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V.L. Burke
Hi Ingrid,
Fashion Law is a relatively new concept gaining in popularity. It is an umbrella term much like Entertainment Law or Sports Law where it is not exactly an entity all unto itself, but rather multiple areas of law necessary for a certain industry. Such that Fashion Law utilizes intellect property knowledge (trademark and copyright law, design patents), contract law (licensing, model/employee contracts, etc), business law, real estate law (leases for bricks and mortar stores), tort law (for example, a choking hazard on some element of clothing), international law, and many other areas. I would suggest looking into CLE programs that give an overview of Fashion Law through your local bar association. I have spoken on several Fashion Law panels in the last couple of years for the American Bar Association and the Beverly Hills Bar Association...and these are available to be accessed from the web and viewed at home. You may want to consider if you want to be in house counsel for a fashion company, outside counsel that handles litigation or contracts for big companies, or if you want to represent newer individual designers breaking into the industry. You have a lot of options! Please keep in touch and let me know if you have additional questions.
Fashion Law is a relatively new concept gaining in popularity. It is an umbrella term much like Entertainment Law or Sports Law where it is not exactly an entity all unto itself, but rather multiple areas of law necessary for a certain industry. Such that Fashion Law utilizes intellect property knowledge (trademark and copyright law, design patents), contract law (licensing, model/employee contracts, etc), business law, real estate law (leases for bricks and mortar stores), tort law (for example, a choking hazard on some element of clothing), international law, and many other areas. I would suggest looking into CLE programs that give an overview of Fashion Law through your local bar association. I have spoken on several Fashion Law panels in the last couple of years for the American Bar Association and the Beverly Hills Bar Association...and these are available to be accessed from the web and viewed at home. You may want to consider if you want to be in house counsel for a fashion company, outside counsel that handles litigation or contracts for big companies, or if you want to represent newer individual designers breaking into the industry. You have a lot of options! Please keep in touch and let me know if you have additional questions.
V.L. Burke
Anything can inspire me...something I see on the news or something going on in my own life, even just being out and about can trigger my need to write. And it is a need...there is a story inside and I want to get it out. The inspiration and the final product sometimes look completely unrelated, but the point is the inspiration started the process of writing. I love it, though it can be emotionally draining.
V.L. Burke
Whew...I want to do the next book in THE LAST OF THE GODS series...but only if there is enough demand. This genre of YA/fantasy really makes me happy and is such a great outlet.
Yet, I have written in other genres and hope to share those works as well. I am thinking about going back to some of my past writings and possibly revisiting them in a new edit. We'll see...stay tuned!
Yet, I have written in other genres and hope to share those works as well. I am thinking about going back to some of my past writings and possibly revisiting them in a new edit. We'll see...stay tuned!
V.L. Burke
Being able to express my creativity in a lasting format...even if it gathers dust somewhere in my house...that manuscript is something I am proud of and happy to have started or completed.
V.L. Burke
The issue of bullying in school and teens inspired me to write this book. In LAST OF THE GODS, being different is the cornerstone of the characters. Each of the characters is special because they are not like other teens, and they do not do what is expected of them. I think that often times teens are told to suppress their differences or unique qualities and that is the equivalent to metaphorically clipping their wings. Being different is cool! Not fitting in at a certain place could mean you belong to another amazing place, and hence one should go seek out his or her destiny.
And I wanted the characters to resemble real people, that are different culturally from each other even though they have being descended from the Gods in common. I made Farrah Persian because I have a lot of Persian friends yet I do not see very many characters with this background whether in books or movies. Same for the character Evie, she is Asian and European, and her background matches some members of my family and I wanted to incorporate characters matching the diversity of the world. I hope to expand on this theme in the series so that many people can read the books and say, "That character resembles me" or to at least make it more common that it no longer stands out.
I used mythology as a theme because I love it...growing up I would get books from the library about mythology and learn the variations of it in different cultures.
And I wanted the characters to resemble real people, that are different culturally from each other even though they have being descended from the Gods in common. I made Farrah Persian because I have a lot of Persian friends yet I do not see very many characters with this background whether in books or movies. Same for the character Evie, she is Asian and European, and her background matches some members of my family and I wanted to incorporate characters matching the diversity of the world. I hope to expand on this theme in the series so that many people can read the books and say, "That character resembles me" or to at least make it more common that it no longer stands out.
I used mythology as a theme because I love it...growing up I would get books from the library about mythology and learn the variations of it in different cultures.
V.L. Burke
Just start writing...any dead-ends can be surmounted by sticking with it.
V.L. Burke
My suggestion would be to clear your mind and put it aside...do something completely opposite of writing such as going out, doing something physical, or binge watch shows. Sometimes walking away brings you closer to where you want to be. I've never been one to set a certain amount of pages I am going to write for a day though that method works for other people. What works for you is the best method. For example, when I was studying for the bar exam, I realized that doing what I was told to do and going by the study schedule wasn't working for me. So I did the opposite...I watched all the study videos in one week (instead of at the measured pace) and did not do practice exams as I went along. Instead I crafted my own study routine and that is what worked for me and helped me pass the bar the first time. Everyone is different...find your "right" way.
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