that context I don't need permission in that context, because I'm *NOT* republishing other people's work, I am simply gaining inspiration from a conversation we might have.

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ORIGINAL: CallaFirestormBW

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ORIGINAL: antipode

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a book I am writing

Unfortunately, maestro, you can't use anything you read here for publication, read the rulez (that is actually the case on most boards - both for reasons of privacy, and because it is unethical to make money on other people's writings. Part of it is copyright - what anybody writes is their intellectual property, copyrighted by default, and you cannot use it unless you pay for it and receive a publication release. If the writer places it in the public domain (which by default cannot be done here) you cannot use it to make money with.

Secondly, nice that you have a blog, but in order for me to believe you are writing a book I'd have to have the publisher's name, publication target, and all that. bottom line, though, what you find here, solicited or otherwise, you cannot use.

I don't know if this is the situation here, but as an author, I -do- want to let people know that _MANY_ books are written "on spec"... which means you don't -have- any of the above bolded information, because you write the book -first-, then shop it around to potential publishers. In fact, for a first or second (or third, fourth or fifth if they're fiction) book, you most -always- have to write 'on spec' and finish the manuscript before anyone will even consider purchasing it.

Just because a person doesn't have a publisher yet, or a publication date, or whatever, doesn't mean they're -not- writing a book.