by Susan Spann Last month’s guest post here at Writers in the Storm took a look at wills in author estate plans. Today, we’ll look at the other common estate planning device: the trust. A trust is a legal entity (a “fictitious person”) created by a trust agreement. Its purpose is to hold and manage […]

Susan Spann joins us again for the second in her series about protecting your writing and your author rights in your estate planning. Even though many of us don't like to think about that particular future, it's an important part of your writing business that no one talks about. by Susan Spann Big thanks to […]

Writers In The Storm welcomes back literary lawyer, Susan Spann with her next installment of her blog series on the author's business plan. By Susan Spann Thank you for joining me again on our trek through writing an author business plan! Last month’s installment looked at The Three Stages of Author Marketing. Now, as 2012 […]

Writers In The Storm is delighted to welcome back Susan Spann with another amazing post covering all the legal bits of information we writers need to know. Susan has delved into everything from publishing choices to a quick overview of an author business plan. Today? She's going in deep! Enjoy... One Bite at a Time: […]

By Susan Spann It’s autumn, time to get organized! Words like “organization” and “business plan” throw many accomplished writers into fits – but every author should write a business plan - and this guest-blog series is going to teach you how. In the months to come we’ll walk through the process step by step, with […]