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I know some people can hand write notes when studying but that will never be me. My writing is so bad that I can't even read my own handwriting sometimes. So I will be typing my notes up from here on out.

I need for bookish business people (authors, merch sellers, book sellers, etc.) to internalize this one truth: In publishing, your career lives and dies by your reputation.

If you don't like reading? Then you shouldn't be an author. If the research don't kill you, the market research will. And reading other people's books in your genre is market research.

Life hack: You can use your thermal printer for more than just shipping labels.

God, I hate writing endings. It's always a pain.

Also, do not assume just because I am asexual that I am not sex positive. Although I am personally sex repulsed, I actually enjoy turning other people on through my words. I find it satisfying when a reader comes to me and says they found my smut to be hot.

Telling an asexual and aromantic romance writer to stop writing spicy romance because I should write only what I know is certainty a choice. I actually don't mind researching about sex and romantic attraction. #asexuality #aroace #romance

I think accusing an author of using AI without proof (and the only true proof is if an author is leaving prompts or code from a generator in their manuscripts) because you dislike their book is diabolical. An AI accusation can destroy an author's career.