Author Archives: andyq

This email amazed me because of the power of AI. It’s longer than many of my reviews, and it’s really a thorough and complex summary of my second book of poetry, Bowling Pin Fire. I mean, the idea that identity … Continue reading →

Wow. I’m getting these daily now. And this one was posted as a comment directly to my contact page. Sigh. I’ll mark it as spam, and here it is for posterity. Notice the exact same language as used in the … Continue reading →

As if… Though I think they’ve used the real name of someone. 1 September 2026 from debonemmanuelle.translator@gmail.com Dear Andy, What stayed with me in Six Positions is the way the book turns the question of sexual “position” into something much … Continue reading →

It really is amazing how AI is being used to summarise books these days. And then they’re trying to make a convincing pitch to me so that I believe it’s a real person who believes this, and they’re trying to … Continue reading →

(I guess the idea is that they’d make you pay to be featured: send money to this untraceable bank account!) Dear Andy, My name is Larry Miller, and I’m the organizer of the Washington D.C. Literature and Classics Meetup, a … Continue reading →

Since my book Six Positions has just been released in a new edition by Rebel Satori Press, the timing of this email is pretty good. And they’ve used a real identity again. Poor Jane. As if a best-selling novelist would … Continue reading →

A little over a year ago was when I received my first AI-supported scam email. This one was strange but I just ignored it to start with. It was so general. ‘I’d love to hear more about your writing journey’. … Continue reading →

I was going to just delete these, but I thought it might be amusing to keep a record of it, and perhaps it will help other people. This one came through on 9 October 2026. Dear Andy Quan, I hope … Continue reading →