

The most influential work of fiction ever is cancelled.
Now I'm not ever a fan of cancelling anything, especially works of fiction, but President Empress Gail makes several transformative points in this video. And well she should, because she has insider info about... well, the entire universe. So finally, in 2022, the Bible is cancelled. As in the official Bible. Yeah, that one. Now that's a twist I didn't see coming.* Listen for yourself... *Surprisingly, "Now that's a twist I didn't see coming" has only 2,750 (up from 2,690 ear
Just a quickie!
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Fiction-Writer's Imagination!
The Empress President is back, this time with a short story that would fall under the contemporary fiction genre if it weren't non-fiction. All trigger warning categories apply. And now, for your listening pleasure, I present the author with the most intricately vivid fiction-writer's imagination, the Nobel award-winning Empress President Gail Cord Schuler:


Pitchapalooza 2022!
The Book Doctors came through yet again! You've heard the hype and read the reviews... So here it is in all its kind and gentle, constructive suggestion, book pitch glory (take notes!):