A scene from Dazed and Confused. Driver: You gonna die at the end? Passenger in back seat: Uh, no, I wasn't planning on it. Driver: It'd be a lot cooler if you did.
Me, a writer, negotiating with my characters
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Ann Rice was also in a position of privilege, where she didn't have to care about the consequences of criticizing movies made from her books. For most authors it would be career damaging, if not outright ruinous. If I'm ever so lucky, I'll hold my tongue tyvm.
Gravy a song:
Gravy your own way
This is why I won't do Substack. I know all the popular kids are doing it, but the popular kids are getting blue checkmarks on Twitter too. Take your content and your audience away from Substack, it's not worth your credibility.
Honestly.
If you go far enough back along the phylogenetic tree, you eventually arrive at a basal organism known as Eaterus primordialis. The prime eater.
Film was great, follows the book perfectly!
We're seeing the movie tonight. I read the book, and really enjoyed it all the way through.
Almost forgot what it was like to be proud of something we did here in America. Welcome home #artemis
I have the Kobo Libra Colour and love it.
Appreciate you!!
It makes about as much sense as asking why everyone doesn't write romantasy or horror or whatever the genre flavor of the day is.
Besides, are you really a writer if you haven't been rejected by agents who asked for exactly what you've written? 😂
New BAD LIT FRIENDS is up!!!
You're going to love this one. Our guest was Isaac Grijalva, author of the book 6 1/2 Days in the City. An absolute joy to have on the show. Have a listen and buy his book!
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Oh, for sure. Discount books are like vacation calories. They don't count at all.
😂 seriously, like crack for readers
Same! Bookbub has a great mailing list to be notified of deals in genres you read. I get so many books from that list!
I don't usually push my newsletter, but since I have a historical thriller coming out in Sept, you may be interested in my super low volume mailing list at kirkrafferty.com.
At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet cosmonaut crash-lands in the US. Cover reveal SOON, subscribers see it first!
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I replaced my Kindle with Kobo almost a year ago, and just found out today that Kobo has a price match guarantee. So even if Amazon offers your ebook or audiobook cheaper, Kobo will refund the difference plus 10%. Good to know going forward.
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This was a fun interview, and how about this cover?
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New BAD LIT FRIENDS on Friday!
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The final paragraph of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, followed by a handwritten addition by somebody else: As he drifted away I could just make out his final words. "It's okay if you just call me 'Frankenstein' instead of 'Frankenstein's Monster.' I really don't mind. The end
Mary Shelley could have saved us from insufferable pedants.
The 7 Stages of Learning InDesign
- It looks complicated, but I got this
- This isn't so bad
- Cool but how do I do ANYTHING?
- Ok, weird, but ok, I learned Scrivener, I can do this
- I AM A GOD
- Oops. Ok, no problem, I'll just insert a page here...
- 🤔🥺😭😭😭😭😭
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Correction, Alex. Yeah, this IS what you voted for. We tried to tell you.
Add a food to a movie title:
The Lord of the Onion Rings
It really is. It was so disheartening to see that.
An outing to my local bookstore today, and I noticed a couple books:
- A debut author who didn't warrant a separate "About the author" page. The publisher just printed it on the inside back cover.
- Another debut author, whose dedication was squeezed onto the copyright page.
😒
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Your son was raised right
Well this is awful.
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Honestly, I think Meagan's fiancé and I would be more compatible, but he continues to resist my advances.
LOL I was gonna say...uh...wut 😂