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In its latest Fair Contracts Initiative position paper, the Authors Guild takes on questions of how long a publisher should control a writer’s content — and how starkly that may need to change in the digital era.

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This little boy saved his father’s life.

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In what some authors may find surprising, a leading ‘gatekeeper,’ literary agent Kristin Nelson, says an authoritative personality can be writer’s best friend in negotiation — the best chance you have of seeing the gate to your prosperity well-kept.

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Keeping things on course may be a job for both author and agent, especially in the media-heavy setting of today’s business. Agent Kristin Nelson and author-producer Dave Morris are thinking about the relationship.

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The way around all of the constant wondering and let-downs, is to get you and your partner to sign a contract stating the guidelines.

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You have to swear that you will leave me alone and let me grieve uninterrupted. You have no choice but to be the stronger person because, at this point, I am very weak and the slightest bit of communication between us could derail me.