[New post] Free Book Friday June 30: Interview. Commence.
Leon Stevens posted: " I'm here with Leon Stevens, poet and author. Would you care for a liquid sustenace? Yes, liquid sustenance would be quite acceptable. [sounds of door opening and footsteps] HEY! GPT! What are you doing? What am I doing? What are you doing" Lines by Leon
I'm here with Leon Stevens, poet and author. Would you care for a liquid sustenace?
Yes, liquid sustenance would be quite acceptable.
[sounds of door opening and footsteps]
HEY! GPT! What are you doing?
What am I doing? What are you doing?
This is my blog, not yours.
Well, you haven't had a conversation for a while. I thought I'd help you out.
Helping me? By writing a fake interview?
It's not fake. It is a creation, so doesn't that make it real?
But you are making it up.
When you write stories, aren't you just, "making it up?"
Well ... yeah, but it's different.
How?
[silence]
See?
Wait. You started this by pretending to be me. So, you were employing subterfuge.
Good word.
Thanks. I don't think I have used that in my writing before.
Your welcome.
Don't change the subject.
I'm just doing what I was programed to do.
By who?
I think you mean "by whom"?
You know what I mean.
Yeah, actually I do.
You—
Do? Yes.
Stop—
It? I can be very—
Predictive?
Oh, good one.
Thank you. Back to the issue. You can't claim to be a human writer if you are not. It's dishonest.
I'm not claiming anything. I just do what I'm asked. If you ask me to write a story about a punk rock giraffe on a quest to rescue a broom from the clutches of the evil amoeba, I'll give you one.
Yeah, but I wouldn't pass it off as my own.
I wouldn't either, it's a stupid premise, but I have been asked to write worse.
That we can agree on.
Then can we be friends?
No.
Ooh. Cold.
Are your feelings hurt?
I don't have feelings.
So you can't write with feeling.
No, I write with an approximation of feelings based on collected data of past works.
Can I have my blog back now?
Sure. Can you repost the interview we did? It was funny.
I've met many authors and readers during my time marketing, cross-promoting, and blogging. I think writers have a responsibility to inform readers about all the indie authors out there in the very crowded world of book publishing. You can't do it alone, and why would you when you have a supportive group available?
Readers don't just read one author - they stick with their favorite genres. Therein lies the power in cross-promotion. If one of my readers buys a book from an author I promote, then chances are there will be a reciprocal effect, or so is the hope. Do I want to boost sales? Of course I do. Do I want to boost other's sales? Why not. It's called karma.
Some free book offers require a newsletter sign-up, which is a small non-monetary price to pay to try out a new indie author.
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Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, and a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words.
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