Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association" in English language version.
You don't have to be a genre writer to benefit from this excellent site and its Writer Beware blog. Its mission is to "track, expose, and raise awareness of the prevalence of fraud and other questionable activities in and around the publishing industry." They say that they "maintain an extensive database of questionable literary agents, publishers, independent editors, writers' services, contests, publicity services, and others." If you have a complaint about a company you have worked with or a question you can email them at beware@sfwa.org.
Ms. Crispin served 10 years as eastern regional director of the writers' group and helped found the watchdog committee called Writer Beware in 1998. Writer Beware is a group that alerts people to online scams of would-be agents and publishers, seeking to entrap and defraud would-be writers unfamiliar with the publishing world. Ms. Crispin helped uncover hundreds of cases, testified in court, and assisted the FBI and prosecutors in sending several scam artists to prison.
