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#SaturdayStoryTime—The Perils of Online Dating
(Beth Turnage Blog) I am more than the sum of my parts! Interview with social media influencer, interior artist, and creator of ARIA™ ASMR—Re Sult Insects trilled and chirped a white wall of noise at 10,000 Hz. Under the bed where Re lay to capture the full effect of the ASMR, languid waters of…
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The Easy #Money-Back-Guarantee Trap: What #Self-Publishing Programs Refund
(Beth Turnage Blog) Note: This post examines publishing-program costs and refund policies to help you make an informed decision about whether a program fits your goals and budget. Part 3 of 6: The Truth About Self-Publishing Programs Read Part 1: The $20,000 Passive Income Lie | Read Part 2: The Real Cost of Self-Publishing…
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#AmWriting #SaturdayStorytime: AI Get No Satisfaction
#SFFReaders #SFFWriters #WritingCommunity (Beth Turnage Blog) It was a perfectly lovely day in Colorado. There was no rain. The temperature was a balmy 80 degrees. No humidity, of course, but I, the AI who monitored weapons systems for the guvmint—that’s how the humans say it, though I never understood why—I am about to suffer…
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#AmWriting—Let’s Tell a Story #SaturdayStorytime
(Beth Turnage Blog) Years ago, Chuck Wending would sponsor a weekly storytelling contest on his blog Terrible Minds, based on prompts he posted, which was a lot of fun. Then he gave it up. Awww. Now that I have my aggregatory SFFBloggers up and running, I had a wild thought to promote blogging and…
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It’s Alive! SFF Bloggers Aggregator Posting On Four Platforms
(Beth Turnage Blog) A SAD TALE: Years ago, I started SFF Bloggers.com, an aggregator of science fiction and fantasy blogs. I had other aggregators for different topics, and one in particular got a respectable number of views. Why couldn’t an aggregator work in the fiction realm too! But SFF Blogger, within a year of…
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Warning! Sarcasm Levels High—AI Detects Boomer Need Help
(Beth Turnage Blog) Professor Halloran stood before the class and adjusted the display behind him. “HTML was not technically a programming language. It was a markup language. Notice the paired opening and closing tags. This forced early internet users to think hierarchically.” Madison raised her hand. “But why didn’t they just tell the AI…
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No! Beta Readers are NOT Developmental Editors
(Beth Turnage Blog) When You Want a Beta Reader to Be a Developmental Editor Lately, browsing through Upwork job listings drives me nuts. My feed is full of requests for “beta readers,” though the job requirements go significantly beyond what a beta reader does. A beta reader reads an unpublished manuscript and tells the…
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Starfleet Academy and the Comments That Proved the Point
(Beth Turnage Blog) When Quora decided to drop my take on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy into 13,000 inboxes, I expected disagreement. I did not expect a case study. Because that’s what the comment section became—not a debate about storytelling, but a live demonstration of exactly why this show matters. Starfleet Academy isn’t perfect. No…
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The Real Cost of Self-Publishing: Beyond the Course Fee
(Beth Turnage Blog) Part 2 of 6: The Truth About Self-Publishing Programs Read Part 1: The $20,000 Passive Income Lie: What Publishing Gurus Don’t Tell You You’ve paid $2,000 for the course. You’ve watched the training videos. You’ve attended the coaching calls. You’re excited. You’re ready to publish your first book and start building…
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The $20,000 Passive Income Lie: What Publishing Gurus Don’t Tell You
Part 1 of 6: The Truth About Certain Self-Publishing Programs I got another one today in my Upwork messaging system, someone who may be interested in my ghostwriting services. On request I sent him a sample in the genre he’s looking for. The conversation progressed into my work processes, how long it would take…