Episode 30: We Saved This Author from a $50,000 “FOX Entertainment” and “WGA” SCAM!

The WritersWeekly Podcast · Dec 19, 2025 · 1h 1m

It was all coming together. His five-book series were going to become a movie!

A "literary agent" had reached out to him via email just last month.

Then, in emails shared with the author, that agent was negotiating between a “Fox Entertainment” executive, and a famous screenwriter (a member of the Writers Guild of America) who is currently in California, working on the next season of "NCIS."

The names checked out. The Fox executive and screenwriter were real people. The author had even seen a business card in the emails. And, he also had a Zoom video conference with the Fox executive. He'd…