The Power of Internet Presence for Writers - Beware the Writing Gurus

Often writing Gurus who have had minimal success go onto the Internet to find new writers to coach in order to make a little extra money, but beware of such writing Gurus, as the chances are they are full of bad advice and gimmicks. If a published writer needs to go onto the internet and start posting in forums, create pod casts and set up a blog to write on everyday to attract new writers to help coach or sell too, you should be suspicious of their expert status.

Does that mean all writers with a web presence are fraudulent or mis-representative of their abilities and expert status? No, but a huge number of them are. One writing guru goes around bragging about a 100,000 word novel and how it sold 350,000 copies? Well that is barely a break even point for most publishers, hardly a best seller or award winning novelist.

Even if it were an award winning work, do you realize how many silly clubs and writer's guilds there are giving awards these days? I bet you could get an award for a book on how to fix a toilet, seriously folks. Just do not be so gullible. Just because an author self-help, self-proclaimed writer has a website, social networking page, Blog or pod caste means nothing, unless their writing is successful, why would a newbie writer bother to listen?

It is amazing that new writers fall for these self-help writing gurus, perhaps it is because most writers have such low self-esteem, but leave it to the self-help writing scam artists to take their money. When it comes to writer self-help experts, keep a watchful eye out and do not be so quick to fall for their BS.