What a heartwarming story! :)

Consider this heart a hug.

Anyway back in high school I was in a magnet program that used to admit 50% boys and 50% girls.

Right before my year, parents of boys complained and demanded strict merit-based admission.

My year was like 80% girls so shoutout to the boymoms for making sure their sons didn't steal my slot.

Any agent that approaches you as a self-published author is going to be a scammer.

Fair enough. I won't engage with yours.

What about cult victims leaving their families because they’ve been brainwashed? What about people with controlling partners who tell them they have to cut ties? It’s Abuse 101 to sever people off from their support systems, so I don’t think it’s a case of “always”.

"i only use AI to come up with ideas" dude come on that's literally the easiest and most fun part. why would you even WANT to not do that part

(Hit the post button early) ...six are people I have not met but have interacted with online on some level, five of them could be considered "celebrities", and the rest are less-than-universally-known artists I admire, or fun accounts like @mondomascots.bsky.social.

No point to this, just curious.

I'm sorry that I came across as someone who didn't.

I'm sorry, what? Jesus wasn't known for slaying bulls.

It already looks pretty 1970s as it is. At first glance, I thought it WAS a book from the 1970s.