My first scam "influencer"!
What do I win?
I’ve seen chatter lately from other writers about scam spam they’ve received from fake editors, influencers, and publishers offering very helpful services, often for things that are already published. I’m in a couple of anthologies, but don’t have a novel out yet, so I thought I was immune.
Nope.
Apparently doing some research on romance tropes, definitions of “heat levels”, and other related topics got me on a list somewhere. I probably came from one of the blogs/websites I visited where perky young writers offered me lists of things to help with my research. Whoever you are: knock it off. I will not be going back to any of the sites I visited yesterday, except maybe Medium, because of you. And this is using the Duck browser!
Anyway… This morning this glorious email appeared in my inbox. It’s totally not AI generated, I swear. Just look at it! It’s perfect.
That subject line is certainly eye-catching. Is it a tag line for “my” novel, his passionate fervor for my work, or a pitch to represent a large body of water? Not sure.
“Daisy and Her Duckling” sounds like a cute kid’s book I would totally write, but I’ve never yet written a children’s book.
“I truly believe more families would fall in love with it the moment they discover it.” I agree! It’s going to have to wait until I write that there book, though.
I love the signature image. I love the fake auto-generated name. It’s one of those “here’s a word generated by aliens who don’t speak Earthly languages but it kind of sounds plausible” things. Dear “Harrislacety,” where is the “Conley” from your email address?
What community is Harrislacetyconly a “Community reader” for?
Most importantly, he is apparently a harbinger of—something—for said community. “Community Harbinger” is a very ominous thing to put in your sig line. Maybe he should pic a more serious, less cheery photo to go with it.