When they come to you, ask yourself why
PS This is several hours early because CJ and Louisette and I will be travelling to Hong Kong tomorrow, and our housesitters have enough menial tasks to do without posting my blog for me.
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Here is an article from an extremely helpful website, Writer Beware. It’s solid advice, because it is all too easy for us wannabes to fall for scams.
“I don’t often write posts like this, because it’s really like shooting fish in a barrel. And there are so many red flags here that savvy writers may wonder why I bother. But there are a lot of new writers searching for agents, many of whom are probably new to Writer Beware, and may not yet be clear on what to watch out for. I also think it’s important, every now and then, to emphasize the basics of author self-protection–because as cataclysmically as the publishing landscape is changing, the basic warning signs remain the same.”
Felicity Banks 
W said,
March 23, 2012 at 11:55 pm
Bon voyage!
Louise Curtis said,
March 25, 2012 at 4:29 pm
W: It was!
Bonnee said,
March 25, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Have fun in Hong Kong, and I’ve found the Writer Beware blog to be quite interesting… definitely providing some good warnings, especially for new writers.
Louise Curtis said,
March 25, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Bonnee: There is a startling variety of scams on offer.