I can’t be the only one getting these emails, but no one else has mentioned them yet.

Every blessed morning, I get at least one or two messages from representatives of Publishing Houses or Literary Agents. All promising to successfully market one or another of my books.

These emails are long, well-written, and sincere. Full of interesting information and comments about my books. They include detailed explanations of how my work could be better.

Extensive knowledge of my life and writing would indicate a lot of research work on our website, colorful and descriptive praise of past posts, indicating a thorough investigation of me and everything I have ever done. Impressive, to say the least.

Reading all this praise really boosts your ego. It’s hard not to get carried away with the charm of it all. So far, as I can’t bear to delete them all, I have been saving them to a file. Just to read them all again, you understand.

They sound so genuine, but I suspect they aren’t. I mean, who shook the helpful tree and sent them all to me?


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10 responses to “False Prophets?”

  1. I hate to burst your bubble but these emails are all AI written and the senders are using fake names. Most are coming from Nigeria. My advice: Dint click on any links. Delete and block. I get lots of them daily. My blocked list is getting long. Don’t fall for it. However, they do give us some good wording to use in advertising.

    1. No bubble to burst, Jan. I knew they were spam!

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    Hi, Jaye! Nice to meet you again. Sorry for the delay, but the days flow and my mind struggles to follow. Lol Great news indeed. But i also think this isn`t very real. Have you ever thought on AI? Make a test, upload the saved emails (printed to pdf) and let ChatGpt – or a AI instance of your choice – proof it. Best wishes, Michael

    1. I think I always knew they weren’t real. I mean, you don’t get something for nothing these days, do you?

  3. What Darlene said. Send them to spam or just delete.
    I admit I saved one because it said such wonderful things about one of my books, but I had no intention of engaging with the sender.

    1. Dream material, Audrey…

  4. They are definitely scams. We writers are all getting them.

  5. I get them, though most end up in spam before I am even aware they are there. Haven’t saved any but I have read a couple…

  6. We have all been getting these over the past few months. I get about 5 a day. The first couple were flattering. Now they are annoying and get blocked and deleted immediatly. They are definetly written by AI using information scraped from our websites, blogs, reviews, and books. Terrible.

    1. It should be illegal…

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