I'm choosing to define 'making stuff up' as 'research' 
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I’d like some crowd sourced feedback on possible book titles for my not yet completed #WIP. The story follows the same MC and friends over a 20 year period, alternating between the past & present until the timelines catch up. I’m not committed to anything yet, but thought of these today and wanted to ask what you all think.
Life Happens
or
Life Happening
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It’s time for March’s #WordWeavers questions!
Written by @AlinaLeonova & I, you’ll find the questions pinned to our profiles. All are welcome to join in.
Participate with a WIP or an already published book.
As always, play the days you want, skip the others. Please use CW as necessary. Looking forward to seeing your answers, finding great books, & meeting new friends. And a big thanks to those contributing the community questions. (below)
Here we go!
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**Who were the Classical Attic Authors?**
polýMATHY
“_In this video I show you the major authors of ancient Athens, and the kinds of works they wrote._”
#Video length: seventeen minutes and forty-five seconds.
WRITER FUEL: The grandfather paradox is just one of the thorny logical problems that arise with the concept of time travel. But one physicist says he has resolved them.
https://www.limfic.com/2025/03/28/writer-fuel-physicist-claims-to-have-solved-grandfather-paradox/
New #OpenAccess publication in the spotlight:
Intramolecular feedback regulation of the LRRK2 Roc G domain by a LRRK2 kinase-dependent mechanism
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.91083.4
We talked to one of the #authors, Arjan Kortholt from our faculty of #Science and #Engineering, about the article, preprints, open #PeerReview, open access, and #OpenScience in general.
Read more on our Open Science #Blog: https://www.rug.nl/library/open-access/blog/open-access-publication-in-the-spotlight-intramolecular-feedback-regulation-of-the-lrrk2-roc-g-do
Now that's how you write good die-a-log 
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Really all universal booklink platforms are a pain in the ass. Either they cost a shitton of money, do only support a specific subset of online stores, are totally US centric or build links to stores in an old URL scheme the store does not support any more. *sigh*
I know how this should be to be a good store in just do not have time or skills to do it *sigh*
Fellow #authors, which UBL platform do you use?
@kristiedegaris Thank you for this article. A #mustread 
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I published #books in Germany (with fixed prices) but it's similar. I know a famous writer with several awards who sells about 500 copies a year in the most famous literary publishing house.
And the money is a gross amount, freelance writers have to use it to pay for their workplace and insurances, taxes etc.
Publishing looks glossy from the outside. Inside? It’s built on unpaid labour.
My first book is out this year.
Here’s what I actually got paid, what my contract says, & why most authors can’t afford to do this twice.
https://kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/published-doesnt-mean-paid/
I know a lot of authors have newsletters. Some of you probably use Mailchimp for the purpose.
Be aware that Mailchimp apparently does not respect peoples' decision to unsubscribe by deleting their PII; but rather holds on to it. (As a recipient, this is *not* what I expect.)
I would not be at all surprised if other providers also do this; but in this case, it was Mailchimp being caught holding the smoking gun.
https://www.troyhunt.com/a-sneaky-phish-just-grabbed-my-mailchimp-mailing-list/
"I squeeze my phone in fury"
"Mark Zuckerberg's net worth is an estimated $235 *billion*. This is all I can think about while I ponder the three years it took me to write my book."
So many authors are devastated right now.
Go buy an indie writer's book. Buy an author a coffee. Share their book with someone who might like it. Write a review.
Stephanie Stimac's book is Design for Developers, a topic near to my heart.
Authors: Would you rather...
A. Someone buys your book but never reads a single word.
B. Someone borrows your book and reads every word.
@Garwboy As a friend of biodiversity I had nearly stopped reading until there: "I like all of those creatures. I find them fascinating, and they occupy important roles in our society and ecosystem. I would never say that about Mark Zuckerberg."
But now I dream of writer troll farms using your inspiring idea to train #AI: https://theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/p/an-article-for-meta-to-use-to-train Great! Made my day.
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