J.S. Warner's Blog
October 3, 2025
Beware of fake accounts
It's troubling when someone tries to friend/connect with me here and they're impersonating an author, especially since I'm an author myself and know exactly how this violates the community.
Just had two more attempts recently. Both accounts created this past September, bios claiming to be authors of specific books. Takes like 30 seconds of investigating to find the real author page, complete with the Goodreads Author seal and 7-10 years of history.
As someone with my own author page, this hits differently. These scammers are stealing someone's professional identity, potentially confusing readers, and making the rest of us look bad. What's the endgame? Phishing? Scamming readers? Building fake credibility?
If you're getting friend requests from "authors," always verify:
-The Goodreads Author badge (that official seal matters)
-Account age (established authors usually have older accounts)
-Actual engagement history: reviews, updates, legitimate activity
Fellow authors and readers, stay vigilant. Report these fake accounts when you spot them. We owe it to each other and to the real authors getting impersonated.
Just had two more attempts recently. Both accounts created this past September, bios claiming to be authors of specific books. Takes like 30 seconds of investigating to find the real author page, complete with the Goodreads Author seal and 7-10 years of history.
As someone with my own author page, this hits differently. These scammers are stealing someone's professional identity, potentially confusing readers, and making the rest of us look bad. What's the endgame? Phishing? Scamming readers? Building fake credibility?
If you're getting friend requests from "authors," always verify:
-The Goodreads Author badge (that official seal matters)
-Account age (established authors usually have older accounts)
-Actual engagement history: reviews, updates, legitimate activity
Fellow authors and readers, stay vigilant. Report these fake accounts when you spot them. We owe it to each other and to the real authors getting impersonated.
September 20, 2025
Book Reviews
Greetings To All!
Added a bunch of books to my "want-to-read" list today... except I've already read most of them.
This is totally intentional! Using it as my review queue so I can finally write up my thoughts on all these books I've been meaning to review.
Time to turn that reading backlog into a writing project. Reviews coming soon!
Added a bunch of books to my "want-to-read" list today... except I've already read most of them.
This is totally intentional! Using it as my review queue so I can finally write up my thoughts on all these books I've been meaning to review.
Time to turn that reading backlog into a writing project. Reviews coming soon!
September 18, 2025
New editions for The Our School Nurse Series
The Our School Nurse Series is currently in the process of being translated into Polish. Tentative completion date is January 1, 2026.
September 17, 2025
Editing
Just a quick update – I'm currently editing the next Zoe Vega Series short story, "STATIC", and I'm aiming to have it ready for Kindle publication by the end of October.
