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Jason's Substack

Jason Makansi

Mostly thoughts I want to capture or propagate at a particular moment in time

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Latest Issues

Varnishing Act

Bradley Maniopolis, the protagonist in Jason Makansi's latest book, Wrequiem at the Red Rocks, seems to be peering over the event horizon astute readers caught a glimpse of in Makansi’s earliest works and which became clearer even as his tr...

8 days ago

Is AI slop really the reason why your book isn't selling?

I keep reading online (and hearing from several personally) that many authors are lamenting their depressed sales numbers and pointing to AI-generated slop flooding the market, among other reasons. But is that really the reason sales are do...

15 days ago
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Boot Camp for Indie Authors Marketing Fiction

In this essay, I'm going to explain what marketing really is, and why my latest novel, Wrequiem at the Red Rocks, a novel of brutalist satire and futile gestures, fails almost every test of effective marketing. Don’t be this guy! If you wan...

a month ago
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Is the 'Approaching Apocalypse' Just Part of the Human Condition?

Maybe I'm exceedingly cynical (as my wife yells “maybe??!!” from the other room), but after living through so many forecasted apocalyptic scenarios (see below) and crises, I've come to understand most of them as irrational mind fucks vital...

2 months ago
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If You Do the Math, Wrequiem at the Red Rocks is Already a Best-Seller!

My day began (after ablutions and lingering at the local coffee shop) by doing a little math for an indie author on IG lamenting her poor sales after the launch of her fantasy novel. She had sold only 30 copies but had gotten some great 5-s...

2 months ago
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    I reside at the intersection of too many circles on the Venn diagram of life. I write here irregularly, only as the pen moves me. It's always free. Please consider purchasing my books. My latest is the satire novel Wrequiem at the Red Rocks.

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