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I taught my first years with the five steps from this book this semester, and it worked fantastically. It took some time to build up their confidence in taking what they'd noticed and using it to construct an argument, but they got stronger at it every week.

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I did not know that, back in January!!

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September 27, IN YOUR COURT, Kit Haley (🇦🇺). Tennis is the one sport I actually follow, and this was a winner both for the tennis and the romance.

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This one was an egregiously bad example - who wants a summary of their reviews?!?? - but they really all are one big neg.

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new favourite Smaug dropped

the 1968 "pleasure in reading" edition of the hobbit featuring an adorable bright pink Smaug torching the inhabitants of lake town

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

just realised this is the AI version of negging, and I hate it just as much as the original version

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Today in the AI author scam spam saltmines: a breathlessly rude email saying that "I'm not here to tell you the book is broken", then summarising complaints about A Study In Sparkling in reader reviews & comparing its review numbers unfavourably to An Academic Affair. It has been out for ONE WEEK.

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Congratulations to Jodi McAlister, the double threat in our shining kingdom of popular romance, on your new novel!

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So my brand new book A Study In Sparkling came out in the US this week, and... well, turns out I have to promote it? If we're marketing by tropes... 🥂older woman/younger man 🥂 friends (with benefits) to lovers 🥂 competence porn www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Stud...

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Got one this morning which was nearly a thousand words long. An *email*.

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Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Just read this and really enjoyed it! The balance between sparkling escapism and all-the-feels is beautifully judged.

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Today in the endless stream of AI author scam spam emails - Nicholas Sparks himself reaching out to kindly offer to help me with my metadata and pitch my book to TikTok creators. Never dreamed I would be so blessed.

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Still just Deensey @deensey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This book is fantastic and you should read it.

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yes! The Aus sprayed edition is gorgeous.

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This is an excellent point!! I'd considered this in terms of tone before, but not length.

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It feels like *such* an obvious error, but I suppose quantity over quality is the game here in more ways than one.

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One I got over the weekend has fourteen paragraphs. Fourteen!! What human would write an email that long?

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Like, I can't imagine this is a good scam strategy? If nothing else, it makes them even more immediately identifiable, because no one else is sending emails that verge on novella length.

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Because I just had a book come out, I'm getting a ton of author AI scam spam at the moment, and I have one question: why are they all so long??

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Enough Trope @enoughtrope.com · 19/09/2026

September 20, BODIES OF MAGIC, Freya Marske (🇦🇺). It's a bit of a stretch describing this magical medical school murder mystery as a romance, but 1) it's got two very lovely romances in it, and 2) I loved it, so...

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We're open for submissions! Have thoughts on genre fiction and want to share them? We accept submissions of 1000 words with a relevance to Australian genre fiction. Commentary, reviews, articles, or thoughtpieces? Share them with us: enoughtrope.com/submissions

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Submissions — Enough Trope

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Enough Trope @enoughtrope.com · 18/09/2026

Enough Trope is live! Smart and contemporary commentary, articles, and reviews about Australian genre fiction! Come check us out: enoughtrope.com

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The author of the “brilliant” (Library Journal) An Academic Affair proves that the best love stories start with a pop with this sizzling romance ab...

...and, fine, it's also a book about wine. I went to wine school to make sure my Master Sommelier candidate hero sounds like he knows what he's talking about, and so in this book, wine is a whole other (love?) language.

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The author of the “brilliant” (Library Journal) An Academic Affair proves that the best love stories start with a pop with this sizzling romance ab...

But really: this is a book about embarrassment. How do you put yourself back together after something profoundly and publicly humiliating has happened to you? And how do you trust again when your trust has been catastrophically undermined?

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