Writer Beware: Writing Scams and How to Avoid Them
Saturday, March 26. 10-11AM – This webinar is now available as a recording
Hosted by Michael Capobianco
Members – $25
Non-members – $35
Students – $10
Writer Beware, a service of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, has researched every sort of scam, cheat, and outright theft perpetrated on authors for more than 25 years. This webinar will cover some of the most insidious and will give tips on how to avoid them. Topics covered include agent scams, bogus publishers, and terrible contests.
Michael Capobianco served as President of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) from 1996 to 1998 and again from 2007-2008. In addition to being a Writer Beware staffer, he currently serves as Chair of the SFWA Contracts Committee. Capobianco has published two solo science fiction novels, Purlieu and Burster, and is co-author, with William Barton, of the hard sf books Iris, Alpha Centauri, Fellow Traveler, and White Light, as well as several short stories and magazine articles on exploration of the solar system.