Ha that's great-- thanks for reading, much appreciated!

It says everything that they'd invent a thing incapable of saying "I don't know." Feigning wisdom is the industry's whole identity.

I work at home and i *still* do this

People need to internalize this. You can march for change alongside kids, the disabled, the elderly, the pacifistic, or you can watch all those people be the first to die in an armed conflict. That's the deal. If you can't imagine a peaceable solution, it means your imagination is inadequate.

I didn't sell any books because of this post, but i did get a super-deceptive AI-written scam email selling paid reviews instead, which is exactly the kind of thing that happens in the book lol

I can't speak to others' challenges, but i can say that having stories and seeing their value is a gift by itself. Let them live in your imagination, take comfort in them-- after all, you're the audience too. Most of my creative life takes place in my head; anything else is up to the future.