BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20270107T170000Z DTEND:20270107T174500Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Is Your Creative Business Hacker-Proof? Practical Cybersecurity for Authors & Artists DESCRIPTION:Writers spend their careers spotting a good story\, so why are so many of us fooled by a bad one? From fake literary agents demanding "reading fees" to predatory publishing contracts dressed up as standard boilerplate\, scammers have built an entire playbook around exploiting the hopes of authors at every career stage. In this session\, author Mary Keane speaking not as an outside expert but as a fellow writer who's navigated this terrain breaks down the most common illegal and pseudo-legal schemes targeting writers today: how to recognize the warning signs before you sign anything\, what legitimate agents and publishers will (and won't) ask of you\, and where to go for help if something's already gone wrong. Whether you're querying your first manuscript or negotiating your fifth contract\, you'll leave with a practical checklist for protecting your work and yourself. Price: FREE. An EDC SBDC webinar. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Writers spend their careers spotting a good story\, so why are so many of us fooled by a bad one? From fake literary agents demanding "\;reading fees"\; to predatory publishing contracts dressed up as standard boilerplate\, scammers have built an entire playbook around exploiting the hopes of authors at every career stage. In this session\, author Mary Keane &mdash\; speaking not as an outside expert but as a fellow writer who'\;s navigated this terrain &mdash\; breaks down the most common illegal and pseudo-legal schemes targeting writers today: how to recognize the warning signs before you sign anything\, what legitimate agents and publishers will (and won'\;t) ask of you\, and where to go for help if something'\;s already gone wrong. Whether you'\;re querying your first manuscript or negotiating your fifth contract\, you'\;ll leave with a practical checklist for protecting your work and yourself. \;Price: FREE. An EDC SBDC webinar. LOCATION:Zoom: https://bit.ly/CreativeBusinessCybersecurity UID:e.827.26076 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260922T132641Z URL:https://business.venturachamber.com/events/details/is-your-creative-business-hacker-proof-practical-cybersecurity-for-authors-artists-26076 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR