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 two posts per month
- First post on
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 | 3 |
Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.
Most recent posts
The writing world may have reached Peak Scam: the point at which the extreme prevalence of writing scams can be leveraged to create a protection racket to exploit the victims of those scams. Kind of …
The ONLY authentic Writer Beware email address is [email protected].“Writer Beware” emails from any other addresses are fake. A bit over a year ago, a scammer (I never was able to determine which one, but it’s …
I’ve heard from a number of writers recently who’ve been invited to join a venture called House of Pages. The contacts, which mostly seem to be via contact forms on the authors’ websites, look like …