Ben Roberts

Sci-fi writer

[Ben Roberts @BenjaminJRobots]

@alitescape Unfortunately no, however the 4-book series is basically the length of a single standard epic fantasy book, and the Claw is a significant artefact in all of them!

[Ben Roberts @BenjaminJRobots]

@alitescape The Claw of the Conciliator 😋

[Dave Dobson @GCDaveDobson]

I've always found it interesting and useful to see other authors talk about their sales figures, so I put together a financial summary of my 2023 as an indie author. Lots of info in the full post linked below, but I'll share some of the graphs here. #indieauthors #indiebooks

[Ben Roberts @BenjaminJRobots]

@thebrianasman What about Skeletor

[Ben Roberts @BenjaminJRobots]

@_NATSU_KAZE_ @NinEverything I miss approaching a big chest and actually being excited to find out what's inside

[Ben Roberts @BenjaminJRobots]

@thebrianasman @RoxyWright0 Should I rent or buy?

[Ben Roberts @BenjaminJRobots]

@thebrianasman https://t.co/ISxRltHCTu

[Ben Roberts @BenjaminJRobots]

@HCNewell1 I had the flu last week. Drink lots of water, alllll the water. And good luck 😬

[Ben Roberts @BenjaminJRobots]

@jwwartick The only person who's read more sci-fi than JW Wartick is distant-future-cyborg JW Wartick

[Ben Roberts @BenjaminJRobots]

@shaunaLwrites I remember getting a bit tired by the third act when I saw it in the theatre. But yeah, watched it again recently and was hooked all the way through, cannot wait for the next part!

[Ben Roberts @BenjaminJRobots]

@JoshSEdwards Copyright issues are short-term. We already have tools like Adobe Firefly trained on private sets, and if there's enough fuss made then 100% provably ethical models (including LLMs) are inevitable. Then everyone will pivot to the job-loss argument.

[Ben Roberts @BenjaminJRobots]

@foozzzball Ah yeah good point - I see those "new month, no sales" posts get some decent traction as well. I don't think I've ever seen an in-character tweet - is that a thing?!

[Dave Dobson @GCDaveDobson]

I reached a writing milestone today - one million pages of my novels read in Kindle Unlimited.
For comparison, a million pages is about 1700 full books, and it represents earnings of about $4500.
This isn't that big a deal, and it's just a number, but it's pretty neat for me.

[tinysoul @tinysoulgame]

Oven Knights

[Ben Roberts @BenjaminJRobots]

@heliofractal Poison slime?!

[Ben Roberts @BenjaminJRobots]

@codez333 Thanks so much! Ghostie was a favourite of mine, was awesome jamming with so many cool games!

[Ben Roberts @BenjaminJRobots]

@mikesroberti What are the names of the months / seasons / days of the week?

[Ben Roberts @BenjaminJRobots]

@GCDaveDobson @JoeBerne1 There are lots of initiatives like this! Adobe Firefly is trained only on their stock databases, although I'm not sure about royalties. And you could easily create a model trained only on classical artists in the public domain. Theft is not fundamental to genAI

[Ben Roberts @BenjaminJRobots]

@St_EdPool Yeah I think the question is specifically about how ratings affect the algorithm. Am I more likely to be recommended a book with two 4-star reviews, or a book with one 5-star review? What gets surfaced in the search results?