AUTHOR ALERT! The Traditional Book Publishing Industry is DYING FAST! – by Angela Hoy
It's always been extremely difficult to land a traditional publishing contract (you'd have a better chance of winning the lottery) ...
Authors! Crummy Covers Crush Clicks!! By Richard Hoy
Newsflash: The vast majority of book sales occur online. And, your cover is the FIRST thing a potential reader sees ...
How Pre-Release Book Publicity Can Actually HURT your Book Sales!
Q - Angela, I haven't finished writing my book yet, but I want to start letting all of my friends ...
AUTHOR BEWARE: Clever Ways Foreign Scammers are Taking Your Personal Info., Your Book, AND Your Money! – by Rickey Pittman
“The most sophisticated attack is a well-written email.” ― Kevin Mandia, CEO, Mandiant (now part of Google Cloud) Foreign scammers have ...
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)
LISTEN: Apple | Spotify | iHeart | YouTube | More Episodes! In Episode 10 of The WritersWeekly Podcast (one of ...
“I just want to write books, and have somebody help me through the publishing process.”
REMINDER!!! ***THIS SATURDAY*** IS START-TIME FOR THE SPRING, 2026 24-HOUR SHORT STORY CONTEST!! 1st Place: $300 + a free book ...
PayPal Safety Protocols AND This Author’s Common Sense Saved Him From a Scam!
Q - Angela, A month ago, I received an email from a young person (I think) who purports to live ...
Booked Solid: How Authors Can Turn Local Libraries into Live Event Gold – by Rachel Carrington
REMINDER!!! START-TIME FOR THE SPRING, 2026 24-HOUR SHORT STORY CONTEST IS IN 17 DAYS!! 1st Place: $300 + a free ...
How I Was Scammed Out of $13K by “8 People” Using Gmail Email Addresses By M.M. Lorenzo
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Gmail email scammers listed in the article below were impersonating a real author and these legitimate companies ...
“Why don’t I get paid royalties when someone sells a used copy of my book?”
REMINDER!!! START-TIME FOR THE SPRING, 2026 24-HOUR SHORT STORY CONTEST IS IN 17 DAYS!! 1st Place: $300 + a free ...
EPISODE 38: We Scambaited a Nigerian Scammer and HILARITY ENSUED!!!
LISTEN: Apple | Spotify | iHeart | YouTube | More Episodes! If you hate scammers, you're gonna LOVE this episode! ...
EPISODE 37: BEWARE! New FAKE “Services” Being Offered to Authors By Scammers
LISTEN: Apple | Spotify | iHeart | YouTube | More Episodes! In this episode, Angela and Brian report on the ...
“Do traditionally published books still end up in bookstores and libraries?”
Q - Sorry to bother you a second time, but I'm wondering if you think it's a lot harder to ...
EPISODE 35: Prolific Author of 18 Books, Rickey Pittman, Shares His Secrets about Writing AND Book Selling!
LISTEN: Apple | Spotify | iHeart | YouTube | More Episodes! In this episode, we talk to BookLocker.com author, Rickey ...
When Trolls Show Up, You’re Doing Something Right! – by Gary Sturgis, Bestselling author of: SURVIVING GRIEF – 365 Days A Year
If you write long enough, and especially if you write honestly, you’ll eventually attract trolls. It’s not a matter of ...
NEVER, EVER, EVER PAY USING A BANK TRANSFER…EVER!!! Here’s why… – by James M. Walsh, Esq. and Angela Hoy
Wire transfers and bank transfers (ACH transfers) are essentially the same thing except one takes longer to process than another ...
EPISODE 34: When Fake 1-Star “Book Reviews” Are Actually Character Assassinations of Authors
LISTEN: Apple | Spotify | iHeart | YouTube | More Episodes! Have YOU, too, received a bad book review that ...
How to Have Fun With Con Artists! By Marsh Rose
I have a new hobby. I’m pissing off book marketing scammers! We all know their work. Like wolves following a ...
Why I Don’t Lose Sleep Over Amazon Reviews (And Why You Shouldn’t Either) – by Gary Sturgis, Bestselling author of: SURVIVING GRIEF – 365 Days A Year
I used to think reviews were the holy grail of book success. Everyone says you need them, that magical number ...
HUH?!?! Author Admits Getting Scammed for $8K, But THEN Tries to Convince ME the Scammer is Real???
Just when I thought I'd be able to write something NOT about scammers this week... An actor, playwright, and author ...
