William I. Zard - Author
@w-i-zard.bsky.social
Author of Metamancer - ★★★★⯨ (429)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCG188G2/
Audiobook: https://bit.ly/Metmancer_A_US
Other eBook/Paper: https://zmancy.com/where-to-buy/
http://facebook.com/w.i.zard.zmancy
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCG188G2/
Audiobook: https://bit.ly/Metmancer_A_US
Other eBook/Paper: https://zmancy.com/where-to-buy/
http://facebook.com/w.i.zard.zmancy
You claim you stumbled through it, but I think it's a pretty good review. It has been a while since I read Sword of Kaigen and your review brought it back to life in my head quite nicely.
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
You claim you stumbled through it, but I think it's a pretty good review. It has been a while since I read Sword of Kaigen and your review brought it back to life in my head quite nicely.
Additional anti-competitive practice: Sales on Amazon have no support *unless* you are in Kindle Unlimited.
Also: if you have a sale on another platform, Amazon may match it, and then be very lazy about un-matching it, and this can change your royalty rate too.
Also: if you have a sale on another platform, Amazon may match it, and then be very lazy about un-matching it, and this can change your royalty rate too.
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Additional anti-competitive practice: Sales on Amazon have no support *unless* you are in Kindle Unlimited.
Also: if you have a sale on another platform, Amazon may match it, and then be very lazy about un-matching it, and this can change your royalty rate too.
Also: if you have a sale on another platform, Amazon may match it, and then be very lazy about un-matching it, and this can change your royalty rate too.
I think mostly libraries use services like Hoopla, Overdrive, Odilo, or cloudLibrary. Those are the ones that distribute my ebook (via Draft2Digital). AFAIK, Amazon doesn't work directly with Libraries (but I might just be ignorant of it). Payments from those are better than regular ebook too.
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I think mostly libraries use services like Hoopla, Overdrive, Odilo, or cloudLibrary. Those are the ones that distribute my ebook (via Draft2Digital). AFAIK, Amazon doesn't work directly with Libraries (but I might just be ignorant of it). Payments from those are better than regular ebook too.
I would agree that most won't go to the trouble, but driving away followers is not really an option. Nobody subscribes to a "pitch feed"
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I would agree that most won't go to the trouble, but driving away followers is not really an option. Nobody subscribes to a "pitch feed"
Maybe because if every post sounds like an advertisement, many users unsubscribe? Most authors have links in their profiles that let interested folks find pages with a blurb/cover, etc.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Maybe because if every post sounds like an advertisement, many users unsubscribe? Most authors have links in their profiles that let interested folks find pages with a blurb/cover, etc.
Right next to the note that says "So long and thanks for all the fish" is one that says "Good bye, We'll never forget you."
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Right next to the note that says "So long and thanks for all the fish" is one that says "Good bye, We'll never forget you."
Such a thing was a child hood dream, especially after reading about the town of Solace in Dragonlance. I lived on land that had forest along the back, but my parents were understandably leery of my engineering skills in my teens. Now I live on 1/3 of an acre with not nearly enough trees. Go for it!
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Such a thing was a child hood dream, especially after reading about the town of Solace in Dragonlance. I lived on land that had forest along the back, but my parents were understandably leery of my engineering skills in my teens. Now I live on 1/3 of an acre with not nearly enough trees. Go for it!
Eddies going to explain it... he's in the space-time continuum, just get on the Chesterfield sofa...
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Eddies going to explain it... he's in the space-time continuum, just get on the Chesterfield sofa...
Ah that makes sense.
November 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ah that makes sense.
I don't need audio to sleep, but I have fallen asleep listening. Have you found any good way to figure out the point (timestamp) at which you fell asleep to resume in the proper place?
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I don't need audio to sleep, but I have fallen asleep listening. Have you found any good way to figure out the point (timestamp) at which you fell asleep to resume in the proper place?
I see you are attempting to retract your statement. Would you like help with that?
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I see you are attempting to retract your statement. Would you like help with that?
The ad servers react to keywords or site visits. I'm of the opinion that there's so many algorithms in play that the system is chaotic (in the mathematical sense: small changes in inputs cause huge variation in output). It's also impossible to reverse engineer any conclusion based on what they show.
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The ad servers react to keywords or site visits. I'm of the opinion that there's so many algorithms in play that the system is chaotic (in the mathematical sense: small changes in inputs cause huge variation in output). It's also impossible to reverse engineer any conclusion based on what they show.
Be very careful. This sounds like an ideal identity theft vector.
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Be very careful. This sounds like an ideal identity theft vector.
This was a good listen. Many people wave Jesus around while doing things he would disapprove of. This is especially common in politics, where some politicians seek to make people feel good about their worst impulses (and thus get votes).
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This was a good listen. Many people wave Jesus around while doing things he would disapprove of. This is especially common in politics, where some politicians seek to make people feel good about their worst impulses (and thus get votes).
Remember using Mosaic. Had access to a professor's office/computer eq that had it installed. Weather sites with animated satellite loops were cool and amazing by 1994.
October 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Remember using Mosaic. Had access to a professor's office/computer eq that had it installed. Weather sites with animated satellite loops were cool and amazing by 1994.
A modern reading should probably be amended to say "Even the one's with smartphones."
October 24, 2025 at 4:12 AM
A modern reading should probably be amended to say "Even the one's with smartphones."
It wasn't the first line, but it was in my mind the key signature of the opening of the first book.... "Even the ones with digital watches."
The beauty of it is that at the time 90% of readers would then be forced to look at the digital watch on the wrist of their hand holding the book...
The beauty of it is that at the time 90% of readers would then be forced to look at the digital watch on the wrist of their hand holding the book...
October 24, 2025 at 4:10 AM
It wasn't the first line, but it was in my mind the key signature of the opening of the first book.... "Even the ones with digital watches."
The beauty of it is that at the time 90% of readers would then be forced to look at the digital watch on the wrist of their hand holding the book...
The beauty of it is that at the time 90% of readers would then be forced to look at the digital watch on the wrist of their hand holding the book...
Also, I'm not a romance reader, but book 3 of the black company series (The White Rose) skirts along the edges of being a romance. I think the quality of "the story" winds up being more important than any category.
October 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Also, I'm not a romance reader, but book 3 of the black company series (The White Rose) skirts along the edges of being a romance. I think the quality of "the story" winds up being more important than any category.
This sort of thing is funny. It's non-linear, and non-continuous... I don't like horror or dark fantasy per se, yet somehow I love the Black Company series by Glen Cook, widely considered a founding father of Grimdark... Not for its dark bits, but for the story, the characters, and everything else.
October 15, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This sort of thing is funny. It's non-linear, and non-continuous... I don't like horror or dark fantasy per se, yet somehow I love the Black Company series by Glen Cook, widely considered a founding father of Grimdark... Not for its dark bits, but for the story, the characters, and everything else.
Oh jeeze. Never imagined folks would propagandize little free libraries... but of course they would, nothing is sacred to fanatics.
October 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Oh jeeze. Never imagined folks would propagandize little free libraries... but of course they would, nothing is sacred to fanatics.
Had no actual problems a few years ago, but I did have to look off a suspicious young woman who seemed to be following us and watching my mother-in-law's handbag too closely in Nice.
October 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Had no actual problems a few years ago, but I did have to look off a suspicious young woman who seemed to be following us and watching my mother-in-law's handbag too closely in Nice.
It's not. I'm expressing my feelings/opinion on the information provided. It's not about you.
October 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It's not. I'm expressing my feelings/opinion on the information provided. It's not about you.
And his friend Chatter the Red Squirrel...
October 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
And his friend Chatter the Red Squirrel...