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?
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