Thursday, June 5, 2025

Inside the Jacket

 

Should ever I, at some future point, find myself processed through the publishing world, I would hope the finished product does not contain such a likeness of myself, posed with pensive mood and smoking pipe.  I believe my true self exists beyond such lame expectations.

A much better likeness would be formed through digesting the flavor of my writings.  Let that be the image that lingers in the minds of the readers. 

Neither shall I become a barker, hawking at malls and grand openings.  That is not me.  I have given my stories legs, that they might stand on their own.

I can suggest that such a publisher solicit an AI version of myself to become the sales puppet.  Without strings, there would be no request for an advance, no coffee breaks needed and multiple venues could be satisfied simultaneously.