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After I self-published my first science fiction novel, I had to do stuff to promote it. One of the ideas I had was to create a predictions website based on a "m
by rikroots 5y ago
After I self-published my first science fiction novel, I had to do stuff to promote it. One of the ideas I had was to create a predictions website based on a "mystical warding system" which I had mentioned in the book.
One of the things I became very aware of, while working on the site, was the potential harm it could do if somebody took it even half-way seriously. I suddenly got very panicky about the consequences of claiming that "bad things might happen to you" because of some entirely fictitious "elemental flux in the aether". I went back through all the copy I'd written to add in a lot of "talk to your friends" and "go visit your doctor" advice - mostly to ease my own worries.
The website failed entirely in its main purpose, which was to promote the book. But I've kept the pages up for sentimental reasons - not many people can claim that they've invented an entire prediction system from scratch!
https://vreskiwards.rikweb.org.uk/index.html https://vreskiwards.rikweb.org.uk/index.html