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Writer Beware

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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Scams and Scammers

Why You Might Not Want to Use Wire Transfer or Payment Apps to Pay For Publishing Services

Beware Bait and Switch Scams

Two Scams to Watch Out For: Writers’ Conference Phishing Scheme, Goodreads Extortion Scam

Two Solicitation Bewares: Aimee Ann / Red Headed Book Lover Blog; Book Writing Inc.

Freelance Mills, Cyberbullying, and Plagiarism, Oh My!

Scam Warnings For Freelancers

Alert: UK Speaker Scam Targets Writers (and Others)

Guest Blog Post: International Writing Scams and How to Protect Yourself

Guest Blog Post: 7 Freelance Writing Scams and How to Fight Them

The Agenda of “The Write Agenda”

Anatomy of Scams: “Posthumous Vanity Publishing”

Thoughts on the S-word

Fake Contest Alert

Scam Agents: Protesting Too Much

Why Scammers Are Hard to Put Away

Clubs You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Member Of

Why You Shouldn’t Believe Them

Some of Our Faithful Readers…

Writers — Trust Your Instincts!

How To Write to the Authorities About Being Scammed

What to Do If You’ve Been Scammed, Revisited

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Fun and Games at the BEA

What’s Questionable? (or, More People Out There Don’t Like Us)

Scamming in Snowbird Land, or how I spent my Florida Vacation (Not Really…)

What to do if you’ve been scammed…

CAVEAT EMPTOR!

Why You Need to Double-Check Reputations

Ghosts, Scammers and Harry Potter

Thanksgiving and General Stuff

Because They Lie

A.C. Crispin – 9

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