New #WriterBeware blog post: Dogging the Watchdog: In Which a Scammer Tries to Troll Me (plus a peek into the hate I get from the people and companies I warn about on Writer Beware) #WritingCommunity #PublishingScams https://writerbeware.blog/2023/08/04/dogging-the-watchdog-in-which-a-scammer-tries-to-troll-me/

ANOTHER bogus agency alert: The Literary Firm https://theliteraryfirm.com/ False claims of books repped, fake "agents" whose bios have been plagiarized from real agents, a web domain just 97 days old. Plus out-of-the-blue solicitations claiming Big 5 publisher interest, which is not how real agents work #WriterBeware #WritingCommunity #PublishingScams #Agents

If you've gotten a surprise representation offer email from Chaucer's Literary and Talent Bureau, #WriterBeware : it's a scam. False claims of books repped; 1st-name-only "agents" are stock photos, and its web domain is less than 5 months old (despite its claim to have started up 7 years ago) #WritingCommunity #amwriting #Publishing #PublishingScams https://clatb.org/

New #WriterBeware blog post: Beware the #Amazon fakers: how scammers are using Amazon and Amazon trademarks to rip writers off #WritingCommunity #PublishingScams
https://writerbeware.blog/2023/07/07/how-scammers-are-using-amazon-and-amazon-trademarks-to-rip-writers-off/