Also, now that I'm thinking about it, it's also really rude for one editor to believe that they matter more than every other editor out there who might want to publish an author's work.

Do you honestly think that every person sim subbing to you is doing it because they are "too precious"? Or could you maybe have some rational compassion and wonder if some of them are trying to make ends meet? I know a lot of folks who are struggling right now.

It's fine so long as "no sim sub" policies do not become industry standard, but every publisher who uses them makes that a more likely reality. There are people suing because of this in antitrust lawsuits in academia: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

I'm getting misty eyed that you read and connected to this piece. Thank you 🙏 Also, love that you have a cockroach tattoo 🤎!

Ahh, thank you for reading and for the kind words, it means a lot to me
@beardedbetts.bsky.social
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Thank you for the kind words :)💜!

Thank you, and likewise 😊💛!!

Congrats!! Will be 🤞 for you!!

Reading other folks posts reminds me of other stuff, like The Sound & the Fury which also had a big impact on me. Metamorphosis, The Yellow Wallpaper, Romeo & Juliet, The Scarlett Letter.

From different classes: Beloved, The Jungle, Lord of the Flies, Of Mice and Men, Flowers for Algernon, Merchant of Venice, Invisible Man, the Bhagavad Gita, Fahrenheit 451, 1984. Beloved I've read a few times since, as Toni Morrison's prose is amazing and it had a big impact on me content-wise.

ditto @noirbettie.bsky.social's sickos.jpg 👀

Ria's awesome! I haven't written any shorts in a while, but was thinking of sending one that I wrote a long while ago b/c it was one of the first I ever did. I could use some love on it before I decide whether or not to dig in for a total revision overhaul 😂

Cormack did an awesome job! And thank you :)!!! 🖤