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Victoria Strauss
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Post Number: 49
Registered: 11-2003

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Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 09:49 am:

Hello, Writers:

Have you had experience with S.T. Literary Agency? Writer Beware wants to
know about it.

If you have been a client of S.T. Literary Agency, please write us about your
experience in either email or hardcopy.

Please tell us about:

1. What fees you were charged, and what they were for.

2. What communications you received from S.T. while you were a client.

3. What S.T. Literary Agency told you they were going to do for you as a
result of the fees you paid, or what they claimed they had already done as a
result of the fees you paid.

Please be prepared to provide documentation for what you tell us.

Also, please provide full contact information...your name, address, phone
number. (Writer Beware keeps all correspondence in confidence, unless we receive
your permission to divulge information provided.)

We realize that this "agency" has caused feelings to run high, so a brief
caveat is in order. Writer Beware is not interested in receiving opinions,
rants, or hearsay about S.T. Literary Agency. Please stick with facts that can be
documented.

You can reach Writer Beware by email at:

beware@sfwa.org

Our mailing address is:

Victoria Strauss
P.O. Box 1216
Amherst, MA 01004

Writing to us will help Writer Beware to do our job -- help writers avoid
questionable agents and publishers.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Best,

-Ann C. Crispin
Chair, SFWA Committee on Writing Scams
Writer Beware
www.writerbeware.com

www.victoriastrauss.com
www.writerbeware.com

Laurel Johnson
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Post Number: 3008
Registered: 01-2002

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Posted on Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 08:16 am:

Victoria -

A writer I know who signed with STL tried to send an email to the writer beware email listed in your post and it bounced back.

Laurel Johnson
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Posted on Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 08:31 am:

I tried to forward her email to the addy I have on you and it bounced back too. How can this woman send you her info?

priceless1
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Post Number: 144
Registered: 03-2004

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Posted on Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 10:05 am:

I have nothing to offer on this account as I've already given you what I know, Victoria. My reason for posting is to thank you for the service you provide. We had two submissions by this agency. At the time I felt it odd that an agent would submit to us since we don't have an agents-only policy. We've already had that debate with some heat before, so I won't go down that path again.

My point is that all of us have a reputation to uphold and it's people like you who do us the great service of weeding out the crooks. Cudos to you for your part.

And, again, cudos to CE for providing a space in which we can all learn and be aware.

Lynn

Lynn
behlerpublications.com
lynnprice.net

Victoria Strauss
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Post Number: 50
Registered: 11-2003

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Posted on Friday, May 21, 2004 - 02:23 pm:

Thanks for the support, Lynn. It's much appreciated.

Laurel, I got the e-mail you forwarded to my personal e-mail address. This lady doesn't sound unhappy, so maybe I'll just write and say that if she decides she isn't satisfied to contact me.

Sometimes my SFWA mailbox fills up and bounces messages--I think that must be what happened.

- Victoria

www.victoriastrauss.com
www.writerbeware.com

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