The Birth of a New Imprint

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If I take the time to really think it through, my current situation was inevitable.

I have spent years building a reputation, putting in the effort and energy to build a brand and name recognition. It's only a matter of time before someone would start to take action to undermine my efforts.

However, I didn't expect that the steps needed to protect the name would result in a change of the name.

Yep, you read that right. The decision to start taking action to register a trademark to protect my business name led to the decision to actually change the business name. My publishing imprint has an entirely new name (registered business name and everything). Whereas my editorial and coaching services will be moved under my Judy L Mohr brand.

Let me set the stage and fill you in on the complexities of the mess.

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Focusing on what I can control

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For many years now, my husband and son have teased me about how I often get most of my "news" from social media. Occasionally, I get told by the hubby or the son about what is going on, but I haven't watched a news broadcast or read a newspaper in years. I don't feel like I'm missing out on much for having this attitude. And given the events of recent times, for the sake of my mental health, I need to even start cutting out some of the social media news too.

It's time to put a dose of sanity into the coo-coo of the world.

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I’ve never read ‘The Lord of the Rings’

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I'm a fan of fantasy and science fiction. I adore sinking myself into a good, thick tome. Sword and Sorcery novels can easily get me hooked so I read the full series. But there is one series that I have never read, and I never will.

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.

And the reasons have nothing to do with its contents or historical origins. It's 100% my husband's fault.

Sit back and let me tell you about what married life can be like at times.

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If you don’t want people to talk about it, STAY SILENT

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I've always been of the belief that if you want an idea to die, then you need to stay silent. I'm not talking about the situations where one needs to take a stand against political injustices. No, I'm talking about the book that you want to see removed from the shelves… or the bit of misinformation that needs to be buried… or the embarrassing events that happened the other night.

The fastest way to ensure that anyone knows about whatever it is that you wish would disappear and never resurface is to tell others about it. And if you share it on social media, it spreads even faster.

In today's post, I want to talk about some of the instances that I've encountered over the years where people just didn't know how to keep their mouths shut, spreading that tidbit of information that they wanted to hide because of it.

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AI-training is being thrust upon us

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I don't know about anyone else, but I'm getting really irritated with all of these systems insisting that we use AI… but I'm even more irritated by the fact that I'm being forced to grant permission for the companies to use my data to train their AI systems whether I like it or not.

I'm okay with the idea that AI technologies seem to be the way of the future, but I'm not being given a choice as to whether I use it myself or not… not really. I either stop using a computer altogether or I have to lump it and just let the big companies do what they want with my data.

Before anyone gets all righteous on me, let me explain a few realities of what is going on.

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