To my fellow mad-dog notecarders: the fat stacks of hand-hewn imagination upon which the forthcoming book 5 of The Cain Series was built. Suck it, AI, you're nothing but a glorified copy machine. Handcrafted cyberpunk: written by a human for humans. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

Well, today I hit the big 5-O. 50 years old, writing part 5 of book 5, of The Cain Series, which is my 15th novel. Lot of 5s in there, so I looked it up: 5 represents freedom, change, adventure, and communication. Just what a novelist needs (probably, we all could, these days). 💙📚 #indieauthor

Wow, the AI-shit-machine is surpassing its sloppiness this week. It's fucking Tuesday and I've already had scam emails with "[Seth]" and "[author name]" in them. Even the AIs can't take themselves seriously. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky 💙📚 #writingcommunity #indieauthor

With so much going on today in fascist America, something like the controversy around Nebulas seems a little trite, but I had a few thoughts and wanted to get them out in a post. @sfwa.org #scifibooks #booksky 💙📚 #indieauthor www.sethwjames.com/nebula-react...

2/2 The first link explains my use of the episodic form, which may from other novels you've read: www.sethwjames.com/stories-with... For those of you new to cyberpunk, this link will help define cyberpunk as a literary subgenre: www.sethwjames.com/what-is-cybe... #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky 💙📚

1/2 For those who received The Cain Series novels over the holiday—and given how unusually good sales were, I'm guessing our unfortunate cyberpunk reality may have played a part—I thought I'd recirculate a couple links. (Which will go into a 2nd post, b/c wordcount)💙📚 #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky

Oh no! The AIs are aware of my existence. As a cyberpunk novelist, there is nothing more disturbing than the megacorps' AIs knowing about, and likely stealing, my novels—because the billionaire assholes who own the AIs keep emulating the antagonists. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky 💙📚

This weekend's Christmas movies were "Enemy of the State" (yes, it counts) and "Trading Places." "Trading Places" is definitely the more Christmassy of the two and truly conveys the holiday spirit of giving (rich people a hard time). 💙📚 #indieauthor

The first reviews are in for "The Fall," book 4 in "The Cain Series." While they are all good reviews, I get the sense that one of them might be AI. What do you think, authors? You seeing AI in your reviews, too? #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚 www.sethwjames.com/the-reviews-...

Hey, look at at that, it's Sinatra's birthday today. 1915 in Hoboken, NJ, the chairman came on the scene. #sinatra #hoboken #newjersey en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_S...

This past weekend's Christmas movies were "Lethal Weapon" and "Die Hard." Man, "Lethal Weapon" certainly hit different 26 years ago, as a recently DROSed sergeant, compared to now, as I careen heedlessly toward 50. I, too, am definitely too old for this shit. 💙📚 #indieauthor

The reviews are . . . almost in. There's always that one that seems to lag behind the others; you know the one, where you just know you'll draw that editor who hates your subgenre, has to add some snark. Yeah, waiting on that one. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky 💙📚 #sciencefiction #indieauthor

Man oh man, Thanksgiving 2025. How in the fuck am I still alive for this? Growing up, reading cyberpunk on the sly and dreaming, 2025 was the distant future, full of despotic dystopias, owned by billionaires, where the people were basically no better than slaves. And here we fucking are. #cyberpunk

This weekend's #BOC selection is "On Your Feet or On Your Knees," the 1975 live album. I'll be listening on vinyl because I'm just that pretentious [raises monocle, straightens smoking jacket]. youtu.be/v35i90DLhd4?...

Ahh the eternal struggle for every indie author was in full effect for me, this last week: should I devote my time to marketing my recently published book ("The Fall", book 4 in "The Cain Series") or to writing my next novel? Guess which won. #indieauthor #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky 💙📚

Shoutout to @kingmustafaobafemi.bsky.social : Yes, my friend, Archie and Jughead were most definitely lovers.

In today's episode of "stupid AI scam attempt messages," I was addressed as "Victor" and praised for my writing in "Empire of the Raven" (or something like that). Pathetic, but does have me wondering, though, is another author getting scam emails for MY novels? #cyberpunk #indieauthor #booksky 💙📚

The AI-driven scams authors have to put up with these days are becoming hilariously bad. Two came in this morning and the first had the title wrong for my latest novel, while the second was encouraging me to promote *someone else's novel*. I mean, really? #writingcommunity #indieauthor #booksky 💙📚

I find it impossible to view senate democrats' betrayal with their CR vote as anything except deliberate sabotage. A week of victory and momentum ended with betrayal, why? There is no logical purpose here, unless their billionaire owners wanted to discourage Americans going into the midterms.

Launch day! Launch day! "The Fall," book 4 in "The Cain Series," is now live. Episodic, near-future, cyberpunk science fiction. Hand-crafted by a human for human readers. Link: a.co/d/9GSxW4q Press release: www.sethwjames.com/new-novel-re... #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky 💙📚

Two days and a wake up until "The Fall," book 4 of "The Cain Series," goes live. Let's check the launch-day prep list: 1. All book assets in place 2. Ads standing by 3. Alternating between eager and anger That's a check on all items. We're ready. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

A week and a day until launch of "The Fall," book 4 in "The Cain Series," or, in other words, the longest week ever. Somehow still unable to distract me from all of the awful shit going down under fascist occupation, but, man, this'll be a long week. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

There's just about 2 weeks left until "The Fall," book 4 in "The Cain Series," goes live. Episodic, near-future, cyberpunk science fiction. Handcrafted cyberpunk: written by a human for human readers. www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH3HQCK... #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky 💙📚

For movie night, I threw on this classic, remember the good ol' days. Americans and Canadians, during WWII, form an SF brigade for an important mission. They butt heads at first, but soon come together to do what our two countries do best: kill fascists. #movies #canada www.imdb.com/title/tt0062...

Cover reveal! "The Fall," book 4 in "The Cain Series," is coming November 2025. Episodic, near-future, cyberpunk science fiction, written by a human for human readers. Don't trust the AIs, man, they'll kill you dirty. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky 💙📚 www.sethwjames.com/cover-reveal...

I hadn't heard of the "Turn the Page" book review site until someone forwarded me this link, but I'm glad to learn of it now. A nice (and by that I, of course, mean flattering) review of "Ethos of Cain". #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky 💙📚 www.turn-the-page.net/unraveling-d...

With all the AI theft these days, I'll be adding this notice to my books' copyright: "Handcrafted cyberpunk: written by a human for human readers. Permission denied for any use of this text with “Artificial Intelligence,” “LLMs,” or similar devices or programs." #cyberpunk #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

Proficiencies indie authors develop: 1. Spotting genAI solicitation scams 2. Going without sleep 3. Ads, typesetting, cover art 4. Trial-and-error money waste 5. Cynicism 6. Continuing to hope in the absence of encouragement #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor #writtingcommunity 💙📚

With a book launch about 6 weeks out, I haven't had much time for social media. It's all about covers and typesetting and ad-buys and blah blah blah. Tiring but necessary work. Has anything interesting happened, lately? [sips coffee, casually scrolls.] #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky 💙📚

The next novel in "The Cain Series" is on its way! "The Fall" is book 4 in the series of episodic, near-future, cyberpunk science-fiction. Full announcement link, with back-cover copy, below. Written by a human for human readers. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky www.sethwjames.com/new-novel-pr...

The next novel in "The Cain Series" is on its way! "The Fall" is book 4 in the series of episodic, near-future, cyberpunk science-fiction. Full announcement link, with back-cover copy, below. Written by a human for human readers. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky www.sethwjames.com/new-novel-pr...

The cover for "An Uncalculated Risk" appears in the new issue of Cover Crush, a feature from Booklife by Publisher's Weekly. As always, a big thank you to @damonza.bsky.social for their excellent work creating the cover. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor booklife.com/news/create/...

Did an interview with AllAuthor, link below. The questions were surprisingly thoughtful. Highlights: 1. Details on melding episodic form to classic structure 2. Totally not obsessive process 3. Cyberpunk everything #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #writtingcommunity allauthor.com/interview/se...

Republicans: you're the bad guys. Case in point: Red Dawn Troops deployed into American towns and cities, supported by the Russians, disappearing people into camps, and extrajudicial actions across the board. That's what you support, so, yeah, you're the bad guys. www.imdb.com/title/tt0087...

This month in cyberpunk history: Westworld. August 1973 saw the release of the proto-cyberpunk film, Westworld. Several tropes found in the film would later be found in refined form in true cyberpunk, particularly the cyborgs. #cyberpunk #sciencefiction #movies en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westwor...

It's Saturday! A day for rest, relaxation, and fun? Nope, not for the indie novelist. For the indie, Saturday means putting in more hours on non-writing stuff than during the week. Noveling is the 1st job; marketing is 2rd; day-job is 3rd. #scifibooks #booksky #WritingCommunity #Indieauthor

Cyberpunk books we should have read and reread and taken as a warning, not as a goal, episode 8: Software. Developing super-AI comes with some risk, such as when a devious psycho bot hides in an ice cream truck, bent on murder. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/book/show/27...

Cyberpunk plots from The Cain Series found in the real world: Billionaire hires mercenaries outside of all jurisdictions to do the unthinkable. Fact or fiction? (Both: the fascists just earmarked $10B to hire the unqualified to kidnap the vulnerable) #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky a.co/d/7VEpdHW

I think, as science-fiction authors, we can help to explain the misconceptions and misappropriations so often seen in regard to what is disingenuously named, "AI." Here's my take. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #sciencefiction #WritingCommunity #Indieauthor @sfwa.bsky.social

Cyberpunk books we should have read and reread and taken as a warning, not as a goal, episode 7: Hardwired. Corporate scum create a tech-driven prison out of Earth, extracting profits as the world burns, until Cowboy fights back. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky 📚💙 www.goodreads.com/book/show/30...

Cyberpunk plots from The Cain Series found in the real world: Corporate-owned politicians' performative outrage serves only one purpose: profit. Fact or fiction? (Both: from prison-corps to AI-corps, legal bribes of campaign cash control reality.) #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky 📚💙 a.co/d/aKRJNHQ

As Trump closes LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline, here’s where you can still find help www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/16/a...

Achievement unlocked: 100 followers. I'd like to think it's a positive reflection of the excellence of my many novels, particularly of The Cain Series. In reality, though, it's probably recognition of the sick burns I drop on cowardly putin-sucking republican traitors. Eat shit and die, fascists.

Cyberpunk plots from The Cain Series found in the real world: Facial recognition used not for security, but exploitation and suppression. Fact or fiction? ((Both; cops illegally use face-rec to cross state lines, harass, while masking themselves.) #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky a.co/d/8cSuF9M

Cyberpunk plots from The Cain Series found in the real world: A billionaire manufactures scarcity to manipulate the market—and start a war. Fact or fiction? (Both; rare-earths are not rare, but billionaires need scarcity to exploit, profit from war.) #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky a.co/d/2HUhgFe

Cyberpunk plots from The Cain Series found in the real world: Corporations kidnapping people for leverage and profit. Fact or fiction? (It's both; every corp that gave money to our fascist regime also owns the disappearances and concentration camps.) #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky a.co/d/0kMyRca

Cyberpunk plots from The Cain Series found in the real world: Platoons of corrupt cops, with military-grade equipment, hired like mercenaries to further the billionaires' agenda. Fact or fiction? (It's both; again, USA, look out the fucking window.) #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky a.co/d/1HNxYEL

Cyberpunk plots from The Cain Series found in the real world: Cops openly breaking the law, flaunting their unaccountability in pursuit of greed and power. Fact or fiction? (It's both; if you're in the USA, look out the fucking window.) #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky a.co/d/3g3WrgG

Cyberpunk plots from The Cain Series found in the real world: Corporations hiring mercenaries to intimidate, stifle, or kill anyone who impedes their profits. Fact or fiction? (It's both; look up Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola for a horrifying example.) #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky a.co/d/egKARGq

Cyberpunk plots from The Cain Series found in the real world: Multinational corporations attacking government projects, illegally ransacking them for profit. Fact or fiction? (It's both; everything is up for sale or demolition in fascist America.) #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky a.co/d/4BPQPFn