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Today I hardened this site against spam registrations.

As of now certain email domains which have been used exclusively for spam will be silently rejected. While this will not stop all spam, it should slow it down.

Great minds…

I think you must have been reporting this while I was marking the user as spam. The spam group has gone now.

Like I said, I usually get them pretty quickly. The spammers really should just give up.

I’ve just started looking into this myself.

My advice would be to think about what you need to say to potential readers. At the very least I would suggest a “why I am wonderful” page (aka “about me”). I’d also think about a press pack – images, quotes, and so forth that a press enquiry might need.

Here’s a post on creating an about…Read more

If you do make it you could always bring it to a writers’ group that you trust (he says knowing we both attend the same one) and get some feedback in person.

FYI: There is another spam group “Chiropractors Attention Tips You Need To Know About”.

The very short answer is: No. There are no unsuitable topics.

The longer answer is that it depends on your readership. If you have invested the time building up a following you should be aware of the hard limits of the readership.

Bta readers are good and useful. Especially in the early stages of novel revision. In fact, I offer a paid beta reading service myself because I believe they can make a huge difference. However beta readers are not always the best proofreaders and editors are, again, a separate and special breed of helpful persons.

I covered the differences a…Read more