This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

Twitter is undefeated

Trust me: this newsletter will make your day better. It'll make your LIFE better.

Sky can be weird about links, but click the link in my bio to sign up. You're going to love it.

Also, it's consistent. Every Thursday morning, like clockwork. And it's entirely free. No paid tiers, no subscription fee, nothing.

My stats speak for themselves.

When people in publishing send email newsletters, the industry standard is about a 20% open rate.

I have just under 1,000 subscribers...and each time, nearly 60% of them open it. This is true for every newsletter I send.

People love this shit.

And every newsletter—every single one—has photos of my amazingly adorable dogs.

My readers can't get enough of them. If I forget to add them, I get angry replies.

Or how about how using two phones like a total dork could save your life?

Or the time I ate at the best restaurant on planet earth.

The time someone challenged me to a rubber chicken death match.

I'm not just here to sell you books.

In fact, I put out plenty of newsletters that don't even MENTION my books.

Instead, I'm here to be interesting. To drop something fun and entertaining into your inbox, every single week.

Like, for instance:

I have the best author newsletter in the entire world.

I'm dead serious. There is nobody, no other author on the planet, who puts as much work into a newsletter as I do.

It's called Sh*t Just Got Interesting. Here's why you should sign up.

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I do love how the poster frames this like it's a fucking cage match for your entertainment. Me vs @andypeloquinauthor and @kristy_gardner.

I can take them. I'm wily.

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This is only permissible if, and only if, the main character is in fact a manta ray. That is mantasy I can believe in.

What a pathetic fucking idea. What a wet fart.

I wrote a whole book with plenty of amazing tips like these. It's entirely free.

Threads seems to be having an issue with posts that include links in them, but you can find the link in my bio to this book right here.

I promise, if you're a writer, it will help.

Acknowledge how freaking hard this is.

Modern life is set up so you don't have time to do this. It's designed to suck your creativity. Every word down is a little act of rebellion.

Don't write too MUCH.

If you've been scratching out little bits when you can, and you suddenly have a full day to yourself, it can be tempting to spend 8-10 hours writing. Don't.

After 3-4 hours, you will be creatively tapped out. Mountains of research back this up.

Make writing rewarding, make it easy, make it obvious, make it satisfying.

Yep, the whole Atomic Habits thing. It works. Writing habits, not goals, will get you through when you're time-poor.

Don't show your work to people until its finished.

I know. Sucks, right? But if you're snatching out time to work, you don't want to get bogged down getting feedback too early. Narrow your focus.

Don't edit and rewrite until it's DONE.

You have limited time, and these are time sucks. You are better served by making a note of things you want to rewrite, putting them aside, and MOVING FORWARD.

Any motion is good, even small steps.

You don't need hours and hours. Even a five or ten minute session counts as progress.

Don't feel pressure to write for large chunks of time...if you don't have large chunks of time.

Harsh reality: writing a book takes time. You have to put in the hours.

But how do you find them? When there are a bajillion things going on in your life?

Here's what I did that worked 🧵

Good win Stew Doc yes orientate them

I got an AI author scam email in my inbox. You know the type.

I told them to fuck off.

I don't think the person behind the scam appreciated it.

I keep seeing "all authors use AI, the real issue is they're being forced to be sneaky about it" headlines.

Full stop No. This is a lie peddled for normalization. It's schoolyard-level pressure tactics "C'mon, all the cool kids are already doing it. We won't tell. It's fine. We're on your side."

5. You wrote a book. You should be fucking proud of it. Shout it to the world, over and over. If someone is annoyed, that's their problem, not yours.

That's it. Quote this tweet and tell me and the world about your book. Make noise about it.

4. A message - any message - HAS to be repeated to sink in. Saying it once is not enough.

3. They might have seen it, remembered it, but decided not to act. There is every chance they will be happy to get a reminder!