drakonka

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I know quite a few authors making a living without paying for any ads, but it's definitely a different type of effort. You have to really hone in on social media, getting large review teams, etc to get visibility for your books without
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For most authors the advances are pretty laughable, too. There is a very small percentage that publishers throw all their weight behind, offer generous advances to, marketing resources, etc. The rest of those they sign are more like "f
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For many people, reading is a fun escape into an alternative reality that they would never want to live out in real life. If they want to escape into a world of dark romance tropes featuring psychopathic male leads, more power to them and t
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I've been self-publishing fiction for a couple of years. Many years ago I looked down on self-published works, expecting them to be of low quality. I thought if someone self-published it was just because they weren't good enough t
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I've been using Logseq. My notes are quite disorganized - I often just dump some thought or link in there. If I care enough I tag it to make it easily findable. Many notes I take are never revisited, but that's okay. I feel like L
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True! But this video from what I saw did not mention it (or maybe I missed it?). It came off as something that was intended to be approachable for the general population, and I don't think the general population sees illustrations of t
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I'm surprised this video links lack of sugar intake with ketone excretion. I did keto for about a year a long time ago and just cutting sugar was definitely not enough - I had to cut carbs in general to get keto readings or keto breath
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* One of my books became a #1 best seller in a really competitive sci-fi romance category on Amazon. * Developed some really cool demos.
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The resources you linked seem interesting enough on their own, but your own elaboration was even more fascinating and exciting! Thank you.
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I'd love to learn more about this. Would you mind pointing to a couple of resources that you think are especially interesting developments in the space of mind and memory? I'll google as well, but it would be more interesting to s
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I wrote a post about this recently[0]. I took it slow with actually heavily adopting AI tools. Played around a lot and stayed up to date, but was in no hurry to pay for or rely on anything. But over time as the quality of available tooling
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As an update, here's that writeup with screenshots and conversation examples in case it helps: https://liza.io/creating-a-writing-assistant-with-chatgpt-pl...
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I'll write up a quick post on my blog for this with screenshots, but I hope the following can get you started: So assuming you want the super low barrier to entry ChatGPT way, you'll need GPT Plus ($10/month). From there, you
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I made a custom GPT and uploaded my books to it, and now use it for: * A story bible (asking questions about characters, timelines, plot points, etc that I might have forgotten) * A brainstorming tool that uses existing themes and character
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I wish they had a version that opened horizontally instead of vertically. The point of getting a folding phone for me (Galaxy Z Flip 3) was an overall smaller package to fit in my pockets. I was tired of carrying a huge rectangle all the ti
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I really like this post. However, one of the reasons I love writing fiction so much is that it feels like such a _different_ way to express myself creatively than programming. Both use my brain, but in totally different ways, almost like ex
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As mentioned above, I don't think you'd need to train your own model for this (or for most use cases of this, anyway). You'd use a RAG. I've tried out working with custom documents in two different ways for different typ
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* Lifting at the gym * Supplements. Omega 3, Vit D, Vit B12, Iron, Zinc, creatine * Eating mostly fresh whole foods. I get a fresh vegetable box delivered once a week and that makes up most of my meals. * Skincare. Primarily SPF, tretinoin,
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While the spirit of this sentiment is admirable, I think it's also very important to encourage men to take parental leave. Both for the benefit of actually bonding and spending time with their child, but also because it benefits the mo
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* Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee * The Color of Distance by Amy Thomson
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Yes, I got a notification in-app that I could now sign up for Plus two days ago. The notification was only in the web app while using ChatGPT. I didn't get an email. Made me wonder if they chose this (pretty small) in-app-only notice s
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> I would expect more that genre fiction readers will be browsing the section where all of the books are in their genre, and the cover will completely fail to carry any further information about the genre. Yup, readers do definitely brow
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I actually like the final covers more for most of the examples used here. This made me think about the cover design process for indie genre fiction. The common advice is to create a grid of 10-12 best-selling titles in the specific genre an
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I have not yet had to go through it myself, but came very close when one of my cats nearly died as a kitten. The experience affected me permanently and I get a little more anxious with every year that they get older. From what I understand
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Thank you, these are great tips. Sorry for your loss, sounds like you gave her a long and happy life. Luckily I already do all of these! (Except for dry food; we do wet and raw only here)
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Thanks for posting this. Mine don't have OA (that I know of or see symptoms of, at least), but I know joint issues are common in larger breeds like Maine Coons. I'll definitely ask my vet about this if the time comes (since this s
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Good point; despite fountains and large bowls mine tend to not drink much except when the male is on urinary-specific food that ups his thirst (he was sick as a kitten which made him prone to urinary issues). I've read that cats in gen
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Good call. Mine eat a mix of homemade raw and commercial high-protein wet.
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If anyone here has any anti-aging resources for cats, I'd love to see them. I have two 9-year-old Maine Coons whom I'm supplementing with glucosamine for joint and urinary health, and wonder if there's more I could be doing.
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The fact that it will affect me either way is kind of my point in saying this is not just IF Metall vs Tesla. I consider a union win to be the best outcome here.

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