Whispers And Warnings For March 18th

JoJo Marengo / Umbrella Publishing / umbrellapublishing.com – Writer alleges he’s still owed $750; publisher has now started “World Art Institute”
More here: https://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/304/ripoff0304253.htm
theWAHMmagazine.com / theWAHMmagazine / the WAHM Magazine / the WAHM Association / Erika-Marie S. Geiss – owner of The Red Pencil Editing Services, LLC / redpencilediting.com – FOURTH COMPLAINT. Writer alleges she’s owed $150 and that Erika-Marie Geiss wrote her a bad check.

When Chicks Leave the Nest (sniff)

You’ll be happy to know that I’m not going to talk about the weather this week! 😉
Big news around the house these days is Ali (age 18) applied to two colleges and was accepted by both! One is nearby and very reasonable. The other is far away and very, very expensive.

You May Be Entitled to $60+ From Google!

In case you’ve been living under a rock, there is a pending class-action settlement involving authors / publishers and Google. Basically, the lawsuit was brought by authors and publishers who claimed Google violated their copyrights when it scanned books and featured them, or portions thereof, online without permission of the copyright holders. Of course, Google denies the claims (snicker) even though the books are still featured at books.google.com!
Anyway, what’s in it for you? Well, you get to decide. You can either opt-in and get $60 per book (read the fine print!) if you are the sole copyright holder of a book. Or, you can opt-out (which means you can sue Google later if you want to).

It Sounded Too Good to Be True…and It Was By Julie Engelhardt

As many of us know, there are times when a writing opportunity comes along that seems too good to be true. Generally, we’re the ones (or at least I am) knocking on editors’ doors, pitching ideas or letting them know why we’re the best for a particular assignment. A couple of weeks ago I thought my luck had turned and I’d been given the opportunity of a lifetime, and the best part about it is that I really didn’t even have to look for it – it came my way.

Blog Leads to Keynote Speaker Invite! By Mel Menzies

As a result of publishing my last book with BookLocker – a novel titled A Painful Post Mortem – I’ve been asked to be the Keynote Speaker at the Salvation Army’s National Conference later in the year. The topic is Generate, and is about encouraging women to think big, to use their talents, and to have confidence in themselves, with a view to bringing help and hope to people in need.