Editor’s Choice December 2024 News You Might Have Missed

How ‘parts work’ therapy can help with stress and trauma: Shots – Health News: NPR
The holidays can be stressful—did I get the right gift, the right size, the right color, the right toy? Is the house clean enough, can we get through a meal without snarky remarks or hints of how to better ourselves when we think we’re ‘better enough’ as we are? Take a few minutes to listen and see if this podcast from NPR can help you stress less and enjoy more.


Bogus Offers Solicit Personal Information
Did you get an offer for your book? To make a movie of your story? Check the spelling and the email address before getting excited. That’s not the way legitimate companies find authors. Macmillan is the proper spelling for the publishing company—McMillan is a scam. Amazon and other companies are often used. Never send money or agree to anything. You won’t regret it.


HarperCollins AI Licensing Deal – The Authors Guild


21 Ways Authors Use Reader Magnets to Grow Subscribers by Rick Burnes
Ideas include offer a free book on your home page, share bonus material, and a lot more.


Behind the Darkness: True Crime
February 7, 2025 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm The event is free for women’s club members, and a suggested $10 donation for nonmembers.


Piracy Warning! Ocean of PDF
In violation of the DMCA federal law, this site was taken down in 2018, only to reappear again. Check your titles—authors are reporting some or all of their titles were pirated to this site.
To write to the federal agency in charge of intellectual property, use IPRcenter@dhs.gov.
Ask your publishers to do the same. If you’re a member of the Authors Guild, check with them as well.

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