I am not the Dr. Frankenstein of anything

Be honest with me and tell me you search your name on [insert favorite browser here] from time to time. Having an online presence is important for many aspiring writers. Plus, it's smart to make sure the right things are popping up in the search results. Website. Social media. Check. That grainy video from your college years? Not so much. Even worse? Cringey metadata (text that appears under the clickable link) and descriptions.

When I searched my name on DuckDuckGo a few weeks back, I was pretty shocked to read my website's metadata read, "Devon Furbush is the Dr. Frankenstein of your manuscript; saving it from unreadability and tedium." This site has an option to generate automatic AI descriptions. I must have missed that when I set everything up. Not only is the description misleading, but downright cringeworthy. And who would call themselves the Dr. Frankenstein of anything?

For one, he used stolen body parts to make his monster. In the writing world, that is plagiarism. And not only was he neglectful in stopping his monster from a series of murders, but he also claimed to "know what it feels like to be God." Something I would never ever do. Unlike him, I know the limits of my ambitions (don't ask about my time as a technical translator).

So I did what any modern man would do and changed the metadata ASAP. Anyone who calls themself the Dr. Frankenstein of anything should really consider a career change. What about you? Which fictional character would you call yourself? Send me a reply!