The WritersWeekly Podcast
From the creators of WritersWeekly.com, the WritersWeekly Podcast delves into everything involving professional writing. WritersWeekly.com has been helping and informing writers and authors for over 25 years. We cover book publishing, article writing, getting writing gigs, paying markets, writing technology, etc.
Episodes
52 episodes
Episode 52 - 4 Industry Professionals Discuss Scams, Author Egos, and AI
This week, we have two guests onboard, and the conversation takes many turns, with PLENTY OF LAUGHS! Stacey Smekofske and Troy Lambert are popular and respected writing and publishing professionals who also host the "Pr...
EPISODE 51: AI ABOMINATION! AI Companies are Buying Millions of Rare Books, Scanning Them, and Then SHREDDING THEM!!!
ALERT! One of the most disturbing articles we found (from one of the players in this travesty) has already been removed from the Internet. However, we located it on the Wayback Machine! We include a link to that under this episode at Writers...
EPISODE 50: Real Stories of Authors Who Saved Thousands After Contacting WritersWeekly About Potential Publishing Scams
Our favorite professor, editor, and book marketer, Clayton Jones, joins us again for this episode! He is a HOOT!!!In the “News from the Home Office” part at the beginning of the episode, we describe how Bigfoot has returned to...
Episode 49: Authors Who Argued with Us Before, During, and After Getting Scammed
Have you ever found yourself in the following situation?Someone comes to you to ask your opinion about some decision they are trying to make. Maybe it's dating or marriage advice. Maybe it's something about their career. Perhaps it has ...
Episode 48: Misery: Real Authors Who Have Been Stalked
Music: "Light Rays" used with permission from Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters.https://theboxmasters.com/store Do you remember the movie based on the Stephen King novel "Misery?"An author is st...
Episode 47 - The WritersWeekly Weird & Fun Book & Author Trivia Game
We decided to have a silly episode.Clayton Jones and Brian go head to head to see who knows more about little factoids in the literary world. How many of Angela's questions can YOU answer? Join us for fun, laughs,...
EPISODE 46: How to Earn Thousands Per Month in Book Royalties - PART 2 of 2
Guest: Gary Sturgis, The International Bestselling Author of Surviving Grief – 365 Days a YearIn this episode, we continue our interview with BookLocker.com's international bestselling author Gary Sturgis!Do you have a book on t...
EPISODE 45: How to Earn Thousands Per Month in Book Royalties
Guest: Gary Sturgis, The International Bestselling Author of Surviving Grief - 365 Days a Year Do you have a book on the market that's not accumulating the sales you'd like to see? It's likely due to your marketing strategy, ...
Episode 44: How to Get Free Book Reviews from Popular Reviewers Who Have THOUSANDS of Followers!
You've heard us say it over and over again: DO NOT PAY FOR BOOK REVIEWS! So, what is an author supposed to do? Wait around, hoping for readers who might decide to take the time to review their book? Beg people on social media for po...
EPISODE 43: 16 Possible Reasons Why Amazon KDP Permanently Closed Your Account (but they won’t tell YOU why!)
Approximately 90% of banned Amazon KDP accounts are never reinstated! We were recently contacted by yet ANOTHER terminated Amazon KDP author. His unpaid royalties are $38K (!!!), and there is NOTHING he can do to get his acco...
Episode 42 - Stupid Author Tricks!!
In this episode, Professor Clayton Jones joins us again! Being an English Professor at the University of Tennessee, a professional editor, AND a professional book marketer, he’s seen it ALL! And, so has Angela, who has been in the business for ...
EPISODE 41: Dangers Lurking in PLAIN SIGHT on Facebook Author Groups! DON’T BE THE NEXT VICTIM!
Could that very active fellow Facebook author group member really be a SCAMMER? Chances are pretty high THEY ARE! Publishing scammers have infiltrated Facebook’s author groups to perform DATA MINING! What’s the problem, you as...
Episode 40: From 14-Year-Old Runaway, to Cop, to the Managing Editor of WritersWeekly.com. GRAPHIC WARNING AT 1 HOUR, 3 MINUTES! (1:03)
In Episode 10 of the WritersWeekly Podcast (one of our most popular ones!), you heard the story of how Angela Hoy started WritersWeekly.com as a young, single mother, with MANY challenges along the way. Those included skipping meals early on to...
Episode 39 - Authors Who Had to Pay THOUSANDS After Being Sued
In this episode, Angela and Brian share real stories about lawsuits that were filed against authors, and how those proceedings affected them financially…and otherwise.So many authors feel that, even if they get sued, they might win…so, ...
Episode 38: We Scambaited a Nigerian Scammer and HILARITY ENSUED!!!
If you hate scammers, you're gonna LOVE this episode!Angela actually convinced this scammer to write an ARTICLE telling all about how he fools people into thinking he is a book marketer/freelance writer based in the USA, and convinces t...
Episode 37: BEWARE! Fake "Services" Offered to Authors by Scammers
In this episode, Angela and Brian go over the latest “services” that international scammers have dreamed up to suck authors’ bank accounts dry. They will even tell you that not buying some of these services could land you in jail!
Episode 36 - "Why is Getting My Book Published So Scary?" Don't go it alone!!
Traditional publishing? Self-publishing? Hybrid publishing? What's best for YOUR book? Is your manuscript even ready for publication? Who can help you determine that, ensuring a polished manuscript, and the best possible chance for future sales...
Episode 35: Prolific Author of 18 Books, Rickey Pittman, Shares His Secrets about Writing AND Book Selling!
In this episode, we are joined by BookLocker.com author, Rickey Pittman, The Bard of the South! Rickey is an author, musician, storyteller, historian, and college professor. His major focus is on Southern America. He unearths...
EPISODE 34: When Fake 1-Star “Book Reviews” Are Actually Character Assassinations of Authors
Have YOU, too, received a bad book review that was all about you and not about your book at all? JOIN THE CLUB! In this episode, we share several real examples sent to us by authors who have been the victims of this...
Episode 33 - Tough 91-Year-Old Author of 5 Books Refuses to Bow to Scammer's Extortion Attempts!
In this week's episode, Brian and Angela welcome friendly and feisty Bob Wahl to the podcast!Bob is 91 years young, and is the author of five books. He contacted a company called Authors Hike / Authors...
Episode 32 - Walkthrough: Our Scam-Detection Process Explained Step by Step
Could this publisher be a scammer???We keep receiving emails asking this exact question DOZENS of times every week. Now, in this Episode, using the examples of Ashbery.com, NYBookPublishers.com, and McGilliganpublishing.com, ...
Episode 31: Another Brave Publishing Scam Victim Shares Her Story After Losing $18K
Michaele Aldophe had a heart-wrenching but also hopeful and faith-filled story to tell the world.As a 14-year-old migrant from Haiti, Michaele (Mickka) was raised by her abusive father. She grew up, graduated from college, got married, a...
Episode 30: We Saved This Author from a $50,000 “FOX Entertainment” and “WGA” SCAM!
It was all coming together. His five-book series were going to become a movie!A "literary agent" had reached out to him via email just last month. Then, in emails shared with the author, that agent was negotiating ...
Episode 29: AWKWARD! When Friends and Family Lie About Having Bought Your Book
We've heard it a thousand times: "I KNOW my mother (father, sister, brother, Uncle Cletus, Aunt Ethel, etc.) bought my book! Where are my royalties?!"And, a thousand times over, we've had to break it to an author: "We're sorry but your ...
Episode 28 - I was a Teacher - and a CIA Spy. Interview with author Linda Allison
Please excuse the audio quality on this episode. You can hear and understand the conversation perfectly, but we had a technical glitch with the microphones. As a result, our audio went through the computer microphone rather than our professiona...