Privacy Policy & Terms of Use
updated November 1, 2004
I think it's important to keep my nose out of your business. I want you to feel free to browse my site without feeling like someone is looking over your shoulder. So I collect no personal information about you when you visit my Web site.
However, I want to see how people like you use my site. Computer programs will automatically collect and report certain information about visits to this Web site. I'll use that information to look for patterns. For example, I'll look to see what pages seem most interesting to people. I will use the information to help me decide about making changes to the site.
Here are the details about how I handle information about your visit to my Web site.
What Is Collected and Stored Automatically
If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the Web site, read pages, or download information, the software behind this Web site will collect and store certain information about your visit automatically. I use this information to count the number and type of visitors to the different pages on the site. This helps me make my site more attractive to visitors like you.
This information does not identify you personally. I automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:
- The Internet domain name (the logical or text name corresponding to the numeric address of a Web site, for example, quot;xyzcompany.com") and IP address (a unique number separated by dots that is automatically assigned to the computer enabling you to connect to the Internet) from which you access this Web site;
- The type of browser and operating system used to access the site;
- The date and time you accessed the site;
- The pages you visited;
- Any files you may have downloaded, such as PDFs;
- If you linked to the Web site from another Web site, the Internet domain name or numeric IP address of that Web site;
- If you came to the site from a search engine, any search phrases or keywords you may have entered as part of your search.
If You Send Me an Email
Always be careful about what type of information you share online and in email messages. It is important to stay safe by limiting what information you share.
When you send an email message, you are letting me know your email address. You might also find yourself sharing information about yourself in your message. I will use this personal information to respond to your message. Please let me know if I should delete your information as soon as I finish responding. Otherwise, I may keep your address to send out notices of new events in my writing life.
Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, I do not share your personal information with any other outside organizations.
I keep a list of the questions and comments that come to me. I share these from time to time with writers and educators, but I won't say who they come from. (For example, I might say, "One person asked me about such-and-such." I won't say, "Mary Simmons of Town X in State Y asked me…")
Links to Other Sites
This Web site has links to other sites. When linking to another site, you are no longer on this site and are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.
Cookies
I don't use cookies .
(Cookies are programs that are loaded onto your computer when you use some sites. )
It’s important to publishers, authors, artists, and designers that unique material remain so. It can hurt an artist’s work and reputation, not to mention his or her livelihood, when others improperly reproduce and use that work.
If you are a teacher, librarian, or other educator, you may reproduce portions of this site for non-commercial, educational purposes only for your classroom/group, provided that you cite the source and date that you retrieved the material. If you are a student, you may quote or copy portions of the site in your work--but you must give credit.
All other uses—including any reproductions of the images on this site for any other purpose--are strictly prohibited without prior, written permission from the author.
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