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I guarantee that slipping the pitch to people while they were on panels and couldn't get away was something the AI suggested.

Anyone who looked at the paper is now being reported as being "in talks" with said person about the collaboration to try and rope other writers in.

I can't even imagine trying this - I always hesitate just asking them to autograph one of their books for me.

Always wanted to be the one person at the GRRM talk who just wants him to get back to the Thousand Worlds.

Nailed it.

Obviously a different thing, but I met Don S. Davis at a Stargate con, meaning most people wanted to talk about Stargate or MacGyver (which he’d guested in). When I told him how much I’d enjoyed his guest role in The Sentinel, it was like the sun rose on his face! I can still see it 20+ years on.

I'm always impressed when I'm autographing and someone asks me to sign something I wrote but had never signed before.

Not just "creatives," either! Hitting on servers or baristas, for example, when they're working and expected to represent their employer. Don't corner people. Shun those who corner others. Make the world a better place ip do tan!

9. I'm not naming this person because I don't want to either punch down or give them attention. But the issue isn't just about them, it's more general advice to aspiring folks who think there's a "cheat code" to getting attention. There's not. To be seen as a pro, act like a pro. Not like this.

It's so fucking gross considering how open many authors and artists are at conventions anyway and their reward for being publicly accessible is having this very basic decorum breached.

I have a brand activation that I think would be a GREAT opportunity for you to monetize your social profile as an author who could enter new paradigms in the influencer space to generate new energy about... Nope, fuck it, I can't even do it as a joke

"Collaboration" in the social media influencer age has such icky connotations and must be so suspicious to be presented with when you're a professional, or just a normal person who's not trying to make money off of views.

I would like to be successful but not famous. I would hate it if strangers shouted comments at me across a station concourse or across a road or across a restaurant.

I don't remember you being annoying, so you weren't! And glad I could help.

Hi Chris! I knew you when you were working at that SF shop in the CBD. How are you going?

Don’t know if they approached female authors, but if so … the amount of backbone it takes for a female author to get labelled arrogant wouldn’t prop up a mouse, so making her say ‘no’ in public? What fun.

I am exceedingly glad to hear this.

Yep! I'm not going to go into more detail because I agree with not setting up a virtual mob, but they had certain limited credentials which just made the whole thing even worse. They'd sent a bunch of our agents an email ahead of time including all the pitches and tried to find us in the green room.

It's pure anecdata, but I overheard a conversation wherein someone who sounds like Random was asked to leave, so that may well have happened.

If you're going to the "effort" of having AI come up with your ideas, you might as well have it "write" it too.

There is a good chance they asked a chat bot how to get their idea noticed and it told them to do this.

So it’s “I’ve got an idea, you can write it and we’ll split the money 50/50” but they don’t even have a real idea?

Sounds like it's the same mentality. "I came up with the idea/came up with the prompt. That's the hard part! All you/the #genAI has left to do is the simple mechanical part of actually generating at least forty thousand words!"