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Pursuant to my previous articles on the witch hunt being waged by those losing their marbles about the availability of AI image-generation to authors (1,2); at least several book marketing groups on Facebook have apparently taken to banning or deleting posts promoting books which their admins *suspect* (i.e. without any actual burden of proof) were…
According to critics of indie authors (strangely enough, from some within the indie author “community”) the use of free AI-generated cover images is “ripping off” artists who would otherwise receive payment for creating those covers.
When all is said and done, this isn’t about other people’s copyright – it’s about what’s paid, and what’s free – and who can afford to be part of the ‘club’. Ultimately, it’s about wealthier indies thinning out the competition to get to, or stay on top.
This looming witch hunt seems to me more about forcing authors to make use of paid services and relinquishing their creative freedom and independence than anything else – an extension and continuation of the age-old effort to gentrify the writing profession, and to make it back into a rich person’s hobby.
I completed and published my fifth academic paper on March 3, 2023. For some years, the subject of Satanism as a new religious movement has been one of my academic interests, and my other four papers are also on the same general subject. My fifth paper, “By Their Fruits You Shall Know Them: A Proposed…
Imagine for a moment what it’s like being an indie author trying to market your books. Facebook has oodles of groups dedicated to fans of particular genres of writing. At first glance, all a writer needs to do is to join some of them – it’s a great way to market your books if you’re an indie author – and there are many that do.
Unfortunately, it’s not always as simple as it could be.
Rant upcoming.
Dated 06 March 2018 Formal resignation as member of the Executive Committee of the South African Pagan Rights Alliance. Dear fellow SAPRA Executive Committee members,
Hi there friends and fans. Let me tell you about my morning. Two things have absolutely pissed me off and ruined my mood for the day. I went to SARS (the ‘tax man’ for my non-local friends) at 645 am, thinking I’d be near the front of the queue. I was number 6, which is…
[20141004 – 180 with Bob on KAYA FM – “Satanic groups have approached the MEC of Education in Gauteng to suggest that satinism (sic) should be offered as a religious subject in schools. Do you think it’s a fair request or are we taking our democratic rights too far?”
Tuesday night I went to watch the new movie “MILK” at Uptown theaters in Port Elizabeth, accompanied by my girlfriend Tuuli and my mom. Although we had already seen this movie on a pc, we decided to see it on the big screen as they say, and to support Uptown for supporting us. Uptown is the…