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pelielios

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Me (Peli), cats Robber and Conroy.

Chipping away at a romance series, first three books complete. Happy to send epub on request.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6DY9S3M

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wendypalmer , to bookstodon group
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It’s a sad affair when the no-doubt-AI-generated summary of a book has a higher rating than the actual book.

The book itself, A Very Agreeable Murder, is a very fluffy mash-up of Jane Austen and Agatha Christie, pure escapist fun…I can’t see what the point of reading a summary of it would be. You either want the experience of fluffy escapist fun, or you just don’t read it all, surely 🤷‍♀️

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pelielios ,
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@wendypalmer @bookstodon One of my least favorite tasks is writing summaries / back matter for my own books, and chatbots are so USELESS at it.

I tried feeding ChatGPT a single early chapter of original work to summarize and without a few thousand high school essays to crib from, it had no idea what to do with it.

Screams, flames. In the distance, sirens.

I still cannot figure out what it's for when it's so bad at what should be rote, tedious work.

willaful , to Romance Books
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? I enjoyed Lunar New Year Love Story, an intriguing, slightly mystical romance. I loved how it incorporated elements from different cultures and mythologies into its theme, and that the art is really important to the story, not just illustrating the words. It would make a fantastic animated movie.

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pelielios ,
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@willaful @romancebooks @bookstodon I always see/hear my books in every medium except the written word first.

In narration I try to stay out of their way and in dialog, punctuation is like musical notation.

It's really just transcribing a living world.

Claydisarray , to ActuallyAutistic group
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My recent diagnosis is explaining a lot for me.

For instance, I've always been super confused why a waiter appears to crack a tiny amount of black pepper from an enormous pepper mill.

It's hardly a precious spice and why can't I just do it myself?? :blobawkward:

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pelielios ,
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@Claydisarray @actuallyautistic I have an almost feral reaction to shoe salesmen trying to put shoes on my feet. I hate it, I HATE it, I will kick you in the snoot, get your hands away.

My mom had to explain at length that it was a form of pampering.

I think the waiter offering pepper falls under the same umbrella. I feel like it's a huge boundary violation, they're just trying to do their jobs.

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