Hi all! I am new to r/bulletjournal. I have several Archer and Olive A5 dot journals. I built one out that has 2 page spreads with the following:
Then I leave a few blank pages and start with a February title page and so the same for February.
What does everyone think?
Hi all — Kelley here. I’m an indie author based in Atlanta, working on a romantic suspense/thriller series called Brenner Investigations. Book One is finished and currently published on Amazon as Kindle Select ebook, and I’m deep into drafting Book Three. This question is actually about a future book — tentatively Book Four — so I have some runway to figure this out, but I’d rather get ahead of it now.
I recently came across a firsthand account posted publicly on social media. The poster described a situation where homeless individuals were placed into housing by a city official, became ill, and died — and the building owner allegedly held life insurance policies on them without their knowledge. The person who shared it says it’s a true story.
I’m considering using the core premise as inspiration for a fictional thriller — not retelling the account directly, but using the underlying scenario as a jumping-off point for something of my own.
Before I start drafting, I’d love to hear from anyone who’s navigated something similar:
**•** What are the general legal considerations when adapting a true account you found on social media into fiction?
**•** Do I have any obligations to the person who originally shared the story, or to any surviving individuals connected to it?
• How do you protect yourself from defamation or invasion-of-privacy exposure when a story is “inspired by” real events, especially if someone could still recognize themselves or others in it?
• Is there anything you’d do — research, documentation, changes to the premise — before you even start writing, just to protect yourself down the line?
I’m planning to talk to an actual entertainment/media attorney before this gets anywhere near a final draft, but I’d genuinely love to hear how other authors here have handled this in practice. Thanks in advance!