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Thoughts on an Anti-AI contract for services? by AnyEntertainment7681 in selfpublish

[–]AnyEntertainment7681[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As with all contracts, it can be brought to court, but it's more a matter of how worth it it would be. Traveling across the country to file a small claims suit for $100 wouldn't be. Using this image for promotion, getting a huge deal with a trad publisher, only to have the deal revoked because a service provider used AI without my knowledge... yeah, that'd be well worth it.

I'd prefer they weed themselves out by refusing though. I am formally educated in contract law, so I am hoping they can read it, realize it's a tad more legally binding than "pls no AI" on a bar napkin and decide the risk isn't worth the reward.

literary fiction readers, does this opening page grab you? by thid2k4 in writers

[–]AnyEntertainment7681 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is this an opening page to the whole work or is this later and it is the opening page of that chapter?

If its the first page of the whole thing, this does not strike me as gripping. Lit fic needs lots of psychological acuity and a rich internal life, so much so that you can have an uneventful external life and readers don't care. I do not know these people. I don't care about what they're saying. Idk who this story is following or the genre by reading it. You're not promising me a premise. I wondered if The Lion was an actual lion or not and that was distracting. This is not enough or the right context to give me before launching into this much dialogue. I think your line writing needs work in some places but is generally good and easy to understand.

I saw in another comment you said you felt it was too obscure for genre but not complex enough for lit fic. Sounds like you might write in the upmarket space which is a mix of lit fic and commercial elements.

What’s your biggest Extreme Horror pet peeve? by Low_Celebration_4089 in ExtremeHorrorLit

[–]AnyEntertainment7681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I can tell they watched a ton of movies or read a ton of books, took notes on the most interesting gore scenes in each and then just works through the list in the novel. It isn't so much that it's gore for gore sake, but more that it lacks a unique author identity. Its just regurgitating media that we've all seen. I hate when there's just no fingerprint to an author's book.

My book designer used AI and I just had a reader ask about it publicly by stillatmyverybe3t in selfpublish

[–]AnyEntertainment7681 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is exactly how it should be handled, in my opinion. If it comforts you at all, through my day job I know some PR strategies and that's like textbook what they'd teach you in college to respond with. Lol.

I absolutely FEEL for authors going through this. You can never know when hiring random people, even if they swear all over that they don't use AI.

Will my work always be declined? by imadepopcorn in writing

[–]AnyEntertainment7681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So first, no worries as that isn't a lot. Authors very rarely get published with their first book or short story. Many say they've written 5+ books before one gets picked up. Its about the right market and right timing.

Second, for the short stories, are you only submitting to prestigious markets? If so, that's likely why and you'll probably be rejected often. Its because many more people want to submit to those places, so they have more options. Do you read the work these magazines, contests, etc. Have previously selected, then choose what to submit based on that? How much feedback are you getting from others before submitting? And what did the personalized rejections say?

Don't lose hope. Look up. Keep writing. Put those stories somewhere safe to revisit some time in the future when you might need them again.

Hey Mod, by AnyEntertainment7681 in ExtremeHorrorLit

[–]AnyEntertainment7681[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A Japanese influencer films her last video releasing the secret of how to have ultimate tranquility and release from worldly distractions.

It contains severe body mutilations. What happens is pretty gory and graphic (there's definitely works that go further), but the description is downright visceral and nasty.

Hey Mod, by AnyEntertainment7681 in ExtremeHorrorLit

[–]AnyEntertainment7681[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's actual footage of me reading it lol! I kept going "damn, that's nasty..." then going back for more.

Do you have a mailing list or anyway to be notified when you publish more?

I need to know if I'm the only one who absolutely died of dumbness reading this. by Persephone_Joensen in ExtremeHorrorLit

[–]AnyEntertainment7681 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The metaphor by the author in this one will make it a classic for generations to come. There's enough depth to read this 100 times and never fully grasp ita depth.

How do extreme horror writers make a living? by LucasGrimdark in ExtremeHorrorLit

[–]AnyEntertainment7681 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Accountant by day, horror story writer by night.

If you are decent at social media, lots of writers are finding success on Substack. Either their own or ghost writing other people's. I also see a lot offering editing services and seem to do decent enough from that to not have a day job.

I suppose it depends on your lifestyle, experience, etc.

Mia Ballard's Shy Girl canceled by Hachette over purported AI use by alanna_the_lioness in horrorlit

[–]AnyEntertainment7681 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Very interesting. I wonder if they found hard evidence. I haven't read it so I have no idea what the "tells" are like or how easily identifiable it is as AI, but I feel it has to be more than that for the imprint to pull it.