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In this episode, Angela and Brian do a deep dive into the non-profit organization known as "NaNoWriMo" (National Novel Writing Month), and their recent announcement that they would be shutting down. 

Did financial mismanagement bring about their demise? Or was it a failure to address alleged accusations that a child groomer was on their forum? Could it have been their stance on AI being used in writing that caused a rebellion among its faithful disciples? Or, did the organization simply "WOKE" itself into irrelevancy?

We look at where the organization's money went, NaNoWriMo's core culture, controversies between the organization and its followers, and how it responded (or didn't respond) to concerns about its online forums. 

Join us as we explore why a benevolent and praiseworthy movement seems to have turned into a huge, mismanaged social experiment that collapsed under its own weight.

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In this second part to our scam episode, Angela and Brian discuss steps the WritersWeekly team have been taking to combat the prolific rise in international publishing scams, and specific steps YOU can take to make sure that a 'publishing company' you may be looking into isn't a scam operation. 

Also, something odd happened during the recording of this episode. Listen carefully around the 14 min 5 second point. What do you think you hear? We'll be telling the whole story on Thursday in the "From The Home Office" column of WritersWeekly.com!

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In our first episode, Angela and Brian tackle the astronomical rise in scams that target writers and authors. These criminals from outside the US are using professional looking websites, social media, and direct messaging to lure people in with the promise of writing related services at bargain-basement prices. But look out! Once they have your money, you're not getting it back - or any of the promised services. 

These scammers are claiming to offer book publishing, ghost-writing services, editing, website and SEO services, cover design, interior formatting ... the list goes on and on. 

In this pilot episode, Angela and Brian discuss:

• The scope of the problem
• Stories from victims they have personally communicated with
• What tactics these criminals are using to steal your money
• The efforts the WritersWeekly team have been making to fight this problem
• How Facebook is involved, (and, in our opinion, complicit) in the problem
• Signs you can look for to know if a "publisher" is actually a scam artist
• Things you can do to protect yourself

This podcast episode might very well save you from losing THOUSANDS of dollars!

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