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Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo... by int32_64 on Sunday November 08, 2026 @08:33AM (#50413201)
I can't imagine how hard it is to try to make it as an author in 2026. Between the sheer number of people writing, the suspicions of AI use, trying to be discovered, it must be completely demoralizing.
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Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo... by techjamie on Sunday November 08, 2026 @11:26AM (#50414626)
My friend wrote a book during the pandemic before AI got too good, and gave up/deleted his work after no publishers called him. I guess a publisher found his manuscript about a year later and he got a call, but turned it down because he deleted his work.

I was recently lamenting to him that he probably lost the last chance he had before the flood of slop books really hit.

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