S. Z. Attwell
@szattwellauthor.bsky.social
Bestselling, award-winning sci-fi author (ON HIATUS) | SFWA (not currently active) | SPSFC2 3rd Pl. | Kindle Book Review finalist | Harvard class of something | RT etc. =/= endorsement | szattwell.com (not currently up)
Offline: energy policy/CRMs (MPP)
Offline: energy policy/CRMs (MPP)
I’m just glad you too get the “marketing help” emails.
“Your book looks so fascinating! You could really benefit from a bigger audience.” Or whatever ChatGPT mess they come up with, lol.
Idk though. 46 is a lot. Maybe you should consider it. 😂
“Your book looks so fascinating! You could really benefit from a bigger audience.” Or whatever ChatGPT mess they come up with, lol.
Idk though. 46 is a lot. Maybe you should consider it. 😂
September 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I’m just glad you too get the “marketing help” emails.
“Your book looks so fascinating! You could really benefit from a bigger audience.” Or whatever ChatGPT mess they come up with, lol.
Idk though. 46 is a lot. Maybe you should consider it. 😂
“Your book looks so fascinating! You could really benefit from a bigger audience.” Or whatever ChatGPT mess they come up with, lol.
Idk though. 46 is a lot. Maybe you should consider it. 😂
Haha dankeschön 😊
And yes it was excellent, I love that the internet is basically forever 😂
And yes it was excellent, I love that the internet is basically forever 😂
June 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Haha dankeschön 😊
And yes it was excellent, I love that the internet is basically forever 😂
And yes it was excellent, I love that the internet is basically forever 😂
Ahahaha oh probably
June 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Ahahaha oh probably
Honestly, for creative-control reasons, I skipped all that and went straight to self-pub (other than flash fiction). No regrets, nothing wrong w/my books (unless you count that they need a warning for being addictive 😂). I might query my next project, but at this point I have thick skin. Many don’t.
June 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Honestly, for creative-control reasons, I skipped all that and went straight to self-pub (other than flash fiction). No regrets, nothing wrong w/my books (unless you count that they need a warning for being addictive 😂). I might query my next project, but at this point I have thick skin. Many don’t.
I randomly came across your post but hahahaha this is gold.
June 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I randomly came across your post but hahahaha this is gold.
Exactly - and random thought; it’s amazing to me how much stuff gets advertised and sold on the basis of “your fault, not the system.”
June 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Exactly - and random thought; it’s amazing to me how much stuff gets advertised and sold on the basis of “your fault, not the system.”
That’s my understanding yeah - and idk I wouldn’t want to work with someone who is saying “There’s something wrong with your book.” How about “How can we think about this differently?”
June 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
That’s my understanding yeah - and idk I wouldn’t want to work with someone who is saying “There’s something wrong with your book.” How about “How can we think about this differently?”
lol that’s like saying “if you don’t get an interview there something wrong with you despite the hundreds-of-people-applying thing, stop trying.”
June 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
lol that’s like saying “if you don’t get an interview there something wrong with you despite the hundreds-of-people-applying thing, stop trying.”
Wait, who doesn’t like copyright? Seriously?
June 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Wait, who doesn’t like copyright? Seriously?
The umlaut thing was funny and now that I speak German it’s funny in a different way 😂. It sounds so weird in my head 😂
April 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The umlaut thing was funny and now that I speak German it’s funny in a different way 😂. It sounds so weird in my head 😂
I’m looking it up right now. T-glottalization, for example - I tend toward a glottal stop rather than a hidden release of air, from what I can tell. I speak American English, sometimes more enunciated than others. My “normal” speech (grew up in a rural area) is pretty unreleased, if that’s a term.
April 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I’m looking it up right now. T-glottalization, for example - I tend toward a glottal stop rather than a hidden release of air, from what I can tell. I speak American English, sometimes more enunciated than others. My “normal” speech (grew up in a rural area) is pretty unreleased, if that’s a term.
Wait, I don’t think I do that in English? If I’m overenunciating a word, yes, but normally, no, not that I can tell.
April 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Wait, I don’t think I do that in English? If I’m overenunciating a word, yes, but normally, no, not that I can tell.
I want to write a super fun treasure quest! Right now mine is historical fiction but it feels too “real.” I want more of a “rollicking adventure” type of story haha.
April 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I want to write a super fun treasure quest! Right now mine is historical fiction but it feels too “real.” I want more of a “rollicking adventure” type of story haha.
Oh wow you didn’t??
I loved Treasure Island as a kid. I am working on a pirates story. But I might write more of a fantasy-esque one.
I loved Treasure Island as a kid. I am working on a pirates story. But I might write more of a fantasy-esque one.
April 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Oh wow you didn’t??
I loved Treasure Island as a kid. I am working on a pirates story. But I might write more of a fantasy-esque one.
I loved Treasure Island as a kid. I am working on a pirates story. But I might write more of a fantasy-esque one.
The kid in me desperately loves the cover art.
The adult me, same haha.
The adult me, same haha.
April 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The kid in me desperately loves the cover art.
The adult me, same haha.
The adult me, same haha.
I really hope you’re writing something like this 😂
April 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I really hope you’re writing something like this 😂
(In addition to many of the reasons you listed. It has to feel like the character. And yes I saw your second post before your original one so was responding without that context.)
April 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
(In addition to many of the reasons you listed. It has to feel like the character. And yes I saw your second post before your original one so was responding without that context.)