Whispers And Warnings For November 29th

Published on November 29, 2006

This Week:

• The Green Magazine / thegreenmagazine.com / Vision Media & Communications - Admits their payments are behind.

Whispers And Warnings For November 22nd

Published on November 22, 2006

This week's issue is abbreviated due to the holiday. WHISPERS AND WARNINGS will return next week. …

Whispers And Warnings For November 8th

Published on November 8, 2006

This Week:

• Michigan Streamside Journal / michigansstreamsidejournal.com / Jeff Counts - Paid writer!
• Form & Style Magazine / Jeannette M. Porrazzo - Tells writers one thing, post something completely different in her personal blog.
• LawsuitSearch.com - FIFTH COMPLAINT!

Whispers And Warnings For November 1st

Published on November 1, 2006

This Week:

• Michigan Streamside Journal / michigansstreamsidejournal.com / Jeff Counts
• M.A.R. Magazine / marmagazine.com - Writer claims she is owed $550.

Whispers And Warnings For October 18th

Published on October 18, 2006

This Week:

• Natural Food Network Magazine / naturalfoodnet.com/365 Media - Writer reports she received partial payment.

Whispers And Warnings For October 11th

Published on October 11, 2006

This Week:

• LawsuitSearch.com - Another writer finally gets paid.

Whispers And Warnings For September 27th

Published on September 27, 2006

This Week:

• Third Rail / grabthethirdrail.com / Burning Pixels Studios / burningpixels.com / Hooters Magazine - ANOTHER COMPLAINT
• Mahogany Magazine / MahoganyMagazine.com / Henry Dorris - Writer alleges she's owed $100.
• Natural Food Network Magazine / naturalfoodnet.com / Mystic Media / 365 Media - Owes writer $568.50.

Whispers And Warnings For September 20th

Published on September 20, 2006

This Week:

• Freelancesteps.blogspot.com - COPYRIGHT THIEF!
• limerickcontests.com - This jerk sent me a glowing email about himself (an obvious marketing message - I'm not that dumb!), and asked me to post it or remove the warnings posted here about him. Ha ha. And then he spammed me again!
• Long Story Short / lsswritingschool.com - Still spamming!
• LawsuitSearch.com - Fourth complaint!

Whispers And Warnings For September 6th

Published on September 6, 2006

This Week:

• LawsuitSearch.com - They paid one writer; another still not paid.

Whispers And Warnings For August 30th

Published on August 30, 2006

This Week:

• EVote Services / evote.com / IdeaCast, Inc./ ideacast.com / IDC O Inc. - Owes writers thousands!
• LawsuitSearch.com - ANOTHER complaint.

Whispers And Warnings For August 16th

Published on August 16, 2006

This Week:

• Third Rail / Burning Pixels Studios / Hooters Magazine - Woman who used to volunteer for the NWU helping people get paid accused of non-payment.

Whispers And Warnings For August 9th

Published on August 9, 2006

This Week:

• LawsuitSearch.com - Still hasn't paid or responded to writer.
• Bucks Magazine / bucksmag.com - Paying writers per court order.
• T-zero Xpandizine/ The Writer's E-Zine / thewritersezine.com - Finally paid writer, but never responded to her (only to WritersWeekly).

Whispers And Warnings For July 26th

Published on July 26, 2006

This Week:

• People, Places & Plants / ppplants.com - FINALLY PAID AFTER TWO YEARS (and only after WritersWeekly got involved).
• PowerProse / PowerProse.com - Finally paying writer after five years! See: https://www.writersweekly.com/whispers_and_warnings/powerprose.html and https://forums.writersweekly.com/viewtopic.php?t=1080

Whispers And Warnings For July 19th

Published on July 19, 2006

This Week:

• 10X Media / 10XMedia.com - Writer claims she and others were "ripped off."
• T-zero Xpandizine/ The Writer's E-Zine / thewritersezine.com - Another complaint and publisher admits their payments have been "irregular."

Whispers And Warnings For June 28th

Published on June 28, 2006

This Week:

• Ulppublishing.com / ULP Publishing - Spammed their own competitor's submission form!
• Freelance Work Exchange / freelanceworkexchange.com - One reader sends in positive note
• The Vocabula Review / vocabula.com - Spammed me asking for a $1500 investment. Ha ha ha!!!
• limerickcontests.com / limerickcontests@comcast.net - SPAMMER

Whispers And Warnings For June 21st

Published on June 21, 2006

This Week:

• EzineArticles.com - Charging $750 to get published?!?! HA HA HA!!!
• Writopia Inc. / T-zero Xpandizine / The Writer's E-Zine / thewritersezine.com - Writer not paid until WritersWeekly intervenes
• Freelance Work Exchange / freelanceworkexchange.com - Another Complaint.
• publishforlesscompany.com - SPAMMER and this guy gives us the creeps!
• Long Story Short / lsswritingschool.com - SPAMMERS
• AllGoodArticles.com - SPAMMERS
• The Village Magazine / Privilege Media Group International - And another complaint!

Whispers And Warnings For June 7th

Published on June 7, 2006

This Week:

• Dragonfire / dfire.org / Pennoni Honors College - FINALLY pays another writer!
• Utah Homes & Garden, Silver King Media, Michael Kearns - Reader submits his experience with this pub.

Whispers And Warnings For May 31st

Published on May 31, 2006

This Week:

• Myra Trigueno, Inc. - Don't miss this one!
• Booksurge - Sued by author/attorney for $11M.
• AOL - Caught censoring its customers' incoming email.

Whispers And Warnings For May 17th

Published on May 17, 2006

This Week:

• Janet Kay & Associates - WritersWeekly.com has obtained and posted scanned copies of judgements against Janet Kay and George Titsworth. See: https://www.writersweekly.com/titsworth.pdf (1.8 Megs. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
• Gridiron Sports Magazine / GSN Publications / Bernard King - Writers says publisher owes money.
• ebookad.com / eBookAd.com Inc. / EBookAd / Dustin Revin - Reader claims he spoke to owner by phone.

Whispers And Warnings For May 10th

Published on May 10, 2006

This Week:

• ebookad.com / eBookAd.com Inc. / EBookAd / Dustin Revin - Out of business and GOOD RIDDANCE!
• Freelance Work Exchange - Having heard complaints about this company before, we're not surprised by this one...

Whispers And Warnings For April 26th

Published on April 26, 2006

This Week:

• George Jobel / Tell America!, LLC / tellamerica.com / Directory NH / directorynh.com - Writer alleges he owes her $175 and is ignoring her correspondence.
• Targeted Marketing Solutions, LLC in Phoenix, AZ / tms2001.com / Paul Perry - Writer alleges he's owed $1,000.

Whispers And Warnings For April 19th

Published on April 19, 2006

This Week:

• Shared Vision Network - SPAMMER - Selling that Amazon bestseller garbage
• Xlibris / Xlibris.com - SPAMMED US AGAIN!

Whispers And Warnings For April 5th

Published on April 5, 2006

This Week:

• Dragonfire - They offer yet another lame excuse to one of their unpaid writers!
• Guru.com - Two readers send in praise.
• Form & Style - Admits to owing two writers thousands...yet sends "cease and desist" email to WritersWeekly?

Whispers And Warnings For March 29th

Published on March 29, 2006

This Week:

• FORM & STYLE Magazine / formandstyle.com / Water Lilly Publishing, LLC / Jeannette M. Porrazzo - Don't miss this one!
• Dragonfire / dfire.org / Pennoni Honors College - Writer #2 STILL NOT PAID despite statements made by Dragonfire / Drexel University / Pennoni to their own student newspaper!
• Real Estate Investor Magazine / reinvestormagazine.com - Reader sends in links to multiple complaints about this publisher.
• Guru.com - Reader submits complaint.
• Pepetual Writing Contest / lifeforchange.com - SPAMMERS!

Whispers And Warnings For March 15th

Published on March 15, 2006

This Week:

• ebookad.com / eBookAd.com Inc. / EBookAd / Dustin Revin - Author alleges non-payment of royalties; several other complaints appearing about this firm online as well.
• Dragonfire / dfire.org / Pennoni Honors College - The college ran an article about this controversy; writer says Dragonfire lied in the article.
• Barbara Bauer Literary Agency - This exchange is REALLY weird!!!
• Airleaf Publishing / airleaf.com - aka Bookman Marketing - Author praises company, insults other authors.

Whispers And Warnings For March 8th

Published on March 8, 2006

This Week:

• antimuse / antimuse.org / Michael Haislip - Finally paid!
• Dragonfire - Managing Editor emails writers about thread on our forum; another writer complaining about late payment.

Whispers And Warnings For February 22nd

Published on February 22, 2006

This Week:

• Dragonfire / dfire.org / Pennoni Honors College - One check finally arrived, but claims they'd mailed it previously were "bogus." First writer still unpaid. And, look at the startling tidbit we found online about their managing editor.
• Style & Sense / styleandsense.com / Comer & Company Publishing Inc. / Nancy A. Comer - Writer claims non-payment and ignored emails.

Whispers And Warnings For February 15th

Published on February 15, 2006

This Week:

• Dragonfire / dfire.org / Pennoni Honors College - Still owes original writer money and now OWES ANOTHER WRITER MONEY, TOO!