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I give this spammer a D-
Look, they're not even trying anymore.
The book's title is LITANY FOR BROKEN WORLD.
Not LITANCY FOR A BROKE and not Litany for the Broken Heart.
And what professional introduces themselves with an initial instead of a surname?
Ahh, all this promotion and buzz for just a one-time fee. A bargain at twice the price.
I don't know whether to laugh or scream - this is scam email number 100-something I've received in just the past few weeks.
Are they even trying anymore??
http://blog.ljcohen.net/2025/08/another-one-and-headscratcher.html
“You warn about so many bad literary agents and publishers, why don’t you ever tell us about the good ones?” It’s a question Writer Beware has been getting for almost as long as we’ve been around, from writers bewildered about where to go for reliable information, frustrated by the abundance of author-focused schemes and scams,Read More
A little while ago, I wrote a post on the anatomy of fake literary agency scams. This post focuses on their somewhat less common, but equally pernicious, sibling: fake film company scams. Here’s how it works. A film company–with a website and everything–calls or emails out of the blue with a tempting offer: your bookRead More
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