I absolutely hate it when I hear that my name gets brought up at publishing meetings as an example of “authors who made social media work for them.” Like fuck you, the lesson you should’ve learnt from my case was “take a chance on a book an editor is eager to acquire even if it’s in a genre that hasn’t been selling well” (Iron Widow got shot down at every major American publisher for market reasons even though many editors wanted it), not “LET’S PUSH AUTHORS TO BECOME INFLUENCERS.” The skillset someone needs to be popular on social media is completely different than what’s used to write books. Why would you force the average author to shake their ass on TikTok instead of DOING THE MARKETING THAT IS YOUR JOB and letting authors write in peace
in almost every other children’s book where the main heroine is swept away to a land of whimsy she’s shown having a lovely time; braving dangers occasionally, trying to find her way home, sure, but ultimately delighting in the magic around her. meanwhile alice spends her entire time in wonderland like
dr who is so crazy imagine your species goes extinct except for two theater kids who call themselves The Orthodontist and the Administrator and they just go around causing problems and destroying your entire culture’s reputation
did you hear about the ancient race of enchanted elves? they fell into the darkness of their own hubris. anyway that over there is the two survivors, Wiz and da Boss, who are only taking breaks from kicking each other in the nuts to make out
I miss working at the sex store people would really walk up to me and say shit like “I need help making my wife cum” and I’d be like yeah. I know just the thing brother
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