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To whom it May concern (medium.com)
submitted 1 week ago by IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
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I have too much time on my hands lately. I have decided to challenge myself and try to write something every day. I like writing essays, but sometimes I also enjoy science fiction stories. If it is alright with this community, I will post those stories here.

This is a first contact diegetic document. Talks about deep time, mega engineering, and existentialism.

Dear mods: Not sure if this counts as self-promotion. If it does please remove it ASAP, or tell me and I will do so myself.

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[–] felbane@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The fact that it's behind a Medium pay wall certainly doesn't help the self-promotion case. Maybe publish somewhere that isn't an enshittified cesspool?

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Appreciate you telling me, it shouldn't be paywalled.

[–] felbane@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I think Medium does it on their own sometimes. I got a full page undismissable subscription screen when I scrolled on my phone. I just tried again after you commented and it's showing me the full article now, so I don't think it's your fault. But my point stands, Medium is absolute dog water in terms of publishing platforms, you'd be better off posting on Mastodon tbh (and I hate trying to self publish on Mastodon).

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Don't use mastodon, ain't going to start cultivating a following just for self promotion.

Lemmy is the only social media I use. But I would like more reach than just posting the text here.

I'm in a bad position financially, and getting good at writing and becoming a published author is my Hail Mary project.

Been trying to send my stories to science fiction magazines, and self published a book but I got like 7$ in royalties after about a decade, and am sitting on a novel trying to find an agent. I just need enough visibility and following to attract an agent.