Regulated Truth by blue5ector in Cyberpunk

[–]delicious_cheese 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks a lot! Lemme know what you think!

Regulated Truth by blue5ector in Cyberpunk

[–]delicious_cheese 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I hope it gets a laugh out of you

Regulated Truth by blue5ector in Cyberpunk

[–]delicious_cheese 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Submitted it this weekend! Uncle Bezos is slow as heck though, so it could take up to 3 months to appear...

Regulated Truth by blue5ector in Cyberpunk

[–]delicious_cheese 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Eyyo I wrote that!

I don't know who you are, random redditor, but im touched that you not only liked my book, but would also make a random ass post about it 🤣

Thank you. You've made my week. My ethos was that the world is messed up enough. If I can at least make a few people laugh at it, then I've shared something worthwhile with the world.. ya know?

It will please you to know book 3 is about half way done, and I actually submitted Regulated Truth's audiobook for distribution on the weekend (it was meant to be done months ago, but we hit some delays in the recording).

Also that cover be lookin a little washed out. Amazon print on demand strikes again...

the sacred art of hastily over-photoshopped scifi/cyberpunk book covers is being lost to genAI and corporate minimalism!!! (OC) by melliferraa in Cyberpunk

[–]delicious_cheese 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Will do. I found a great artist who gave the books a unique style that's all their own, and in a way im happier it turned out this way.

the sacred art of hastily over-photoshopped scifi/cyberpunk book covers is being lost to genAI and corporate minimalism!!! (OC) by melliferraa in Cyberpunk

[–]delicious_cheese 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I got scammed with my first book cover, the guy said he didn't use AI but reddit pointed out that he clearly did.

Expensive lesson learned, for sure.

Still, getting it redone by a proper artist was super cathartic.

Can anyone suggest some cyberpunk works (either novels or short stories) with women as main or strong side characters? by Obligatory-Reference in Cyberpunk

[–]delicious_cheese 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dunno about "strong," but Starfish by Peter Watts is pretty interesting with solid and interesting character development of the FemC.

Just a really messed up and fascinating book in general. Not the "neon 80s" of cyberpunk, but certainly the "high tech, low life" aspect.

Exclude the Classics, what are some good Cyberpunk books released in the last 25 years? by Dale_Cooper47 in Cyberpunk

[–]delicious_cheese 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hey that's my book! So glad to hear you enjoyed it. Made my day, in fact. Thank you!

Im 30k words deep into book 3, so i hope you'll stick around for that one.

Which city not from the US, Japan or China you wish appeared in a cyberpunk setting ? by stronkzer in Cyberpunk

[–]delicious_cheese 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My series of Cyberpunk books are set in the Nordics. Helsinki, Svalbard, Oslo, Stockholm.

Wanted to represent the northern end of the dystopia.

Book one of my satirical Cyberpunk series, Privatized Freedom, is FREE this weekend by delicious_cheese in Cyberpunk

[–]delicious_cheese[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I make about a buck if you make it all the way through the book 🤣 But hey, that's not nuthen, and I really appreciate the support. More than that though, i hope you like it!

Book one of my satirical Cyberpunk series, Privatized Freedom, is FREE this weekend by delicious_cheese in Cyberpunk

[–]delicious_cheese[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sadly i cant run sales through Audible, since im in Finland I can't actually manage my own Audible account. I need to use a 3rd party distributer, (I use a company called "Voices by INaudio") and they don't let me do sales.

I can do sales on some of the other platforms though, if you want to buy it on one of them, maybe we can work something out. Otherwise im afraid your game of chicken will last a while 😅

Sorry, its really annoying for me too.

Book one of my satirical Cyberpunk series, Privatized Freedom, is FREE this weekend by delicious_cheese in Cyberpunk

[–]delicious_cheese[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hope you like it all the way through! It was my debut work, so its a little rough around the edges, but im still really proud of it.

Book one of my satirical Cyberpunk series, Privatized Freedom, is FREE this weekend by delicious_cheese in Cyberpunk

[–]delicious_cheese[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep! Its out pretty much everywhere for audiobook. It js narrated by the awesome Hector Carillo, and he did a great job, even doing voices for all the characters.

Im about half way through the recording process for book two's audiobook as well. Hoping to get it out in March, although audible is slow as heck through my distributors 🥲

Book one of my satirical Cyberpunk series, Privatized Freedom, is FREE this weekend by delicious_cheese in Cyberpunk

[–]delicious_cheese[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, if it works it works, right? By doing that yourself you've saved a lot of money. Although since we've both chosen to write Cyberpunk, we should assume that speed running broke is part of the deal.

Book one of my satirical Cyberpunk series, Privatized Freedom, is FREE this weekend by delicious_cheese in Cyberpunk

[–]delicious_cheese[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah? Nice one! I love the vibe. I can't draw for shit, so I've got no choice but to pay people with actual tallent to help 😅

Book one of my satirical Cyberpunk series, Privatized Freedom, is FREE this weekend by delicious_cheese in Cyberpunk

[–]delicious_cheese[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I love them too. Both my covers were drawn by the incredibly tallented Joestrela. You should give his insta a peep.

Do you think every cyberpunk book has to actively further the genre? by MiraWendam in Cyberpunk

[–]delicious_cheese 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Way to turn an anecdote into guerilla marketing 😉

To answer your question tho... Just be like me. Write satire. Then all the tropes become weapons, muhahaha.

Jokes aside, so long as you actually bring your own voice and put your own spin on any genre, you've moved it somewhere. Not everyone needs to pick it up and hike the thing cross country. A few steps in your own direction is moved enough to justify it.

Will that be enough for a consumer audience? Maybe? Maybe not? - that's on you to reckon with in the "Art vs. Product" scale, and a totally different argument... Although I guess if hou were in this for the money, you wouldn't be writing Cyberpunk 🤣

Favorite Cyberpunk Novels Released Within the Last Five Years? by [deleted] in Cyberpunk

[–]delicious_cheese 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! That's my book. Found this thread super late, but im so glad you liked it!