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
| 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 | 0 |
Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.
Most recent posts
Book-to-film scams are extremely common these days. If the publishing industry is opaque and secretive, the movie biz is even more so, and scammers take full advantage. From disreputable marketers claiming to take your book …
LICENSING: THE REALITY A few weeks ago, I wrote about the common scam of “book returns insurance”, in which scammers take something real (book returnability, a normal element of book publishing and selling) and spin …
It’s been more than a year since my last post about the now not-so-new Copyright Claims Board (CCB). Victoria covered the CCB when it first started hearing claims in June 2022, and her post gives …