You can copyright a combination of images and text, even if the text by itself is not copyrightable.

In order to create, to really write from your heart, you must have access to all parts of your heart.

This post, using Grenville Zuzax’s stand-up lament on marriage, is dedicated to the battle scars love leaves behind.

Like most people, I’ve got a number of scars, each with its own story. Each reminds me of the challenges and triumphs presented to us on a daily basis.

Take all that you learned in J school about inverted pyramid, ledes and sourcing, and on top of that try to be funny. It’s not easy at all.

From Edie Everette’s “I Am An Artist” series.

Do I have the right to reproduce in my book a copy of the envelope that these letters arrived in?

How does an artist pursue their dream while also paying rent? For me the answer lies within these three concepts: discipline, routine, and passion.

Why would someone who freely writes about the most private things in her life feel panicky when asked about those very things in public?

The more that you are actively working in your field — whether that means writing for magazines, playing music at clubs, hosting gallery events or building furniture for a hotel — the more you’ll find yourself needing to execute contracts with other businesses and people.

Generally, novelists and dramatists can get away with fictionalizing real life people and events without permission.

When you’re making money — even just scraps — from your creative work not as an employee of some other company, guess what: You’re running a business.

If the Dear Rich Staff was in your position, we’d probably give up on the $800.

Achieving your dream of [insert dream here] will most likely also include a day job. Or a night job. Or a day and a night job. Or any job you can find.

The most important part of any zinefest, for me at least, is the inspiration I feel when it is all said and done.