His verdict (youtu.be/z_ygHjIboBY?...) that, in order to promote what you've written, you have to promote yourself, that nobody cares about your product if they don't "know" you, really opened my eyes. That's the opposite of what I want. I wanted all product, zero person. Thus, I fold.

Procopius, as translated by Anthony Kaldellis. Sometimes it's pure magic. I think this one is going to stick.

Obviously, there are more, and more important factors in what makes a book enjoyable than the gender of the author. But the fact remains that male readership of fiction has decreased, and I think we're worse off for it.

medium.com/@authorahf/o... I collected my thoughts here. I don't wish to denigrate what's popular, I wish to elevate what isn't. I think men should not resign, but try to match female readership in their enjoyment and curation of their respective corner within the scope of literature.

That's a 360p orb. 8k HDR scrying orbs are the weight and size of a small tank.

If AI slop books cannot be quarantined, AI slop retailers need to be quarantined.

The Night Land (1912) by William Hope Hodgson, refreshed in A Story Retold (2011), a chivalric romance set in the perishing days of mankind on a barren earth suffocated in eternal night and beleaguered by terrifying horrors. Unbelievably ahead of its time, one of the most memorable books I've read.

Done.

Good on you and keep at it. Featuring AI slop devalues the entire rest of the product imho. The whole point is having made it yourself.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/21... My 2024 fantasy novel: A team of specialists have to crack open a fortress town that's been taken hostage. Outnumbered, outgunned, the clock ticking against them, they have to infiltrate, sabotage, assassinate and mobilize. #writerslift

Amen.

Every step was harder than the previous one, but begging for attention was too much to ask. Promotion is the worst. Even obscurity is preferable.