Victoria Strauss
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Victoria Strauss
@victoriastrauss.com
Author of novels fantastical & historical, avid gardener, co-founder of SFWA's pub industry watchdog Writer Beware. Casting a small light in a wilderness of writing scams (plus an occasional cat pic)

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Agreed. Recruiting opt-outs with the “up to $150,000” claim is extremely deceptive
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I have less than half the followers on Bluesky than I did on Xitter, and get three to four times the engagement (largely because I'm not penalized for posting links, which is what I'm mostly on here to do).
January 20, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Their parents are clearly pro-natalists
January 19, 2026 at 2:02 AM
It's the only "bad" plant in my garden, hopefully the garden gods will weigh it against all the natives...
January 19, 2026 at 2:01 AM
It's a burning bush--invasive, I know, but it was here when we bought the house 25 years ago and provides food and shelter for birds. When it turns red in the fall it looks like a Weirwood tree from Game of Thrones
January 18, 2026 at 11:32 PM
You have until March!
January 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Thanks to reports like yours, this companies has long been on my list of publishing scams from the Philippines
January 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM