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How to Have Fun With Con Artists! By Marsh Rose

Published on January 21, 2026 author, author scams, book marketing, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, writing career advice

How to avoid the “fellow-author long game con!”

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

Published on January 21, 2026 author, book marketing, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice

Amazon can’t measure personal connections in its algorithm. And, those connections are what sell books!

“Angela, check out this fake email from Penguin Random House…”

Published on January 21, 2026 author, author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, legal, writing scams

Can you, too, spot the big red flag in under 5 seconds?

“How did the scammers find my contact info. so quickly after my book was published?”

Published on January 21, 2026 author, author scams, social media, writing career advice, writing scams

Ignore THESE 5 THINGS and you will very likely NEVER GET SCAMMED!

GAH!!! The Largest Snowstorm Since 1993 is Barreling Our Way?!?!

Published on January 21, 2026

7-14 inches of ice and snow HERE?!?!?! How we are preparing!!!

EPISODE 33: Tough 91-Year-Old Author of 5 Books Refuses to Bow to Scammer’s Extortion Attempts!

Published on January 17, 2026

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 FOUGHT BACK!!!

WritersWeekly Trivia Question for 01/17/2026