Now I’m getting AI pitches through my Instagram DMs.

The tone of these things is bonkers. And so creepy. And wildly out of touch. I know for a fact that AI trained off my publishing guidebook “BEFORE AND AFTER THE BOOK DEAL”, but they didn’t learn a damn thing from it. No, I’m not just sitting around on my hands three weeks before pub waiting for things to happen “organically”—I have an entire team at Little Brown dedicated to helping this book soar, little bub.

UGH! Make these things stop! I don’t even check my voicemails anymore because it’s all spam, I barely look at my inbox (it’s 60% AI.) Here’s today’s DM:

“Hi Courtney, I know I probably caught you in the middle of something, so I'll keep this super quick. What stood out to me most about "Alan Opts Out" is how sharply it seems to tap into the exhaustion people feel around ambition, image, productivity, and the constant pressure to perform modern success correctly.

The premise is funny on the surface, but there is clearly a deeper layer underneath it about identity, consumerism, and the strange systems people build their lives around.The Goodreads giveaway already feels like a thoughtful way to begin building early attention around it, especially since stories driven by social commentary and humor often grow through conversation as much as traditional promotion.

Just curious, are you mostly letting that conversation build organically right now, or have you been exploring ways to extend those themes and discussions a bit further ahead of release?”