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The official blog of 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. Writer Beware® is sponsored by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association.

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News of the Weird

Very Weird Solicitation Alert: Monica Susan Main

Space Kadet: The Twisted Tale of a Sad, Sad Internet Troll

De Montfort Literature: Career Jumpstart or Literary Sweatshop?

The Strange and Twisted Tale of Peter Senese, Serial Con Man

Return Of a Faker: Jane Dowary Agency

The Con Man Who Tried To Buy Writer Beware’s Silence

Delmont-Ross Writing Contest: The Saga of a Fake Literary Competition

I Broke a News Story, and All I Got Was This Freaking T-Shirt

Apparently I’m a Boring Wrinkled Self-Published Lesbian

Drewlie & Julia: Or, The Case of the Alias’d Literary Agent

News of the Weird: Moon Publicity

Philip M. Parker: The Most Published Author in the History of the Planet

Opening Paragraphs for Sale

Book Millionaire: Author Reality Show Meets Actual Reality

News of the Weird: A Million Penguins

Lisa Hackney / Melanie Mills Rides Again

Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale, Part 4

Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale, Part 3

Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale, Part 2

Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale in Four Parts

Lisa Hackney/Melanie Mills: Coda

Lisa Hackney: Song of the Mother-Squasher

Lisa Hackney: And You Thought It Couldn’t Get Stranger

The Utterly Bizarre, Absolutely True Saga of Lisa Hackney, Literary Scammer: Part 3

The Utterly Bizarre, Absolutely True Saga of Lisa Hackney, Literary Scammer: Part 2

The Utterly Bizarre, Absolutely True Tale of Lisa Hackney, Literary Scammer: Part 1

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