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    Empathy, Even When It's Tough

    It's not. I don't claim the book is good; it's harsh and uncompromising, and frankly, I hate advertising with a passion. I'm writing this book for myself more than for others; it was, for a long time, an exorcism for my own trauma. It's genuine about trauma for sure though; I would not speak...
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    Empathy, Even When It's Tough

    I am not trolling you, I am genuine. You might not believe it, but I'm trying to help you. As long as you let this hatred fester, you won't get better. I'm not saying you are a monster, I'm saying you are hurt and hurting others in turn and that make you an agressor like your own agressors did...
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    Empathy, Even When It's Tough

    I'm sorry to say that you are confirming exactly the pattern I was expecting. You are not taking your own toxic behaviour into consideration because you deflect any responsibility toward the demographic of your abusers, and you are not open to any critique of your own toxic and discriminatory...
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    Empathy, Even When It's Tough

    I'll be blunt for the sake of clarity. Know that I'm not saying this to accuse you or attack you, but I want to make you think about your behaviour explicitly. You do not owe me or anyone else explanations; this is simply an exercise in reflection for yourself. I don't know your intent in this...
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    How long did it take before your first book gained traction?

    Well, I've been on Royal Road for 2 years and have 41 subscribers there... and 11 here after starting a week or two back. I don't have traction. Truth be told I do not expect to ever have traction. My work is experimental to the extreme. To quote one of my reviewers: " To describe this story's...
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    As an author, how do you feel when you reread your novels?

    My writing is fractal in nature with superposed meanings, so each time I read it, I tend to discover new hidden meanings throughout, thing is, while I admire the world architecture and chatacters I tend to obsess over fixing the small details I missed in prior modification so I always end up...
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    Are bots starting to get in the comments?

    Yeah, I'm at one fake account spamming my mail per day now, trying to hook me with fraudulent images. XD
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    Thanks, everyone. Especially you, RepresentingWrath, for pointing me to the right spot for...

    Thanks, everyone. Especially you, RepresentingWrath, for pointing me to the right spot for information. You might discover with time that I have strong opinions, but if you ever get in a disagreement with me, always keep in mind that I am not trying to "win" arguments or crush anyone for sports...
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    Does RoyalRoad Suck?

    Thanks, much appreciated. I just saw that it required 150 posts first to unlock, though, so I'll have to hang around for a bit : )
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    Does RoyalRoad Suck?

    About that, I've been trying to find out how to add one to my sig, but I must admit being bad with tech and being quite stumped on that one and didn't find anything by searching the forum (I'm bad at that as well, to be sure). Mind explaining it to me, please?
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    How do you rate your own writing?

    I truly do not know; it could be a 2 or a 10, and I wouldn't know the difference because it acts so outside the norms that it becomes hard to quantify. I have a truly unique narrative style. Here are a few words from one of my readers on Royal Road. I think it says it all. "This is a fiction...
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    Is using AI is wrong?

    Bud, maybe you'd be offended as well if your work were the systematic target of many haters for months, not for its quality but for the medium you chose to make it, with comments like "soulless", "mindless" and stuff like that every day. I'm not "easily triggered." I'm fucking tired. The pileup...
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    Is using AI is wrong?

    Bud, you are reading the wrong tone from A to Z here. What I am is a tired man. Tired of being treated like I don't exist as a rhetorical punching bag. I'm not raising my voice; I'm trying to explain calmly to you why the things you said are offensive. I basically asked for nothing more than for...
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    Is using AI is wrong?

    "My take is that if you use AI to write anything, you're not making art, you're producing some kind of product. If you can sell your product or people like it, good for you, but I won't be reading it, lol. For me, author voice is the most important thing in fiction. I want to hear the writer...
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    Does RoyalRoad Suck?

    Oh, absolutely, there is plenty to be critical about AI for sure, as long at it remains objective, I have 0 issues with that, I myself have plenty of issues relating to it, as I have issues with plenty of stuff made by humans. It's all about the nuance, really. My issue is with the unilateral...
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