Comments on: The Days Passed, the Nights Passed http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/the-days-passed-the-nights-passed Where Words Meet Sat, 17 May 2008 06:26:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Dave Wilson http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/the-days-passed-the-nights-passed#comment-8762 Dave Wilson Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:35:06 +0000 http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/the-days-passed-the-nights-passed#comment-8762 I sure had a weird time when my ex agent turned crook and disappeared...getting him removed from royalty contracts, etc. was hard as hell...there ought to be a revision from agent clause too (lol) (Don't worry, Bob...) Dave I sure had a weird time when my ex agent turned crook and disappeared…getting him removed from royalty contracts, etc. was hard as hell…there ought to be a revision from agent clause too (lol) (Don’t worry, Bob…)

Dave

]]> By: Brian Hodge http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/the-days-passed-the-nights-passed#comment-8759 Brian Hodge Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:05:14 +0000 http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/the-days-passed-the-nights-passed#comment-8759 Yep, to keep from going bonkers as a writer, you definitely have to get all snuggly comfy with the notion of delayed gratification. Or better yet, learn to take great pleasure in the sweeeeeet, sweet sense of anticipation. And have plenty to distract yourself with in the sometimes interminable interim before publication. The old chestnut applies here as well as it does to travel and life and everything else: It’s the journey that matters most, not the destination. Yep, to keep from going bonkers as a writer, you definitely have to get all snuggly comfy with the notion of delayed gratification. Or better yet, learn to take great pleasure in the sweeeeeet, sweet sense of anticipation.

And have plenty to distract yourself with in the sometimes interminable interim before publication.

The old chestnut applies here as well as it does to travel and life and everything else: It’s the journey that matters most, not the destination.

]]> By: Bev Vincent http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/the-days-passed-the-nights-passed#comment-8753 Bev Vincent Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:31:11 +0000 http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/the-days-passed-the-nights-passed#comment-8753 I don't know this for a fact, but I suspect that if the entity you had a contract with ceases to exist, then the contract becomes null and void as they are unable to complete their end of the deal. Does your contract have a reversion clause? That would answer the question definitely--if they haven't published your story within the specified time period, all rights return to you. In the business world, contracts enter settlement through bankruptcy court, but that's not likely the case here. If you can still contact someone who was affiliated with the original magazine, you might get them to clarify in writing that the rights have returned to you, but your contract was with an entity that no longer exists, so I can't help but thinking it's no longer valid. I'm not a lawyer, though! I don’t know this for a fact, but I suspect that if the entity you had a contract with ceases to exist, then the contract becomes null and void as they are unable to complete their end of the deal. Does your contract have a reversion clause? That would answer the question definitely–if they haven’t published your story within the specified time period, all rights return to you.

In the business world, contracts enter settlement through bankruptcy court, but that’s not likely the case here.

If you can still contact someone who was affiliated with the original magazine, you might get them to clarify in writing that the rights have returned to you, but your contract was with an entity that no longer exists, so I can’t help but thinking it’s no longer valid.

I’m not a lawyer, though!

]]> By: eric wilson http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/the-days-passed-the-nights-passed#comment-8752 eric wilson Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:58:08 +0000 http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/the-days-passed-the-nights-passed#comment-8752 Now that I've been in the business, the time between submission and publication makes more sense. Usually, this gives me time to move on to the next project. In the case of my present trilogy, it's frustrating because I must have book two done before I've had feedback from fans on book one. Three years ago I was paid for a short story and a poem I submitted to a magazine that went belly up before the publication. I wonder--does anyone know?--if I have the right to publish those items elsewhere or if they remain forever in the domain of that publication? I can't find anything in the contract that addresses that specific issue. Now that I’ve been in the business, the time between submission and publication makes more sense. Usually, this gives me time to move on to the next project. In the case of my present trilogy, it’s frustrating because I must have book two done before I’ve had feedback from fans on book one.

Three years ago I was paid for a short story and a poem I submitted to a magazine that went belly up before the publication. I wonder–does anyone know?–if I have the right to publish those items elsewhere or if they remain forever in the domain of that publication? I can’t find anything in the contract that addresses that specific issue.

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