Good luck to this idea!  I use this self-certification for the fun of it on my space opera:  "Guaranteed written & produced by an actual organic free-range human being, not a robot or AI or other devilish mechanical."  But "NO-OI" is neater.

Quote from: Jan Hurst-Nicholson on May 13, 2024, 04:42:10 AM

Has anyone started using Amazon.co.za yet? Not sure how it affects us as sellers. My paperbacks all say 'currently not available'. Can't find Kindle books 

They wont in that store until Amazon locks in a local printer.

Took years before they started printing in the Australian store.

Quote from: Post-Crisis D on May 06, 2024, 04:19:09 AM

I remember we had to read The Catcher in the Rye and I still believe that is one of the most overrated books of all time.  I mean, were we supposed to identify with the protagonist because he was a teenager?  I didn't.  I just longed for him to get hit by a bus so the book would be over.

You and I share a brain when it comes to this book.   

The only time I was ever really into it was when it looked like the elevator pimp was going to beat Holden to a pulp.  That would have been a great way to begin the upward phase of the character's Harmon Circle: have him wake up in the hospital, reevaluate his life in something like a "Come to Jesus" moment, and then set himself to making amends and developing virtues and whatnot.

(For those who aren't familiar with the Harmon Circle, I'm referring to Step 5.)