• panda_abyss@lemmy.ca
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    9 hours ago

    To my biggest fans who buy the books as they come out:

    Fuck. You.

    Sincerely, your favourite author, hugs and kisses.

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      The author doesn’t have any say in how the cover looks at all. The publisher decides that

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        Depends. The modern genius Chuck Tingle has apparently gone out of his way to replace an image of a ‘lesbian skeleton’ that might’ve been AI-generated with another stock image of a skeleton.

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        He did have a say in what he’ll be remembered for long after everyone had already fell in love with his work ☕

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            7 hours ago

            Assaulted a woman, paid her hush money, let a lot of people call him the Only Good Man™. More accusations have come out but the nanny is the only one he saw a court room for.

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              Which, unless I’m behind, resulted in a procedural dismissal and the judge said to go have a trial where it happened.

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                Which means I guess you can do anything to anyone if they’re a non-citizen and you move to America directly afterward. Yep, that is up to current date