A Corona man was charged with patronizing a person for prostitution, criminal solicitation, and child endangerment for allegedly asking a 14-year-old girl to perform a sex act in exchange for money.| QNS
Marketing scams have always been plentiful. Over the past year or so, though, they’ve really surged. I’ve written about one type of marketing scam–the “friendly author” social media scam, in which someone impersonating a real (and often very well-known) author reaches out with a direct message, ostensibly because they’re interested in your books or yourRead More The post Return of the Nigerian Prince: A New Twist on Book Marketing Scams appeared first on Writer Beware.| Writer Beware
A few months back, I began getting questions about emails like this one, from a UK-based magazine called Reader’s House: What author wouldn’t be excited by an invitation to interview in a seemingly established and reputable literary magazine (even if they’d never heard of it before)? Those who responded received a followup like this oneRead More The post When an Interview Isn’t Exactly What It Seems: NewYox Media and Its Suite of Magazines appeared first on Writer Beware.| Writer Beware
As if writers didn’t have enough to contend with, the past couple of years have seen a huge rise in scammers posing as literary agencies. I’m not talking here about the imposters who “borrow” the names of real agents and agencies (though they are certainly part of the same problem)–but about scammers who set upRead More| Writer Beware