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May 22, 2026
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Contents
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Publishing scammers have infiltrated Facebook’s author groups to perform DATA MINING! What’s the problem, you ask? All they have is your Facebook profile link, right? WRONG!!!
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Paying Markets for Writers
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From the Editor's Desk
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"19% of books published by the Big Five houses sell a dozen copies or fewer!!!"
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Available on 4 platforms, including YouTube!
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NEW!!!
Publishing scammers have infiltrated Facebook’s author groups to perform DATA MINING! What’s the problem, you ask? All they have is your Facebook profile link, right? WRONG!!!
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PREVIOUS EPISODES
(#1, #2, #10, and #39 are the most popular so far!)
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- EPISODE 40: From 14-Year-Old Runaway, to Soldier, to Cop, to the Managing Editor of WritersWeekly.com. How did he do it? GRAPHIC WARNING AT 1 HOUR, 3 MINUTES! (1:03)
- EPISODE 39: Authors Who Had to Pay THOUSANDS After Getting Sued! Don't be afraid. Be INFORMED! Listen to this important episode to protect yourself AND your family from potential bankruptcy!
- EPISODE 38: We Scambaited a Nigerian Scammer and HILARITY ENSUED!!! We even tried to pay him the $60 we offer for article submissions to WritersWeekly via PayPal. However, he insisted on being paid through a...
- EPISODE 37: BEWARE! New FAKE “Services” Being Offered to Authors By Scammers They will even tell you that not buying some of these services could land you in jail!
- EPISODE 36: “Why is Getting My Book Published So Scary?” Don’t Go It Alone!! Some authors want someone else to handle the administrative tasks so they can start working on their next book...
- EPISODE 35: Prolific Author of 18 Books, Rickey Pittman, Shares His Secrets about Writing AND Book Selling! You're going to LOVE this episode! And, learn what works FAR better than bookstore signings to sell books!!
- EPISODE 34: When Fake 1-Star “Book Reviews” Are Actually Character Assassinations of Authors Have you, too, received a 1-star review that criticizes YOU, but mentions nothing about your book? You're not alone!
- Episode 33 – Tough 91-Year-Old Author of 5 Books Refuses to Bow to Scammer’s Extortion Attempts! - Bob Wahl was scammed, the victim of attempted extortion, AND his website was taken hostage by Authors Hike / AuthorsHike.com! What did he do? HE ...
- Episode 32 – Save Yourself THOUSANDS!: Our Scam-Detection Process Explained Step-by-Step! - Learn how to identify an online publishing (or other!) scammer in less than 10 minutes!
- Episode 31: A Brave Publishing Scam Victim Shares Her Story After Losing $18K - Ever wonder how publishing (and other) scammers groom their adult victims? It's highly effective! Listen to this episode to see how grooming worked...
- Episode 30: We Saved This Author from a $50,000 “FOX Entertainment” and “WGA” SCAM! If you were offered MILLIONS on professional letterhead from FOX Entertainment, what would you do?
- Episode 29 – AWKWARD! When Friends and Family Lie About Having Bought Your Book This happens ALL THE TIME to authors! Learn why marketing to family and friends does NOT work...and what DOES work for high book sales!
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News From the Home Office
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A pet and then A PECK! And ANOTHER PECK!!
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In most cases, Parasite Marketing actually harms the parasite's reputation.
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A fake name, a fake picture, a fake "financial assistant," illegal impersonation, and SO MUCH MORE!
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(NOTE: If BookLocker publishes your book, we can feature it for our thousands of WritersWeekly readers, and on our numerous social media channels, at no charge!)
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An ancient Japanese curse traps the dead and threatens the living.
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The townspeople believe Greta’s an evil witch! Doesn’t sound too bad, until kids are throwing rocks at her, teenagers are teasing her, and women are casting her out!
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Air-Minded is a braided novel of early flight: an aviation evangelist builds the system while an assassin exploits it. Their parallel lives trace aviation’s rise from spectacle to infrastructure—and the lives it connects, and ends.
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The Girl and the Philosopher is about a young girl who flees tragedy and finds enlightenment though ideas, love, beauty, and friendship.
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Paying Markets for Writers
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“As world economies converge, CFI.co reports from the fault lines of integration. CFI.co features original writing on financial, economic, and political topics that have a global impact.” Welcomes new writers. 25% freelance. Circ. 120K. Quarterly moving to bimonthly. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms in next quarterly issue. Buys all rights. No reprints. Responds within 1-2 days. Sample copy available in PDF form. Subscription $59.95. Guidelines available by email.
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Pays $0.10-$0.15/word for 700-2500 words.
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“We're a regional bicycling magazine, with a focus on bike tourism, general interest news relating to bicycling, and bicycle events.” Publishes 11 issues a year. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 3-4 months after acceptance. Buys First N.A. rights. Accepts reprints. Responds in 1-2 weeks. Guidelines available on request by email or SASE.
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THIS PUBLICATION USES SUBMITTABLE, WHICH IS KNOWN TO CHARGE WRITERS A FEE TO SUBMIT THEIR WORK.
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“The Common is a literary organization whose mission is to deepen our individual and collective sense of place. Based at Amherst College, we aim to serve as a vibrant common space for the global exchange of ideas and experiences through three main areas of activity: publishing, public programming, and mentorship and education. We publish works that embody particular times and places—literature and art powerful enough to reach from there to here—and feature new and underrepresented voices from around the world. Publications include: two print issues per year; and an open-access online platform updated weekly. We host and participate in programs that serve the public and foster literary community, including: readings and conversations featuring writers, editors, and translators; and collaborations with schools, museums, libraries, and other publications and nonprofit organizations. We provide mentorship and education to the next generation of writers, editors, and publishers through: hands-on literary publishing internship program for college students; classroom programs serving high school, college, and graduate students; and strong editorial support and guidance to launch the careers of emerging authors.”
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“Contrary® was founded in 2003 at the University of Chicago by alumni of Chicago’s Master of Arts Program in the Humanities. It was quickly embraced and has been abundantly nourished by graduates of the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing program. It now operates independently and without a thought of profit on the South Side of Chicago and publishes writers from throughout the world. It publishes poetry, fiction, lyrical commentary, creative non-fiction, and especially works that blur the edges of those categories.” 100% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Quarterly. Pays on receipt of invoice. Publishes ms one month after acceptance. Buys all rights: “1) worldwide rights to publish in any or all versions of Contrary and other Contrary-affiliated media, including domestic and foreign, whether in the English language or translated into a foreign language, including any successor, similar or replacement versions thereof; 2) exclusive worldwide rights for a period of 90 days from the date of Contrary’s first publication of the work; 3. non-exclusive perpetual rights to republish, store, syndicate or distribute the work or portions of the work in any language and in any country, and 4) the right to use your name and likeness in a fair and dignified manner and to publish information about you in connection with the advertising and promotion of Contrary and of the Work. 5) When exclusive rights expire after three months, the author is free to seek republication elsewhere, but Contrary must be credited in all subsequent publications. 6) All rights granted by this agreement are granted in perpetuity and applicable in all media including, but not limited to, all electronic media, internet, wireless or mobile platforms whether now known or hereafter created.” No reprints. Responds in less than 90 days. Sample copy online. Guidelines online
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Pays $20 per author, per issue.
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