A confession, or How Jeaniene Got Chewed While Swimming With Sharks

kris_reisz</lj>has a great post up today on scams that aspiring authors should avoid. Here I'll admit to a deep, secret shame: when I first started writing, I got suckered by two out of the three scams that he lists. If you want to read all about what happened with me, see beneath the cut. If you want to skip that and just hear about the scams Kris mentions, go to link at the bottom of the post :).


Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, and i r dumb.


Years ago, when I quit procrastinating and