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Nothing About This Is Safeđ EPISODE 5 â How Fiction Authors Build an AI-Ready Identity Using GEO + AEOMost authors think theyâre preparing for the future of publishing. They arenât.Theyâre documenting their past â one scattered bio, one half-finished website, one âIâll organize this laterâ at a time â and calling it strategy.This episode tears that illusion apart and shows why fiction authors must write their record before the AI Librarian writes it for them.Episode Overview Alicia McCalla returns to break down the real mechanics behind GEO and AEO â not as buzzwords, but as survival tools. We talk about how the AI Librarian interpre...
2025-12-091h 38
Nothing About This Is Safeđ EPISODE 3 â The Myth of the Starving Artist Is Still Paying Your BillsIntro/Outro Music: âFeel Goodâ by raspberrymusic Guests: Deleyna Marr & Scoot join me for a deep conversation about the mentality revolving around the âstarving artistâ, and how it affects us as writers.Subscribe nowYouâve heard it before: âReal artists donât care about money.âItâs the poison that keeps creative people broke and proud of it.In this episode, we pulls apart one of the most destructive lies in creative culture â the myth that poverty equals purity. We talk about how this narrative has been glorified, institutionalized, a...
2025-11-2558 min
Nothing About This Is Safeđ Episode 2: AI Isnât the Enemy â Fear Is.Intro/Outro Music: âFeel Goodâ by raspberrymusic Guests: Ann Kimbrough & Deleyna Marrâtwo powerhouse indie authors whoâve been living at the intersection of creativity, publishing, and technology long before most of us admitted AI was in the room.Subscribe nowAI isnât coming. Itâs here.And the indie writers who learn to use it⌠instead of fearing it⌠are about to dominate the next decade of publishing.In this episode, Jaime, Ann, and Deleyna get brutally honest about the panic, denial, and opportunity swirling around AI in the creative world.T...
2025-11-181h 09
Nothing About This Is Safeđ Episode 0: Just Donât Suck (and Other Lies Writers Tell Themselves)Guest: Lisa Norman ( a.k.a. Deleyna Marr ) â writer, editor, and creator of The Joy Project, a new project being developed to help creatives rediscover joy in their craft.Can we be honest for a second?Most of us judged our entire future as writers based on the limp performance of our first project.We launched that debut book, blog, or series⌠and when it didnât explode, we quietly decided maybe we werenât cut out for this.Thatâs the lie Lisa and I tackled this week: the idea that limit...
2025-11-0635 min
Life of Fiction2x2 Jaime Buckley & Kummer Wolfe chat!Special Thanks to Ann from Tell Me A Mystery, for coming up with this substack live video ideaâŚif you havenât visited Tell Me A Mystery, youâre missing out!Also, I cannot express how much I have personally enjoyed Kummer Wolfeâs writing and creativity, so check out:Worldâs Of Kummer WolfeFollow Kummer Wolfe on SubstackâŚand check out Kummer Wolfeâs creations: * Hoist The Colors* Legends of Elohey* Masters of Illuria* Tales of JusticeWant to Go Live with J...
2025-01-1842 min