There’s been a few interesting tidbits crossing my desk lately. Here’s a couple of them. First up, there’s been a rash of AI-adjusted pirated books appearing on the bookstores. There’s a video that explains it on Twitter (and you don’t need a Twitter account to watch it) here. The gist is, the AI writing tools […]
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Fellow Stories Rule Press author Cameron Cooper posted earlier this month that they’d reached the semi-finals in the Self-Published Science Fiction Contest run by Hugh Howey. First off, congratulations to Cameron. Secondly, the post made me wonder if you were aware that there is an older, similar contest out there, one just for fantasy. The
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Smashwords has been around for many, many years. It was one of the first bookstores to cater to the indie publishing scene. In late 2022, Draft2Digital bought Smashwords, which was a smart move, because Draft2Digital is an indie distributor/aggregator. It didn’t have a bookstore front of its own. But now it does. I distribute books
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Saw this the other day: I had a good laugh — it’s been well thought out and nicely produced, which makes it even funnier. (Who said the details don’t matter??) But the first thing that struck me was that they made a spelling mistake: You don’t spell “goblin” that way!! Then my brain caught up
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“Dear Emperor” Fantastic Version by NextMars via DepositPhotosI came across this statement the other day: For the most part, quality fantasy art isn’t considered “serious” art by academia, but surreal art of similar quality is universally applauded. Why is that? — DeviantArt I admit that the attitude puzzles me. All three of my kids would
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I have an opportunity to make case hardcover editions of my books available. Which sounds fantastic…if you like hardcovers! There’s an image of a case hardcover book, above. They’re the hardcovers that have the cover image printed right onto them, instead of onto a loose cover wrap (and I *hate* those!). Of course, the hardcovers
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Unlike a lot of paranormal phenomenon, myths and fantasies, Doppelgängers have only been around for just over two centuries, yet the name is firmly entrenched in the English language and western society. We often refer to people who share similar physical appearances as someone’s Doppelgängers. Doppelgängers were the invention of Jean Paul, an eighteenth century
It’s 100% for sure that you buy your ebooks from one of the four big retailers; Amazon, Apple, B&N or Kobo. But do you only buy your books on one of those stores? A great many readers won’t consider buying a book anywhere else but their retailer. There’s a ton of reasons why they won’t,
This is a continuation of the It’s just a Job series. Fairies, or the Fae, have multiple sources within mythology, and come in a vast range of shapes and sizes, from small pixie-type creatures to human-sized ones, from fair to ugly, to human in guise, to demonic-looking. Fairies can come with wings or without them,
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This is a continuation of the It’s just a Job series. We’re starting to get into the more and more “obvious” fantasy species in this series, but in order to keep the series complete and whole, they all have to get a post of their own, even the most well known species, like vampires. Angels
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