Jeremy Szal

Miyazaki survived the bombing of Utsunomiya as a child. His family escaped in a car, but left a neighbor and her daughter behind to save themselves. Miyazaki regrets this, and said this has stayed with him and shaped his film making. He hopes his audience will learn the courage he lacked in 1945.

And what’s the bad news?

‘Stay true to yourself – and fly closer to the sun’: what I’ve learned from 50 years of rejection As a writer, I have been rejected thousands of times, and it initially led to shock, denial and anger. Then I accepted it. Here’s what you can gain from doing so too

‘Stay true to yourself – and fly closer to the sun’: what I’ve learned from 50 years of rejection

Oh. That makes sense, as much as I wished it didn't. That sucks for all the author who were impacted that way.

This settlement may be the first, but it sure as hell won't be the last.

Ah, so it wasn't included in LibGen at all?

Goddamn. Sorry to hear that. Was it because they were published after the settlement or something? If it wasn't on the list originally when it should have been, isn't it still their oversight, regardless of timing?

Have a good one mate, and have plenty of gin for me.

Were you told how long it'd take for you to get paid, or what the process will be like? (Happy to take the conversation somewhere less public if it suits.)

🔥

Already did with the email provided.

Thanks so much for bringing this to my attention, BTW. It may literally be life-changing!

I have seven stories (possibly more), published by Macmillan through @nature.com, which were included in the LibGen database but were not registered, so are not apart of the Anthropic class action lawsuit.

I'm very, very much hoping that Macmillan also "makes me whole" in this way.

Every story can become a horror story when told from the perspective of the right characters

Breaking Bad is a horror story from the perspective of literally everyone except Walter White.

It's the only way to be sure.

Ah. The sales team in publishing. The gift that keeps on giving.

I am starting a new service where I slash the tires of expensive cars in Silicon Valley unless their owners specifically opt-out.

That's so brutal mate. I'm so sorry.

It seems that the truth is out, and I may be the author of ALCHEMISED.

Why else would readers ask me to sign copies of it at a recent book club event?

The similarities between STORMBLOOD and this book are obvious, after all. Right?

Update: we just received a statement from Macmillan/Tor taking full responsibility for failing to register copyright, promising to make us whole and pay us any settlement money we lost out on due to that error, and promising to find & correct the lapses that caused this.

Every pub should do this.

Thank you.

The Biggest Publishing Industry Gaslighting Happening Right Now On the dreaded 'track record,' fake publisher math, and overemphasis on name

Fantastic article here about how sales track hamstrings authors but is rarely, if ever, considered alongside the data that made that record. jennasatterthwaite.substack.com/p/the-bigges...

I've been in Japan for almost a whole month, largely away from social media, and it's shown me how much I actually really don't like it. And how much better off I am when taking long breaks from it.

I suspect I may be doing it more often.

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I'm staying in a tiny ryokan hotel in Takayama, Japan, and the little library they have here contains an anthology with some familiar names between the pages!

Considering how rare English SFF books are in Japan, this is a very interesting sight.

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Say hello to Sara and Xiangxi for me! And have a wonderful time.

man rolling rock up hill how it started how its going

I sent something in the contact form already, but I'll get in touch either way when we have something ready.

Appreciate the opportunity a lot!

Happy to hear it man! It's very very hard to get into Japanese bookstores, from what I understand!

I've got one coming out. Likely within that time frame!

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