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Scam Victim Releases Book To Raise Awareness About Film Adaptation Cons
Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D., JD, in association with American Leadership Books, has released her latest book, The Big Con, which describes her experience as a victim of a criminal syndicate that targets book writers.
Protect Yourself From Identity Theft & Merchant Scams
In a world increasingly full of scams and fraud, Arkansas based writer and sociologist Gini Graham Scott, PhD, wants you to protect yourself and your money.
If you, like the rest of America, watched The Tinder Swindler, then you have probably come to the same terrifying reaction: is this how easy it is to be scammed? Gini Graham Scott, America’s scam expert, was watching too, but she wasn’t surprised because she knows all about common scams just like Simon Leviev’s.
Learn How To Spot The Book-To-Movie Scam With Gini Graham Scott’s ‘The Big Con’
Looking for the best book on how to avoid scams? Check out The Big Con by Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D., JD, which teaches you all you need to know about film adaptation cons and more! Wondering if that phone call you just took was for real? Does this person really want to turn your book into the next movie worthy of Oscar buzz? I mean does Jack Apple who can pitch your script to the biggest production companies really exist? I mean, he could not possibly be a scammer, right? Riiiighhhht. Not a scammer indeed! Nope. Nooot aaat aaall possible. THIS guy is really different! Just you wait and see! Wait and see that catfish swim, ay, luv? Mighty pretty little thing. Where did 'ee go to now? Oops. Introducing Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D., JD. Scam buster extraordinaire. Thank you, ma'am! In her new...
I Was Scammed Series Released
If you, like the rest of America, watched The Tinder Swindler, then you have probably come to the same terrifying reaction: is this how easy it is to be scammed? Gini Graham Scott, America’s scam expert, was watching too, but she wasn’t surprised because she knows all about common scams just like Simon Leviev’s.
What Can Law Enforcement Do About Scams?
What should law enforcement be doing about all the scams out there? I began thinking about this as I researched the number of scams that have occurred in virtually all industries — 4.8 million scams in the U.S. in 2020 alone according to a report in Bloomberg Businessweek in July. No wonder law enforcement can do little except take a report, because they are swamped!
Dan Janal Podcast Interview with Gini Graham Scott
Gini Graham-Scott, author of “the Big Con” and “I was Scammed” talks with Dan Janal about how to spot a scam and how to avoid being scammed on this episode: The “Make My Book A Movie Scam” All Authors Need to Know About
Victims of Book to Film Con start GoFundMe Campaign, Book, Film to Compensate Losses
It’s a cruel scam that dashes the hopes of thousands of writers and self-publishers to see their book turned into a film. But now there is a GoFundMe campaign and soon a book and film that tell the story of ten writers who lost over $150,000 – up to $20,000-40,000 each, and some really did have potential blockbusters. Instead, the scammers entrapped them into spending money for an offer that turned out to be fake.
New Personality System Using Dog Types for Better Self-Understanding & Improved Relationships
Now there’s a whole new way to understand your personality and that of others — by knowing your Dog Type. The system helps you understand your personality type and apply it to better understand and relate to others in your family, with friends, and in your work.
The Dog Type personality system builds on widely recognized ways of characterizing the four main personality types – like Myers-Briggs, the DISC system, and color profiling – but it features some popular dogs that make personality typing even more relatable and fun.
Is modern life in America becoming like Medieval times? The New American Middle Ages
In today’s tumultuous times, life in America and the rest of the world is becoming more and more like life in medieval times, as described in The New American Middle Ages by Gini Graham Scott, PhD, just published by Waterside Press.
The book is based on the premise that today’s growing split between rich and poor is like the divide between royalty, nobles, and rich merchants versus the medieval peasants and artisans. The book makes comparisons between the rise of the medieval kingdoms and the battles between the high tech titans, the division of labor then and now, the parallels between different institutions and lifestyles.
Authority Magazine Interview: 5 Things you Should Do to Become a Thought Leader in your Industry
The Authority Magazine Interview features a series of questions about how I became an authority on the topic of thought leadership, how I started my career, how I would define a thought leader, and the benefits of becoming one. It also provides some examples of how being a thought leader can help a business grow and five strategies an individual should employ to become known as a thought leader in their industry.
Radio Interview with the Al Cole on the People of Distinction Show November 17 2020
Radio Interview with the Al Cole on the People of Distinction Show November 17, 2020
Features a discussion of these topics:
How to Write, Publish and Promote Your Book
Working with a Ghostwrite for Your Book or Script
Creating Book Proposals, Show Bibles, and Sizzle Reels
Connecting with Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors
Our Virtual Booth at AFM 2020 Santa Monica
This video features our virtual booth at the 2020 AFM held November 9-13 in Santa Monica, California. We showcased 18 films, and this video features each of our films. To read the details, you can stop the video or request a PDF with this information.
Changemakers Productions, which produces feature films, documentaries, and TV/film series is a division of Changemakers Publishing features books on self-help, memoirs, self-publishing, social issues, criminal justice. It helps clients with self-publishing and ghostwriting their books.
The company has published over 150 books, 50 with traditional publishers, 100 independently published.
What Happened to the American Dream? Songs About the Struggle to Keep the Dream Alive in Times of Division & COVID-19
The first group of songs deal with our everyday social conditions; the second group adds the pandemic, a health, social, and economic crisis that has descended on American life with a curtain of doom and gloom.
All of these songs have been recorded and include the YouTube link to each song, so you can listen to the recording, and even sing along with the lyrics. The book includes the cover image for each song.My hope is that these songs will contribute to increased awareness about these issues facing America today and inspire people to take action to seek to mend these problems.
The songs featured in this book are:
What Happened to the American Dream?
Democracy Is Dying
We’re All Right?
The Down Side of Town
A Shot in the Dark
I’ll Put Another Log on the Fire
Save the World
I Feel Lucky
Life Is So Crazy this Year
Covid-19 Blues
There Is a Plague
Mouse in a Maze
Songs about the Demise of Democracy by California Songwriter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Democracy is under threat in America, and there is a need for a wake-up call. In this spirit, book writer and songwriter Gini Graham Scott has written a series of songs describing how democracy is dying and how we all need to act quickly to fix things. The songs have been recorded by the nationally known Crystal Image Band with singer John Covert, and they are represented by the Missing Link Music publishing company that handles licensing. These songs with a call to action include: Democracy Is Dying https://youtu.be/_Fj1GV6-iQM, What Happened to the American Dream? https://youtu.be/mOC1BPW80D4 , and Save the World https://youtu.be/nBc6gJzTaOI. These songs have been turned into a songbook: What Happened to the American Dream? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08L8G6C94 As...
For Workshops on Self-Publishing & Finding Publishers, Agents and Film Producers
Make More Money with Your Book Workshop
Gini boils down years of experience and multiple areas of expertise into a simple presentation with helpful goodies tailored to participants’ interests.
Very informative.
Very informative and well presented. A real eye opener on monetizing your book.
I’m glad that I came.
Very informative and well presented. A real eye opener on monetizing your book.
I’m glad that I came.
Very helpful in providing resources and options for publishing a book and screenplay, and seeing how to self-publish as an option. Gini is a wealth of information based on her hands-on experience with publishing and educational background.
If you are interested in getting published, she’s the person to see.
Very informative… I found it very helpful.
I liked this workshop. I would recommend it to others, since it was very information with a good broad-based approach.
Very helpful hints.
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