Exposed: How a Fellow Author’s Shady Scam Turned into the Ultimate Payback – You Won’t Believe What Happened Next!
[They seem to be the ones getting stressed out.]
From: (My name)
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2026 2:39 PM
Of course, of course! But as you surely are aware, fictitious offers are legendary, and it’s wise to be cautious, especially when they purport to originate from one of the Big Five publishers. HarperCollins is not known to recruit unknown authors. Oh…you seem to have confused me with someone else. Again.
[And they’re gone.]
The Fake Macmillan
If you’re a writer hoping to be published, you may have seen a standard rejection letter. Didn’t you want to return the favor? Didn’t you want to tell a publisher to go fluff themselves? I did just that. My target was St. Martin’s Press, an imprint of the mighty Macmillan, another of the Big Five. Well, the faux version, but still…so satisfying.
