8 New Agents and a New Literary Agency Actively Seeking Cookbooks, Memoir, Women's Fiction ... - Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity

They're looking for a lot of different material.

Panzer's first stop today was at the Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity site.

 

There, Erica Verrillo has posted a list of agents seeking clients.The agents are looking for writers in a variety of genres, including cookbooks, memoir, women's fiction and more. The list includes a bio and what each agent is looking for.

 

Panzer says, "Always read what an agent is looking for. You don't want to waste their time or yours by sending something they're not interested in."

 

Note: This is a long length post. Bring a big mug of cocoa and a big chocolate chip muffin to snack on.

 

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Some Rare Accountability for A Fake Literary Agency Operation - Writer Beware (R)

Always do the right thing.

Today Panzer went to the Writer Beware (R) site. There our traveling kitty boy found a post about a fake literary agency.

 

Victoria Strauss's post contains information about a Philippines company which was shut down by authorities. Employees of the company filed complaints with authorities about the company's illegal activities. The post also asks employees at other fake  agencies to file complaints against those companies as well.

 

Panzer says, "Just shows the bad guys do get caught some times."

 

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and two chocolate chip cookies (biscuits) to snack on while you read.

 

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Anatomy of a Fake Literary Agency Scam - Writer Beware(R)

Today, Panzer's first stop in the Catosphere was at the Writer Beware(R) site. There he found a post about fake literary agency scammers.

 

This is very important.

In her post Victoria Strass explains the steps the scammers go through to get writers to pay for their "services": Starting with contacting the writer, progressing to appealing to the writer's dreams of fame, wealth and success, followed by recommending the agency's services to make all those happen. The post has examples from a fake literary agency's direct contact with writers, advertising through letters and brochures and social media platforms.

 

Panzer says, "Always listen to your Mom and don't talk to strangers."

 

Note: This is a long post. Bring a cup of tea, a muffin and a chocolate chip cookie for today's reading selection.

 

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Reverberations Continue in Donadio & Olson Embezzlement Scandal - Publishers Weekly

Today's trip into the Catosphere took Panzer to the Publishers Weekly site. With a little digging around in the posts our intrepid kitty reporter found a post about the Donadio and Olson literary agency bookkeeper scandal.

He did it for seven years?

According to Rachel Deahl, the Donadio and Olson literary agency's bookkeeper was just convicted of embezzling from the agency and it's authors. Darrin Webb, the bookkeeper, pleaded guilty to embezzling $3.3 million over seven years. The bookkeeper did this by altering authors' royalty statements and not sending checks based on those statements or altering the statements to show lesser amounts owed and then sending checks for the lesser amount or by not sending royalty statements or checks at all. Apparently, the bookkeeper was able to do this because no one was checking his work. A lawyer is now involved on behave on some of the authors to try to determine what the authors' options are. Included in the post are some things authors who use literary agencies can do to protect themselves from fraud.

Panzer says, "This little kitty would never trust anyone else to be in charge of his finances."

Note: This is a h-u-m-o-n-g-o-u-s length post. Bring a thermos of tea and a dozen muffins for today's reading selection.

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