Almond Press Redux: Revenge-Rating a Critic

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Last week I wrote about Neoglyphic Entertainment , which responded to criticism of the rules ...

Neoverse Writing Competition Makes Its Rules More Author-Friendly

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware This is the kind of post I wish I got to write more often. For the past couple of weeks I'...

Signing Away Your Rights: Arbitration Clauses in Book Contracts

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Recently, the New York Times published a fascinating three-part series of articles on arbi...

Why Writer Beware Doesn't Make Agent or Publisher Recommendations

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Since Writer Beware was founded in 1998, we've run a free email advice service to help wr...

Guest Post: Imitation is Much More Than Flattery

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware I've been scarce around here over the past few months. As I mentioned in my blog post of J...

Author Solutions Class Action Lawsuit Settled

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware A class action lawsuit against Author Solutions Inc. has been settled and discontinued. Filed ...

Beware Social Media Snake Oil

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware This week I've got another great guest post for you, from marketing expert Chris Syme. We...

Guest Post: Want to Become a Better Writer? Stop Writing.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware As I explained in my last post, I'm still mostly M.I.A., but I've lined up some terrif...

Writer Beware Blog on Temporary Hiatus

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Last Sunday, my elderly mother, who's fighting cancer, fell in her apartment and broke thr...

Pay-to-Play Alert: #WORLDCLASS Magazine

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Authors: have you received an unsolicited email from a "talent scout" at #WORLDCLASS...

Alert: Don Semora, "Professional Designer and Author"

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Making money from authors can be good business, which probably explains why so many of those w...

Amazon's "Personal Connection" Review Policies Are Nothing New

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware One of today's most popular pastimes, in the writing world at least, is demonizing Amazon ...

Author Solutions Lawsuit Update: Class Certification Denied

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware In April 2013, the law firm of Giskan Solotaroff Anderston & Stewart filed a lawsuit again...

Almond Press Short Story Competition: Writing for "Exposure"

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware In my last blog post, I discussed how to recognize and avoid profitmaking writing awards --fak...

Awards Profiteers: How Writers Can Recognize and Avoid Them

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware If you've been reading this blog for any length of time, you may have guessed that I'm...