Companies mentioned in this article:

• Pro Writers Network / prowritersnetwork.com
• Page Solutions / pagesolutions.us (read this Better Business Bureau complaint)
• Apex Digital Pro / apexdigitalpro.us
• Bluegrass Bound Books / bluegrassboundbooks.com
• Crescent Spring Literary / crescentspringliterary.com

NOTES:

This scammer used our name (WritersWeekly) to rip off an author!

Page Solutions and Pro Writers Network have the same “U.S. address” as Crescent Spring Literary / crescentspringliterary.com and that is a virtual address. The companies are not actually located there.

Pro Writers Network has the same phone number as Bluegrass Bound Books / bluegrassboundbooks.com. I’m sure they go by other names as well.

Apex Digital Pro has an incomplete address on their website (no street number). We googled the street and city and it’s a residential neighborhood. They have covers on the website for books published long before this website existed. The website is only four months old. According to Google: “Apexdigitalpro.us is likely a scam, and individuals should be extremely cautious when interacting with it. The following are major red flags associated with this domain and similar schemes…”

Also, see: How I Saved an Author from Getting Scammed for $18K by Pro Writers Network / ProWritersNetwork.com

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HERE’S AN EMAIL I RECEIVED LAST WEEK:

Hi Angela,

I’m an author and was contacted by a Maggie Dawson, (allegedly a literary agent) from Pro Writers Network / prowritersnetwork.com about five months ago. We signed a literary contract for representation and two weeks later came an “offer” from Berkley Books.

A day later, I got a call allegedly from Kelly Donovan of Berkley Books, got interviewed, and, a day later, I got an ‘official invitation’ with an offer, and two conditions for acquisition: An endorsement letter from Writers Guild of America and a global beta testing something, with limited time frames.

Both require an initial investment with a total combined fee of $4000.

To cut the story short, the deal fell through but I had paid for the first condition to Page Solutions. Maggie then come back with a second offer, allegedly from Little Brown and Company. Again, the “president,” Tim Holman, called, interviewed me, and spoke highly of Maggie. Berkley Books sent me an invitation by email and the Little Brown and Company did the same but through Maggie.

I then noticed that the email backgrounds were the same! And, strangely, Little Brown and Company wanted something they couldn’t logically explain, and nor could Maggie. It had something has to do with Writers Weekly, done through a third party, Apex Digital Pro / apexdigitalpro.us, and comes with a charge of $4000.

Every time she comes with an offer, it comes at a price. Red flags are now floating in my mind about literary agent Maggie Dawson’s legitimacy, Prowritersnetwork, Page Solutions, and everything else. Nothing makes sense anymore and I think I’m being scammed big time. Does Maggie Dawson even exist? I had dreams of a literary breakthrough but these are diminishing daily.

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MY RESPONSE

Did they actually mention WritersWeekly in their correspondence or over the phone?

It is absolutely a scam!!! The real Berkley Books and Little Brown and Company have never heard of your book and they aren’t involved. Most traditional publishers now have warnings on their websites about these impersonation scams. Many of the scammers use the actual companies’ logos in their emails but, if you look, they’re not using the real company’s domain in their email addresses.

Real book publicists don’t charge authors anything. They only get paid after they land a traditional contract for the author. You were never going to get a contract from a real publisher. These scammers were going to bleed you dry, and leave you hanging with nothing.

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THE AUTHOR FORWARDED THIS TO ME:

On Wed, 15 Oct 2025, 16:56 Maggie Dawson, <maggie.dawson@prowritersnetwork.com> wrote:

Hi (NAME REMOVED BY WRITERSWEEKLY),

I hope you are well too.

I’m working on getting the latest updates from Writers Weekly and Little Brown and Company. I’ll be sure to share any news with you as soon as I have it.

Warm regards,
Maggie

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SHE DIDN’T RESPOND TO THIS ONE (COWARD!!!):

To: Maggie Dawson <maggie.dawson@prowritersnetwork.com>

Right…

And, you’re NOT a “Senior Literary Manager.” That made us laugh. You’re a SCAMMER. And, we’re going to feature YOU and your websites on WritersWeekly. That’s what you get for committing fraud!

Angela

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