Still free. Somebody? Anybody? *crickets*

YOU GUYS!!! I just rescued my Genesis 8 model from the scene where half the files mapped to a non-existent storage drive.

A small ask from an author: if you’re an avid reader and you pick up a book from a small press or an indie author, please consider leaving a review if you enjoyed it.

Even one or two sentences makes a difference. You have no idea how much that means.

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Dr. Gina Delgado must unravel a web of murder and intrigue to find out how political machinations undermined her project.

OMG. 3 hours of YouTube and Reddit forums, and all I had to do was uncheck one little box to get the strand-based hair to do what I wanted.

Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan."

Did they nerf strand-based hair in Daz 3D? It's so not working the way it used to.

This is Justin Trudeau's fault.

Trying to write books for everyone seems to me a surefire way of writing bad books. I’m not interested in writing books for twats. I write books for the cool and nice people whose company I know I’d enjoy if I met them in real life. I’m entirely comfortable with twats hating my books. Bring it on.

Then he should stay far, far away from all women. Problem solved.

Yep. Like sometimes they pounce on a typo like it's their last opportunity to question a stranger's intelligence.

Congrats, Illinois! Meanwhile, in Alberta...

Why are half the files for one of my book covers missing? Oh, right, they're mapped to a storage drive that no longer exists. Welp, here's to redoing it with Genesis 9. (And backing things up better.)

Okay, so now I know what shader nodes are. Still can't figure out render settings or how to export surfaces to Daz 3D. And what is an fbx file??!

Blender does sooooo muuuuch. I think it will probably take the rest of my life to learn this program.

Edibles would probably improve ChatGPT answers.

PHOTO by Quang Vuong. A narrow aisle stretches deep into a monochrome labyrinth of tall bookshelves, packed tightly with aged spines and endless stories. Overhead signs mark categories—Poetry, U.S. History, Literary Bios—dangling above the quiet corridor. A lone step ladder waits mid-path, inviting the seeker upward. Fluorescent lights cast a sterile glow, yet the space feels timeless, suspended between thought and memory. The silence is thick, broken only by the imagined rustle of turning pages.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

- Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

6) Make cool 3D renders in Daz3D with a few simple things made in Blender and all the stuff purchased from Daz3D and RenderHub, then fix the final images in GIMP.
7) Put into promo vid

How to make a book promo vid:
1) Download Daz3D, GIMP, and Blender
2) Watch 23287382364724190438 hours of YouTube tutorials
3) Attempt rendering 3D graphics
4) Foolishly download Unreal Engine 5, thinking it will be easier
5) Give up and buy 3D asset licenses from artists who know what they're doing

WRITE GORAMIT!!!

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Oxford would like a word.

I feel seen.

Doesn't Carney have a PhD in economics? Maybe you need a security clearance to know that.

I think PP has just mentally achieved the legal definition of "turnip".

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