Novelist, co-founder of SFWA's pub industry watchdog Writer Beware. No longer active on X. To contact me or Writer Beware, go to @victoriastrauss.bsky.social
New #WriterBeware blog post: An update on the historic Bartz v. Anthropic settlement. It's been preliminarily approved by the court, but many questions remain about the claims process, the timeline, and exactly which works are included
New #WriterBeware blog post: this story of complaints & conflicts of interest at UK publisher Fortis Publishing highlights how important it is for there to be firewalls between agenting, publishing, & adjunct services, when offered by one person or company writerbeware.blog/2025/08/22/aut…