Avoiding a Scam
I love a good scam, I do. Some people have to turn and look at car accidents. Me, I have to read gory details of different scams.
It turns out that there are an awful lot of scams out there trying to attract writers in hopes of (what else?) taking their money without providing any product or service. Very occasionally, you’ll find one that wants to take your writing as well as your money, but it’s pretty rare. Most of these people are in the business of separating hopeful people from their money.
Outside of googling an organization before you submit to them, a great resource is the Writers Beware Blogs. You can read several of the latest schemes that they’ve heard about. You’ll see that these folks know how to research a scammer, too!
Hey there, this has nothing to do with scams, and I don’t know if you still read Challies, but he linked to an interesting article from the Globe on book reviews – wondered what you thought.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/too-critical-on-the-contrary/article1238758/