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highplainsdem

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9. If you've been published professionally, paid for your work, you should be

Reply to FalloutShelter (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 15, 2023, 11:06 PM

Feb 2023

able to avoid the slush pile, either through query letters or having your agent handle submissions.

But this mess ChatGPT is creating is really going to hurt aspiring writers.

And it will make life harder for editors, too.

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ChatGPT is making it LESS likely aspiring authors will be able to sell their work [View all] highplainsdem Feb 2023 OP

To err is human. To really fk things up, you need a computer. SheltieLover Feb 2023 #1

Self-publishing is also at risk of being overwhelmed by a tsunami of highplainsdem Feb 2023 #4

Gawd... SheltieLover Feb 2023 #5

As a published author of speculative fiction FalloutShelter Feb 2023 #2

If you've been published professionally, paid for your work, you should be highplainsdem Feb 2023 #9

Nope... FalloutShelter Feb 2023 #12

Anything you have to verify the publisher you had before 2008 should highplainsdem Feb 2023 #13

You're not kidding... FalloutShelter Feb 2023 #14

What a problem. I feel for both editors and aspiring authors. brush Feb 2023 #3

I'd read one article saying the person asked for a plot to be written like Stephen King SheltieLover Feb 2023 #8

And will students who use it learn anything about writing or the subject matter? brush Feb 2023 #10

Of course not! SheltieLover Feb 2023 #11

Teachers might be able to catch some of the cheaters, but highplainsdem Feb 2023 #17

Maybe. Maybe not. edisdead Feb 2023 #6

Thank you for taking the time to post all that info Nictuku Feb 2023 #7

You're very welcome! highplainsdem Feb 2023 #16

Now that the book publishing industry ymetca Feb 2023 #15