Hi Shelley - great point about the multiple ways we can be creative, cooking is definitely one of mine, especially when I come up with ways to use leftovers. One of my books was used for Meta too, and like you I was partly flattered/seriously pissed off. I loathe Meta, and I'm not on Facebook/Threads/Insta but I do use WhatsApp for a lot of communications. Anyway, good luck with Strawberry Moon!
Yeah, it would have felt not great to be excluded, lol. We both obviously recognize the irony in this. Cooking is so creative! Agree about leftovers because then it’s not about following someone else’s recipe so much. Especially soup. I love a good, thrown-together soup. With some chewy sourdough bread….uhhhh I think I’m hungry! Take care and thanks for sharing the link plus your reaction to the piece. Hope your writing is going well these days!
Thanks, Shelley! Soup's amazing any time of the year... ach, I'm still writing but in a bit of a funk. Selling books in any kind of meaningful amount (and I know that varies for everyone) seems like an impossibility.
Hi Mary Ann! If enough people seem interested I’ll try one in the next few months. It’s more the “social media” side of Substack vs the newsletter side, but it could be fun, I think.
Shelley - quick update. There's a letter template for authors to write to Meta: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/authors-guild-author-letters-to-ai-companies/ In the UK, they are also suggesting we contact our members of parliament, as there are some very iffy AI plans afoot.
Cool! Thanks for the link, Emma.
Hi Shelley - great point about the multiple ways we can be creative, cooking is definitely one of mine, especially when I come up with ways to use leftovers. One of my books was used for Meta too, and like you I was partly flattered/seriously pissed off. I loathe Meta, and I'm not on Facebook/Threads/Insta but I do use WhatsApp for a lot of communications. Anyway, good luck with Strawberry Moon!
Yeah, it would have felt not great to be excluded, lol. We both obviously recognize the irony in this. Cooking is so creative! Agree about leftovers because then it’s not about following someone else’s recipe so much. Especially soup. I love a good, thrown-together soup. With some chewy sourdough bread….uhhhh I think I’m hungry! Take care and thanks for sharing the link plus your reaction to the piece. Hope your writing is going well these days!
Thanks, Shelley! Soup's amazing any time of the year... ach, I'm still writing but in a bit of a funk. Selling books in any kind of meaningful amount (and I know that varies for everyone) seems like an impossibility.
I get it. Getting to the point where I’m gonna not worry about selling.
Healthiest place to be...
I'm down for a chat group! MA
Hi Mary Ann! If enough people seem interested I’ll try one in the next few months. It’s more the “social media” side of Substack vs the newsletter side, but it could be fun, I think.