Skip to content
The Business of Writing

The Business of Writing

Simon Whaley's Resource For Writers

Menu

  • Home
  • About
    • About
    • Media Kit
    • Competition Judging
    • Workshops
    • Privacy Policy/GDPR
  • Contact
  • Books
  • Free Downloads
  • Residential Courses/Day Workshops
  • Links

Contractual Considerations

EU Copyright Directive

EU Copyright Directive

Firstly, many thanks to everyone who commented on last week’s post and shared it on social media. A touch of reality was clearly appreciated! The current reality for authors and creatives could be about to change, if the UK adopts

BusinessOfWriting June 24, 2019June 23, 2019 Resources 2 Comments Read more

Guardian Feature

Guardian Feature

A brief post this week, just to point you to an article that was recently published in The Guardian, written by Alison Flood, about the anger from Woman’s Weekly’s writers at the exploitative new contract. You can read Alison’s piece

BusinessOfWriting August 20, 2018August 19, 2018 Fiction No Comments Read more

Snowballing

Snowballing

The snowball is gathering momentum. It was slow to start off with because when you’re not big name writers, it’s difficult to make yourself heard. It’s been an uphill struggle. But now the direction is sloping gently downhill, enabling the

BusinessOfWriting August 6, 2018August 5, 2018 Fiction 1 Comment Read more

Davids and Goliath

Back in Womag-land, there’s been no feedback from TI Media (that I’m aware of) regarding their change of contracts to All Rights, and their cutting of payments by a third. Although, some writers have received some interesting emails. Woman’s Weekly

BusinessOfWriting July 30, 2018July 28, 2018 Fiction 5 Comments Read more

Stronger … Together

Stronger … Together

At the end of June I posted about the recent changes being made at Woman’s Weekly concerning their latest contract, which demanded All Rights from their fiction writers. Now, I’m not a prolific short story writer, but I have been

BusinessOfWriting July 23, 2018July 22, 2018 Fiction 4 Comments Read more

Not All Right(s) in Womagland

Writers in Womagland (those who write short stories or serials for the women’s magazine market) have been venting their anger and frustration on social media recently. Woman’s Weekly magazine has changed its contract terms and payment rates. Those who have

BusinessOfWriting June 29, 2018 Fiction 13 Comments Read more

Commissioning Conundrum

When is a commission not a commission? Well, it all depends upon when in the writing process you make the sale. Patsy Collins of the Womagwriters blog asked me to write a guest post about the latest confusion concerning some

BusinessOfWriting June 25, 2018June 20, 2018 Fiction, Non-Fiction No Comments Read more

The 0.01% Copyright Conundrum

The 0.01% Copyright Conundrum

Pretty much every book on writing urges writers NOT to sign away their copyright in a project. And I would agree that, in 99.99% of cases, that is definitely the right step to take. However, there are times when doing

BusinessOfWriting June 11, 2018June 11, 2018 Non-Fiction, Resources 3 Comments Read more

Contractual Concerns

 Social media was buzzing with more contract queries last week, after one magazine began issuing fiction writers with a new contract.  I haven’t seen the entire contract because I am not one of those writers on their preferred supplier list,

BusinessOfWriting December 11, 2017December 10, 2017 Fiction, Non-Fiction 1 Comment Read more

Hybrid Authors

Last Saturday I was assisting with a workshop on self-publishing run by Wrekin Writers, as part of the Wellington Festival, and the topic of Hybrid Authors was briefly discussed. So I thought I’d take the opportunity of posting my recent

BusinessOfWriting October 23, 2017October 20, 2017 BoW Articles, Fiction, Non-Fiction 1 Comment Read more

Negotiate. Nicely.

I recently had to renegotiate a contract with a magazine I’ve done work for in the past. Looking back, I realised that the current contract which I was working with was over ten years old. And ten years is a

BusinessOfWriting February 20, 2017February 17, 2017 Non-Fiction, Resources 7 Comments Read more

Products

Two weeks ago I mentioned that the follow up to my short story collection (Ten Teatime Tales) was in production, now that some of the stories I wanted to include in it are now out of their exclusivity period. Well,

BusinessOfWriting December 12, 2016December 15, 2016 Fiction, Non-Fiction, Productivity No Comments Read more

What’s Mine Is Mine

Sometimes, it’s not until you build up a body of work that you really appreciate what you have created. And that’s when the consequences of being a little slap dash with the rights you grant others in your work becomes

BusinessOfWriting November 28, 2016November 28, 2016 Fiction, Non-Fiction No Comments Read more

Publishing Dilemmas

Last week I was approached by two different writers, each with their own publishing dilemma. I hope they found my comments useful, but what the queries demonstrated was that when it comes to publishing your book you need to be

BusinessOfWriting November 21, 2016November 21, 2016 Fiction, Non-Fiction No Comments Read more

Submission Agreements

There’s a new contract in town. One you have to sign BEFORE a publisher will even look at your submission. It’s called a submission agreement. But should you sign it?

BusinessOfWriting October 31, 2016October 31, 2016 Non-Fiction 9 Comments Read more
  • « Previous

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 145 other subscribers.

Recent Posts

  • Don’t Miss Out!
  • Upgrade to the Business of Writing Newsletter and Claim Your FREE Book.
  • Legal Deposit: Uploading Your eBook to the British Library
  • Legal Deposit
  • Poetic Profits

Categories

Privacy Policy and GDPR

To read my privacy policy, please click on this link: http://www.simonwhaley.co.uk/privacy-policy-gdpr/

© Simon Whaley

The copyright of the text on this website (with the exception of any third-party quotes and comments) is owned by Simon Whaley and any unauthorised infringement will be vigorously pursued, through the courts if necessary. Scanning software searches the Internet on a daily basis for evidence of this. The photographs on this website are the copyright of Simon Whaley, unless an alternative photo credit is given, of which case copyright remains with that photographer.

Member of:

Administration

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
Copyright © 2021 The Business of Writing. All rights reserved. Theme Spacious by ThemeGrill. Powered by: WordPress.