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Writer Beware

…shines a bright light into the dark corners of the shadow-world of literary scams, schemes, and pitfalls. Also providing advice for writers, industry news, and commentary.

  • By Victoria Strauss
  • Roughly three posts per month
  • First post on

Posts per month

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Posts per month
Month starting Posts
Sep 2022 1
Oct 2022 3
Nov 2022 2
Dec 2022 4
Jan 2023 4
Feb 2023 4
Mar 2023 3
Apr 2023 3
May 2023 2
Jun 2023 4
Jul 2023 2
Aug 2023 2
Sep 2023 2
Oct 2023 3
Nov 2023 3
Dec 2023 3
Jan 2024 3
Feb 2024 4
Mar 2024 3
Apr 2024 2
May 2024 3
Jun 2024 3
Jul 2024 2
Aug 2024 2
Sep 2024 2
Oct 2024 2
Nov 2024 4
Dec 2024 2
Jan 2025 2

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

Best of Writer Beware: 2024 in Review
Hard to believe another year has rolled around–it seems like five minutes ago I was preparing this annual overview for 2023. As always, it’s been a busy year of writing scams, publisher implosions, exploitative contract …
On , by Victoria Strauss, 1,994 words
Karma’s a Bitch: The Law Catches Up With PageTurner Press and Media
NOTE:There are many groups, organizations, publishers, and others named Page Turner or PageTurner or some variation thereof. This post is not about them. It is ONLY about PageTurner Press and Media, aka Innocentrix Philippines. My …
On , by Victoria Strauss, 1,746 words
A Quick Pre-Holiday Warning for Authors: Guard Your Credit
The latest newsletter from the Authors Guild includes this scam alert: Beware of aggressive “independent publishers” like Leap Write Literary, who persistently call until authors agree to republish their books then orchestrate elaborate multi-stage scams. …
On , by Victoria Strauss, 649 words