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New comment by thx in "Ask HN: Oh, What Places to Go (Seriously Tho)"

thx — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:53:23 +0000

I know the author of the Martian published that story first on his website, but I don’t really know the layout / or what “first publication rights” be or entail. I have to do my research - and yes, I never have used AI writing any of them so I’m kinda scrambling now to find a way to do this before it can. thank you

New comment by thx in "Ask HN: Oh, What Places to Go (Seriously Tho)"

thx — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:44:23 +0000

lol — it’s true tho. Many great websites, but on HN, you never know what you’re going to find

New comment by thx in "Ask HN: Oh, What Places to Go (Seriously Tho)"

thx — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:43:33 +0000

:D Thanks so much / really appreciate it. I’ve video’d like 30 short stories on and off but usually just testing out different social medias and I don’t really know the “PMF” for someone doing 5-10 minute short stories.

Think I will definitely start with substack. Was thinking maybe Patreon but I’m not huge on social medias in general so seeking to find where to go — super appreciate it <333

Ask HN: Oh, What Places to Go (Seriously Tho)

thx — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:22:26 +0000

Hey HN — will start by saying this website is my most fav website — ever.

That said — will get to the point.

If you had written 1001 short stories, how would you go about marketing / getting your work out there?

- literary agent? - build a website? - stream it on social media? (if so, which socials?)

Have written a lot of mostly fun short stories, but I don’t know how to go about “publishing” so to speak.

If you’ve any thoughts on how to potentially navigate, I’d super appreciate it.

Have a nice one

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47906051

Points: 11

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New comment by thx in "Jane Street's Figgie card game"

thx — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 07:43:09 +0000

what do you think he got wrong (in general or particularly) ??

not saying it was my favorite book but i did enjoy michael lewis’ description of the card game & such

New comment by thx in "Jane Street's Figgie card game"

thx — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 22:27:53 +0000

just curious , if anyone knows —

is this the same game played by FTX sam in that Michael Lewis crypto biopic ??

New comment by thx in "Ask HN: What's your top-tier reading with well-written humor?"

thx — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 22:16:04 +0000

I just started posting a “humor” short story series i’m doing almost daily on tiktok and soon substack —

https://www.tiktok.com/@blondynwrites

It’s titled — Big City, Short Story

Not saying it’s top-tier by any means but the writing style is designed to be funny, while being satire, in a ‘Pop Art’ / Almost Dr. Seussian sense.

New comment by thx in "Ask HN: When Social Network?"

thx — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 17:42:31 +0000

Don’t know anything about YC’s business model or the direction they want to grow.

But the community is very thoughtful & already here. I think a HN SM App, whether part of their present business plan or not would have some mass appeal.

Just probably isn’t something they necessarily want to do

Ask HN: When Social Network?

thx — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 04:47:50 +0000

Hey!

Been a big fan of this website since around 2014 & it’s obviously really great / probs actual realistically fav website on the planet

And know some aspect of it wouldn’t be the same — but there’s such a community here — why don’t dang & team at least whip-up / offer a HN SM App ??

Super appreciate the lowkey nature of this hypertext, and tbh get sick amidst more than 30 seconds on twitter X but it’s Saturday Night & this question has been on/off in the back of my mind for going on 5 years & just curious

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41892931

Points: 2

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New comment by thx in "Farewell to the car CD player, source of weirdly deep musical fandoms"

thx — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:58:03 +0000

i <33 mi CDs , especially in z car

New comment by thx in "Just use fucking paper, man"

thx — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 19:04:45 +0000

I use Apple Notes but it drives me sooo crazy that you can’t left/right swipe between Notes

How is that even possible

New comment by thx in "Ask HN: Tips to get started on my own server"

thx — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 02:07:31 +0000

For sure !! ^-^ Happy to be able to help.

Definitely e-mail him if you have questions —

think he really enjoys the Hacker News crowd & is always game to be of service

New comment by thx in "Ask HN: Tips to get started on my own server"

thx — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 14:38:14 +0000

Derek Sivers — Tech Independence

https://sive.rs/ti

Also what’s kinda cool is he encourages e-mailing him / reaching out . He’s pretty great

New comment by thx in "How Miles Davis hired John Coltrane"

thx — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 01:01:09 +0000

essence of this comment —-

the singular reason me love HN

New comment by thx in "Scuttlebutt social network: a decentralised platform"

thx — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 04:28:09 +0000

maybs explore crypto twitter (if u’d like to) 10-12 peeps sharing wud probs be like HN being exclusive “tech posts”

iykyk

New comment by thx in "Scuttlebutt social network: a decentralised platform"

thx — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 04:25:31 +0000

- e-mail address / pfp

New comment by thx in "Scuttlebutt social network: a decentralised platform"

thx — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 20:41:08 +0000

i just want a HN social network :33

New comment by thx in "Molly White: Migrating from Substack to self-hosted Ghost: the details"

thx — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 22:15:10 +0000

i like her writing a lot / one amongst z few bloggers who’s posts me like to read (beyond fred / paul , etc

good writer

New comment by thx in "Flaubert versus the World"

thx — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 03:08:37 +0000

thank you for the translation tip

i <33 stephen mitchel’s tao te ching [1] & ever since have much appreciated a great translation pro tip

[1] https://ia800904.us.archive.org/20/items/taoteching-Stephen-...

New comment by thx in "Flaubert versus the World"

thx — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 03:06:20 +0000

thanks soo much :D

will probs check out mme bovary tn if i can get a pdf