Operation Bootstrap Subscribers

Daniel Verastiqui

20 Apr 2024 — 1 min read

With the rise of ChatGPT and other pseudo-AIs that scrape the freely available content on the web to sell back to us, some authors have started moving their short stories and scratch writing behind a free paywall, which I guess is just a wall. 🧱

Anyway, I'm one of those authors, and I'm excited to announce a relaunch of danielverastiqui.com on 👻 ghost.io. Now, to truly evaluate whether this is the Platform of the Future, I need some subscribers. 💌 Cyberpunk guinea pigs, if you will.

💸Subscribing is free, and you'll get access to all the content I want to protect from the greedy eyes of generative AI. That includes short stories, deleted scenes, one-offs from the Vinestead Universe, and inclusion in crazy marketing schemes.

To sweeten the pot, I'm offering an EXCLUSIVE SIGNED COPY of⚡HOUSE OF NEPENTHE⚡to the first twenty subscribers from the United States. You don't want to miss out on this limited-time opportunity. Things get really weird leading up to the release day of a new book, and trust me, you'll want to be a part of it.

Subscribe now!

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