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100 Must-read books on analytics, design, information architecture, usability and of course UX Bookmark this page, now! You’ll want to refer to it again and again. And be sure to share it with your cool UX friends too! These are the books that...
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Productivity is a process. Before you can sit down and do things, you have to sit down and plan to do things. Which is why your ability to get things done tomorrow depends heavily on your ability to organize, schedule, and reflect today. Below, we...
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Exploiting Illegal Immigration: The Essence Of Sedition
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Spooky Phishing Scam Targets Traditionally-Published Writers

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® The New York Times has published the story of a strange international phishing scam: unknown actors targeting traditionally-published writers, posing as their agents or editors to obtain copies of their...
Attack of the Fake Literary Agencies: West Literary Agency, Stellar Literary Press and Media

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® Much of what I'm going to talk about in this post, I think most of my readers already know. But I'm getting so many questions about these two scam "agencies"--both of which seem to be super-active right...
#Audiblegate: How Audible-ACX Returns Policy Penalizes Authors

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® Do you have audiobooks on Audible, either through your publisher or via ACX? If so, you'll want to head over to author Susan May's blog. What follows is a long, detailed account of how Audible-ACX has been...
Disssecting a Scam: The Literary Scout Impersonator

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® I've written several posts about a fairly new phenomenon in the world of writing scams: scammers that falsely use the names of reputable publishing professionals, including literary agents and publishers...
Bad Contest Terms: T.A. Barron's Once Upon A Villain Flash Fiction Contest

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® Popular YA/MG author T.A. Barron is running a flash fiction contest. Stories must be 750 words or fewer, and the contest is accepting submissions through Friday, October 23. Three winners will receive prize...

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Writer Beware®: The Blog: Venerable Vanity Publisher Vantage Press Closes Its Doors

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware This post has been updated. There's another big-money writing competition in town: The Short Story Project's My Best Story contest. The Short Story ...

Writer Beware®: The Blog: Vetting an Independent Editor

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware I often receive questions from writers who are looking to hire an independent editor to polish their manuscripts, either for self-publication or for submi...