New authors! Things you absolutely do not have to pay for:
-Being published
-Being interviewed on a podcast
-Book reviews
Things you should be paid for:
-Being published
-Your time and expertise
It doesn't matter how new you are. You never need to pay to play 🖤
06.12.2024 15:56 — 👍 2541 🔁 394 💬 55 📌 25
A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo
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The Arctic Ocean could see its first ice-free day as early as 2027, with a likely window within 9-20 years after 2023. This won’t bring dramatic change overnight, but it marks a fundamental shift in the Arctic’s natural environment—a stark warning about climate change. #ActOnClimate
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The AAP’s court win over the Internet Archive is final. IA declined to file cert with SCOTUS. Big win for creators. How will this precedent affect the pending AI cases? Link in comments.
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invitation card, text as follows:
20 Northmoor Road, Oxford.
Professor and Mrs. Tolkien
request the pleasure of your company
on Wednesday, November 21st, 1945,
to assist them in celebrating
the coming of age of their son
Sub-Lieutenant C.J.R. Tolkien, Royal Navy Reserve
6:30 PM onwards
RSVP if not coming
postscript:
- carriages at midnight
- ambulances at 2 AM
- wheelbarrows at 5 AM
- hearses at daybreak
I can take or leave LOTR, The Silmarillion, what have you, but if he wrote nothing other than the postscript to this invitation card, J.R.R. Tolkien would have a secure place in history.
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Tomorrow is the last lecture of my first semester as an adjunct at Troy University.
Main takeaway: Exams are even harder to write than to take.
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If you’re looking for a free way to support an author, did you know you can ask your library to stock a book you want to read that they don’t have yet? And usually it’s a very basic online form? Google your library name plus the words “request a title” or “suggest a title” to find yours.
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