Published on April 12, 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI), copyrights, legal, social media

Internal communications obtained in discovery clearly indicated that Meta employees were acutely aware that harvesting data from LibGen to “educate” its generative AI software posed substantial legal risks…
Published on April 3, 2025
diversify your writing income, social media, writing career advice

Travel writers are becoming influencers, and you can, too!
Published on March 20, 2025
copyrights, In The News, Journalism, social media

MORE: Meta (Facebook’s parent company) accused of torrenting 82 terabytes of authors’ pirated books to create its AI system; Director might go to jail after accused of scamming Netflix out of millions; Retractions and walkouts plague science journals; Whoopi Goldberg thinks crowdfunding can buy a newspaper…that isn’t for sale?; Voice of America to be closed, and Disney scales back premiere of controversial live action ‘Snow White.’ Did star’s comments play a role in that?
Published on March 13, 2025
author scams, In The News, Journalism, legal, libel, social media, writing scams

MORE: Ex-Facebook employee has published a tell-all book about the company; Books that were stolen by Nazis have been returned to their rightful owners; Arrest of Columbia anti-Israel activist not about free speech; Writer who wanted to ‘ram a knife down Jews’ throats’ acquitted by Belgian court; Guardian Media Group forced to apology and pay damaged for libel; Couple sues hotel after allegations made in Facebook group post; and ABC News is slashing more jobs.
Published on March 1, 2025
Print on demand, promoting your writing, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing, writing career advice

The differences between “@” and “#” tagging, and how to use them effectively.
Published on February 27, 2025
author scams, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing, writing scams

HINT: Do NOT hire anyone (and I mean ANYONE!!) running paid ads on Facebook right now! It’s a cesspool of fraud! Here’s who we recommend…
Published on February 22, 2025
author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, legal, social media, writing scams

Meta Platforms, Inc. (the owner of Facebook) is NOT immune from Federal criminal prosecution…
Published on February 13, 2025
author, book marketing, promoting your writing, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing

5 ways I did it, and you can, too!
Published on February 3, 2025
Censorship, In The News, Journalism, social media

MORE: Virginia legislature supports colleges and universities engaging with terrorist groups; Books written by humans are getting their own certification; Teaches sues after getting fired for being opposed to book bans in schools; CNN’s Alex Marquardt doesn’t lose job after costing the company millions for defamation; and how one blogger created the the largest single-day stock drop in history.
Published on October 24, 2024
book marketing, diversify your writing income, promoting your writing, social media, writing career advice

If you’re not using Quora to promote your writing services and/or books, you’re missing out!