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Thank you! I thought it was a fun twist! And it's okay, I wasn't upset, there's just a lot of bias against retelling authors, so it was a teaching moment for people who don't follow my retellings education as closely as you do ;)

@@KMRobinsonBooksthat makes sense.

Retellings have to have all the touchstones of the original worked into it. Here's a great free masterclass explaining retellings: ua-cam.com/play/PLuCHOUEv909eTVJO7Iz6bVxrrlEKnTqU1.html Anything that doesn't have the main points of the original stories isn't a retelling and shouldn't ethically be connected to the original fairytales at all, even if they have tiny hints at them ;) They're just normal stories with some similarities.

If you're using generative ai in any form, meaning the ai is creating something that wasn't there, then it is an ai cover, and as the laws are right now, it negates any copyright protection you have over the cover. We are, of course, seeing new cases go to litigation and new rulings happening, so we predict we'll have to have some clearer specifications on his in the next few years, but as of right now, using generative ai negates copyright and does have to be disclosed on the printer/distributor sites.

you're welcome

It is 100% my own. Doing retellings is much harder than writing a story with no rules. Retellings are the equivalent of writing any other story but with the mandate of also having to write in a red ball, a stream, seven smooth stones, a watermelon, and a paperclip and making it make sense. Non-retellings have it super easy in that you get to make everything up to suit what you need. People tend to speak down to retellings authors as if they haven't created their own story, but they've done much more than authors who aren't beholden to writing in specific, random things to make it make sense. I like to correct the problems with the original stories, or more so, correct people's weird portrayals of those stories (ex: Goldilocks always having white blonde hair instead of golden hair) I've also written tons of books that aren't retellings ;)

⁠@@KMRobinsonBooksIm sorry. I didn’t mean to Imply your retellings weren’t your own, a retelling is after all making a story your own, I just meant stories that didn’t have any “touch stones” from stories we know. You are right that retellings are much harder to write because you have to add elements that other authors don’t have to (although I think they are also more fun). I hope my Peter Pan retelling show cases that.

Some people use a masquerade to make it make sense in their stories ;) That's a very popular and well known method!

Element in common ;)

@@KMRobinsonBooksthank you!

I've written a very large number of retellings and quite a few that aren't published yet.

@@KMRobinsonBooksthat’s so cool!

Happy to help! Thanks for watching and commenting!

I’d advise watching the episode again as this was all very clearly covered😉

We discussed this in the video, give it another watch 😉

Oh wow, that's definitely a scam. Run fast and run far!

I never thought of it as giving up her legs for a man either...at least not in the Disney version, Han kind ran with it lol...but when the masses cry out about something, it's always a good thing to leverage in a retelling ;) Happy writing! Give yourself permission to skip the first chapter and jump straight in on chapter 2 so you can get going and you can write chapter 1 once the rest of the book is written and you know your characters super well and can give them a really strong start.

@@KMRobinsonBooksthank you, I will do that

Glad you enjoyed the episode, thanks for letting us know!

Here's a playlist with a master class on writing retellings: ua-cam.com/play/PLuCHOUEv909eTVJO7Iz6bVxrrlEKnTqU1.html

@@KMRobinsonBooksthank you!

Let's think practically about what could happen if people were allowed to just claim to be anyone without it somewhere connecting back to them. If an author did something bad like plagiarism...how would the person that was hurt by it get compensation? Think about taxes. The government needs to know who you actually are, even if the general public does not. It has to at some point go back to a real human so that there's accountability and the ability to track actions.

It’s tough out there because there’s so much piracy that force price jumps. Many authors lose thousands of dollars every month and end up making pennies because of how bad the problem is.

Are of that is super illegal. You would have to pay (a lot) of money to license each individual piece you’d want to read and it would be very unlikely you’d monetize enough to cover the licensing fees when you eventually get monetized. I’d strongly recommend picking something else.

How about if I am reading a book that hadn’t been published in another language and I have translated it (I’m trilingual and do translation and localisation work so I have a few authors who have given me permission but would like to expand)

If you’re translating books, that’s serious violations (unless you were hired by the copyright owner to do so) Absolutely do not do this unless you’re under written contract. Definitely don’t read them in any video/livestream/audio/etc without a license. If you’re translating without being hired to, that’s multiple violations and some serious fines you don’t want to mess with. If, however, you can get hired to translate, that’s a pretty great gig that pays pretty well, so if you’re interested in that and can get in with some publishers, it might be worth your time.

Fonts are the same as art, or books, or anything else people create😉😉 That’s why it’s especially important to use a cover designer who is an actual professional and not just someone who said “I can photoshop, let me make money making book covers” lol

I write sci-fi too and definitely get the research aspect of it! So it depends entirely on the situation. If it's a quick look up, I will pause writing and Google it. I'll give myself ten minutes if I need to do a deeper dive or if I get curious. If it's not a huge plot point and it's just pushing the story forward, I need to know enough to include it and move on. If it's a big deal in the story, then I'll set aside special extra research time. This could mean giving up some Netflix time to accommodate it. I'll do whatever I have to learn what I need to move forward. If it's something I need a special skill set for, I find a person and do an interview with them to ask my questions. Ultimately, writing time is writing time. If you need to do research, that's not on writing time. If you're a plotter, you should spend a day researching all the things before you write. If you're a pantser, you're going to have to give up free time to accommodate your research needs. But for the vast majority of research, it should be a simple 5-10 Google search and then get back to writing ;)

@@KMRobinsonBooks Thanks. Most of my research requires a lot of time, so I'll keep my "writing" time as just for writing. Question. What's "pantser"?

Plotter = plans out every step of book before writing Planster = knows main stepping stones but figures out the smalls steps and transitions as they write Panster = figures it out all as they're writing with no plot points in mind before (as in flying by the seat of their pants...panster)

Sex scenes are 100% out. They allow limited swearing, any of the "worse" words would need to be removed for sure. You can't be monetized if you swear within the first bit of your videos (here's a video on my channel where I teach about tiktok/instagram/UA-cam: ua-cam.com/users/shortse2QvywtlrOs) As an actual UA-cam expert that speaks on stages globally about social media content creation, I would say you should remove any open-door sex scenes and 80-90% of the language if you want to be monetized. Most advertisers will not pay to run ads against videos with explicit content, and those they do will pay far less to run those ads, so by leaving it in, you're cutting yourself out of a lot of money.

Oh that sounds awesome! I love that idea! You can totally do that. It's no problem to have series follow different characters in the same world. You might actually want to start with the final mystery where they're all together and then do the follow up books as how each character wound up in the big mystery so fans of the first character don't have to wait until book 13 to see them again....or you could use it to wrap-up the entire series. If you do, you definitely want to give some sneak peeks into the final group mystery at the end of each book and let readers collect clues to help with the final story. It's definitely still a a series even if it's standalone within the series. I would just straight up call it a series, but you could also call it a shared World Series. Here are some videos that could help: What Is A Shared World And Should Authors Do Them?-ua-cam.com/video/ftx1b7wVWwI/v-deo.html Why The Holiday Court Series Is Similar To A Shared World Book Series?-ua-cam.com/video/hhZilMlgut4/v-deo.html

@@KMRobinsonBooksthank you so much! Hopefully it turns out well

@@KMRobinsonBooks *Question:* what are 12 elements that I can have the detectives find out to solve the group mystery? (I already have the suspect, victims name, murder weapon, location of murder, time of murder & alibi). I want each detective to have found one element within their respective books I hope this makes sense and sorry for the multiple questions

@@moviemelody2210 You're always welcome to ask questions, however, for this specific one, the answer is: you have to write your own book, no one else can or should be doing it or you ;) It's on you to figure that out and bringing other people into it can cause you a lot of issues later on, especially if the books are published. If you're struggling to think of your elements, that means it's time to hire a developmental editor to help you. Dev editors do lots of cool things from sit down and help you plan and plot your book (what you're asking here) to reading through your completely book and helping you tighten it up, remove unnecessary things, add in important things, and make it overall more sellable. If you're struggling with your plot points as you mentioned, it might be time to hire someone to help. I do this professionally if you're interested in working with me, but there are tons of other fabulous dev editors out there that can help you too if you resonate with them more!

@@KMRobinsonBooksthanks for the feedback, I actually was able to figure it out myself

Happy to help! Thanks for watching and commenting!

Jealousy is a wild thing, sadly. I wish all the best for her, but I'm glad to have gone our separate ways.

Glad to hear it! It can feel so harsh or confrontational to protect ourselves online, but it's so, so important.

Glad you're here!

I'm working on some fun new ways to use MY character art...keep your eyes peeled on my TikTok/Instagram!

I am protecting the authors that are still dealing with the fall out of this-it's industry standard for those that work with the underground movement helping authors impacted by this kind of thing. As everyone who follows me knows, I have an open inbox policy for people who have had contracts offered to them to come check to see what I know about that publisher since I've worked with and had connections to so many over the years so they don't end up in a bad spot. You're also welcome to do a very basic Google search as there's lots of information about the *many* publishers that have pulled this over the last decade.

Permafree has worked wonders for my career!

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Go find an older version that is public domain. Penguin has a copyright on their version.

@@KMRobinsonBooks ty

Thanks for joining me!!

Just like with everything else, it passes on to next of kin/whoever they left it to/their estate/etc. It doesn't magically go away. You're responsible for tracking the new copyright holder down.

Thank you so much. One more question for you... I am a new content creator- many big tarot/ oracle card channels show and use cards by deck creators and read the excerpts in the booklets that are included w/the deck. I also do this. Many have built very successful channels and are monetizing videos by doing this on UA-cam. Is this also a copyright issue? The whole niche may be in trouble if that is the case. thoughts?@@KMRobinsonBooks

I did! The second episode released yesterday and episode 3 is in a few days!

@@KMRobinsonBooks Thanks! I will look for it. I'm following your channel and turned on the notification bell but about 2 weeks ago, I stopped getting notifications when you post new videos. :(

Oh that's so frustrating, I'm so sorry it's not telling you! I release new full length videos every single day at 1pm est so there's new content daily. I release Shorts content (their version of TikTok under 60 seconds) as applicable, but usually around 6pm est on days I have one to post.

Covers absolutely matter, as does editing ;)

Yes

Well, as we said, it's pretty much impossible to have a book reading channel because you'd have to have a ridiculously high amount of money to be able to afford the licenses for that. But if you want to learn to grow a UA-cam channel that is not that, I have full playlists on UA-cam.com/kmrobinson

Grammarly/ProWritingAid is assistive. KDP does not require that to be disclosed. Publishers all have their own policies on what you must disclose to them (they will not allow AI...most won't care about assistive spell check, but you have to read their policies before submitting to them to know....and when in doubt, just say no ai used to create story, only to spell check)

As a beginner beginner, you’ll likely have to do some for free and extremely little to get examples under your belt. Then for awhile you’ll be making very low end because you’re still new. Once you have a lot of work, then you can charge higher prices. So if voice acting isn’t really really what you want to do, this is not a good space to get into because it will take a good chunk of time to build up to making it worth your effort. And also remember you have to invest in all the equipment up front, and that’s a lot out of pocket.