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12 votes
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Authors of Tildes: How well do you know your own book when you publish?
I've spoken with some authors who are working on non-fiction books. I've noticed that some of them know their books intimately and can correct me if I mis-relay a section back to them that I've...
I've spoken with some authors who are working on non-fiction books. I've noticed that some of them know their books intimately and can correct me if I mis-relay a section back to them that I've read. They can do this without checking the actual book and I've then verified that I was incorrect.
Others have told me that by the time they were finished a seemingly infinite number of edits, they can't bear to read their own book again and just sent it to an editor at that point and released it.
I was surprised by the latter but it does remind me of my own experience writing very long papers in college. Is this common in your own experience?
26 votes -
Self published authors, how do you market your books? Nothing I've tried has had any success.
So, over the pandemic, I decided to follow a dream and write a novel. I followed all of the best practices I could find, had it beta read by folks so that the finished product would be as polished...
So, over the pandemic, I decided to follow a dream and write a novel. I followed all of the best practices I could find, had it beta read by folks so that the finished product would be as polished as possible, posted it on Amazon's kdp site in ebook and paperback/hardcover, and then set out to get the word out, but nothing seems to be attracting any attention to it.
To be fair, I know I'm not going to be the next Stephen king, but at the same time I feel like I should be able to find an audience somewhere. I've tried Facebook ads, i run a blog I post to semi regularly, as well as mirror posts on FB and insta, I've tried a couple of short videos on tiktok, but since its launch a couple years back, I've managed to amass just under 20 bucks Canadian in royalties.
Now, money wasn't a motivator when I began this new trek, but it would be nice to feel like the world I created has reached a few people and given them at least a small amount of entertainment.
If you're an author that's had success with some form of marketing, please share, and if you're someone who reads new stuff on the regular, where do you go to find new stories?
35 votes -
Eleanor Johnson on how medieval christian writers accepted ecological collapse in contrast to evangelicals today
11 votes -
'James' and 'Demon Copperhead': the triumph of literary reimagining of classic books
8 votes -
How one author pushed the limits of AI copyright | US Copyright Office grants copyright for work made with AI, with caveat
5 votes -
Percival Everett can’t be pinned down
5 votes -
Sci-fi author Vernor Vinge dead at 79
32 votes -
When Virginia Woolf wrote about early women writers, she was unaware of or underestimated a few published Elizabethan women
8 votes -
How Jim Heimann got crazy for California architecture
3 votes -
Fantasy author Brandon Sanderson just negotiated higher audio royalties for all audiobooks on Audible
56 votes -
Bobiverse book 5 (Not till we are lost) - coming Sept 5 2024
22 votes -
How to subtitle your book so people will read it: Tajja Isen on balancing the demands of marketing with artistic vision
13 votes -
Apple is turning William Gibson’s Neuromancer into a TV series
32 votes -
Etsy sellers are turning free fanfiction into printed and bound physical books [against the wishes of the authors], and listing them for sale for more than $100 per book
59 votes -
Amanda Churchill on embracing her Japanese heritage through food
8 votes -
Booktok and the hotgirlification of reading
19 votes -
Remembering trailblazing LGBTQ+ civil rights activist James Baldwin this Black History Month
16 votes -
Seismic City by Joanna Dyl: an economic class and political history of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
5 votes -
How Nellie Bly and other trailblazing women wrote creative nonfiction in English before it was a thing
12 votes -
Why AI writing is inherently coercive
Writing, at its core, is a shared experience between the author and the reader—an exchange of thoughts, emotions, and ideas. This connection, built on trust and authenticity, is the bedrock of any...
Writing, at its core, is a shared experience between the author and the reader—an exchange of thoughts, emotions, and ideas. This connection, built on trust and authenticity, is the bedrock of any meaningful relationship, even one as seemingly one-sided as the parasocial relationship between an author and their audience.
When AI is introduced into the realm of writing, it disrupts this delicate balance of trust. Readers inherently believe that they are engaging with the genuine thoughts and expressions of a fellow human being. However, the introduction of AI blurs this line, creating a scenario where the words on the page may not be the product of human experience or creativity.
Imagine delving into a piece of writing, believing you are connecting with the unique perspectives and emotions of another person, only to discover that those words were crafted by a machine. The sense of betrayal and disillusionment that may follow disrupts the very essence of the reader's trust in the author. It's akin to thinking you are having a heart-to-heart conversation with a friend, only to later realize it was an automated response.
This violation of trust erodes the foundation of the parasocial relationship, leaving readers questioning the authenticity of the connection. Human communication is a dance of shared experiences and emotions, and AI, no matter how advanced, lacks the depth of personal understanding that defines true human interaction.
In essence, while AI may expedite the writing process and provide creative insights, it does so at the cost of jeopardizing the sacred trust between the writer and the reader. As we navigate this digital era, let us not forget the importance of preserving the authenticity that underlies our human connections through the written word.
Generated by ChatGPT.
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Five of the best Terry Pratchett books and suggestions for how to read Pratchett's work
38 votes -
Someone discovered a new pen name used (probably) by Louisa May Alcott in the 1850s
11 votes -
Obituary for Terry Bisson (1942-2024)
10 votes -
Choose Your Own Adventure - 45 years ago, one kids book series taught a generation how to make bad decisions
25 votes -
Each year from 2014 to 2114, a manuscript is sealed in The Silent Room of Norway's Future Library – the goal: greater hope for humankind
13 votes -
Peter Watts on conscious ants and human hives
14 votes -
Spotify's push into audiobooks sparks concern among authors
13 votes -
The male glance [2018]
49 votes -
My doomed career as a North Korean novelist
24 votes -
Masha Gessen’s Hannah Arendt Prize has been canceled because of their essay on Gaza
22 votes -
The Murderbot Diaries Book 7 - System Collapse just got released
28 votes -
Has it ever been harder to make a living as an author in the Anglosphere?
13 votes -
UnbanCoolies interview with Ashley Hope Peréz, author of Out of Darkness
3 votes -
Jon Fosse: ‘It took years before I dared to write again’
9 votes -
How John Steinbeck tricked his kids into reading great books
29 votes -
Palestinian voices ‘shut down’ at Frankfurt Book Fair, say authors
15 votes -
Video interview - science fiction author - Lois McMaster Bujold who wrote the award winning Vorkosigan series, the Curse of Challion and sequels and more
7 votes -
Salman Rushdie announces memoir, Knife, about being stabbed in 2022 - describes it as 'an attempt to answer violence with art’
17 votes -
Robots are people, too: On the ways writers use non-human characters to tell human stories
11 votes -
Database containing nearly 200,000 pirated books being used to train AI - authors were not informed
41 votes -
Swedish crime novelist Camilla Läckberg has been forced to deny claims that she tricked readers into buying books she didn't write herself
12 votes -
In his novels and plays, the Norwegian author Jon Fosse has continually probed the limits of the perceptible world
7 votes -
A second, silent language: A conversation with Jon Fosse
5 votes -
The Wolves of Eternity by Karl Ove Knausgård, review – long-lost siblings are linked across time and space in this expansive novel
7 votes -
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania children's author writes a book titled 'Banned Book', discusses censorship
12 votes -
Interview with Martha Wells about Murderbot and more
8 votes -
Octavia Butler’s advice on writing, found in recently published Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview and Other Conversations
12 votes -
Every country’s highest-rated book by a local author - based on GoodReads data May 2023
12 votes -
Why 'The Hobbit' is still underappreciated, eighty-six years later: A Culture Re-View
16 votes