Writerspace Identity Theft

Members of Writerspace, Alert!

If you haven't heard, and you were EVER a member of Writerspace, read this now....

WRITERSPACE, a website that's been around since the dawn of time, has apparently been hacked by Lulzsec, and has had over sixty thousand (60,000) usernames and passwords released into the wild.  Given the propensity of so many of my clients to use the same username and password for everything (you know you do--you all tell me about it when we're yakking on the phone), and the age of WRITERSPACE, which has been around since the 90's, it seems like a good idea for me to tell you about it.  If you haven't heard about it, haven't read about it, and don't know that people can use this info to try to hack into your FB, Twitter, etc., accounts, then you should get to reading here

Coincidentally--or not--writer and immensely successful "how-to" author Holly Lisle, whose website is a beehive of activity, emailed everyone just 48 hours ago to tell them that her FB account had been hacked, and that thousands of people had been spammed.  I wonder if Holly is a victim of the WRITERSPACE hack?  Her situation is dire, as Facebook--being themselves--of course seem to have simply denied her access to her own account, so she can't even attempt to fix it.  Before this happens to you:  change your passwords.  I know, I know...but do it anyway

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T'was the Night Before Christmas... 

 (With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore, may he forgive my doggerel...)

...and all through the shop,
all we minions were working,
   until ready to drop.

The ebooks were flying,
the covers were spare,
The edits were crazy,
   with "one more thing I must share!"

We waited for Santa,
'Cuz we love old Saint Nick,
But Hitch made us work,
   Waving 'round an old stick!

So slave we all did,
And made all your books,
So that Hitch would say now,
   that we're off the hook.

Come today we're off,
to rest up our fingers,
Our hats we will doff,
   No books they do linger.

But we'll all be back,
Don't give it a thought,
for like all wage slaves,
   we're easily bought.

We'll be back on the fifth,
all eager and fresh,
All ready for you,
   after a well-deserved rest.

So Hitch wants to say,
very strongly and loud,
THANKS ALL YOU GUYS,
  you're the best type of crowd.

Indy and Len and Hitch and the gang,
will be back on the 5th,
to do books with a BANG!

In the meantime don't worry,
if you're in a hurry,
'cuz some poor guy got stuck
   sitting here like a duck.

Your emails we'll receive,
so no need to grieve.
We'll be a bit slow,
but we're raring to go.

Your books will be worked on,
your edits still made,
we're just resting a bit,
   before we all fade.

So please excuse the delays;
It won't be for days;
we'll jump on your queries,
   for your wondrous new series.

We waited for Santa,
'Cuz we love old St. Nick,
And sure 'nuff he came,
   It wasn't a trick.

And as he rode off,
into the night,
I could swear I heard Hitch yell,
   "That Edit's Not Right!"

~~~~~~~~~~

We'll be back on the morning of January 5th; we'll be here parttime between now and then, thanks.