Susu
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Asian Am. SFF Writer & Bookseller | she/her
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@samtasticbooks.bsky.social @lisarodgers.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social
April 16, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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This article about proliferation of garbage ebooks on Amazon points the finger at AI--but also cheap, crappy ghostwriting companies (scams that often scam their staff by not paying them). Also the Mikkelsen twins, more or less the progenitors of this grift www.vox.com/culture/2412...
Amazon is filled with garbage ebooks. Here’s how they get made.
It’s partly AI, partly a get-rich-quick scheme, and entirely bad for confused consumers.
www.vox.com
April 16, 2024 at 4:36 PM
This article about proliferation of garbage ebooks on Amazon points the finger at AI--but also cheap, crappy ghostwriting companies (scams that often scam their staff by not paying them). Also the Mikkelsen twins, more or less the progenitors of this grift www.vox.com/culture/2412...
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Fake agency alert: watch out for solicitations from Pens and Pitch Literary Agency. Lies about startup (says 2000 but domain reg less than 1 week old), crappy Wix template website, stock images/fake bios for "agents", rep claims for books that don't exist www.pensandpitchliterary.com
Pens and Pitch Literary Agency
Pens and Pitch Literary Agency is an Agency that provides the following:
1. Business Plan:
- Develop a clear plan, adhere to legal requirements, and secure necessary licenses.
2. Talent:
- Hir...
www.pensandpitchliterary.com
March 9, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Fake agency alert: watch out for solicitations from Pens and Pitch Literary Agency. Lies about startup (says 2000 but domain reg less than 1 week old), crappy Wix template website, stock images/fake bios for "agents", rep claims for books that don't exist www.pensandpitchliterary.com
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Been slacking on posting book recs for Black History month so having to play catch up! All of these are bangers though and deserve your attention.
February 23, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Been slacking on posting book recs for Black History month so having to play catch up! All of these are bangers though and deserve your attention.
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And about every decade some publisher puts out one of these sff romances, and it gets popular — because readers are hungry for it! — and everyone gasps and clutches their pearls because it’s a Brand New Combination!
And the Old Romancers like me sigh and mutter about the Yoots.
And the Old Romancers like me sigh and mutter about the Yoots.
February 21, 2024 at 7:22 PM
And about every decade some publisher puts out one of these sff romances, and it gets popular — because readers are hungry for it! — and everyone gasps and clutches their pearls because it’s a Brand New Combination!
And the Old Romancers like me sigh and mutter about the Yoots.
And the Old Romancers like me sigh and mutter about the Yoots.
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Nobody would have to whisper if the price of speaking out wasn’t so high
If you hate whisper networks, make it safe to speak.
If you hate whisper networks, make it safe to speak.
TW: sex assault. I've been trying all day to figure out how to word this: be frustrated that whisper networks are needed in this society. In a just world, they'd be archaic, but to condemn them or the people using them is negating the one tool many victims of harassment and sex crimes have.
February 20, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Nobody would have to whisper if the price of speaking out wasn’t so high
If you hate whisper networks, make it safe to speak.
If you hate whisper networks, make it safe to speak.
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I wasn't planning to comment more about the Hugos but the discussions about the "slate" really bug me. I don't think I have seen any translations of the blogpost from Science Fiction World (the publication that put out the list), so let me try to translate it very carefully here for context.
February 18, 2024 at 2:27 AM
I wasn't planning to comment more about the Hugos but the discussions about the "slate" really bug me. I don't think I have seen any translations of the blogpost from Science Fiction World (the publication that put out the list), so let me try to translate it very carefully here for context.
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Catching up on the revelations of the week and wish I was surprised because it truly is shockingly despicable what was done (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/b...
Some Authors Were Left Out of Awards Held in China. Leaked Emails Show Why.
When some books, including best sellers, were conspicuously absent from the science fiction Hugo Awards last year, writers and fans became suspicious.
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Catching up on the revelations of the week and wish I was surprised because it truly is shockingly despicable what was done (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/b...
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Are you ready for more? Sure, of course you are. It’s a trainwreck, no one can look away.
So in further Hugo news—yes, it just keeps going—if you put the leaked spreadsheet next to the list of nominees, it looks like pretty much nobody in the big fiction categories should even have been on the ballot. They should almost all have been Chinese authors.
February 17, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Are you ready for more? Sure, of course you are. It’s a trainwreck, no one can look away.
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My thoughts on the Hugos are wrapped up in larger thoughts about institutions & their purposes, which is that:
Institutions are not friends; they are tools by us, for the good of us. Like all such tools, they must continuously be reassessed, lest they smother that for which they were created.
Institutions are not friends; they are tools by us, for the good of us. Like all such tools, they must continuously be reassessed, lest they smother that for which they were created.
February 16, 2024 at 9:26 PM
My thoughts on the Hugos are wrapped up in larger thoughts about institutions & their purposes, which is that:
Institutions are not friends; they are tools by us, for the good of us. Like all such tools, they must continuously be reassessed, lest they smother that for which they were created.
Institutions are not friends; they are tools by us, for the good of us. Like all such tools, they must continuously be reassessed, lest they smother that for which they were created.
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Here's the New York Times with their Hugo Mess Explainer (also, I am quoted in it):
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/b...
Some Authors Were Left Out of Awards Held in China. Leaked Emails Show Why.
When some books, including best sellers, were conspicuously absent from the science fiction Hugo Awards last year, writers and fans became suspicious.
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Here's the New York Times with their Hugo Mess Explainer (also, I am quoted in it):
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/b...
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I don't like "Your first draft will be shitty" as advice, because it's a really negative framing.
I prefer, "You have the freedom to be messy creating your first draft."
Anyone crafter knows what their room looks like mid-creation. Writers should be as free to be as exhuberent and messy.
I prefer, "You have the freedom to be messy creating your first draft."
Anyone crafter knows what their room looks like mid-creation. Writers should be as free to be as exhuberent and messy.
February 16, 2024 at 3:35 PM
I don't like "Your first draft will be shitty" as advice, because it's a really negative framing.
I prefer, "You have the freedom to be messy creating your first draft."
Anyone crafter knows what their room looks like mid-creation. Writers should be as free to be as exhuberent and messy.
I prefer, "You have the freedom to be messy creating your first draft."
Anyone crafter knows what their room looks like mid-creation. Writers should be as free to be as exhuberent and messy.
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This is the first interview in a monthly series that will be running throughout 2024, all of which aim to shine a spotlight on the people who make books happen. I can't wait for what's to come!
Stories About Stories is this year's Stone Soup series, in which I interview the people behind your new favorite books! Go check out the first installment, featuring the brilliant team behind THE WOODS ALL BLACK.
Unsanitary Work: The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo
Stories About Stories
stone-soup.ghost.io
February 10, 2024 at 4:25 AM
This is the first interview in a monthly series that will be running throughout 2024, all of which aim to shine a spotlight on the people who make books happen. I can't wait for what's to come!
Just a person trying to find a kind, informative writing/publishing community again, because I miss that.
February 8, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Just a person trying to find a kind, informative writing/publishing community again, because I miss that.