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Dear Algorithm, We Need to Have a Talk: An author's ongoing battle with social media.
By Chris Livemore I am going to take you back to 1415, a muddy field in France and the famous battle of Agincourt. A formidable French army vastly outnumbered King Henry V's English force by at least 5-1. It looked like the could only be one winner. That is the best medieval analogy that I can come up with to say exactly what it is like for small accounts trying to battle against the algorithms of social media giants to get seen. Fortunately there's a much, much smaller chanc
Chris Livemore
6 days ago4 min read


Why This Children's Book Blog Accidentally Became a Medieval History Blog
When I launched The Good Knight blog, I had a plan. The plan was this: write honestly about the journey to get five picture books published. Share what it's like to write something you believe in and then spend months trying to persuade people in offices to agree with you. Talk about the mission, getting more dads reading at bedtime, the 42% statistic, the ten minutes that makes a difference. Build Jack's world in public. Be vulnerable. Be real. It was a good plan. Then I wro
Chris Livemore
May 154 min read
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