The Writer As Victim
Naiveté, desperation, eagerness. What does that spell to you? To me it spells V-I-C-T-I-M. It can also spell W-R-I-T-E-R. A writer eager to find a publisher, desperate for an agent, naive enough to sign any contract that seems to promise publication. And that’s just the dirt on top. Dig a little deeper and you’ll find all kinds of “opportunities” to promote, sell, distribute or otherwise handle a writer’s opus—for a fee. I have been a writer all my professional life and a pub
