LOL.
The frustration builds
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Iโm gonna tell you the opposite. Write the ballsiest didactic screed you could expect to find in a remote cabin where someone is also probably building bombs. Write something only you can write, coward. Youโre gonna die. Shoot to write something that matters before that happens.
Really tired of reading โdonโt beat readers over the head with a theme.โ I GET IT, you prefer fiction with only a โgood story,โ like a story is good when it isnโt also meaningful, like itโs possible to write something that isnโt meaningful, like you arenโt just dog whistling against woke.
91% ?!?!?
go fucking team.
To clarify, a series I'm READING.
Not writing. ๐คฃ
Now I gotta find a palate cleanser.
There's so little character growth that the characters are just annoying at this point.
I'm 80% done with book 12 in a 13 book series
....and I'm done.
Noped out.
AI doesn't hallucinate.
It isn't human.
It doesn't reason.
"AI" is a collective noun that describes static models that produce results that are often incorrect
Uhm, hi.
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Will post pre-order campaign details soon but for now...
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Lovely cover!
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Speaking of buying ebooks directly, we offered this as a fundraiser to help with the fact that I couldn't work post-surgery, so I will be taking it down soon. But if you would like to support us & get a ton of ebooks directly from us, HAVE A BUNDLE!
Pay $20 or whatever.
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So, guess I'll have to set aside the time.
And figure out Apple.
To add to the dragging feet aspect, I'd been meaning to update all my covers when I did leave and go direct to Apple, Kobo, B&N. (Already direct with Amz)
Honestly, I'd been dragging my feet on leaving D2D, which I had already decided to do. I make so little, every cent counts. The commission on top of the retailer's was already something I thought I should get away from. $12 on top of that may not seem like a lot, and yet, I want that $12. LOL
Ah, tax day.
Feeling very taxation without true representation.
Apropos of absolutely nothing, we'd like to remind everyone that Kobo distributes to libraries via OverDrive, and it costs nothing to publish on Kobo. Come join us! #indieauthors #publishing
Does anybody remember when teen pregnancy was a huge boogeyman of the right? They had all these purity dances and whatnot?
Pepperidge Farms remembers.
So, I'd rather pay my kid $100 to move everything to sell direct than pay a $12 fee if I don't make $100.
Ugggghhhhhh
That headline sure is something
The issue we have with genAI isn't that "bad" writers use it to spew out words with the expectation of getting published.
We've all read less than stellar published writing.
What we ARE pissed about is the theft of our intellectual property that makes that possible.
Write your own shit.
My step-dad died of pancreatic cancer. It was brutal and Iโd do anything to prevent another family from having to go through it. Livid.
Fuck this. As an industry, we are in an existential crisis of book banning because of homophobia and transphobia weaponized by racist authoritarians. โDirty booksโ are not the problem. Censorship is.
Make whatever books you like, but donโt you dare call other books dirty in your shitty marketing.
Why don't I have therapy chocolate in the house?
Dems can all go back to DC, stay there, and make continuous demands, particularly against nuclear war, and it will be covered.
Ilona Andrews walked so romantasy could run. Author @lmanusos.bsky.social provides a guide to the Ilona Andrews backlog, including where to start and which series might be best for you!
Georgia Voter: It's giving war crime. You can't do that. We don't just annihilate people because we can and, you know, make a grab for the money and the oil. And that's what we've done in Venezuela. And that's what we're doing in Iran.