Protecting Your Work

Authors are not alone in the quest to protect their work. Creative people everywhere worry about their creations and keeping them safe from thieves. I've noticed some of us worry more than others, though. How much is warranted versus rampant paranoia? That I cannot answer.

I have learned a lot about the methods of protecting work. I hold a patent, worked a little with trademarks, and as a writer I live by copyrights. Sometimes I hear others mixing up the words, but they're very different...