Calissa Leigh Writes

Think your life is bad? As a writer, you run into a lot of funny people. Sometimes you run into true stupid people. Editors don’t pay? Magazine stole your work? It used to be you had to fight the fight alone.

Not any more.

Angela Hoy takes on new fights almost weekly. Need someone to evaluate your side of the story? Check out her weekly Whispers and Warnings board.

For example:

http://forums.writersweekly.com/viewtopic.php?t=7072

Some fool thinks he can sue Writers Weekly for copy-pasting emails. (Yes, I made up a word there.)

I do like her style too. She just puts out the dirty laundry for everyone to see and then lets people decide. If she has an opinion, she’ll say it but she mostly just posts the results of her efforts on the board. She updates nearly every week, apparently not a week goes by that she doesn’t hear from someone about nonpaying publishers or foul play.

I think her fight for a good cause is great. She might even get you paid. Talk about your local hero, a true investigative reporter just for writers!
If you want a good laugh, just try reading some of the replies that some of these wackos send in. Makes you grateful when you have a good editor to work with!