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Dive into the award-winning writing and prescient cultural commentary of author and editor Brian Niemeier.
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- Sep 30, 2026
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Why Your Bombshell Hits With a Whimper and Not a Bang (opens the original)
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Authors, see if this scenario rings a bell: You’ve been building toward the big confrontation for six chapters. The hero’s best friend was killed. Then his wife left him, and his hometown burned to the ground.Finally, he finds out that his mentor betrayed him.And the next chapter picks up three days after the bombshell dropped.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1756027132696-f725e53ff15d?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MH
Amazon Just Put a Speed Limit on Publishing (opens the original)
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Since the advent of the Kindle, Amazon positioned itself as the alternative to oldpub gatekeepers’ arbitrary publishing restrictions.Now, Amazon are the ones imposing new limits.As of September 21, Kindle Direct Publishing now limits users to creating two new titles per format per week. If you are unfamiliar with KDP, that’s two eBooks, two paperbacks, and two hardcovers. For reference, the previous ceiling was ten.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/ph
18,000 Fans Paid to Bring This Game Back; the Publisher Killed It Anyway (opens the original)
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Four years ago, fans of the classic JRPG Wild Arms put their money where their mouths were.Veterans of the series wanted to make a spiritual successor called Armed Fantasia. Instead of waiting for a major publisher to decide whether anyone wanted such a game, they went to Kickstarter.And the audience answered. Unequivocally.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5c98!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.
August AMA Questions (opens the original)
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August AMA Audio (opens the original)
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