Writer Beware Blogs! - The Index

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Writer Beware Blogs! is the web log of Writer Beware, "the public face of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's Committee on Writing Scams".

Founded by authors A.C. Crispin and Victoria Strauss, Writer Beware collects and compiles information regarding every aspect of the publishing trade to fuel their alerts and advisories.

I've organized their posts thusly...

By topic:

Advice, Discussion, and Warnings - Specific

• Agents, Specific
• Publishers, Specific
• Writers' Services & Such
• For Freelancers
• Contests

Advice, Discussion, and Warnings - General

• Scams & Scammers, Generally
• How to Find and Evaluate Agents & Publishers
• Agents, Editors & Publishing in General
• Writers & Writing

Miscellaneous

• Writer Beware - What We Do & How We Work
• Misc., Tidbits & News of the Weird
• Blog Business

And by year:

2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

The format is:

[Post title][Posted by - Date posted][Elaborative comment]

Note:

• Post tiles are cut ‘n’ paste, so any idiosyncrasies aren’t mine.
• The elaborative comments -- added if I felt the post title wasn’t self-explanatory -- are mine, as is any (un)intended humor or snark.
• If you have any comments or questions regarding a blog post, please address them to WB or on the blog post itself.
• PM me with any comments or questions about this Index.

Enjoy!

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Agents, Specific

Martha Ivery aka Kelly O’Donnell
No. 2 (AC - 9/28/05) (How WB began: Martha Ivery aka Kelly O’Donnell) Link
3 (AC - 10/2/05) (Enter the Deerings; O’Donnell / Ivery, Part 2) Link
3&4 (AC - 10/3/05) (Deering, O’Donnell / Ivery, Part 3) Link
5 (AC - 10/4/05) (Meeting Victoria, Deering, O’Donnell / Ivery, Part 4) Link
7 (AC - 10/18/05) (Deering wrap-up, O’Donnell / Ivery, Part 5) Link
8 (AC - 10/21/05) (O’Donnell / Ivery, Part 6) Link
9 (AC - 10/24/05) (O’Donnell / Ivery, Part 7) Link
20 Another Victory for Writer Beware! WE RULE!!! (AC - 12/5/05) (Ivery pleads guilty!) Link
More Martha Ivery (VS - 12/5/05) (Media coverage of Martha’s guilty plea) Link
More Martha Ivery (VS - 12/28/05) (Ann interviewed by SciFi Wire) Link
Ann's Martha Ivery Interview (VS - 12/29/05) (Transcript) Link
61 - Martha Ivery Sentencing Delayed...AGAIN (AC - 9/20/06) Link
67 - Update on Martha Ivery Case (AC - 11/26/06) Link
Martha Ivery Sentenced (VS - 11/29/06) Link
68 - Martha Ivery's Sentencing - Part One (AC - 12/1/06) Link
69 -- Martha Ivery's Sentencing -- Part Two (AC -12/4/06) Link
71 - Update to Martha Ivery Case (AC - 1/17/07) Link

Lisa Hackney aka Melanie Mills, Elisabeth Von Hullessem, et al.
Another One Bites the Dust (VS - 1/1/06) (Lisa Hackney aka Melanie Mills, et al.) Link
The Lisa Hackey Saga, Part 2 (VS - 1/5/06) (Melanie Mills) Link
The Saga of Lisa Hackney, Part 3 (VS - 1/9/06) (Melanie Mills) Link
Song of the Mother-Squasher (VS - 2/11/06) (Lisa Hackney aka Melanie Mills) Link
And You Thought It Couldn't Get Stranger (VS - 2/6/06) (Lisa Hackney aka Melanie Mills) Link
Lisa Hackney/Melanie Mills: Coda (VS - 4/20/06) Link
MM Rides Again (VS - 10/4/06) (Lisa Hackney aka Melanie Mills) Link

Robert Fletcher
56 Important Announcement! Attention, Writers! (AC - 6/15/06) (Call for victims of Robert Fletcher) Link
The Scam-peror's New Clothes (VS - 2/26/07) (Robert Fletcher changes names yet again) Link
New Alert from Writer Beware! (AC - 4/8/07) (Call for victims of Robert Fletcher who live in Florida) Link
Important Update from Writer Beware (AC - 8/28/07) (Call for victims of Robert Fletcher) Link
Retaliatory Lawsuit Against Writer Beware Staff Dismissed (VS - 3/26/09) (More egg on Fletcher’s face) Link
Robert Fletcher's Lawsuit Against Writer Beware Ruled Frivolous (VS – 8/11/09) (Does more need to be said?) Link
Florida Attorney General Files Suit Against Robert Fletcher / Writers' Literary Agency (VS – 9/3/09) Link

Cris Robins
Go Ahead. Make My Day. (VS - 3/23/06) (Cris Robins makes a fuss) Link
New Alert on Writer Beware (VS - 7/29/06) (The Robins Agency, Cris Robins) Link
Solicitation Alert (VS - 9/30/07) (The Robins Agency, Cris Robins) Link

Leann Murphy
50 - The Sun Sets on Desert Rose? (AC - 5/3/06) (Call for victims of Leann Murphy) Link
The IILAA, or, What You Do When They Won't Let You Into the Club (VS - 10/27/06) (Leann Murphy) Link
The IILAA Strikes Back (VS - 10/30/06) Link
The Sun Sets on Desert Rose Literary Agency (VS - 4/22/09) (The law catches up to Leann Murphy) Link

Christopher Hill
Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale in Four Parts (VS - 9/23/06) Link
Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale, Part 2 (VS - 9/24/06) Link
Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale, Part 3 (VS - 9/25/06) Link
Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale, Part 4 (VS - 9/26/06) Link
Christopher Hill Redux (VS - 10/11/07) Link

Michele Glance Rooney aka Shelly May
Queen for a Day (VS - 6/19/07) (Michele Glance Rooney) Link
Agent Spam: May Writers' Group (VS - 7/16/07) (Shelly May) Link
May Writers' Group Exposed (VS - 7/20/07) (Michele Glance Rooney aka Shelly May) Link
A New Agent Blog (Not) (VS - 11/21/07) (Literary Agent News, Michele Glance Rooney) Link
Michele Glance Rooney Strikes Again (VS - 1/12/09) Link

Et Al.
Another Scammer Bites the Big One (VS - 5/ 9/06) (Helping Hand Literary Agency, George Harrison & Janet Kay Titsworth) Link
Deconstructing an Agent’s Website (VS - 4/12/06) (Literary Associates, Henry Santsaver) Link
An (Amateur) Agent's Lot is Not a Happy One (VS - 4/28/06) (Adrian Streather) Link
Track Records: Another Cautionary Tale (VS - 7/8/06) (Carol Givner Literary Agency) Link
A Junk Mail Agent (VS - 8/24/06) (John Hancock Literary Agency) Link
Shades of Edit Ink: AuthorHouse and Objective Entertainment (VS - 1/26/09) Link


Publishers, Specific (Loosely alphabetical by publisher)

Happy Valentine's Day from Writer Beware! (VS - 2/14/07) (The Two Thumbs Down Publishers List) Link

AbandonedNovel.com (VS - 8/22/08) (Teton River Productions) Link
Rebuttal Scuttlebutt (VS - 7/3/06) (Airleaf creates Authors Speak Out “blog”) Link
A Night to Remember (VS - 1/20/07) (Airleaf’s Author Cruise) Link
Airleaf Update (VS - 11/3/07) (Mounting legal troubles) Link
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! (AC - 12/24/07) (Airleaf shut down) Link
A Victory for Airleaf Authors (VS - 5/11/08) Link
Airleaf Deja Vu: Jones Harvest Publishing (VS - 6/11/08) (Brien Jones) Link
Jones Harvest Publishing Redux (VS - 12/28/08) (Brien Jones) Link
Jones Harvest Publishing Goes Hollywood! (VS - 1/29/09) Link
Appeal to Airleaf Victims (VS - 4/10/09) Link
Airleaf: Coda (VS – 9/18/09) Link
Chutzpah (VS - 10/19/07) (Anomalos Publishers) Link
The Identity of Author Identity (VS - 11/20/06) (Author Identity Publishing) Link
Author Identity Publishing Redux (VS - 3/30/07) Link
More on Author Identity (VS - 4/4/07) (Kevin Fabiano) Link
Tales of the Big Advance (VS - 8/11/08) (AuthorHouse) Link
Author Solutions Acquires Xlibris (VS - 1/8/09) (AuthorHouse) Link
Author Solutions Buys Trafford Publishing (VS - 4/5/09) Link
Vanity is the New Indie: Weasel Words from Author Solutions (VS – 5/3/09) Link
Another Interesting Promotion From AuthorHouse (6/08/09) (Targeting the elderly via the AARP) Link
Blu Phier Publishing: Another Contract "Gotcha" (VS - 10/3/08)[/i] Link
Use BookSurge or Die? (VS - 3/28//08) (Amazon’s ultimatum to POD users) Link
The Authors Guild on Amazon/BookSurge (VS - 4/4/08) Link
Amazon BookSurge Anti-Trust Lawsuit Can Proceed (VS – 8/27/09) Link
Cacoethes Publishing to Some of its Authors: See Ya! (VS - 2/20/09) Link
And You Thought Kickbacks Were Just For Scammers (VS - 9/21/07) (Chronicle Books, Blurb) Link
From Chronicle Books (VS - 9/28/07) (Statement re: Blurb controversy) Link
Diggory Press: Stranger Than Fiction (VS – 6/10/09) (Basket case headed for court case) Link
The Empty Canoe: Another Scam Gets Its Due (VS - 12/6/07) Link
Bad Impressions for Good Impressions Audio Books (VS – 8/17/09) Link
57 - iUniverse's Publishing Program, and Placement in Barnes and Noble Stores (Revised) (AC - 6/30/06) Link
iUniverse and AuthorHouse Merge (VS - 9/10/07) Link
Kissed Publications: Hidden Costs (VS - 3/26/08) Link
Laray Carr Publications, a.k.a. LC Publications, a.k.a. LCP Media (VS - 9/207) Link
Niche Age Media: Laray Carr Returns (VS – 8/3/09) Link
More Small Publisher Storm Warnings: Port Town Publishing and Light Sword Publishing (VS - 7/11/08) Link
Light Sword Publishing Petitions for Bankruptcy (VS - 1/6/09) Link
Lulu Acquires Poetry.com (VS - 4/17/09) Link
Essential Reading (VS - 9/14/07) (Martell Publishing, Ed Johnson) Link
Postage Promotion (VS – 8/25/09) (Outskirts Press) Link
More Egg on the Face of PublishAmerica (VS - 3/27/06) (PA loses arbitration) Link
65 - The Cult of PArsonality... (AC - 11/7/06) (Publish America) Link
Another New Alert on Writer Beware (VS - 8/2/06) (Quiet Storm Publishing, Clint Gaige) Link
Contract Alert: Simon & Schuster (VS - 5/18/07) Link
Simon & Schuster, Media Predict, and Project Publish (VS - 5/23/07) Link
Writing Oddities: Shortstoryofthemonth.com (VS - 2/16/09) Link
52 - Fun and Games at the BEA (AC - 5/21/06) (SterlingHouse, Royal Fireworks) Link
SterlingHouse Publisher Wants YOU! (VS - 3/17/07) (Cynthia Sterling, Lee Shore Company) Link
SterlingHouse Publisher's Cover Gambit (Or, How Some Publishers Make Money) (VS – 5/18/09) (Charges for “promotion” at BEA) Link
Thomas Nelson Adds Self-Publishing Imprint (VS – 10/13/09) Link
University Press of the South (VS - 2/2/09) (Vanity press masquerades as an academic) Link
VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller (VS – 9/14/09) (An academic author mill) Link
Wake Up and Pay: Yet Another Vanity Scheme (VS - 11/28/07) (Steven E. and Lee Beard) Link
Wake Up.. and Pay (Redux) (VS – 7/24/09) (Wake Up Publishing) Link
WriteWise: BookWise Branches Out (VS - 2/10/08) Link
Ding Dong, BookWise is Dead (VS - 11/4/08) Link
Words on WEbook (Or, Another Reason to Read the Fine Print) (VS - 4/18/08) Link
WEbook Update (VS - 5/2/08) Link
5,000 Writers (VS - 9/27/08) (YouWriteOn, Legend Press) Link
YouWriteOn...Again (VS - 2/5/09) Link
Zooty Suit Riot (VS - 1/17/08) (Zooty and Flappers, Domenic Pappalardo) Link


Writers’ Services & Such (Loosely grouped by type)

Worthless Services for Writers, Part 1 (VS - 1/12/06) (Manuscript submission services; Bookblaster. Scriptblaster) Link
More Reasons Not to Use Automated Query Services (VS - 10/19/06) (BookBlaster, et al.) Link
Creative Byline: Great Write Hope or Great Write Hype? (VS - 3/8/08) Link
e-LiteraryAgent: Something Else Not to Try (VS - 10/24/06) Link
Facebook TOS Controversy (VS - 2/18/09) Link
Literary Agents Online: Another Query Blasting Service (VS - 3/23/07) Link
Spam Alert: eQuery Online (VS - 8/24/07) Link
More Dubious Writers' Services: The Manuscript Display Website (VS - 1/17/06) Link
Amazon Goes Into the Slush Pile Business (VS - 2/18/06) (Amazon’s Talent Acquisition Program) Link
Authonomy: Slushkiller or New Slush? (VS - 9/5/08) (HarperCollins UK) Link
40 - Giving Your Work Away? (AC- 2/21/06) (Make sure you’re getting exposure you actually want) Link
BookRix: Another Brand New Idea That Isn't (VS - 10/10/08) Link
IndieReader (VS – 6/23/09) (Reviews and promotes self-pubbed books – for a fee) Link
Publetariat Vault (VS - 7/16/09) (Yet Another Display Site) Link
Plog, plog, plog, plog, plog... (VS - 3/1/06) (AmazonConnect) Link
Plogs, RIP (VS - 4/22/07) (Plogs replaced by Amazon Daily) Link
43 Where Have You Gone, Bill Appell? (AC - 3/8/06) (Edit Ink) Link
Another Service You Don't Need (VS - 4/12/07) (The Intellectual Property Rights Office) Link
Copyright Scam: US Copyright Registry (VS - 3/23/08) Link
Ways Not to Publicize Your Book: Spam Campaigns (VS - 3/18/08) (Media E-blast) Link
Blurbings.com: Another Pointless Author "Service" (VS - 8/1/08) (The Writers; Mafia) Link
Beware Who's Who Schemes (VS - 4/26/07) (Cambridge, Emerald, et al.) Link
66 - NaNoWriMo -- Write in November, Get Scammed in December... (AC - 11/16/06) (Feeding ground for predators) Link
Writers' Conferences: When to be Wary (VS - 3/2/07) (San Antonio Round Table, NF Publishing) Link


For Freelancers

Content Site Cautions (VS - 3/20/07) Link
Associated Content: Something to Beware (VS - 12/11/06) Link
Freelancehomewriters.com (VS - 11/28/08) Link
Helium (VS - 3/7/07) Link
LifeTips (or, Be Sure to Read the Fine Print) (VS - 3/14/07) Link
Hearst Partners With Helium (VS - 3/3/09) Link
Privila: Privilege or Punishment? (VS - 1/26/07) (Domain Holdings, Inc.) Link
Vezeo.com Wants You...for Free (VS - 1/14/08) Link


Contests (Loosely alphabetized by name of contest)

Evaluating Literary Contests (VS - 1/6/07) Link

American Author Contest (VS - 8/10/07) (Airleaf, CineMagic Entertainment, Lite Stone Entertainment) Link
The Blooker Prize (no, that's not a typo) (VS - 2/1/06) (Lulu.com) Link
The Life of Riley -- er -- Writer (VS - 4/7/06) (Book Millionaire, Lori Prokop) Link
Author Reality Show Meets Actual Reality (VS - 9/18/07) (Book Millionaire, Lori Prokop) Link
The New Fad in Publishing (VS - 10/4/07) (Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Award) Link
More on the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (VS - 10/23/07) Link
Again, Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (VS - 11/14/08) Link
Breakthrough Script Showcase: Another Iffy Contest (VS - 1/2/07) (Studio Readers, Inc.) Link
A Publishing Raffle? (VS - 2/23/07) (Canadian Aid Charities, Bookland Presss) Link
Canadian Aid Literary Award Contest Redux (VS - 6/12/07) (Bookland Press) Link
Eber & Wein: Another Vanity Anthology Scheme (VS - 3/17/09) Link
Emerging Writer Awards (VS – 7/30/09) (Triom Publishing) Link
Another Contest Alert: FieldReport True Life Stories (VS - 6/18/08) Link
FieldReport True Life Stories: Update (VS - 7/25/08) Link
FieldReport: Yet Another Update (VS - 11/18/08) Link
In the Wake of Sobol (VS - 1/11/07) (Simon & Schuster / Gather.com First Chapters Writing Competition) Link
We Have a Winner (VS - 5/31/07) (S&S / Gather.com First Chapters Writer Competition) Link
Again, First Chapters Competition: This Time With Love (VS - 7/23/07) (Simon & Schuster, Gather.com) Link
2008 Indie Book Awards (VS - 2/29/08) (FabJob.com) Link
Make Your Mark 2007 (or, Move Over, Sobol: There's A New Big-Money Contest in Town) (VS - 12/21/06) Link
Contest Alert: Mirage Books (VS - 10/31/08) Link
Yet More Contest Stuff (VS - 2/8/07) (Premiere Fiction, Terracopiae Press) Link
Fake Contest Alert (VS - 6/15/08) (“SFWA” contest on Craigslist) Link
The Sobol Award (VS - 9/14/06) Link
The Sobol Award Again (VS - 12/7/06) Link
Sobol Contest Closes (VS - 1/8/07) Link
Fine Print (VS - 1/25/06) (SFX Magazine) Link
Who's Wergle Flomp? (VS - 8/15/7) (Fun at scammers’ expense) Link
Zimbo Books Fiction Competition (VS - 11/7/08) Link
When is a Display Site Not a Display Site? (VS - 2/2/07) (Zirdland) Link

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Scams & Scammers, Generally

More on Desperation (VS - 12/15/05) (Why writers who know better fall for scams) Link
Scam Tales, With Haiku (VS - 12/17/05) (How scum replicates) Link
28 "Where There's Smoke..." (AC - 12/31/05) (Don’t discount rumors of trouble) Link
29 What to do if you've been scammed... (AC - 1/3/06) Link
How Warnings Can Backfire (VS - 1/6/06) (Why folks ignore warnings) Link
A Business Proposition (VS - 1/13/06) (Literary hoaxes, J.T. LeRoy) Link
Breaking Up (It's Not Hard to Do) (VS - 1/29/06) (How to shed a bad agent) Link
35 Scamming in Snowbird Land, or how I spent my Florida Vacation (Not Really...) (AC - 2/3/06) Link
36...I Can't Sell Your Book Because... (AC - 2/9/06) (Scammers’ excuses) Link
37 - Going Postal in Scammer Land (AC - 2/12/06) (Scammers’ excuses) Link
46 Maggie's Question (AC - 3/21/06) (Do scams have any impact on “real” publishers?) Link
Someone Out There Doesn't Like Us (And We Don't Care) (VS - 5/5/06) (Scammer attempts to slime WB) Link
More People Out There Don't Like Us (VS- 5/12/06) (More attempts to slime WB) Link
54 - What to Do If You've Been Scammed, Revisited (AC - 6/15/06) (Repost of #29) Link
55 How To Write to the Authorities About Being Scammed (AC - 6/15/06)[/i] Link
58 Writers -- Trust Your Instincts! (AC - 7/11/06) (If the alarm bells go off, listen to ‘em) Link
It's NOT a Jungle Out There (or an Ocean, or Whatever) (VS - 7/25/06) (It’s easy to avoid scams, really!) Link
62 - Writers Scamming Writers (AC - 10/1/06) (Many scammers are failed writers) Link
63 - Some of Our Faithful Readers... (AC - 10/10/06) (…are the scammers themselves) Link
Why You Shouldn't Believe Them (VS - 11/1/06) (The lies scammers tell) Link
Clubs You Wouldn't Want to Be a Member Of (VS - 11/28/06) (Scams and their spam) Link
Why Scammers Are Hard to Put Away (VS - 12/15/06) Link
Stealth Vanity Publishers (VS - 3/27/07) (The terms they use to confuse you) Link
Protesting Too Much (VS - 6/8/07) (How scammers try to deflect criticism) Link
Should Writers Worry About Blacklisting? (VS - 7/27/07) (How scammers keep victims quiet) Link
Reeling in the Kids (VS - 12/17/07) (How vanity pubs target young writers) Link
Buddy, do I have a deal for you . . . (RW - 2/24/08) (Use of bait ‘n’ switch to hook you) Link
Reeling in the Kids, Part 2: Operation Teen Author (VS - 5/7/08) Link
Excuses, Excuses (VS - 3/11/09) (Blaming lack of sales on everything but own incompetence) Link


How to Find and Evaluate Agents & Publishers

All in a Day's Sleuthing (VS - 11/2705) (Counting red flags re: a new publisher) Link
AARRGH! (VS - 12/1/05) (Even Publishers Marketplace can have bad apples) Link
19 CAVEAT EMPTOR! (AC - 12/3/05) (Avoid agents and pubs that advertise) Link
When Bad Agents Go Badder (VS - 12/8/05) (Reading fees can be just the tip of the iceberg) Link
Shades of Gray (VS - 12/19/05) (Cases when reading fees aren’t that red a flag) Link
Call me Doctor and Other Irrelevancies (VS - 12/27/05) (Evaluating claims of membership) Link
Faking a Track Record (VS - 1/28/06) (Evaluating claims of sales) Link
When An Agent Calls... (VS - 2/25/06) (Be suspicious of agents who solicit) Link
Evaluating an Agent's Website (VS - 4/4/06) Link
Top Ten Signs Your Agent is a Scammer (VS - 7/5/06) (Piece of interview with Writer Unboxed) Link
A Little-Known Resource for Agent-Hunters (VS - 9/1/06) (Publishers’ rights listings) Link
There's No Such Thing as a Bargain Agent (VS - 9/8/06) (Evaluating commission rates) Link
Legitimate: A Word I Don't Like (VS - 12/29/06) (Why reputable, successful, or experienced is better) Link
Learning the Ropes (VS - 5/5/07) (How to research agents and publishers) Link
Literary Agents for Poets? (VS - 7/10/07) (What the real options are) Link
New Year's Resolution: Use Caution on the Internet (VS - 1/3/08) (Evaluating search results) Link
Caution on the Internet (Part II) (RW - 1/26/08) (Beware sockpuppets on forums) Link
New Publishers: To Query or Not to Query (VS - 2/1/08) Link
Research First, Query Next (VS - 4/13/08) Link
Literary Agent Directories (VS - 10/17/08) Link
Why You Shouldn’t Write for Essay Mills (VS - 12/11/08) Link
Small Press or Vanity Press? (VS - 3/7/09) (Beware hidden fees) Link
The Perils of Searching For Publishers on the Internet (VS – 10/1/09) Link
A Question You Don't Want Your Publisher to Ask (VS – 10/9/09) (“How many do you plan to order?) Link


Agents, Editors & Publishing in General (Loosely grouped by topic)

30 What Does a REAL Agent Do? (AC - 1/7/06) Link
31, "What Real Agents Do" - Part 2 (AC - 1/11/06) Link
32 What REAL Agents Do...Part 3 (AC - 1/15/06) Link
33 - What REAL Agents Do - Part 4, Subsidiary Rights (AC - 1/20/06) Link
What Real Agents Don't Do (VS - 1/23/06) Link
Editors and Agents (VS - 5/2/06) (How a bad agent is worse than none at all) Link
Hard Truths (VS - 7/19/06) (How agents judge mss.) Link
Should a Writer Query an Overseas Agent? (VS - 2/19/07) Link
73 - Publishing...Playing the Waiting Game (AC - 4/15/07) Link
A Publishing Primer (VS - 6/15/07) (Via author Diana Peterfreund) Link
Of Online Book Sales (and Pies) (VS - 3/14/08) Link
Precautions for Small Press Authors (VS - 4/25/08) Link
Can Free Ebooks Boost Print Sales? (VS - 6/27/08) Link
PODs Under Fire (VS - 5/17/06) (Libel suits against vanity/POD publishers) Link
Self-Publishing Services and Defamation (VS - 9/21/08) (More suits against vanity/POD publishers) Link
Lessons for Self-Publishers (VS - 11/13/07) Link
21/ Today's Lesson: Copyright 101 (AC - 12/9/05) Link
23/ Copyright 101, the Other Half (AC - 12/10/05) Link
The Interminable Agency Clause (VS - 12/11/07) Link
Author-Agent Contracts (VS - 2/4/06) (Things to look [out] for) Link
A Publishing Contract Clause to Beware (VS - 9/12/08) (Transfer of copyright) Link
Much Ado About Nothin' (VS - 1/2/06) (What the “editor rejects famous ms” sting really signifies) Link
Whoops, They Did it Again (VS - 8/17/07) (The “editors reject famous ms” hoax, revisited) Link
Agents and Publishing in Film and Television...Ahem (AC - 11/8/07) (Media portrayals vs. reality) Link
A Reviewer's Plea (VS - 5/30/07) (Guest blogger explains book reviews) Link
Authors Guild Settles With Google (VS - 10/28/08) Link
How Not to Epublish (VS - 1/12/09) (A case study) Link
Authors Guild Alert on "Text to Speech" Function of Kindle 2 (VS - 2/12/09) Link
Articles on Self-Publishing: The Need for Balance (VS - 4/8/09) Link
Judge Extends Google Book Settlement Deadline (VS - 4/28/09) Link
Why You Are Probably Not an Independent Author (or, Another Post for Which I Expect I Will Get Some Flack) (VS – 5/7/09) (The crucial yet oft-ignored differences between self- and vanity publishing) Link
Agent for a Day (VS – 5/12/09) (Agent Nathan Bransford proves filtering queries ain’t as easy as many think) Link
Free Ebooks and Sales (VS – 5/15/09) (When and how giving it away boosts print sales) Link
BEA Bewares (VS – 5/28/09) (Don’t pay for what BookExpo America cannot give you) Link
It's Official: DOJ Investigates Google Book Settlement (VS - 7/03/09) Link
SFWA's Statement on the Proposed Google Book Settlement (VS – 8/14/09) Link
Publishers' Kill Fees, and Why They're Bad For Everyone (VS – 8/21/09) Link
Google Book Search Settlement Deadline Looming (VS – 9/1/09) Link
Google Book Search Settlement: Opting Out (VS – 9/4/09) Link
Google Book Search Settlement Fairness Hearing Adjourned (VS – 9/28/09) Link
Why Referral Fees Present Ethical Problems (VS – 10/15/09) Link
Rights and Copyright (10/29/09) (What they are and how they apply to your work) Link


Writers & Writing

11: Writing a Synopsis (AC - 11/1/05) Link
12 Example of a Synopsis for Bonnie (AC - 11/8/05) Link
25, More Writing Hints (AC - 12/14/05) (Dialogue) Link
26 --- Writing Myths..."If I can just get it out there..." (AC - 12/21/05) Link
27...Writing Myths...If it isn't perfect... (AC - 12/23/05) Link
Things New Writers Say That Drive Me Crazy (VS - 2/14/06) (“The odds are against me”) Link
38 - Exploding Another Writing Myth -- "You have to KNOW someone..." (AC - 2/16/06) Link
More Things New Writers Say That Drive Me Crazy (VS - 2/24/06) (“Everyone has to start somewhere”) Link
41 -- The Need to be READ... (AC - 2/27/06) (How to garner useful feedback) Link
45 - First Question... (AC - 3/12/06) (How life experiences influence my writing) Link
Writing Query Letters (AC - 4/9/06)[/i] Link
51, Sticking With It (AC - 5/14/06) (Get yer Butt In Chair and write!) Link
59 - Writing Productivity Tips (AC - 8/3/06) Link
60 - Some Writing Problems to Avoid (AC - 9/10/06) (World-building, dialogue, POV) Link
64 - Grammar DOES Count, My Friends... (AC - 10/17/06) (A writer must know how to write) Link
The Insidious Double D's (VS - 5/1/07) (How to avoid denial and desperation) Link
Writers and Money (VS 8/5/07) (Realistic expectations of income) Link
How Do You Tell Who's Going to "Make It?" (AC - 9/6/07) (Good habits make good writers) Link
How 2 Rite Qwerry Lettrs (AC - 2/16/08) Link
Writing What's HOT...Or Not? (AC - 3/4/08) (The futility of writing to trend) Link
Writers' Myths: Giving Back Your Advance (VS - 10/26/08) Link
Letter to a Desperate Author (VS - 12/21/08) (Don’t spam me, bro!) Link
The Ultimate Queryfail (VS - 3/19/09) (Yes, Virginia, even Writer Beware receives queries) Link
Making Lemonade Out of Self-Publishing Lemons (VS - 3/29/09) (More desperate promotions) Link
Agentfail (VS - 4/3/09) (Writers’ complaints about agents) Link
Guest Blog -- Playwriting in America: Percentages, Pitfalls, and “Pay-to-Play” (VS - 4/14/09) (Jill Elaine Hughes) Link
Hassett vs. Hasselbeck: What A Plagiarism Lawsuit Reveals About Writers' Fear of Theft (VS – 6/26/09) Link
Authorfail: When Authors Attack (VS - 7/7/09) (How NOT to respond to a bad review) Link
It's Anti-Plagiarism Day (VS - 7/17/09) Link
Writers' Myth: "You Have To Know Someone" (VS – 9/10/09) Link
Thoughts on Self-Promotion (VS – 10/6/09) Link


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Writer Beware - What We Do & How We Work

14 A Spiffed Up Site! (AC - 11/10/05) (So, what do y’all want Writer Beware to do for you?) Link
3--Because They Lie (VS - 11/23/05) (Why Writer Beware doesn’t “go to the source”) Link
Another Day, Another Cease & Desist (VS - 12/30/05) (An especially clueless “publisher”) Link
42 Become A Writer Beware "Ambassador" (AC - 3/5/06) (Spread warnings and advice, please!) Link
The 20 Worst Come Home (VS - 4/29/06) (List finally up at WriterBeware.org) Link
New Feature on the Writer Beware Website (VS - 6/8/06) (The new Writers’ Services page) Link
53, Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (AC - 6/11/06) (How Writer Beware is qualified to issue warnings) Link
Some Thoughts on Lists (VS - 6/24/06) (The reasons WB has no “best” list) Link
20 Worst List Updated (VS - 7/21/06) Link
Home Again (VS - 8/21/06) (Misc. re: agents on 20 Worst List) Link
Another Update (VS - 8/29/06) (20 Worst Agents List) Link
A Small, Well-Mannered Rant (VS - 11/11/06) (Spell our name right, ‘kay?) Link
72, Looking Forward to Valentine's Day... (AC - 2/6/07) Link
Writer Beware Welcomes New Team Member (VS - 11/17/07) (Welcome, Richard White!) Link
Thumbs Down Agency List Updated (VS - 1/10/08) Link
The Top Twelve Things Writer Beware Can't Do (VS - 2/20/08) Link
Rating Publishers (and Agents) (VS - 7/18/08) (Why it’s not feasible) Link
SFWA Service Award (VS - 1/16/09) (w00t!) Link
Thoughts on the S-word (VS - 2/25/09) (Beware causal use of “scam”) Link
Retaliatory Lawsuit Against Writer Beware Staff Dismissed (VS - 3/26/09) (More egg on Fletcher’s face) Link
Writer Beware at BEA (VS – 5/25/09) (Attending BookExpo America courtesy of the MWA) Link
BEA Report (VS – 6/2/09) (Venimus, Vidimus, Vicimus) Link
MWA Joins SFWA In Sponsoring Writer Beware (VS – 8/12/09) Link
Author Mills and a Request for Contact (VS – 10/2109) (Looking for both good and bad experiences) Link


Misc., Tidbits & News of the Weird

A.C. Crispin (AC - 9/28/05) (Hi, I’m….) Link
15 - A Change of Pace (AC - 11/17/05) (Who wants chowder?) Link
17 Thanksgiving and General Stuff (AC - 11/25/05) Link
18 Ghosts, Scammers and Harry Potter (AC - 11/29/05) Link
24 Please Don't Go... (AC - 12/13/05) (Look! A recipe for crabcakes!) Link
I'm Ba-ack (VS - 3/16/06) (With a new book!) Link
47 Answers to Alphabeter's Questions (AC - 3/28/06) (Misc. musings on writing and scams) Link
News of the Weird (VS - 3/31/06) (Literary Ventures Fund) Link
News of the Weird (VS - 4/15/06) (Ophir) Link
Home Again, Home Again (VS - 6/3/06) (Balticon report; please support Absolute Write) Link
It's Alive! (VS - 6/5/06) (Absolute Writer’s Water Cooler recovers) Link
News of the Weird (VS - 6/19/06) (Westwood Literary Agency auctions representation on eBay) Link
News of the Weird (VS - 7/15/06) (ANovelMillion.com) Link
News of the Weird (VS - 10/12/06) (BookWise) Link
Home from WFC... (VS - 11/6/06) (Convention report) Link
For AW Addicts Only (VS - 11/26/06) (Water Cooler down for maintenance) Link
70 - Meeting a Writer Beware "Ambassador" (AC - 12/23/06) Link
News of the Weird (VS - 2/4/07) (AMillionPenguins.com) Link
News of the Weird: Publish My Book! (VS - 4/19/07) (Reality TV show) Link
News of the Weird: The Ultimate Author (VS - 6/5/07) (Reality TV show) Link
News of the Weird: American Book Factory (VS - 7/4/07) (Reality TVshow) Link
Worthy Causes (VS - 10/16/07) (A couple of legit charities for your consideration) Link
News of the Weird: Author's For Reality Show (VS - 10/31/07) (Pam Pinnock) Link
Tidbits (VS -12/2/07) (An industry survey; writers need exercise; Starving Writers Publishing) Link
Tidbits (VS - 1/17/08) (AltasBooks buys Biblio; Amazon announces semifinalists; TankBooks) Link
Tidbits (VS - 2/5/08) (In-store POD; social networking; why publishing is slow; a magic pen) Link
Tidbits (VS - 4/8/08) (Amazon winner announced; HarperStudio; PFD goes POD; BookLamp) Link
Two Awards Banquets (AC - 5/18/08) (Nebula and OWFI Awards) Link
Amazon Flexes UK Muscle (VS - 6/6/08) (Amazon targets publishers selling their own books for less) Link
Tidbits (VS - 7/3/08) (Author sponsors police car; paper books aren’t doomed (yet); Quillr; more small press implosions) Link
Tidbits (VS - 8/8/08) (Random House UK changes contract; new should not equal inexperienced; HarperStudio; HotHouse focus groups) Link
A Couple of Things (VS - 8/29/08) (Airleaf update; local vs. NY/L.A. agents) Link
Some Good Reading (VS - 11/11/08) (Industry news and views on other blogs) Link
Tidbits (VS - 11/22/08) (LR’s Bad Sex in Fiction Awards, Concord Free Press, the economy, query letters, GreenPrint) Link
A Day in the Life (VS - 11/25/08) (A raccoon in the chimney doesn’t make it any easier) Link
I Had a Dream… (AC - 12/2/08) (A Nightmare on Scam Street) Link
Publishing’s Week of Gloom (VS - 12/7/08) (Belt-tightening or trimming fat?) Link
Subscriptions and Solicitations (VS - 12/17/08) (Writer’s Digest promotes vanity operations) Link
Opening Paragraphs for Sale (VS - 2/9/09) (The Avocado Papers) Link
Possible Scam Alert (VS - 3/13/09) (Fake orders from “Paul Jackson Institute”?) Link
Possible Scam Alert: Asian Cybersquatting (VS - 3/22/09) (Extortion to “keep” a domain name?) Link
The WRITE Stuff: Another Author Reality Show (VS - 4/26/09) (Sponsored by AG Press) Link
Fruitloops Galore (VS - 6/15/09) (Jacobs v. Rowling; CCLU calls for book burning) Link
The Most Published Author in the History of the Planet (VS – 6/19/09) (Philip M. Parker: one-man author mill) Link
Fourth Fiction: (Yet) Another Literary Reality Show (VS – 6/30/09) Link
Some Interesting Recent Blog Posts and Articles (VS - 7/10/09) Link
Moon Publicity (VS - 7/22/09) (Advertising on the Moon?!) Link


Blog Business

6 (AC - 10/7/05) (Vacation notes) Link
10 (AC - 10/22/05) (This is Victoria’s blog, too) Link
13 It Has Happened Again... (AC - 11/9/05) (Posting problems, grrr) Link
1--Introducing Myself (VS - 11/9/05) (Hello! And please visit Writerbeware.org) Link
22 My Post Truncated (AC - 12/9/05) (Posting problems) Link
A Frivolous Post (VS - 1/31/06) (The Meme of Four) Link
44 - Choose Your Own Topic - Here's Your Opportunity! (AC - 3/11/06) Link
48 -MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT! (AC - 4/106) (April Foolin’) Link
Writer Beware is on Vacation (VS - 8/4/06) (Links to blog highlights) Link
I've Been Tagged... (VS - 11/13/06) (Blog meme) Link
You Were Looking for WHAT?? (VS - 1/29/07) (Fun with blog stats) Link
Goodbye (AC - 4/1/07) (April Foolin’) Link
Not Just Yet (AC - 4/2/07) (We love y’all too much) Link
A Short Post for a Hot Day (VS - 6/28/07) (Links to other blogs) Link
Happy Holidays from Writer Beware (VS - 12/23/07) Link
Some Really Bad News... (AC - 4/1/08) (April Foolin’) Link
Setting the Record Straight on April 2nd... (AC - 4/2/08) Link
I Love Your Blog Award (VS - 9/16/08) (Author2Author nominates WB) Link
Happy Holidays (VS - 12/24/08) Link
Listen Up, Trolls (VS - 3/24/09) (Begone, ye boring boors!) Link
Exciting News for Writer Beware! (VS - 4/1/09) (April Foolin’) Link

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September ‘05

A.C. Crispin (AC - 9/28/05) (Hi, I’m….) Link
No. 2 (AC - 9/28/05) (How WB began: Martha Ivery aka Kelly O’Donnell) Link

October ‘05

3 (AC - 10/2/05) (Enter the Deerings; O’Donnell / Ivery, Part 2) Link
3&4 (AC - 10/3/05) (Deering, O’Donnell / Ivery, Part 3) Link
5 (AC - 10/4/05) (Meeting Victoria, Deering, O’Donnell / Ivery, Part 4) Link
6 (AC - 10/7/05) (Vacation notes) Link
7 (AC - 10/18/05) (Deering wrap-up, O’Donnell / Ivery, Part 5) Link
8 (AC - 10/21/05) (O’Donnell / Ivery, Part 6) Link
9 (AC - 10/24/05) (O’Donnell / Ivery, Part 7) Link
10 (AC - 10/22/05) (This is Victoria’s blog, too) Link

November ‘05

11: Writing a Synopsis (AC - 11/1/05) Link
12 Example of a Synopsis for Bonnie (AC - 11/8/05) Link
13 It Has Happened Again... (AC - 11/9/05) (Posting problems, grrr) Link
1--Introducing Myself (VS - 11/9/05) (Hello! And please visit Writerbeware.org) Link
14 A Spiffed Up Site! (AC - 11/10/05) (So, what do y’all want Writer Beware to do for you?) Link
2--Fun With Writer Beware (VS - 11/16/05) (Agent “B” makes a fuss) Link
15 - A Change of Pace (AC - 11/17/05) (Who wants chowder?) Link
16 Cease and Desist Plus Holiday Wishes (AC - 11/20/05) (Agent “B” still fussing) Link
3--Because They Lie (VS - 11/23/05) (Why Writer Beware doesn’t “go to the source”) Link
17 Thanksgiving and General Stuff (AC - 11/25/05) Link
All in a Day's Sleuthing (VS - 11/2705) (Counting red flags re: a new publisher) Link
18 Ghosts, Scammers and Harry Potter (AC - 11/29/05) Link

December ‘05

AARRGH! (VS - 12/1/05) (Even Publishers Marketplace can have bad apples) Link
19 CAVEAT EMPTOR! (AC - 12/3/05) (Avoid agents and pubs that advertise) Link
20 Another Victory for Writer Beware! WE RULE!!! (AC - 12/5/05) (Ivery pleads guilty!) Link
More Martha Ivery (VS - 12/5/05) (Media coverage of Martha’s guilty plea) Link
When Bad Agents Go Badder (VS - 12/8/05) (Reading fees can be just the tip of the iceberg) Link
21/ Today's Lesson: Copyright 101 (AC - 12/9/05) Link
22 My Post Truncated (AC - 12/9/05) (Posting problems) Link
23/ Copyright 101, the Other Half (AC - 12/10/05) Link
24 Please Don't Go... (AC - 12/13/05) (Look! A recipe for crabcakes!) Link
25, More Writing Hints (AC - 12/14/05) (Dialogue) Link
More on Desperation (VS - 12/15/05) (Why writers who know better fall for scams) Link
Scam Tales, With Haiku (VS - 12/17/05) (How scum replicates) Link
Shades of Gray - 12/19/05 (VS) (Cases when reading fees aren’t that red a flag) Link
26 --- Writing Myths..."If I can just get it out there..." (AC - 12/21/05) Link
27...Writing Myths...If it isn't perfect... (AC - 12/23/05) Link
Call me Doctor and Other Irrelevancies (VS - 12/27/05) (Evaluating claims of membership) Link
More Martha Ivery (VS - 12/28/05) (Ann interviewed by SciFi Wire) Link
Ann's Martha Ivery Interview (VS - 12/29/05) (Transcript) Link
Another Day, Another Cease & Desist (VS - 12/30/05) (An especially clueless “publisher”) Link
28 "Where There's Smoke..." (AC - 12/31/05) (Don’t discount rumors of trouble) Link
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January ‘06

Another One Bites the Dust (VS - 1/1/06) (Lisa Hackney aka Melanie Mills, Elisabeth Von Hullessem, et al.) Link
Much Ado About Nothin' (VS - 1/2/06) (What the “editor rejects famous ms” sting really signifies) Link
29 What to do if you've been scammed... (AC - 1/3/06) Link
The Lisa Hackey Saga, Part 2 (VS - 1/5/06) (Melanie Mills) Link
How Warnings Can Backfire (VS - 1/6/06) (Why folks ignore warnings) Link
30 What Does a REAL Agent Do? (AC - 1/7/06) Link
The Saga of Lisa Hackney, Part 3 (VS - 1/9/06) (Melanie Mills) Link
31, "What Real Agents Do" - Part 2 (AC - 1/11/06) Link
Worthless Services for Writers, Part 1 (VS - 1/12/06) (Manuscript submission services; Bookblaster. Scriptblaster) Link
A Business Proposition (VS - 1/13/06) (Literary hoaxes, J.T. LeRoy) Link
32 What REAL Agents Do...Part 3 (AC - 1/15/06) Link
More Dubious Writers' Services: The Manuscript Display Website (VS - 1/17/06) Link
33 - What REAL Agents Do - Part 4, Subsidiary Rights (AC - 1/20/06) Link
What Real Agents Don't Do (VS - 1/23/06) Link
Fine Print (VS - 1/25/06) (SFX Magazine) Link
Faking a Track Record (VS - 1/28/06) (Evaluating claims of sales) Link
Breaking Up (It's Not Hard to Do) (VS - 1/29/06) (How to shed a bad agent) Link
A Frivolous Post (VS - 1/31/06) (The Meme of Four) Link

February ‘06

The Blooker Prize (no, that's not a typo) (VS - 2/1/06) (Lulu.com) Link
35 Scamming in Snowbird Land, or how I spent my Florida Vacation (Not Really...) (AC - 2/3/06) Link
Author-Agent Contracts (VS - 2/4/06) (Things to look [out] for) Link
36...I Can't Sell Your Book Because... (AC - 2/9/06) (Scammers’ excuses) Link
Song of the Mother-Squasher (VS - 2/11/06) (Lisa Hackney aka Melanie Mills) Link
37 - Going Postal in Scammer Land (AC - 2/12/06) (Scammers’ excuses) Link
Things New Writers Say That Drive Me Crazy (VS - 2/14/06) (“The odds are against me”) Link
38 - Exploding Another Writing Myth -- "You have to KNOW someone..." (AC - 2/16/06) Link
Amazon Goes Into the Slush Pile Business (VS - 2/18/06) (Amazon’s Talent Acquisition Program) Link
40 - Giving Your Work Away? (AC- 2/21/06) (Make sure you’re getting exposure you actually want) Link
And You Thought It Couldn't Get Stranger (VS - 2/6/06) (Lisa Hackney aka Melanie Mills) Link
More Things New Writers Say That Drive Me Crazy (VS - 2/24/06) (“Everyone has to start somewhere”) Link
When An Agent Calls... (VS - 2/25/06) (Be suspicious of agents who solicit) Link
41 -- The Need to be READ... (AC - 2/27/06) (How to garner useful feedback) Link

March ‘06

Plog, plog, plog, plog, plog... (VS - 3/1/06) (AmazonConnect) Link
42 Become A Writer Beware "Ambassador" (AC - 3/5/06) (Spread warnings and advice, please!) Link
43 Where Have You Gone, Bill Appell? (AC - 3/8/06) (Edit Ink) Link
44 - Choose Your Own Topic - Here's Your Opportunity! (AC - 3/11/06) Link
45 - First Question... (AC - 3/12/06) (How life experiences influence my writing) Link
I'm Ba-ack (VS - 3/16/06) (With a new book!) Link
46 Maggie's Question (AC - 3/21/06) (Do scams have any impact on “real” publishers?) Link
Go Ahead. Make My Day. (VS - 3/23/06) (Cris Robins makes a fuss) Link
More Egg on the Face of PublishAmerica (VS - 3/27/06) (PA loses arbitration) Link
47 Answers to Alphabeter's Questions (AC - 3/28/06) (Misc. musings on writing and scams) Link
News of the Weird (VS - 3/31/06) (Literary Ventures Fund) Link

April ‘06

48 -MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT! (AC - 4/106) (April Foolin’) Link
Evaluating an Agent's Website (VS - 4/4/06) Link
The Life of Riley -- er -- Writer (VS - 4/7/06) (Book Millionaire, Lori Prokop) Link
Writing Query Letters (AC - 4/9/06) Link
Deconstructing an Agent’s Website (VS - 4/12/06) (Literary Associates, Henry Santsaver) Link
News of the Weird (VS - 4/15/06) (Ophir) Link
Lisa Hackney/Melanie Mills: Coda (VS - 4/20/06) Link
Barbara Bauer Redux (VS - 4/25/06) Link
An (Amateur) Agent's Lot is Not a Happy One (VS - 4/28/06) (Adrian Streather) Link
The 20 Worst Come Home (VS - 4/29/06) (List finally up at WriterBeware.org) Link

May ‘06

Editors and Agents (VS - 5/2/06) (How a bad agent is worse than none at all) Link
50 - The Sun Sets on Desert Rose? (AC - 5/3/06) (Call for victims of Leann Murphy) Link
Someone Out There Doesn't Like Us (And We Don't Care) (VS - 5/5/06) (Scammer attempts to slime WB) Link
Another Scammer Bites the Big One (VS - 5/ 9/06) (Helping Hand Literary Agency, George Harrison & Janet Kay Titsworth) Link
More People Out There Don't Like Us (VS- 5/12/06) (More attempts to slime WB) Link
51, Sticking With It (AC - 5/14/06) (Get yer Butt In Chair and write!) Link
PODs Under Fire (VS - 5/17/06) (Libel suits against vanity “publishers”) Link
52 - Fun and Games at the BEA (AC - 5/21/06) (SterlingHouse, Royal Fireworks) Link
The Barbara Bauer Show (VS - 5/26/06) Link

June ‘06

Home Again, Home Again (VS - 6/3/06) (Balticon report; please support Absolute Write) Link
It's Alive! (VS - 6/5/06) (Absolute Writer’s Water Cooler recovers) Link
New Feature on the Writer Beware Website (VS - 6/8/06) (The new Writers’ Services page) Link
53, Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (AC - 6/11/06) (How Writer Beware is qualified to issue warnings) Link
54 - What to Do If You've Been Scammed, Revisited (AC - 6/15/06) (Repost of #29) Link
55 How To Write to the Authorities About Being Scammed (AC - 6/15/06) Link
56 Important Announcement! Attention, Writers! (AC - 6/15/06) (Call for victims of Robert Fletcher) Link
News of the Weird (VS - 6/19/06) (Westwood Literary Agency auctions representation on eBay) Link
Some Thoughts on Lists (VS - 6/24/06) (The reasons WB has no “best” list) Link
57 - iUniverse's Publishing Program, and Placement in Barnes and Noble Stores (Revised) (AC - 6/30/06) Link

July ‘06

Rebuttal Scuttlebutt (VS - 7/3/06) (Airleaf creates Authors Speak Out “blog”) Link
Top Ten Signs Your Agent is a Scammer (VS - 7/5/06) (Piece of interview with Writer Unboxed) Link
Track Records: Another Cautionary Tale (VS - 7/8/06) (Carol Givner Literary Agency) Link
58 Writers -- Trust Your Instincts! (AC - 7/11/06) (If the alarm bells go off, listen to ‘em) Link
News of the Weird (VS - 7/15/06) (ANovelMillion.com) Link
Hard Truths (VS - 7/19/06) (How agents judge mss.) Link
20 Worst List Updated (VS - 7/21/06) Link
It's NOT a Jungle Out There (or an Ocean, or Whatever) (VS - 7/25/06) (Scams are easy to avoid. Really.) Link
New Alert on Writer Beware (VS - 7/29/06) (The Robins Agency, Cris Robins) Link

August ‘06

Another New Alert on Writer Beware (VS - 8/2/06) (Quiet Storm Publishing, Clint Gaige) Link
59 - Writing Productivity Tips (AC - 8/3/06) Link
Writer Beware is on Vacation (VS - 8/4/06) (Links to blog highlights) Link
Home Again (VS - 8/21/06) (Misc. re: agents on 20 Worst List) Link
A Junk Mail Agent (VS - 8/24/06) (John Hancock Literary Agency) Link
Another Update (VS - 8/29/06) (20 Worst Agents List) Link

September ‘06

A Little-Known Resource for Agent-Hunters (VS - 9/1/06) (Publishers’ rights listings) Link
Barbara Bauer Redux, Redux (VS - 9/5/06) Link
There's No Such Thing as a Bargain Agent (VS - 9/8/06) (Evaluating commission rates) Link
60 - Some Writing Problems to Avoid (AC - 9/10/06) (World-building, dialogue, POV) Link
The Sobol Award (VS - 9/14/06) Link
61 - Martha Ivery Sentencing Delayed...AGAIN (AC - 9/20/06) Link
Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale in Four Parts (VS - 9/23/06) Link
Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale, Part 2 (VS - 9/24/06) Link
Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale, Part 3 (VS - 9/25/06) Link
Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale, Part 4 (VS - 9/26/06) Link

October ‘06

62 - Writers Scamming Writers (AC - 10/1/06) (Many scammers are failed writers) Link
MM Rides Again (VS - 10/4/06) (Lisa Hackney aka Melanie Mills) Link
63 - Some of Our Faithful Readers... (AC - 10/10/06) (…are the scammers themselves) Link
News of the Weird (VS - 10/12/06) (BookWise) Link
64 - Grammar DOES Count, My Friends... (AC - 10/17/06) (A writer must know how to write) Link
More Reasons Not to Use Automated Query Services (VS - 10/19/06) (BookBlaster, et al.) Link
e-LiteraryAgent: Something Else Not to Try (VS - 10/24/06) Link
The IILAA, or, What You Do When They Won't Let You Into the Club (VS - 10/27/06) (Leann Murphy) Link
The IILAA Strikes Back (VS - 10/30/06) Link

November ‘06

Why You Shouldn't Believe Them (VS - 11/1/06) (The lies scammers tell) Link
Home from WFC... (VS - 11/6/06) (Convention report) Link
65 - The Cult of PArsonality... (AC - 11/7/06) (Publish America) Link
A Small, Well-Mannered Rant (VS - 11/11/06) (Spell our name right, ‘kay?) Link
I've Been Tagged... (VS - 11/13/06) (Blog meme) Link
66 - NaNoWriMo -- Write in November, Get Scammed in December... (AC - 11/16/06) (Feeding ground for predators) Link
The Identity of Author Identity (VS - 11/20/06) (Author Identity Publishing) Link
For AW Addicts Only (VS - 11/26/06) (Water Cooler down for maintenance) Link
67 - Update on Martha Ivery Case (AC - 11/26/06) Link
Clubs You Wouldn't Want to Be a Member Of (VS - 11/28/06) (Scams and their spam) Link
Martha Ivery Sentenced (VS - 11/29/06) Link

December ‘06

68 - Martha Ivery's Sentencing - Part One (AC - 12/1/06) Link
69 -- Martha Ivery's Sentencing -- Part Two (AC -12/4/06) Link
The Sobol Award Again (VS - 12/7/06) Link
Associated Content: Something to Beware (VS - 12/11/06) Link
Why Scammers Are Hard to Put Away (VS - 12/15/06) Link
Make Your Mark 2007 (or, Move Over, Sobol: There's A New Big-Money Contest in Town) (VS - 12/21/06) Link
70 - Meeting a Writer Beware "Ambassador" (AC - 12/23/06) Link
Legitimate: A Word I Don't Like (VS - 12/29/06) (Why reputable, successful, or experienced is better) Link
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January ’07

Breakthrough Script Showcase: Another Iffy Contest (VS - 1/2/07) (Studio Readers, Inc.) Link
Evaluating Literary Contests (VS - 1/6/07) Link
Sobol Contest Closes (VS - 1/8/07) Link
In the Wake of Sobol (VS - 1/11/07) (Simon & Schuster / Gather.com First Chapters Writing Competition) Link
71 - Update to Martha Ivery Case (AC - 1/17/07) Link
A Night to Remember (VS - 1/20/07) (Airleaf’s Author Cruise) Link
Privila: Privilege or Punishment? (VS - 1/26/07) (Domain Holdings, Inc.) Link
You Were Looking for WHAT?? (VS - 1/29/07) (Fun with blog stats) Link

February ‘07

When is a Display Site Not a Display Site? (VS - 2/2/07) (Zirdland) Link
News of the Weird (VS - 2/4/07) (AMillionPenguins.com) Link
72, Looking Forward to Valentine's Day... (AC - 2/6/07) Link
Yet More Contest Stuff (VS - 2/8/07) (Premiere Fiction, Terracopiae Press) Link
Happy Valentine's Day from Writer Beware! (VS - 2/14/07) (The Two Thumbs Down Publishers List) Link
Should a Writer Query an Overseas Agent? (VS - 2/19/07) Link
A Publishing Raffle? (VS - 2/23/07) (Canadian Aid Charities, Bookland Press) Link
The Scam-peror's New Clothes (VS - 2/26/07) (Robert Fletcher changes names yet again) Link

March ‘07

Writers' Conferences: When to be Wary (VS - 3/2/07) (San Antonio Round Table, NF Publishing) Link
Helium (VS - 3/7/07) Link
LifeTips (or, Be Sure to Read the Fine Print) (VS - 3/14/07) Link
SterlingHouse Publisher Wants YOU! (VS - 3/17/07) (Cynthia Sterling, Lee Shore Company) Link
Content Site Cautions (VS - 3/20/07) Link
Literary Agents Online: Another Query Blasting Service (VS - 3/23/07) Link
Stealth Vanity Publishers (VS - 3/27/07) (The terms they use to confuse you) Link
Author Identity Publishing Redux (VS - 3/30/07) Link

April ‘07

Goodbye (AC - 4/1/07) (April Foolin’) Link
Not Just Yet (AC - 4/2/07) (We love y’all too much) Link
More on Author Identity (VS - 4/4/07) (Kevin Fabiano) Link
New Alert from Writer Beware! (AC - 4/8/07) (Call for victims of Robert Fletcher who live in Florida) Link
Another Service You Don't Need (VS - 4/12/07) (The Intellectual Property Rights Office) Link
73 - Publishing...Playing the Waiting Game (AC - 4/15/07) Link
News of the Weird: Publish My Book! (VS - 4/19/07) (Reality TV show) Link
Plogs, RIP (VS - 4/22/07) (Plogs replaced by Amazon Daily) Link
Beware Who's Who Schemes (VS - 4/26/07) (Cambridge, Emerald, et al.) Link

May ‘07

The Insidious Double D's (VS - 5/1/07) (How to avoid denial and desperation) Link
Learning the Ropes (VS - 5/5/07) (How to research agents and publishers) Link
Contract Alert: Simon & Schuster (VS - 5/18/07) Link
Simon & Schuster, Media Predict, and Project Publish (VS - 5/23/07) Link
A Reviewer's Plea (VS - 5/30/07) (Guest blogger explains book reviews) Link
We Have a Winner (VS - 5/31/07) (S&S First Chapters Writer Competition) Link

June ‘07

News of the Weird: The Ultimate Author (VS - 6/5/07) (Reality TV show) Link
Protesting Too Much (VS - 6/8/07) (How scammers try to deflect criticism) Link
Canadian Aid Literary Award Contest Redux (VS - 6/12/07) (Bookland Press) Link
A Publishing Primer (VS - 6/15/07) (Via author Diana Peterfreund) Link
Queen for a Day (VS - 6/19/07) (Michele Glance Rooney) Link
A Short Post for a Hot Day (VS - 6/28/07) (Links to other blogs) Link

July ’07

News of the Weird: American Book Factory (VS - 7/4/07) (Reality TVshow) Link
Literary Agents for Poets? (VS - 7/10/07) (What the real options are) Link
Agent Spam: May Writers' Group (VS - 7/16/07) (Shelly May) Link
May Writers' Group Exposed (VS - 7/20/07) (Michele Glance Rooney aka Shelly May) Link
Again, First Chapters Competition: This Time With Love (VS - 7/23/07) (Simon & Schuster, Gather.com) Link
Should Writers Worry About Blacklisting? (VS - 7/27/07) (How scammers keep victims quiet) Link

August ‘07

Writers and Money (VS 8/5/07) (Realistic expectations of income) Link
American Author Contest (VS - 8/10/07) (Airleaf, CineMagic Entertainment, Lite Stone Entertainment) Link
Who's Wergle Flomp? (VS - 8/15/7) (Fun at scammers’ expense) Link
Whoops, They Did it Again (VS - 8/17/07) (The “editors reject famous ms” hoax, revisited) Link
Spam Alert: eQuery Online (VS - 8/24/07) Link
Important Update from Writer Beware (AC - 8/28/07) (Call for victims of Robert Fletcher) Link

September ‘07

Laray Carr Publications, a.k.a. LC Publications, a.k.a. LCP Media (VS - 9/207) Link
How Do You Tell Who's Going to "Make It?" (AC - 9/6/07) (Good habits make good writers) Link
iUniverse and AuthorHouse Merge (VS - 9/10/07) Link
Essential Reading (VS - 9/14/07) (Martell Publishing, Ed Johnson) Link
Author Reality Show Meets Actual Reality (VS - 9/18/07) (Book Millionaire, Lori Prokop) Link
And You Thought Kickbacks Were Just For Scammers (VS - 9/21/07) (Chronicle Books, Blurb) Link
From Chronicle Books (VS - 9/28/07) (Statement re: Blurb controversy) Link
Solicitation Alert (VS - 9/30/07) (The Robins Agency, Cris Robins) Link

October ‘07

The New Fad in Publishing (VS - 10/4/07) (Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Award) Link
Christopher Hill Redux (VS - 10/11/07) Link
Worthy Causes (VS - 10/16/07) (A couple of legit charities for your consideration) Link
Chutzpah (VS - 10/19/07) (Anomalos Publishers) Link
More on the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (VS - 10/23/07) Link
News of the Weird: Author's For Reality Show (VS - 10/31/07) (Pam Pinnock) Link

November ‘07

Airleaf Update (VS - 11/3/07) (Mounting legal troubles) Link
Agents and Publishing in Film and Television...Ahem (AC - 11/8/07) (Media portrayals vs. reality) Link
Lessons for Self-Publishers (VS - 11/13/07) Link
Writer Beware Welcomes New Team Member (VS - 11/17/07) (Welcome, Richard White!) Link
A New Agent Blog (Not) (VS - 11/21/07) (Literary Agent News, Michele Glance Rooney) Link
Wake Up and Pay: Yet Another Vanity Scheme (VS - 11/28/07) (Steven E. and Lee Beard) Link

December ‘07

Tidbits (VS -12/2/07) (An industry survey; writers need exercise; Starving Writers Publishing) Link
The Empty Canoe: Another Scam Gets Its Due (VS - 12/6/07) Link
The Interminable Agency Clause (VS - 12/11/07) Link
Reeling in the Kids (VS - 12/17/07) (How vanity pubs target young writers) Link
Happy Holidays from Writer Beware (VS - 12/23/07) Link
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! (AC - 12/24/07) (Airleaf shut down) Link
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January ‘08

New Year's Resolution: Use Caution on the Internet (VS - 1/3/08) (Evaluating search results) Link
Thumbs Down Agency List Updated (VS - 1/10/08) Link
Vezeo.com Wants You...for Free (VS - 1/14/08) Link
Tidbits (VS - 1/17/08) (AltasBooks buys Biblio; Amazon announces semifinalists; TankBooks Link
Zooty Suit Riot (VS - 1/17/08) (Zooty and Flappers, Domenic Pappalardo) Link
Caution on the Internet (Part II) (RW - 1/26/08) (Beware sockpuppets on forums) Link

February ‘08

New Publishers: To Query or Not to Query (VS - 2/1/08) Link
Tidbits (VS - 2/5/08) (In-store POD; social networking; why publishing is slow; a magic pen) Link
WriteWise: BookWise Branches Out (VS - 2/10/08) Link
How 2 Rite Qwerry Lettrs (AC - 2/16/08) Link
The Top Twelve Things Writer Beware Can't Do (VS - 2/20/08) Link
Buddy, do I have a deal for you . . . (RW - 2/24/08) (Use of bait ‘n’ switch to hook you) Link
2008 Indie Book Awards (VS - 2/29/08) (FabJob.com) Link

March ‘08

Writing What's HOT...Or Not? (AC - 3/4/08) (The futility of writing to trend) Link
Creative Byline: Great Write Hope or Great Write Hype? (VS - 3/8/08) Link
Of Online Book Sales (and Pies) (VS - 3/14/08) Link
Ways Not to Publicize Your Book: Spam Campaigns (VS - 3/18/08) (Media E-blast) Link
Copyright Scam: US Copyright Registry (VS - 3/23/08) Link
Kissed Publications: Hidden Costs (VS - 3/26/08) Link
Use BookSurge or Die? (VS - 3/28//08) (Amazon’s ultimatum to POD users) Link

April ‘08

Some Really Bad News... (AC - 4/1/08) (April Foolin’) Link
Setting the Record Straight on April 2nd... (AC - 4/2/08) Link
The Authors Guild on Amazon/BookSurge (VS - 4/4/08) Link
Tidbits (VS - 4/8/08) (Amazon winner announced; HarperStudio; PFD goes POD; BookLamp) Link
Research First, Query Next (VS - 4/13/08) Link
Words on WEbook (Or, Another Reason to Read the Fine Print) (VS - 4/18/08) Link
Precautions for Small Press Authors (VS - 4/25/08) Link

May ‘08

WEbook Update (VS - 5/2/08) Link
Reeling in the Kids, Part 2: Operation Teen Author (VS - 5/7/08) Link
A Victory for Airleaf Authors (VS - 5/11/08) Link
Two Awards Banquets (AC - 5/18/08) (Nebula and OWFI Awards) Link

June ‘08

Amazon Flexes UK Muscle (VS - 6/6/08) (Amazon targets publishers selling their own books for less) Link
Airleaf Deja Vu: Jones Harvest Publishing (VS - 6/11/08) (Brien Jones) Link
Fake Contest Alert (VS - 6/15/08) (“SFWA” contest on Craigslist) Link
Another Contest Alert: FieldReport True Life Stories (VS - 6/18/08) Link
Can Free Ebooks Boost Print Sales? (VS - 6/27/08) Link

July ‘08

Tidbits (VS - 7/3/08) (Author sponsors police car; paper books aren’t doomed (yet); Quillr; more small press implosions) Link
More Small Publisher Storm Warnings: Port Town Publishing and Light Sword Publishing (VS - 7/11/08) Link
Rating Publishers (and Agents) (VS - 7/18/08) (Why it’s not feasible) Link
FieldReport True Life Stories: Update (VS - 7/25/08) Link

August ‘08

Blurbings.com: Another Pointless Author "Service" (VS - 8/1/08) (The Writers; Mafia) Link
Tidbits (VS - 8/8/08) (Random House UK changes contract; new should not equal inexperienced; HarperStudio; HotHouse focus groups) Link
Tales of the Big Advance (VS - 8/11/08) (AuthorHouse) Link
AbandonedNovel.com (VS - 8/22/08) (Teton River Productions) Link
A Couple of Things (VS - 8/29/08) (Airleaf update; local vs. NY/L.A. agents) Link

September ‘08

Authonomy: Slushkiller or New Slush? (VS - 9/5/08) (HarperCollins UK) Link
A Publishing Contract Clause to Beware (VS - 9/12/08) (Transfer of copyright) Link
I Love Your Blog Award (VS - 9/16/08) (Author2Author nominates WB) Link
Self-Publishing Services and Defamation (VS - 9/21/08) (Suits against BookSurge and other vanity/POD printers) Link
5,000 Writers (VS - 9/27/08) (YouWriteOn, Legend Press) Link

October ‘08

Blu Phier Publishing: Another Contract "Gotcha" (VS - 10/3/08) Link
BookRix: Another Brand New Idea That Isn't (VS - 10/10/08) Link
Literary Agent Directories (VS - 10/17/08) Link
Writers' Myths: Giving Back Your Advance (VS - 10/26/08) Link
Authors Guild Settles With Google (VS - 10/28/08) Link
Contest Alert: Mirage Books (VS - 10/31/08) Link

November ‘08

Ding Dong, BookWise is Dead (VS - 11/4/08) Link
Zimbo Books Fiction Competition (VS - 11/7/08) Link
Some Good Reading (VS - 11/11/08) Link
Again, Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (VS - 11/14/08) Link
FieldReport: Yet Another Update (VS - 11/18/08) Link
Tidbits (VS - 11/22/08) Link
A Day in the Life (VS - 11/25/08) Link
Freelancehomewriters.com (VS - 11/28/08) Link

December ‘08

I Had a Dream… (AC - 12/2/08) (A Nightmare on Scam Street) Link
Publishing’s Week of Gloom (VS - 12/7/08) (Belt-tightening or trimming fat?) Link
Why You Shouldn’t Write for Essay Mills (VS - 12/11/08) Link
Subscriptions and Solicitations (VS - 12/17/08) (Writer’s Digest promotes vanity operations) Link
Letter to a Desperate Author (VS - 12/21/08) (Don’t spam me, bro!) Link
Happy Holidays (VS - 12/24/08) Link
Jones Harvest Publishing Redux (VS - 12/28/08) Link
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January ‘09

Light Sword Publishing Petitions for Bankruptcy (VS - 1/6/09) Link
Author Solutions Acquires Xlibris (VS - 1/8/09) Link
How Not to Epublish (VS - 1/12/09) (A case study) Link
Michele Glance Rooney Strikes Again (VS - 1/12/09) Link
SFWA Service Award (VS - 1/16/09) Link
Shades of Edit Ink: AuthorHouse and Objective Entertainment (VS - 1/26/09) Link
Jones Harvest Publishing Goes Hollywood! (VS - 1/29/09) Link

February ‘09

Thoughts on the S-word (VS - 2/25/09) (Beware causal use of “scam”) Link
Cacoethes Publishing to Some of its Authors: See Ya! (VS - 2/20/09) Link
Facebook TOS Controversy (VS - 2/18/09) Link
Writing Oddities: Shortstoryofthemonth.com (VS - 2/16/09) Link
Authors Guild Alert on "Text to Speech" Function of Kindle 2 (VS - 2/12/09) Link
Opening Paragraphs for Sale (VS - 2/9/09) (The Avocado Papers) Link
YouWriteOn...Again (VS - 2/5/09) Link
University Press of the South (VS - 2/2/09) (Vanity press masquerades as an academic) Link

March ‘09

Hearst Partners With Helium (VS - 3/3/09) Link
Small Press or Vanity Press? (VS - 3/7/09) (Beware hidden fees) Link
Excuses, Excuses (VS - 3/11/09) (Blaming lack of sales on everything but own incompetence) Link
Possible Scam Alert (VS - 3/13/09) (Fake orders from “Paul Jackson Institute”?) Link
Eber & Wein: Another Vanity Anthology Scheme (VS - 3/17/09) Link
The Ultimate Queryfail (VS - 3/19/09) (Yes, Virginia, even Writer Beware receives queries) Link
Possible Scam Alert: Asian Cybersquatting (VS - 3/22/09) (Extortion to “keep” a domain name?) Link
Listen Up, Trolls (VS - 3/24/09) (Begone, ye boring boors!) Link
Retaliatory Lawsuit Against Writer Beware Staff Dismissed (VS - 3/26/09) (More egg on Fletcher’s face) Link
Making Lemonade Out of Self-Publishing Lemons (VS - 3/29/09) (More desperate promotions) Link

April ‘09

Exciting News for Writer Beware! (VS - 4/1/09) (April Foolin’) Link
Agentfail (VS - 4/3/09) (Writers complain about agents on Twitter) Link
Author Solutions Buys Trafford Publishing (VS - 4/5/09) Link
Articles on Self-Publishing: The Need for Balance (VS - 4/8/09) Link
Appeal to Airleaf Victims (VS - 4/10/09) Link
Guest Blog -- Playwriting in America: Percentages, Pitfalls, and “Pay-to-Play” (VS - 4/14/09) (Jill Elaine Hughes) Link
Lulu Acquires Poetry.com (VS - 4/17/09) Link
The Sun Sets on Desert Rose Literary Agency (VS - 4/22/09) (The law catches up to Leann Murphy) Link
The WRITE Stuff: Another Author Reality Show (VS - 4/26/09) (Sponsored by AG Press) Link
Judge Extends Google Book Settlement Deadline (VS - 4/28/09) Link

May ‘09

Vanity is the New Indie: Weasel Words from Author Solutions (VS – 5/3/09) Link
Why You Are Probably Not an Independent Author (or, Another Post for Which I Expect I Will Get Some Flack) (VS – 5/7/09) (The crucial yet oft-ignored differences between self- and vanity publishing) Link
Agent for a Day (VS – 5/12/09) (Agent Nathan Bransford proves filtering queries ain’t as easy as many think) Link
Free Ebooks and Sales (VS – 5/15/09) (When and how giving it away boosts print sales) Link
SterlingHouse Publisher's Cover Gambit (Or, How Some Publishers Make Money) (VS – 5/18/09) (Charges for “promotion” at BEA) Link
Writer Beware at BEA (VS – 5/25/09) (Attending BookExpo America courtesy of the MWA) Link
BEA Bewares (VS – 5/28/09) (Don’t pay for what BookExpo America cannot give you) Link


June ‘09

BEA Report (VS – 6/2/09) (Venimus, Vidimus, Vicimus) Link
Another Interesting Promotion From AuthorHouse (6/08/09) (Targeting the elderly via the AARP) Link
Diggory Press: Stranger Than Fiction (VS – 6/10/09) (Basket case headed for court case) Link
Fruitloops Galore (VS - 6/15/09) (Jacobs v. Rowling; CCLU calls for book burning) Link
The Most Published Author in the History of the Planet (VS – 6/19/09) (Philip M. Parker: one-man author mill) Link
IndieReader (VS – 6/23/09) (Reviews and promotes self-pubbed books – for a fee) Link
Hassett vs. Hasselbeck: What A Plagiarism Lawsuit Reveals About Writers' Fear of Theft (VS – 6/26/09) Link
Fourth Fiction: (Yet) Another Literary Reality Show (VS – 6/30/09) Link

July ‘09

It's Official: DOJ Investigates Google Book Settlement (VS - 7/03/09) Link
Authorfail: When Authors Attack (VS - 7/7/09) (How NOT to respond to a bad review) Link
Some Interesting Recent Blog Posts and Articles (VS - 7/10/09) Link
Publetariat Vault (VS - 7/16/09) (Yet Another Display Site) Link
It's Anti-Plagiarism Day (VS - 7/17/09) Link
Moon Publicity (VS - 7/22/09) (Advertising on the Moon?!) Link
Wake Up.. and Pay (Redux) (VS – 7/24/09) (Wake Up Publishing) Link
Emerging Writer Awards (VS – 7/30/09) (Triom Publishing) Link

August ‘09

Niche Age Media: Laray Carr Returns (VS – 8/3/09) Link
Robert Fletcher's Lawsuit Against Writer Beware Ruled Frivolous (VS – 8/11/09) Link
MWA Joins SFWA In Sponsoring Writer Beware (VS – 8/12/09) Link
SFWA's Statement on the Proposed Google Book Settlement (VS – 8/14/09) Link
Bad Impressions for Good Impressions Audio Books (VS – 8/17/09) Link
Publishers' Kill Fees, and Why They're Bad For Everyone (VS – 8/21/09) Link
Postage Promotion (VS – 8/25/09) (Outskirts Press) Link
Amazon BookSurge Anti-Trust Lawsuit Can Proceed (VS – 8/27/09) Link

September ‘09

Google Book Search Settlement Deadline Looming (VS – 9/1/09) Link
Florida Attorney General Files Suit Against Robert Fletcher / Writers' Literary Agency (VS – 9/3/09) Link
Google Book Search Settlement: Opting Out (VS – 9/4/09) Link
Writers' Myth: "You Have To Know Someone" (VS – 9/10/09) Link
VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller (VS – 9/14/09) (An academic author mill) Link
Airleaf: Coda (VS – 9/18/09) Link
Google Book Search Settlement Fairness Hearing Adjourned (VS – 9/28/09) Link

October ‘09

The Perils of Searching For Publishers on the Internet (VS – 10/1/09) Link
Thoughts on Self-Promotion (VS – 10/6/09) Link
A Question You Don't Want Your Publisher to Ask (VS – 10/9/09) (“How many do you plan to order?) Link
Thomas Nelson Adds Self-Publishing Imprint (VS – 10/13/09) Link
Why Referral Fees Present Ethical Problems (VS – 10/15/09) Link
Author Mills and a Request for Contact (VS – 10/2109) (Looking for both good and bad experiences) Link
Rights and Copyright (10/29/09) (What they are and how they apply to your work) Link