Published on October 30, 2025
CONGRATS to Sara Storey, who was the first to correctly answer: One way to know if a book club is a scam is if it asks for a fee, or “spot fee,” for authors to be featured, as genuine book clubs do not charge authors for this. According to this week’s issue, what is one […]
Published on October 30, 2025
author, promoting your writing, writing career advice

Personalizing a book birthday for novels can certainly grab a potential reader’s interest!
Published on October 30, 2025
author, diversify your writing income, promoting your writing, richard, writing career advice

The most successful authors today have multiple books on the market!
Published on October 29, 2025
Contests!, storytelling

Moonshine, a blood moon rising, and a girl in white… What could POSSIBLY go wrong?!?!
Published on October 29, 2025
author, author scams, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing scams

PUT UP YOUR B.S. ANTENNAS, FOLKS!!! “Your book offers invaluable guidance and real-world examples that truly demystify the process of…” IT’S ALL FAKE!!!
Published on October 29, 2025

NOT FUNNY!!!! I had to ground our 33-year-old son AND his 19-year-old brother!!
Published on October 25, 2025
CONGRATS TO “ADAM WRYTER,” WHO WAS THE FIRST TO CORRECTLY ANSWER THIS WEEK’S QUESTION: The five companies are: Apex Digital Pro, Pro Writers network, Page Solution, Crescent spring literary and bluegrass bound books. According to this week’s issue, which five “companies” did WritersWeekly connect to a scammer using addresses and phone numbers? ***Please answer the […]
Published on October 24, 2025
Paying Markets for Writers, welcomes new writers

“PRISM International is a quarterly magazine out of Vancouver, British Columbia, whose mandate is to publish the best in contemporary writing and translation from Canada and around the world. Writing from PRISM has been featured in Best American Stories, Best American Essays and The Journey Prize Stories, amongst other noted publications.” Welcomes new writers. Circ. 1K. Quarterly. Pays right before or right after publication. Publishes ms 1-6 months after acceptance. Buys First North American rights. No reprints. Responds within 1-6 months.
Pays $40 per page for poetry, $30 per page for prose.
Published on October 24, 2025
diversify your writing income, Paying Markets for Writers, welcomes new writers

**THIS PUBLICATION USES SUBMITTABLE, WHICH CHARGES WRITERS A FEE TO SUBMIT WORK**
“Raleigh Review is a nonprofit magazine of poetry, short fiction, and art, offering accessible works of experience that are emotionally and intellectually complex. At Raleigh Review we believe that great literature inspires empathy by allowing us to see the world through the eyes of our neighbors, whether across the street or across the globe. Our mission is to foster the creation and availability of accessible yet provocative contemporary literature through our biannual magazine as well as through workshops, readings, and other community events. Further Guidance on Submissions: Please note, we do not accept submissions to Raleigh Review via email or US postal service in most cases. They must go through Submittable. See Submission Guidelines for details. We understand these are difficult times. We plan to launch a detailed application every December for those writers who cannot swing the small fee to submit. Besides receiving the necessary approval for a fee free waiver to submit to our general submission category, the only exception to the submissions via Submittable only rule is inmates in correctional institutions may use the mailing address below to send us one submission per reading period via US Post. Follow the general submission guidelines, and please only send the work and your return address in this case. We welcome your submissions to Raleigh Review though we ask that you adhere to our submission guidelines as well as to the policy in the above paragraphs.” Welcomes new writers. Biannual. Pays on publication. Publishes ms approximately 4 months after acceptance. Buys first rights. No reprints. Response time varies. Guidelines online.
Published on October 23, 2025
diversify your writing income, Paying Markets for Writers, writing career advice, writing tips

They’re looking for parenting advice, relatable family stories, and more!