Writer Beware!

To protect yourself and keep up to date on the latest scams, check out the blog version of this popular service from the website of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. At Last! Writer Beware Blogs! A.C. Crispin and Victoria Strauss Reveal All! started up last fall. Their subtitle reads:

Want to know the innermost secrets of Writer Beware? Of course you do! Come and read about hunting down scam agents, and get information on writing and publishing from authors/scam hunters Victoria Strauss and A.C. Crispin. Got questions on how to avoid scams in the writing world? Ask the experts! Got questions on writing and publishing? Get the straight dope here.

They really, really like exclamation points, don't they?!!!
Currently Crispin echoes some of the opinions I've posted here and in fora on the Internet about Giving Your Work Away. Crispin explains in depth why it's not a good idea or career move to add your writing to websites for free. [writing]

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