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Beautiful longread for your Monday evening. An antidote to ponder...
Authors, a good note in this (incredibly creepy) thread. Go into your email and turn off loading images from unknown senders to prevent pixel trackers.
There is such good info in this post. So many other parts of being a writer than we usually consider.
#writingcommunity #author #writing
This blew up a bit. If you are not sure what a tracking pixel is the FTC has a good summary here:
If you would like to block these on your browser I highly recommend ghostery!
Ben Yagoda's deep dive into style and voice through interviews with some of literature's most famous voices is a great read, but you'll still need to put in the work on your own writing.
#writingabtwriting #wrtitingcommunity #booksky #author #writing
Writer Beware is also still waiting for boilerplate contract language from Must Read Magazines...
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This is very good advice. Mac users who use Apple Mail can enable Mail Privacy Protection in settings, which also blocks trackers and IP address, but still allows images and remote content to load privately.
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Several people have asked me recently why Analog/Asimov's/F&SF/Ellery Queen/Alfred Hitchcock still don't have Submission Grinder listings again, because the communications from SFWA on the subject have been so positive.
So I thought it might be worth addressing this briefly.
