Website Posted My Article Without Permission Or Payment

I googled myself the other day and discovered that a website posted my article on their website without my knowledge or consent. I contacted the (print) magazine I had written the article for and they have no knowledge of the website and are not affiliated with them.
Should I send the website an email or a certified snail mail asking them for payment? And in what amount?

A Successful Press Release By Joe Parzych

Angela Hoy stated in her recent article in Writers Weekly, Press Releases Are Boring – News Is Not. At Writers Weekly, like just about every journalist and periodical editor, Angela receives countless press releases by email, fax and mail. Though WritersWeekly doesn’t publish press releases, they are inundated with them on a daily basis. it is very rare that I receive a new book press release that keeps me interested past the first sentence, Hoy wrote.

Fretting About Undelivered Gifts

Well, there are less than two weeks until Christmas and, while I did my online shopping early, there are still a few undelivered gifts floating around out there somewhere. I placed one large order with a company I’ve never shopped at before. They sent me a receipt when I placed my order and I’ve heard nothing since.

Paying Association Magazine Markets By John K. Borchardt

Magazines published by hundreds of associations and professional organizations offer lucrative freelance markets. The ‘Associations’ section of WritersMarket.com lists 34 association magazines and there are many more. The ‘Encyclopedia of Associations’ lists over 135,000 nonprofit membership organizations worldwide while the ‘National Organizations of the U.S.’ details over 22,200 national associations.

Peppermint Bark and Snow

I’m writing this on Monday. Each year, when we get a good early snow, I drag the children outside for the annual Christmas card photo. We usually get a bit of snow in November but we haven’t had any this year so far. It’s snowing right now, but there’s only a tiny bit on the ground. I prefer a raging snowstorm (heh…) for the photo but it looks like I might have to settle for a dusting this year. I told Ali to ride the bus home if it’s snowing at 2:00 p.m. Richard will pick Frank up and Zach has promised to be here on time, too. I’ll bundle up all the children, drag them outside and make them stand and smile for a good five minutes while I snap a few dozens photos, looking for just the right one. Matt is part of our family now, too, as he lives here when he’s not at school. But, he won’t be home from school until December 20th and it never snowed over the Thanksgiving holiday while he was here. So, I might try to superimpose a photo of him into the snow picture. We love Photoshop!

Prima Donnas Need Not Apply by Angela Hoy

Prima Donnas Need Not Apply by Angela Hoy

Some authors are just a bit too big for their britches. We don’t work with people like that. We receive emails from authors all the time telling us they want to use Booklocker.com but, due to their qualifications, title or celebrity status in their field, they expect “special treatment.” We treat all authors the same and don’t show favoritism as that would not be fair to everybody else.