Copyrighting My Stuff!

          When I was in high school I submitted some of my poems to a contest and got them published. Over the last few years I have been adding all my poems to a site called Booksie.com . I had been adding them there because doing so sort copyrights them. Which basically means that because they are up with my name and date they are legally visible as mine. Plus this website, unlike some, allows you to retain ownership of things you post. 

           But I wanted them to be officially copyrighted with the US government. So I found a website called copyrighted.com which helps you get your stuff copyrighted. You can also pay monthly or yearly to copyright things like this blog or your website.

           Now I'm also looking into tradmarking the name Planet ShanChan.  Then I can make products for the site with a logo on them. Plus that would be the name of my Etsy shop. So I would like to own the name and make it a brand.

          But figuring out how to do all this and reading about it makes my brain hurt! That is why I decided to use the copyrighted website. Right now I am reading about how to self publish a book. It is all so overwhelming! I think it is going to be a long process but I am super excited go through the process!