Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.

• The Library of Congress brings our attention to 5 copyright resources you might not know exists.
• Here’s an update on the Anthropic piracy settlement from Victoria Strauss.
• Brenda W. Clough shares estate planning advice for authors.  This is important, otherwise an author’s work might suffer the same fate as Arthur Conan Doyle’s estate, which ended up under the control of distant relatives (not descendants, even).
• Nathan Bransford warns that you can rely on AI at your peril, and he does have a point when it comes to generative AI (using it weakens your creative muscles).  But he’s still significantly wrong if you use AI to do things you can’t like analyze your story for the tropes and themes (see Autocrit).
• Anne R Allen shares 12 ways not to start a novel.

P.S. If you are going to be at DFWCon this coming weekend, please stop by my booth and say hello.