Jack Orinson
@aka-jack-orinson.bsky.social
The weird and varied world of a writer (historical fantasy) with ADHD, an HSP, and a Renaissance Soul (abridged). Jack is my pen name for fiction. You can also find me on Archive of Our Own (AO3) as aka_jack_orinson. On Tumblr it is aka-jack-orinson.
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You get money from a book you published on a date you can't predict. it will be a sum you can't predict. you will never know if the ranch is saved or not. Everyone makes interest off your royalties before you do, and you're probably not making *any* interest at all
And you don't have dental.
And you don't have dental.
No, authors aren't burnt out because "writing without AI is slow"
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
August 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
You get money from a book you published on a date you can't predict. it will be a sum you can't predict. you will never know if the ranch is saved or not. Everyone makes interest off your royalties before you do, and you're probably not making *any* interest at all
And you don't have dental.
And you don't have dental.
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(snicker)
Oh, you’re an author? You should get a real job. You know. Like all those people who work on your books. Editors and publicists and sales reps and executives, myriad others whose gainful full-time employment solely centers around what you produce. Why can’t you just have a real job like all of them?
August 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
(snicker)
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A brief discussion of this phenomenon from the Irish POV: https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2020/10/30/irish-life-the-things-you-dont-discuss-halloween-dept/
Irish life: The things you don't discuss, Halloween Edition - Out of Ambit
This came up on Tumblr some years back, at the end of a lively thread that featured this exchange: At which point I could only add the following (which comes…
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August 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A brief discussion of this phenomenon from the Irish POV: https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2020/10/30/irish-life-the-things-you-dont-discuss-halloween-dept/
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This.
Fairies aren't real. But you don't mess with them anyway.
August 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This.
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AI's best use case will always be scams. It's scamtech, top to bottom. Everything about it is crooked. Its bedrock is theft and its legacy is the destruction of the environment, both physical and virtual.
Even most of its 'legitimate' uses are a form of lying.
"I wrote this."
"I created this."
Even most of its 'legitimate' uses are a form of lying.
"I wrote this."
"I created this."
BBC reveals web of spammers profiting from AI Holocaust images
BBC reveals web of spammers profiting from AI Holocaust images
The BBC has found an international network of content creators profiting from AI generated posts on Facebook.
www.bbc.com
August 31, 2025 at 3:46 AM
AI's best use case will always be scams. It's scamtech, top to bottom. Everything about it is crooked. Its bedrock is theft and its legacy is the destruction of the environment, both physical and virtual.
Even most of its 'legitimate' uses are a form of lying.
"I wrote this."
"I created this."
Even most of its 'legitimate' uses are a form of lying.
"I wrote this."
"I created this."