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EXTREME WARNING ABOUT Beacon Chapter Circle / Calla Rowan

Published on May 22, 2026 author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, Publishing Scams, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing, writing scams

A fake name, a fake picture, a fake “financial assistant,” illegal impersonation, and SO MUCH MORE!

How Angela Got a Facebook Scammer’s 3 Bank Accounts Shut Down! – By Brian Whiddon, Managing Editor

Published on May 14, 2026 author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, legal, social media, writing scams

Angela ACTUALLY wrote to the scammer, “I thought you were a woman? You have very hairy arms!”

How Pre-Release Book Publicity Can Actually HURT your Book Sales!

Published on May 13, 2026 author, book marketing, editing, Networking, Print on demand, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing, write that book

What is “Banner Blindness,” and why should you avoid it at ALL COSTS?

Can Mark Zuckerberg End Up in Prison? – by Christophe Boeraeve, Advocaat (Attorney) at the Brussels Bar (OBFG)

Published on May 1, 2026 legal, social media

The most explicit statutory pathway to prison for a tech CEO exists, right now, in British law…

AUTHOR BEWARE: Clever Ways Foreign Scammers are Taking Your Personal Info., Your Book, AND Your Money! – by Rickey Pittman

Published on April 30, 2026 author scams, book marketing, social media, writing scams

Using AI and social engineering, scammers are becoming more and more sophisticated in their methods to steal YOUR MONEY. Learn how to protect yourself!

CRIMINAL CONSEQUENCES for Mark Zuckerberg? – by James M. Walsh, Esq.

Published on April 24, 2026 legal, social media

Meta and Mark Zuckerberg are now facing criminal charges in Sweden.

EPISODE 40: From 14-Year-Old Runaway, to Soldier, to Cop, to the Managing Editor of WritersWeekly.com. How did he do it? GRAPHIC WARNING AT 1 HOUR, 3 MINUTES! (1:03)

Published on April 16, 2026 author, backstories, book marketing, Print on demand, self-publishing, social media, storytelling, writing career advice

GRAPHIC WARNING AT 1 HOUR, 3 MINUTES! (1:03)

Meta Removes Legitimate Legal Ads from Facebook and Instagram, But Allows Scam Ads to Keep Running! – by James M. Walsh, Esq.

Published on April 13, 2026 author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, legal, social media, writing scams

META IS RUNNING SCARED!

DON’T MISS THIS HILARIOUS ONE! Scammed By A “Fellow Author?” Don’t Get Mad, Get Even… – by Marsh Rose

Published on April 8, 2026 author scams, complaints, humor, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, social media, writing career advice, writing scams

When I left my prison job, I never expected to find another population so cunning. Then, I became an author…

Children Aren’t the Only Ones Being Sexploited by Scammers. It’s Happened to Some Authors, Too! By Donna Deines

Published on March 20, 2026 author, author scams, legal, social media, writing scams

Some authors have admitted to us that they got “romantically involved” with their new “publisher,” and were later extorted in ways explained in this article.