This is what it's all about at Billy Warren Books, an Indy Imprint. I'm not saying Indy books are better than Big Publishing House releases, but they are different. The primary difference is the my books are not developed by a marketing committee with a primary focus on sellability. For better or worse, everything right and wrong with my books is my doing. Learning from the mistakes of others has never been easy for my novel’s characters or me.
The goals of my historical literary fictions are to tell an interesting story; perhaps share a mid-20th century South Brooklyn Polish American experience; entertain with interesting plots and characters; and enlighten as to how knowledge of our past, provides us the basis to assess our present.
Whether you obtain your books through bookstores, online, or libraries, please consider including independent and self-publishing authors in your readings. Your literary experience will be broadened.
Thank you to all my readers for their support. In order to expand my readership, I have one simple request to you. Whether you like or dislike my work, please post your reviews on Goodreads. Tell everyone what you think. Here is a link to my GoodReads author page
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219366355-fathers-and-sons-and-other-village-idiots
Concerning the future, Fathers and Sons and Other Village Idiots, was my debut novel. It was meant to be an inspirational literary work. A spin-off, Beyond Good and Evil and Murder, is just what it sounds like--a murder mystery whodunit. It is scheduled for release in 2026.
For now, please read and please review. Thank you for your support.
Billy Warren
Pronouns: he, him, his
Author and Publisher
Artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay and it will contribute to the welfare of humankind in many ways. Using AI to produce creative art shouldn't be one of them.
The use of AI is not in the best interest of advancing creative arts. AI art will just be an advancement of art by committee, only on steroids. It will only create content from variations of old profitable works (much of which is copyrighted material). Down this AI path, eventually nothing can be original or thought-provoking.
All content in my books was written and edited by human beings. Yes, I do use spell-checkers, and consider auto-generated grammar suggestions, but my stories are organically created. The book cover art was developed from photographs that I took and developed.
I liken creative art AI output to dehydrated mashed potatoes. Real mashed potatoes may have lumps, just like my writing may have some flaws, but the flavors of the real will always surpass the artificial.
Support real artists.