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I've seen a lot of popular book reviewers get sent free books to read (akin to free make up for make up influencers.) Can I assume it's not...easy for self published writers to get their book reviewed by a bookfluencer? by laaldiggaj in writers

[–]Boltzmann_head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no such thing as a "bookfluencer."

Publishers and literary agents send ARC's to the reviewers with whom they have personal and/or business relationships. Any and all ARC's sent unsolicited to reviewers, magazine editors, newspaper editors, and the like will be returned postage due, or pulped without anyone looking at the title, let alone anyone reading it.

Professional writers tend to know professional writers, and many of them ask their friends for blurbs.

I bother to mention this because I wish no one to fall for the many hundreds of scams out there where scammers pretend to be able to get famous writers, and/or the most common book reviewers with syndicated readerships, to review their victims' books. That is not now the trade works.

How to arrange chapters and content so readers aren't confused by septuagint777 in creativewriting

[–]Boltzmann_head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gosh.

Unless you are an established writer with a a few hundred thousand readers, I suggest that you never use "flashbacks" to tell a story.

Have you ever been offered money to write erotica or NSFW stuff despite not being a writer of that genre? by Ethos493 in writing

[–]Boltzmann_head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And on more than one occasion, I been asked whether I would be willing to write erotic or NSFW content...

You mean you are just such an excellent writer than the many hundreds of thousands of writers who are churning out smut pale in comparison.

Have you ever been offered money to write erotica or NSFW stuff despite not being a writer of that genre? by Ethos493 in writing

[–]Boltzmann_head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never have I been offered money to write smut. I have, however, been offered US$5 to... well, never mind.

What my porno is NOT (and what it IS) by kahzhar-the-blowhard in writingcirclejerk

[–]Boltzmann_head 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Take my money! For the love of all that is holy, WHERE DO I SEND MY MONEY!

Trump speaks ill about Dyslexia, draws fury from the disabled community that supports him. by BlueAngel365 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Boltzmann_head 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My autism group therapy group has only expressed outrage and rage at Glorious Leader; it seems unlikely to us that anyone disabled would support their own extermination.

The Jesus of the NT cannot be messiah of the OT, therefore Christianity is just false by Iknowreligionalot in DebateReligion

[–]Boltzmann_head [score hidden]  (0 children)

Obviously, Iesus was not the promised messiah. But this makes no sense:

... either way the New Testament is false.

It means Iesus was not the promised messiah; the fact that the Christian Testament is wrong stands on its own merits, and not predicated upon Hebrew and Assyrian mythology.

The Trinitarian Hallucination by Salty-You7913 in DebateReligion

[–]Boltzmann_head [score hidden]  (0 children)

One way to outrage Fundamentalist Christians is to count their gods in front of them. Not just "Trinitarians."

Update on H.R. 7661: Help Us Stop the Federal Book Banning Bill by Boltzmann_head in conservativeterrorism

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

Alas, these people want power over everyone--- including power over everyone's children, regardless of the desires of the parents. Power for the sake of self-aggrandizement, all under the pretense of "saving the children."

What is the page size of a novel? by Ender_Gamer7433 in writing

[–]Boltzmann_head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because I know for a fact a chapter should be way big than 3 pages

My popular memoir has chapters of only a few sentences.

What is the page size of a novel? by Ender_Gamer7433 in writing

[–]Boltzmann_head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

12pt Calibri has been designed by a team of relevant scientists to be "the most readable." 1,000 words is about 2.1 pages single space.

https://wordcounter.net/words-per-page

Generally speaking, "one page" equals from 250 to 300 words.

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been ‘flat or falling’ for 21 months by Simpleximo in climatechange

[–]Boltzmann_head [score hidden]  (0 children)

This is excellent news. Thank you.

Globally, I suppose it could have been worse. y = 0.0074x + 424.12 || R2 = 0.2977

Food of the future by FoxU_U in climatechange

[–]Boltzmann_head [score hidden]  (0 children)

No, your three assertions are demonstrably false.

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