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The State of Social Media (As It Pertains To Writers In Particular)
This is a post about social media, which is the most boring kind of post. But for writers in particular, it’s an essential one. And here is why: we are at a time when traditional media is a fucking shitshow. In general, sure, but also, specifically as it relates to book stuff. You’ll find far […]
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The Book Of Accidents For Five Bucks? Sure!
The Book of Accidents is five bucks for your various E-MACHINE CYBERBOOK platforms. Why is this? I don’t know. How long will it last? I’ve zero idea. But it’s true right now, at the moment I type this, and you’ll find this to be the case at Amazon and Kobo and B&N and Apple and […]
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Cover Reveal: Black River Orchard, Coming September 26th, 2023, from Del Rey Books
Stand fast root, bear well topPray the God send us a howling good crop.Every twig, apples big.Every bough, apples now. — Apple Wassail song, 19th century Sussex This is the apple in your hand. Some would say it is so red that it looks black, but that’s not quite right. It’s the color of wine […]
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Reminder: B&N Bethlehem, This Weekend
That’s the news, hoopy froods — a reminder that my rescheduled B&N Easton/Bethlehem appearance is this very weekend. I’ll be at B&N in what they call Bethlehem but I think is kinda sorta Easton — it’s this store right here. I’ll be there at 1pm! I’ll sign books! I’ll talk! I’ll dance! I won’t dance! […]
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Wanderers: On Sale Today, $2.99 At Your Major E-Monger Book Receptacles
That’s it, really, that’s the post — WANDERERS is on sale! $2.99 at your major e-book platforms. So if you haven’t checked it out, now’s yer chance. And if you have checked it out and care to spread the word, that’d be awfully nifty. The links, if you need ’em: Kobo B&N Apple Google Play […]
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Eat Shit, Robots! (Or: “No, The Absolute Intrusion Of Artificial Intelligence Is Not Inevitable”)
On this, the first ‘official’ morning of 2023 (meaning, a work morning), I read an article, as one does, at Bookseller: “AI narration is inevitable.” Written by Mark Piesing, it argues that AI narration is already very good and will only improve, that it’s cheap-as-free, that human narration is not necessarily better, and so on […]