“Can you write about real people without their permission?” – by Angela Hoy
Can someone write about you in a book without your permission? And can they write about you if you’re dead?
Editor’s Desk
NEVER Pay to Have Your Book Displayed at a Book Fair or Festival! EVER!!
Authors spend WAY too much money for “zero measurable sales or marketing impact!”
After Harming Children, and With THOUSANDS of Lawsuits Pending, Meta is Trying to Get an Exemption from Congress! – by James M. Walsh, Esq.
THOUSANDS of lawsuits are pending and Meta is trying to get a Get Out of Jail Free Card from Congress?!
THE TO-DO LIST We Promised in Podcast Episode 44: How to Get Free Book Reviews from Popular Reviewers Who Have THOUSANDS of Followers!
YOU asked for it, so here it is! 🙂
No Water, No Power, and Footsteps on the Porch! – Topic, Common Themes, and WINNERS of the WritersWeekly.com Spring, 2026 24-Hour Short Story Contest
There wouldn’t be a garden this year. There was no longer any water, and the only source of light now was from candles…
World’s Worst Query Letters and Book Proposals for May, 2026!
Don’t miss this batch, either! The last one is AWESOME!!!
AUTHOR ALERT! The Traditional Book Publishing Industry is DYING FAST! – by Angela Hoy
“19% of books published by the Big Five houses sell a dozen copies or fewer!!!”
How Angela Got a Facebook Scammer’s 3 Bank Accounts Shut Down! – By Brian Whiddon, Managing Editor
Angela ACTUALLY wrote to the scammer, “I thought you were a woman? You have very hairy arms!”
AND EVEN MORE Scathing Complaints about Lulu Press / Lulu.com!
This is what happens when you use AI for “customer service,” AND MORE!!!
Can Mark Zuckerberg End Up in Prison? – by Christophe Boeraeve, Advocaat (Attorney) at the Brussels Bar (OBFG)
The most explicit statutory pathway to prison for a tech CEO exists, right now, in British law…