Aren’t you the lucky ones, Australia?
November 15th 2010 10:07
If you’re a writer, like me, and you research the Internet, like me, I bet you’re wondering when those scammers who plagued, bleach and strip the USA writers, arrive here.
I give us another year or two of freedom, then they’ll be here.
We’re a small nation (population, 21 Million, give or take a few). We’re creative. Somebody is going to come here and milk the creative Australian cow.
The trouble is, all of us have a unique story to tell. All of us believe we have one good book in us. This is what the scammers rely on, our vanity. We DO have wonderful stories to tell. This is a nation who triumphed through adversity, a nation who recognises the past generations of Indigenous people with equality. Not all the way, but we’re working on it.
I’ve been following the plethora of writing scams in the USA, because that’s where most originate, for years. Even today, I’m blasted by a new twist to an old scam. It happens often. I’m a fiction writer, my work is suffering as I’m overwhelmed by the sheer cruelty of these companies/sites who rip off writers – rip them off when they are most vulnerable.
I’ve been burned, handed over money and done it again, and again. To writing communities, mostly in the USA – one in the UK. I desperately needed feedback, response to my writing.
To be continued: Soon – next week?
MAYBE
I give us another year or two of freedom, then they’ll be here.
We’re a small nation (population, 21 Million, give or take a few). We’re creative. Somebody is going to come here and milk the creative Australian cow.
The trouble is, all of us have a unique story to tell. All of us believe we have one good book in us. This is what the scammers rely on, our vanity. We DO have wonderful stories to tell. This is a nation who triumphed through adversity, a nation who recognises the past generations of Indigenous people with equality. Not all the way, but we’re working on it.
I’ve been following the plethora of writing scams in the USA, because that’s where most originate, for years. Even today, I’m blasted by a new twist to an old scam. It happens often. I’m a fiction writer, my work is suffering as I’m overwhelmed by the sheer cruelty of these companies/sites who rip off writers – rip them off when they are most vulnerable.
I’ve been burned, handed over money and done it again, and again. To writing communities, mostly in the USA – one in the UK. I desperately needed feedback, response to my writing.
To be continued: Soon – next week?
MAYBE
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