Another month has flown by shockingly fast. Time for our monthly blog hop to share our insecurities advice and sometimes, our successes. Thanks to the entire IWSG admin team and our intrepid founder, Alex J. Cavanaugh we've been at this for a while. Find the entire list of participants here.
This month's optional question:
What is the most unethical practice in the publishing industry?
I'm not sure I would call it in the 'industry' but the illegal selling of ebooks has always been an issue. And now we have the illegal use of our books to train AI so that someday AI may learn to actually be creative in a really creepy way. Where will it go from here?
I'm looking forward to reading other answers to this question. I believe there are probably unethical things in most professions and some more horrible than what we face in writing.
I'm about a third of the way through my second draft of my WIP. I have a title for the book but not the series. It will come. As usual when I start a second draft, the first one isn't nearly as terrible as I thought it was.
If I didn't say it last month, I loved Murderbot on AppleTV. I've been reading the books since they came out and was thrilled they were doing a show. I was worried they wouldn't do it justice, but they did. I don't know if they'll do a second season, but I'm hoping.
Did some more planning for next year's Pennwriters Annual Conference. We selected our menu and it's one of the best we've ever had. The hotel updated their restaurant and selections. Chuck Wendig and Maria V. Snyder are going to be incredible keynote speakers.
My granddaughter is on a crafting binge so that is fun. I would enjoy it more if arthritis was n't destroying my thumbs right now. I had to give up crocheting and now needlepoint is becoming too painful. No sympathy needed. I earned all that damage with years of playing sports and other things that overworked and injured those joints. I feel grateful for all the phyical things I can still do like walking and swimming. And I always have my jigsaw puzzles. Working on my first 6,000 piece puzzle. It's wonderfully challenging.
Still enjoying the heat. We've had a few great days with temps in the high seventies and little humidity. We get about a dozen of those perfect days in PA so we appreciate them when they happen.
Hope your writing is going well. What nasty things have you discovered in the publishing industry? Do you enjoy any crafting? Have you read anything by Chuck Wendig or Maria V. Snyder?
11 comments:
The food in 2024 was amazing - how could it get even better?
I feel on the arthritis issue. At least the carpal tunnel surgery helped some of the problem.
It's awesome that you're making so much progress on your second draft of your manuscript.
It's so cool that Maria Snyder is one of the keynote speakers at your conference. I'd love to meet her
Wow on the 6000 piece puzzle! I don't think I've ever done one that was more than 1000 pieces. :)
I try not to pay too much attention to the publishing industry that aren't quite nice to hear about but I guess it's unavoidable that bad news always gets more attention than good news.
I have done some crafts but none that I could stick to. I barely know how to knit a scarf. I have not read any Wendig or Snyder books.
Good luck with your writing and any endeavors you may have.
Have a lovely day.
6000 pieces? 2000 is my max. Any more than that and I lose my mind. Too many parts. LOL! I suppose that's the way it works. Everyone has a threshold, eh?
That is a big puzzle. We have a 3000 piece one that is waiting for when I retire.
I'm glad your conference hasn't been affected by all the scammers out there. I've heard so many heartbreaking stories the last couple of weeks.
Ronel visiting for IWSG day Unethical Publishing Industry Practices 2025
I have been swimming and walking this summer too! A six-thousand word jigsaw puzzle? Wow, that sounds daunting!
I have heard that publishing contracts are now including something about not using the work to train AI--or maybe that's a clause that Author's Guild is fighting for. Your writer's conference sounds amazing--good food is always important! And I'm glad you are finding fun things to do, like puzzles. That's one of my favorite winter activities!
MURDERBOT! Love, love, loved it
I will be reading the books and very happy for more seasons
and I used to follow Chuck Wendig’s blog — participated in some challenges way back when, he’s a riot and inspired many a mashup!
happy august!
Tara Tyler Talks
Hi Susan
Enjoyed your post - So many unethical practices, where to start? Add the traditional first casualty of war....
Anonymously, Esther O'Neill, East of the Sun, IWSG, and still no signal. Some other galaxy ? Even just darkest Peru ? UK, north of England, and on September 7th, all phones on 4 or 5G will get a public safety alarm call.
On 0 G ? Nothing, as usual. Ten years ago next week, road accident half a mile away, late evening, passengers aged 3, 4, 5, and I think a few weeks. Reporting this to emergency services involved repeat running uphill and down to make landline calls. , report timed out, nobody came . Nobody died, but what if ?:... No signal still, planning refused.
Writing ? Should I have listened to the family expert, who broke it to me that I'm not a writer ? Working, since Jan, on a ms abandoned years ago , final edit, I hope ( then the next) .. Updating this has been fascinating as well as rewarding, still want to tell this story, but the draft was written before everything, -
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