My first published book "Smoking BBQ for Inner Peace"

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Mon Dec 30, 2024 5:45 pm

This just released. It was a work of love. I did a lot of research on different meats to try.

Eel Snave · Post by **Eel Snave** » Mon Dec 30, 2024 5:55 pm

That's frigging awesome!!!

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Mon Dec 30, 2024 5:56 pm

Nice...

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Mon Dec 30, 2024 6:47 pm

Well done! Will pick this up - always want to support my fellow OO authors.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Mon Dec 30, 2024 6:50 pm

The lengths some people will go to in order for some quiet time from their family! Why can you just take up woodworking in a garage like a normal person?

Congrats!

WYBaugh · Post by **WYBaugh** » Mon Dec 30, 2024 7:16 pm

Congratulations! I never knew your name was Ken Dean

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Mon Dec 30, 2024 7:16 pm

Congrats! It's always great to see a project all the way there!

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Mon Dec 30, 2024 9:57 pm

Very cool. Or hot and juicy, more appropriately.

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Mon Dec 30, 2024 10:22 pm

That's Cool. Is it local only right now?

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Mon Dec 30, 2024 11:06 pm

Scuzz · Post by **Scuzz** » Mon Dec 30, 2024 11:13 pm

Congrats on publishing a book on something you obviously love. I do a lot of grilling but don’t yet have a smoker. Getting a Traeger is one of my future goals.

I do have a covered patio with ceiling fans and a TV so I do appreciate my outdoor time.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Dec 30, 2024 11:23 pm

Smoking BBQ? Do you use regular wrapping paper or special imported..oh wait.... Congrats!

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Mon Dec 30, 2024 11:58 pm

Congrats Ken! This is so awesome.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 12:07 am

I visited the website...

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 12:36 am

Isgrimnur wrote: Tue Dec 31, 2024 12:07 am I visited the website...

+1

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 3:27 am

Isgrimnur wrote: Tue Dec 31, 2024 12:07 am I visited the website...

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 3:28 am

so I was going to wait till tomorrow to fess up

This book was all AI written. This was a Christmas gift from the wife. The website asks you a series of questions about a person and then it forms the book. All those chapters are the result of the questions being asked. It then creates the book and mails it to you. The book I received was 242 pages long.

I haven't had a chance to really read it but the parts I did were entertaining but you can tell it's AI.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 7:47 am

Whoo hoo! Congrats! I can only hope that when I open this book, the foreword will include the line "hepcat - "I agree with Naednek"".

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 8:54 am

I'm relieved. The typo on the cover makes more sense now.

Madmarcus · Post by **Madmarcus** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 10:54 am

Fun thread!

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 1:38 pm

coopasonic wrote: Tue Dec 31, 2024 8:54 am I'm relieved. The typo on the cover makes more sense now.

what typo?

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 1:43 pm

Smoking BBQ? Awesome - I've been needing a book on how to do it right. I've ruined so many pipes.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 1:51 pm

naednek wrote: Tue Dec 31, 2024 1:38 pm
coopasonic wrote: Tue Dec 31, 2024 8:54 am I'm relieved. The typo on the cover makes more sense now.
what typo?

Smoke Alarms Stories

Bad grammar more than typo.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 2:07 pm

So have we rendered authors obsolete now?

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 3:55 pm

No, unfortunately Brian Herbert is still writing stuff.

Spoiler:

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:23 pm

Ok, that makes sense with all the praises on the back cover...

I kept thinking how did you get praises on a first time book so quickly....

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:31 pm

I did have some questions about the blurbs, but I assumed they were part of the satire...

Hipolito · Post by **Hipolito** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 7:16 pm

I can't wait to see you take this book on the morning TV talk show circuit. You've already got the celebrity chef look.

Scuzz · Post by **Scuzz** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 11:42 pm

naednek wrote: Tue Dec 31, 2024 3:28 am so I was going to wait till tomorrow to fess up

This book was all AI written. This was a Christmas gift from the wife. The website asks you a series of questions about a person and then it forms the book. All those chapters are the result of the questions being asked. It then creates the book and mails it to you. The book I received was 242 pages long.

I haven't had a chance to really read it but the parts I did were entertaining but you can tell it's AI.

Cancel my order then.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Jan 01, 2025 1:24 am

I just got a kindle version of it.

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Wed Jan 01, 2025 6:42 pm

hepcat wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 1:24 am I just got a kindle version of it.

it's too bad, because the hardcover comes with scratch and sniff pictures.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Jan 01, 2025 7:07 pm

But that’s only for the chapter called “Laundry and BBQ”, I thought?

Scraper · Post by **Scraper** » Wed Jan 01, 2025 8:09 pm

My favorite thing about smoked meat is eating the meat and drinking beer. My second favorite part is my pee that smells like smoked meat and beer.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Jan 01, 2025 8:10 pm

Scraper wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 8:09 pm My second favorite part is my pee that smells like smoked meat and beer.

Well, 2025 just started off on the wrong foot….

Scraper · Post by **Scraper** » Wed Jan 01, 2025 8:20 pm

hepcat wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 8:10 pm
Scraper wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 8:09 pm My second favorite part is my pee that smells like smoked meat and beer.
Well, 2025 just started off on the wrong foot….

You know you love that smell

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Jan 01, 2025 8:21 pm

One of my goals in life is to avoid getting that close.

Scuzz · Post by **Scuzz** » Wed Jan 01, 2025 10:16 pm

Scraper wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 8:09 pm My favorite thing about smoked meat is eating the meat and drinking beer. My second favorite part is my pee that smells like smoked meat and beer.

TOO MUCH INFO.

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Wed Jan 08, 2025 9:45 pm

If you’re putting your nose that close to pee, stop drinking it.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:34 pm

The above is totally unrelated to any previous posts and is just Zarathud realizing something.