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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Why bother taking a video of your kids if one day you can have AI generate endless videos of them for you?

ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Even today, naively or maybe not, I still believe that self pub is the purest form of creativity in the writing world. I think in the long run self pub will drive the industry even more than it already does (and it really does).

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Imagine trying to have a conversation with someone who won’t admit you can talk about anything. IM a thinking feeling human being no IM thinking a feeling although tbh nobody’s doing much thinking or feeling, just flexing

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The AI goobers are selling you HYPE but I’m slinging this TITE 85k word book on why they Suck

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

What’s so wrong about wanting to write about a bear? Loving the bear?? There was an era when birds were everything. This is bear time now. Bird time is Done.

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I spring forward every day of my LIFE. Only the weak do it once a year.

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Spring forward SO HARD today, doing the best springing you’ve ever seen, I never needed that hour anyway you’ll see, feeling ready!!

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Ah yes the 1984 batch of forever chemicals, a lovely PFAS blend, just the right mix of bitter and sweet, heady and slightly astringent, enjoy

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Are AI books actually destroying the kindle store yet? I think they’re a serious problem but — it seems like it’s largely Amazon’s issue right now.

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

You’ve got no body, no eyes, you’re floating in a vast black salty ocean, someone screams MAKE THIS PICTURE LOOK BETTER and your entire existence depends on making the picture look “better”

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Is the entire book industry down if Amazon isn’t loading properly

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

It’s cool there’s a robot living somewhere on a data center I can sometimes message like “hey bud can you make me a python script that generates galloping horses in various shapes and colors and all the horses love me unconditionally” and it doesn’t judge

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

If someone is selling you answers, the answers are probably wrong. If they’re selling processes and education, that’s different. If they’re selling bots?? Get in early

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

What is a “structured reader wave?” Some kind of horrific assault on my person? Who wants that?? (It’s bots btw)

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

There is 100% an insane amount of scamming in the indie pub industry. I get like 5 scam emails every day, all written by chatgpt, and I have no clue what the end game is. They want to make me rich though! How great is that!

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Building a yard sign grave yard, you are not invited

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

What do you mean it puts long term text in order? I agree with you by the way, I’m just curious what your use case is. I’m guessing a story bible? I built something like a story bible with Claude Code and it’s pretty good.

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Yes stupid machines make bad errors etc etc but holy wow what’s going on inside of the model such that it recognizes errors and is still aware of the implications and reactions enough to actively try to cover those errors?

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

If you outline and brainstorm with an AI, is that morally ethical? What about with a human partner? At what point does it move from helpful idea making to an AI doing the work for you?

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Are we headed toward robot communism

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Magic is mystery and as soon as you explain away all the questions then it’s not magic anymore.

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Don’t buy the course. Don’t go on the retreat. (Unless you can easily afford it). These things probably won’t change your life!

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Sick of the “too many books” argument. Has anyone actually been so flooded by low quality books that they couldn’t find something decent to read? Is “the infinite flood of content” an actual issue or just another way of denigrating indie pub?

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

You have to build a brand. But mostly you just read and write books. Do you just write about writing? Or maybe write about reading? But you’re not a book reviewer. You’re an author. How do you generate content that isn’t just “buy my course” slop?

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

I don’t want to write about writing! I don’t want to talk about marketing! I don’t want to accumulate a list of other writers! I want to find readers!!

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I wonder how many people are quietly making a living self publishing books. Like my author name isn’t huge, but I’ve been in the top100 overall a bunch. I doubt most people would recognize my name, but I have an audience. I feel like there are way more authors like that right now.

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I swear every mafia romance starts at a funeral. Why are we doing that?????

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I can’t remember the last time I wanted to quit a book at like 100 pages, forced myself to finish it, and felt good about that choice. Basically never happens! If the first act/20% isn’t for me, the rest almost definitely won’t be.

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

ALSO, just because I DNF a book does NOT mean I think it’s a “bad book.” I just think it’s not working for me, and maybe I can say why and have decent points, but who cares? My 5 star is your DNF. Books, man.

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I can feel myself on the edge of quitting another book. The sweet relief of accepting this book is not for me… and putting it down. Nothing better. DNF life forever.

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

It’s honestly amazing to me that poetry presses/magazines/etc survive at all. But I feel like the writing world in general is full of stuff like book prize scams—little ways aspiring authors are used to subsidize the industry.

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I totally agree. I think “accessible” is a good goal and doesn’t have to mean one particular form of narrative poetry. It’s more people are intimidated, like you said. As if poetry was “too hard” and can’t actually be fun (which it definitely is).

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The incentives in the poetry world are like, write poems to impress this tiny cohort of editors and other writers. Hope someone reads your work maybe! I’m honestly sad that poetry doesn’t leak into my world more often. Because it basically never does! I have to actively seek it out (and still do).

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I have an MFA in poetry. Writing poetry was a huge part of my life and all the internet journals and publishers felt so important. Now I’ve been out of the poetry world for over a decade… and it’s like all of that disappeared. It faded away. Poetry is just buried. It’s gone. It’s so small!

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Getting into the flow of a first person shooter feels a lot like the flow of a 5,000 word day deep into the first hour of typing or the flow of rep 5/8 in a tough speed workout and that’s maybe why I like all of those things (but don’t game anymore).

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Dear Diary, should I write some romantasy??

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

KDP and indie pub is such a good deal for everyone. Authors have new ways to publish and to make an actual living. Trad can swoop in and sign the super successful outliers. Amazon gets endless cheap content. Readers get more books they’d otherwise never see.

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

There is so much good stuff out there. Why struggle through something you don’t like? That whole “I HAVE to finish” thing is odd

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Nothing better than quitting a book. Hit 50% last night and tossed one aside. Best feeling in the world!

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Working on becoming an anti hustle influencer. Look at my very average day! Awake at a normal time, regular exercise, a couple good hours of writing. Strive for just enough!

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

How much harder do I need to work? How much more rank do I need before it’s good enough? What’s the point of writing books if all I’m doing is worrying about KU rates and read through percentages?

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Excavating layers of old photos and outdated reminders from the kitchen cork board like discovering lost civilizations

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I don’t think AI is going to replace writers, but I do think AI is going to make it more important for writers to be semi-public, if only to prove their humanity.

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

This basically means: no matter how good your book is, if you're not marketing it in a way that makes readers want to check it out, then nobody will bother opening it. Your cover gets them in. Your book makes them fans.

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

When I started indie publishing, I found a forum thread that got me started. The first post included one of the most important lessons any indie can learn: YOUR COVER IS AS IMPORTANT AS YOUR BOOK.

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Other people’s TVs are the most complicated things in the world. I’d rather do some obscene physics trash than have to turn your TV on and find the cable box. No thanks

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ANDREW @andrewbach.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Consistency is more important than almost anything else in a writing career. That doesn’t mean writing every day—but it does mean learning how you can create books and stories readers enjoy on a regular basis.

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