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Sharing these for no particular reason except they are the four main characters in my current project: Battle Cry, La Capitana, It Girl, and Sentinel. Made with the long-defunct HeroMachine app.

Hey there, all you cool new ! I'm Ian: author, meme aficionado, caffeine enthusiast, and shiftless layabout. I know it can be overwhelming so here are a few tags specifically for the :

Pin them into their own column and voila, you have a group of potential friends just waiting to meet you and talk about the same stuff that interests you!*

*works for all hashtags

I know it's only August, but I think I might do this year (it'll be like my 17th time). I skipped the last couple years but I've got a project that would benefit from a fast start and I think the timing will be good for me too.

I didn't get any work done on the book this weekend, but I did get the next session written. This week, I will head back into the trenches of Extinction Event.

The Authors Guild's Open Letter to Generative AI Leaders calls on the CEOs of OpenAI, Alphabet, Meta, Stability AI, IBM, and Microsoft to obtain consent, credit, and fairly compensate writers for the use of copyrighted materials in training AI. actionnetwork.org/petitions/au

I neglected to mention this Monday (I was a little verklempt) but right after getting a full MS request last week, I got ANOTHER one, this time from one of the Big Dog Fuck Off Powerhouse agents in the industry. Damn. It'd almost be an honor to get rejected by this one.

OHHHHH SHIT you guys, I forgot what this feels like. I just got a full MS request from an agent I'd written off (120+ days aged from the submission). I'm a little verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves.

*looking at promos on Bookfunnel*
Anyone know what a "blindside" is in relation to mysteries/suspense? I know the term, but not how it is defined in that circumstance.

This is a post. Check out my epic audio fantasies: Horde and Pariah's Moon! The brilliantly narrated Horde takes Tolkien-style fantasy and turns it on its ear with Orcs as the heroes. The subtle and emotional Pariah's Moon takes a fantasy world and turns it into a classic Western. books.bookfunnel.com/july2023f

Because I'm always thinking ahead 3-4 books, I'm starting to noodle on an idea about an unpowered superhero in my JCU setting, and make her Jewish heritage an important part of the story. If Daredevil gets to explore Catholicism, surely I can do this.

The difference between a hobbyist and an entrepreneur, as illustrated by a con interaction with a fellow vendor.
Vendor, a hobbyist: "Do you want to swap books?"
Translation: "I want your book but I don't want to pay your price for it, but I'm willing to lose the cost of a book I paid for it, and also shove my own stupid book that may or may not interest you into your face."
Me, an entrepreneur: "No thank you."
Translation: "No thank you."

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