Archive for the ‘Research and Development’ Category

Posted on October 9th, 2009 by by Beth Barany

Confessions of a Writing Addict

I have a confession to make: I’m a writing addict.I have to write. Every day. Whether it’s a blog post, a piece of fiction, a marketing blurb or editing job for one of my clients, I just have to do it. Not to mention all the emails I write. What’s the cure?

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Posted on August 14th, 2009 by by Beth Barany

Character Names: Where Do They Come From?

From the stork? No silly! From resources, both internal and external, online and offline. From personal experience, I’d say character names come from our imagination and our life experience.

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Posted on December 8th, 2008 by by Beth Barany

Public Domain Books

Is your work in the public domain? What is public domain? And why should you care?
As a writer you automatically own the rights to your work*. Your work is NOT in the public domain unless you put it there, through Creative Commons for example.
For more details on this issue, see the Library of Congress Copyright [...]

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Posted on October 3rd, 2008 by by Beth Barany

Sleep is Good for Creativity

According to a recent New York Times article, we’re able to approach problems with a renewed perspective after some sleep.
Yeah! I’m so glad that science is catching up to what artists have always known about the Incubation stage (a la Jordan Ayer): that walking away from the problem and putting the mind in a restful [...]

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