I know one of us says this basically every day, but if you are an actual podcaster/bookstore/book club organizer... do not use chatGPT to write your pitch. We will delete it. We see 7-371 of them a day and we can spot them by the 5th word. It doesn't matter if you're real. We'll delete it.

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why do you want to be an “academic” if you don’t want to do the actual academic work- it’s like calling myself a doctor then asking Web MD for a diagnosis every time a patient sees me

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This has never been how readers who love our books talk to us. I have literally never had a reader come up to me and explain the back cover blurb of my book to me. Readers who loved your work know details you nave forgotten. 😂

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Drives me nuts

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The latest Musk publicity stunt with his “”””flying”””” car illustrates the broader issue with a lot of the tech industry these days (particularly AI, but related to enshittification in general) in that: What pressing problem is this supposed to solve, and does it do so efficiently and effectively?

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