One very late evening, while publishing my Publicity Action Workbook, I was gathering marketing materials and searching my computer files for a free report that I'd written a few years before. After about 30 minutes I decided to google myself and see if I could find an online copy. What I found turned me inside out. There, in the google search, I found my free report re-published under someone else's name. She hadn't just stolen the content, she used the exact same title. To

Having your work or ideas copied is very frustrating. When this happens (it will), you will find yourself feeling surprised, hurt, betrayed, even embarrassed and upset with yourself. Whether it's your original creative works or an idea stolen by a coworker, being betrayed in this way can derail a woman emotionally for days or weeks. This has happened to me a number of times and that glib saying "Well, you must be worth copying" never makes me feel better. Since YOU would nev