eating #myballs !
Hehe Grace in my jackets
So I had a small rant on bsky but thought it was important so I’m crossposting.
Since my book came out I get a LOT of scam emails. They’re using AI to target me specifically, they usually regurgitate the plot of my book and the opinions of goodreads reviews in order to make it seem like they’re some kind of industry professional who loves my book.
This is not unique to me, I imagine this is shared by most authors.
The usual scam is either that they want me on their podcast, for a nominal fee, or they want me to jump agencies or publisher, or sometimes I’m not entirely sure what they want cos it’s garbled AI nonsense, but they want me to respond so they can hook me further.
The insidious thing is they are using the names of real agents, real podcasters and real companies, so if you were to do a quick google you’d think ‘oh this is legit’.
The email address is usually “RealPerson.RealCompany.com@gmail.com” to try to mask that it’s not real.
So A PSA for newer creators, if you get an email that seems to be a legit offer for agency rep, or a podcast appearance, or a publisher for your work (or other fantastic sounding offer), you are totally within your right to protect yourself, to go to the agency/podcast/publisher’s real site, and email them directly from the address you find on their website, “hey i just got an offer from you? Is this real?” And they will answer yes or no. (I know it’s disappointing to find out if it’s not real… but at least you’re not scammed!!!) The agencies are aware of these scams and are just as disheartened, I imagine. It can’t be helping anyone in publishing right now.
(Please also do your research for legit offers too… signing yourself to an agency or publisher is a big deal, don’t sign your stuff away lightly! But that’s not the main point of this post…)
I think the mass delusion that Wattpad users, as a whole, are just these crying babies who can't handle a website where darkfic exists, is closer to the idea of a satanic panic than the given hypothetical.
I reblogged a few of such posts because I thought they were just jokes, like making fun of reddit, but I grow increasingly worried people are seriously assigning *every* Wattpad user the presumed mindset of a judgemental 14 year old. Are some of them judgemental 14 year olds? Yes but A03 had plenty of those already.
Wattpad still exists it just further censored smut, the 'wattpad refugees' are statistically more likely to be fine with Ao3's overall library existing than the people still using it.
your pfp is now your roommate for a whole week! {THIS TIME if it's you let's say it's a clone of you} how is it going?
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at least one person dies and it's probably me or both of us if not a random per
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results
Flat-Headed Cats Seen in Thailand for the First Time in 30 Years, Having Been Thought Extinct https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/flat-headed-cats-seen-in-thailand-for-the-first-time-in-30-years-having-been-though-extinct/
Dec 29, 2025
OH MY LORD
