In her post Recourse for Laray Carr writers, Katharine Swan touches on an article I’d planned on mentioning.

In this week’s Writers Weekly, Angela Hoy tackles a timely topic: More Than One Way to Expose a Deadbeat

Having previously read her 2005 article Deadbeat Editor Giving You The Run-Around?, which tells writers the advantages of reporting non-payers to the WritersWeekly’s Whispers and Warnings Forum (http://forums.writersweekly.com/), I was happy to see Angela’s article More Than One Way to Expose a Deadbeat. This new article gives a lot more guidance on how and where to report deadbeats, from warning boards for writers to the FBI.

As I’ve said here before, and as Katharine says in her blog post, anyone who’s been taken by Laray Carr will likely not see a dime. However, Angela’s advice of “there are ways to make a publisher pay, if not in money, in embarrassment” sounds good to me, especially in this case. Since the man behind the scam is constantly changing his name in attempt to scam even more people, you’ll also be doing a service to your fellow freelancers by reporting your dealings with LCP.

In general, whomever the deadbeat, Angela’s advice is certainly worth the read.