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Charlie Stross
@cstross@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#WritersCoffeeClub 15 March. Talk about an experience you've had sharing your writing with a group.

At this point in my career I have roughly 2 million books in print (not counting translations and pirate copies): publishing lore says the average print book has 4 readers over its lifetime while ebooks have fewer *but* there's piracy … spitballing, call it maybe 6-8 million book/reads?

Discussing workshops or readings would be anticlimactic at this point.

(Nobody's punched me, so I'm good.)

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retech
@retech@defcon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@cstross I'd bet there's at least one time someone has looked at you with disdain.

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AlisonW ♿🏳️‍🌈♾️
@AlisonW@fedimon.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@cstross
I presume that means 2mill copies. Writing 2mill books seems ... excessive. 😉

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Geoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@_thegeoff@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@cstross Seen you talk at a few events though, and it's always fascinating hearing the person behind the book chat. Like, I'm sure Thomas Harris isn't actually into cannibalism, so it's interesting to meet the brain Hannibal Lecter came from.

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