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Author of speculative & medical thrillers 🧬 Querying my debut | #QuestPit Gym rat β€’ tech survivor β€’ dad

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But I am Shy...

14.03.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But... But what if I don't like romantasy?

14.03.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is the gym considered strange?

14.03.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I always found moodboards confusing, including mine :-)

14.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It hurts only if (unlike me) you expect anything other than one rejection after the other πŸ₯²

14.03.2026 10:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good luck!

14.03.2026 05:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So *obviously* today I wrote the first chapter of a new sci-fi book that's been brewing in my mind because why the hell not.

13.03.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good luck!

13.03.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think I'm unlikely to sell my book because it doesn't really belong on any single shelf.
Genre-bending is probably better left to the veteran writers.

13.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Life is a series of rejections with a a few successes sprinkled on top.
(Got a couple of form rejections just now).

13.03.2026 08:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good luck to all hopeful #RevPit participants (including me πŸ˜…).

12.03.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My book I s high concept literary fiction. People who would think I wrote it with AI are not smart enough to enjoy it anyway.

07.03.2026 06:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Because Grok is free

05.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't remember TBH. Maybe Grok.

24.02.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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23.02.2026 11:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You will have to read the book for that...

18.02.2026 07:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That's a very good question, and I'm not sure how to distinguish between them.
Emotionally she becomes like a child, which makes her morally blind.

17.02.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Changes completely, in all aspects.

17.02.2026 10:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It just occurred to me that agents do full requests and developers do pull requests.

16.02.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The story is about an aged professor who tries an experimental cure (hence the sci-fi) for her terminal disease.
She starts the book deeply in love with someone and ends it somewhat in love with someone else due to horrible circumstances, and it's quite a thrilling read :-)

16.02.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What a beautiful mood board πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

15.02.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much!
That's beautiful!

15.02.2026 10:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, that's debatable 😁
Thrillers, with a touch of romance, speculative science, and the occasional horror thrown into the mix.

14.02.2026 09:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

No worries. I completely agree it's inaccurate, but it's a fair assumption to work on, given the evidence.

14.02.2026 08:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I fully agree that those studies don't apply directly. However, utilizing the principle of proximity (and the lack of studies claiming the contrary) it's safe to assume that there's at least some carry-over into fiction.

14.02.2026 07:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Can you please answer my question?

14.02.2026 07:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's an article cited by more than 200 others.
What's your point, actually? That it isn't true? That it isn't accurate?

14.02.2026 07:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers GPT detectors frequently misclassify non-native English writing as AI generated, raising concerns about fairness and robustness. Addressing the biases…

I guess you mean the Stanford study, but there've been others, for example one published in the Journal of Computational Linguistics. This is also open for the public: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....

14.02.2026 07:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was today years old when I learned that having English as your 2nd language (my first is Hebrew) increases the chances of your writing to be flagged as AI dramatically.
I'm not even sure what I'm supposed to do with that.
Is there a #writingcommunity for 2nd language writers?

14.02.2026 06:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing!

13.02.2026 10:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0