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Writer, pagan, coach, immigrant. šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆšŸ‡ŖšŸ‡ŗšŸŒ³ Discord: http://discord.gg/zHTGx5zJ Mastodon: @[email protected]
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Other hyenas - Musk, Zuck, Bezos.
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I see, AI is still not amazing with hands. That finger looks like a thumb.
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Hmmm I have sex scenes in my books. Should I unfollow?
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Agree completely. Iā€™m speaking with my pounds and hope many Europeans speak with their euros and other currencies.
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Nobody said fighting fascism was going to be fun or convenient. These bastards have built up their near-monopolies for a very long time.
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Iā€™m in the process of removing my books from KU, and will never go back. Also, as somebody who knows finance, putting oneā€™s eggs into one basket is risky as hell. Audio, translations, merchandise, patreon etc are good diversification strategies.
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Open Office/Libre Office 4evar. I keep thinking I should try something more sophisticated but maybe Iā€™m just that old-skool.
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Urgh. Iā€™ve heard of at least together who were writing inside atticus and lost a well-advanced manuscript with no way to fix it.
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Same. I hear people rave about Atticus and Scrivener, and I use the German version of Papyrus for my translations. I fail to see the USP of papyrus English.
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There are alternatives - and yes, the only income I currently have is from my books. Thereā€™s Kobo Plus, there are library loans via Libby, thereā€™s Patreon/Substack. Amazon as a company is evil - theyā€™ve removed their diversity policies, just one example, and actively support a fascist.
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And it doesnā€™t hurt that Pastor is an excellent writer.
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Addendum - by cheap trinkets I mean gaudy shit, not monetarily cheap. Just before somebody comes at me how they spent hundreds on ā€œcollectiblesā€ in the Mouse Kingdom.
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Basically all the concentration camp romances written by US authors belong in there. But itā€™s more widely spread than that.
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Too often, authors use foreign cultures and histories and nations like theyā€™re doing an extended stroll through fucking Disneyland, grabbing some cheap trinkets left and right without even checking facts or language use. Not just talking about US authors here.
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Title has a typo - do you use other German words and did a native German check them?
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Hah, Amazonā€™s not great promotion interface strikes again. Iā€™ve just reduced it to 0.99 pounds but thatā€™ll only take effect from the 4 February (running to 7 February). Thanks for letting me know!
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lol. :)
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Can I help?
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I find ā€œobstacleā€ useful. As a shortcut, I ask myself ā€œhow can I ruin my characterā€™s dayā€? Can feel more organic.
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Uhm, basically the whole genre of romance would like a word. (I mean itā€™s so niche niche and there isnā€™t much money in it ā€¦)
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Yeah, weā€™ll deal with it. May I suggest certain areas of Berlin? Nobody will find enough tissue for a forensic analysis.
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My granddad fought on the side of the damn Nazis and I agree with you.
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As a historian and as a German, Iā€™m laughing so hard at your willful Ignorance. ā€œTruth to powerā€? Funniest bio on social media.