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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

Data for this chart is available in the table below
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

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

Most recent posts

Evaluating Publishing Contracts: Six Ways You May Be Sabotaging Yourself
(If you’re a regular reader and are feeling some deja vu at the title of this post, it’s because I’ve published it before, in a slightly different form. I’m updating and re-running it because I’ve …
On , by Victoria Strauss, 1,061 words
The Curious Case of Fullers Library and Its Deceptive Link Requests
This isn’t strictly writing-related, but it is the kind of weird rabbit hole I enjoy going down, and it’s a writer (and artist) who drew my attention to it. The writer got in touch to …
On , by Victoria Strauss, 1,162 words
Cheated, Swindled, or Scammed: What’s a Writer to Do?
Once again, I’m blogging over at Writer Unboxed this week. You’ve chosen a publishing service, engaged a marketing company, entered a writing contest, hired an editor, inked a representation agreement, or contracted with a publisher, …
On , by Victoria Strauss, 362 words