Author of Astral Leak, The Jotun Bride, and The Norse Scriptures.
Joined January 2025
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A. Vane retweeted
Apr 8
In 1981, Orson Welles recorded a discussion with students at USC. When asked if he planned to make another film to “counter” the wave of purely commercial releases, this was his response…
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A. Vane retweeted
In the summer of 2000, as the Harry Potter series was quickly becoming a global sensation, legendary Yale critic Harold Bloom gave one of his most unpopular takes, calling 35 million readers wrong
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Mar 25
If a Disney live action movie comes on (non cartoon remake), and it's made before about 2010, I know it's gonna be all right, maybe great.
Anything later, I know it's gonna be absolutely terrible.
Their image is absolutely cooked.
PS! Watching Rocketeer.
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Mar 12
We had old movies.
Watched Karate Kid 3 yesterday. Better than I remember. Enjoyable through and through.
And the lighting and colors are truly great.
Mar 12
Just like women lamenting the “dating crisis,” Hollywood is learning that men are readily willing to simply withdraw from a system or program that is harshly and obviously stacked against them.
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Mar 4
No, it’s pure vanity
One piece of advice floats around writing communities constantly: “Build your audience before you publish.” The problem is that many indie authors with thousands of followers still launch books that barely sell. Followers don’t automatically become readers. Some authors argue you should focus on writing books first and build readership afterward. So here’s the uncomfortable question: Do followers actually convert to readers?
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A. Vane retweeted
Mar 2
Drowning In Bitterness. All 7 parts out now.
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Mar 2
This is the true king of Scotland.
Mar 2
'Whilst I will never apologise for having Tourette syndrome, I will apologise for any pain, upset and misunderstanding that it may create'
John Davidson MBE has thanked supporters for their 'love, support and solidarity'👇
📷: 𝘎𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴/𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘥 & 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴
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A. Vane retweeted
Feb 22
Read the best of indie literature on substack from last week - a personally curated list.
From Speculative & Dark Fantasy to Human Fragility & Memoir, Horror and Realpolitik, along with choice notes.
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Feb 22
I see people posting here with 15-20 views & a self-like, and do it multiple times a day. Multiple. Every day. Like a compulsive disorder and I wonder… why?
BTW, writers gotta be voracious readers. Didn't chime in before because the discussion is dumb. #WritingCommunity
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Feb 22
Read "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" by Hemingway and see. You're listening in on a conversation you shouldn't hear, and he's talking to you.
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Feb 22
Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee.
And once you've read it, you're not the same. An AI wouldn't give you this contemplation. Stay in the light, even if it's all nada y pues nada y nada y pues nada.
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Feb 22
Read the best of indie literature on substack from last week - a personally curated list.
From Speculative & Dark Fantasy to Human Fragility & Memoir, Horror and Realpolitik, along with choice notes.
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Feb 20
Explore the chilling mystery of the Harlow case, where David Harlow finds his wife Elena dead in a locked room.
Can you solve the case?
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Feb 20
andersvane.com/p/the-harlow-…
In this story I use a new story structure I have developed, called Decay, where the reader’s experience is watching a reliable machine break down.
The meaning is the sensation of the system failing, not the actual mystery itself (which is solvable).
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A. Vane retweeted
Feb 17
Author David Baldacci on how AI slop books are flooding Amazon & starting to destroy the market for real books.
Some AI authors publish 3 books a day. Most are "companion books" to real books. Rip-offs.
You slop, we all flop.
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