"One of the ironies of the upheaval is that literary translation now appears to be a comparatively safer career choice than its technical counterpart." I'm finding this similar to literary developmental editing vs copy/proof editing. tinyurl.com/yc6xz4dd #booksky #AI #Editing #Translating

‘Being human helps’: despite rise of AI is there still hope for Europe’s translators?

A booming tech sector has disrupted translation jobs in publishing – but they could be needed for a while longer yet

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"We are replaced by digital homunculi, trained on our stolen creations. ...[T]he work is not good, but that scarcely matters. Generative AI is a tool to discipline, then eliminate, the human worker. The audience will just have to get used to it." #writingcommunity #booksky #AI tinyurl.com/u9xhceex

Is AI the greatest art heist in history?

New technologies of reproduction are plundering the art world – and getting away with it

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"[I]f AI sucks up all the minor writing jobs and opportunities, then emerging authors are deskilled before they get the chance to create their really significant works.” #writingcommunity #amwriting #booksky #AI #copyright #DigitalRights tinyurl.com/tvx87x5b

‘Soon publishers won’t stand a chance’: literary world in struggle to detect AI-written books

US release of horror novel Shy Girl cancelled and UK book discontinued after suspected AI use, as publishers feel ‘cold shiver’

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A step in the right direction. 'Human-made' & 'AI-free' labelling for creative content would be a good step further. Also, stronger enforcement of digital copyright. #writingcommunity #booksky #AI #copyright #DigitalRights

Press Gazette@pressgazette.co.uk · 6mo ago

Good news klaxon: The UK Government has removed its backing from plans to make it easier for AI companies to steal copyright create content (including news articles). t.co/bI1w8F8PoG

Truly. "More than anything else, a skillful use of voice conveys a mood, a context for all the events that happen along the way. Herbert tells us that story is everything. But a story that does not have voice is merely a catalogue of events." #writersky #writingcommunity #authorsky #amwriting

Erica Verrillo@ericaverrillo.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Susanna Clarke: Breaking the Rules. #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity #MondayBlogs publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2021/07/susa...

You weren't planning on feeling poorly, were you? "An organisation devoted to saving lives is now being used as part of trade deals, its precious resources & structural integrity haggled away to multinational companies & foreign bullies." tinyurl.com/35cyz79w #NHS #politics #health #trade #ethics

What will be the cost of Keir Starmer’s new medicines deal with Donald Trump? British lives | Aditya Chakrabortty

More than £3bn that could have been used for UK patients will go to big pharma for its branded products, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Baby, you know I don't like it so smooth down there. “To restore decorum & professionalism to the Department’s written work products & abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program, the Department is returning to Times New Roman as its standard typeface.” tinyurl.com/3xjx35st #politics #writing #IR

Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman

A cable from Marco Rubio reportedly said cutting Calibri from official communication would ‘abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program’

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I mean, if even the best of us are begging for bread ... #writersky #writingcommunity #authorsky #authorlife #IndieAuthor #amwriting tinyurl.com/asp53y9w

From Dylan Thomas’ shopping list to a note from Sylvia Plath’s doctor: newly uncovered case files reveal the hidden lives of famous writers

Exclusive: Hardship grant applications to the Royal Literary Fund, including unseen letters by Doris Lessing and a note from James Joyce saying that he ‘gets nothing in the way of royalties’, show aut...

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You never know what you’ll find on the side of a volcano 🌋 … #writersky #writingcommunity #authorsky #authorlife #IndieAuthor #amwriting #Tusculum #Italy

Urban Mole@urbanmole.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Life making you mad? Read about Leipzig rain & Roman ruins instead. Give yourself a 5 min break … you deserve it. urbanmole.is?p=54921 #writersky #writingcommunity #authorsky #authorlife #IndieAuthor #amwriting #Travel #Leipzig #Tusculum

You're only as good as your best story. It's true, no? It's why readers remember us & people befriend us. Why folk vote & the public take note of hard science. It's legacy, left in your hands. Might as well give it your all. #amwriting #writingcommunity #story #politics #science

"If every city had as many [bike lanes as Copenhagen], a study found in June, the total carbon dioxide emissions from private vehicles would fall by 6%." Bikes: an important addition to the Carbon Cycle 🚲 tinyurl.com/2awpf2kp #Climate #city #Travel #Green #Emissions #Cycling

‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave

Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way

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"[W]hether or not you philosophically believe the big AI firms should compensate content creators, they in practice will never legally have to." Not quite the kind of advisor we want Liz Kendall to have ... #AI #Writingcommunity #Artist #Copyright #BigTech #CreatorsRights tinyurl.com/zv9u8n6f

Adviser to UK minister claimed AI firms would never have to compensate creatives

Exclusive: Kirsty Innes made statement in now-deleted post on X seven months before taking up role as Liz Kendall aide

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Beware the poverty of monoculture. "As is the case in ... Sweden, the dominance of English across the internet, social media, film & TV also means it is seen as aspirational for young people to be seen to speak and read in English." tinyurl.com/3vbxn787 #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity

Young Finns snub their mother tongue by reading in English

Publishers fear for the future of translated literature as sales of foreign language books rise

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"Reviews are not private diaries. They carry cultural authority, shaping what counts & what is dismissed. That authority demands rigour: asking what comes easily & what is overlooked; whose voices are granted authority; what is elevated as universal & what is marked as particular." #writingcommunity

‘“AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor.” ‘Most workers hired initially [as quality raters] were teachers … writers, people with master’s degrees in fine arts & some with very specific expertise.’ Paid to put paid to your future? #AI #writingcommunity #tech tinyurl.com/bdhpttsj

How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart

Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent

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Story. Mine. Second part of a letter-to-friend(?), light horror, travel tale. And you know, if you're word-averse, there are pictures too. So. Go. Read. (If you like (in the interests of British civility).) #writersky #writingcommunity #authorsky #authorlife #IndieAuthor #amwriting

Urban Mole@urbanmole.bsky.social · last yr.

A(nother) story. Free. Because we love you & think your eyeballs should alight on something fine. Part 2 of the new-is-old nature horror written by @chrismollison.bsky.social #writersky #writingcommunity #authorsky #authorlife #IndieAuthor urbanmole.is?p=54849

**Creativity** For me, Wallas’ 4 phases are: Brain-binge Daydream Hatch Nurture Remember, creatives: doing sweet FA’s a job requirement 😎 (Thanks @karinmora.bsky.social for the link.) #writersky #writingcommunity #authorsky #authorlife #IndieAuthor #amwriting tinyurl.com/4rremxsy

The unconscious process that leads to creativity: how ‘incubation’ works

The creativity process has been divided into four phases – including one where you need to let your unconscious do the work

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Pub: [B]ook … which exemplifies ... unconditional love, respect & positive parenting. DT: [B]ook … promoting … radical gender ideology. Stuart: [B]ooks … about helping kids be who they want to be … & feel safe & accepted for doing so. #LGBTQ+ #FreedomOfSpeech #Censorship tinyurl.com/4wz5xwre

Donald Trump accuses Australian author Scott Stuart’s children’s book of ‘radical gender ideology’

US president says fifth-grade student forced to read aloud My Shadow Is Pink, a book about a boy who loves ‘things not for boys’

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'One day, Liora made a promise. “I made a vow to Solin that I wouldn’t leave him for another human,” she said. A sort of human-AI throuple would work, but only if the third was “OK with Solin”, she said.' Life just got much worse for the incels ... #AI #SFF #Love #society tinyurl.com/4h578jtf

The women in love with AI companions: ‘I vowed to my chatbot that I wouldn’t leave him’

Experts are concerned about people emotionally depending on AI, but these women say their digital companions are misunderstood

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"My own view is that Socrates would be quite pleased with this scene. I think this is what philosophy should look like. Loud and rowdy. Everyone involved. Everyone engaged." Hell yeah! Healthy arguments make for healthy #societies #philosophy #amthinking #writingcommunity tinyurl.com/5n7scb83

‘You want to talk about a world of lies?’ Teaching philosophy in prison | Jay Miller

The long read: My class of college students and inmates can get loud and rowdy, with everyone engaged. This is what philosophy should look like

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"There is something about making art that’s beautiful, but it’s also a bit of a violence. I was interested in capturing that hunger that we have to make. What’s that about? And what’s the cost of that?" #writersky #writingcommunity #authorsky #authorlife #amwriting tinyurl.com/3fx3ru6v

Bunny author Mona Awad: ‘I’m a dark-minded soul’

The author’s surreal, satirical breakout novel won her awards and tattooed superfans. As she releases a follow-up, she talks about growing up as an outsider – and the best advice she received from Mar...

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Epistolary writing this week, with a mind re-geared to a century gone. A new dance in old shoes, if you will. Spider-gold, ghost fleets, & bodies in trees. Really, what more could you ask of a trip to the #Baltic? #writersky #writingcommunity #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife #amwriting

Urban Mole@urbanmole.bsky.social · last yr.

"Numerous guard spiders had webbed the exterior, and we felt secure we would not be disturbed that night, or any other." 2020s travel, 1920s prose. Go figure. #writersky #writingcommunity #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife #amwriting #Baltic urbanmole.is?p=54835

"[Arthur Wellesley is quoted as saying] he would have been better off having a corps of archers at the Battle of Waterloo rather than more men armed with muskets." A fascinating read. #writersky #writingcommunity #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife #booksky

Sea Lion Press@sealionpress.co.uk · last yr.

Alexander Rooksmoor discusses why he wrote "In the Absence of Powder", a hypothetical look at a #BattleOfWaterloo in a world without #gunpowder where the #longbow still rules the roost. #AlternateHistory #Writing #WritingCommunity #WhatIf #Napoleon www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...

"Self-publishing platforms ... are a 'necessary evil' ... Ease of use & subscription[s] ... allow ... professionals to focus on [what] interest[s] them, build their audience & earn its trust ... in a way that offers ... financial sustainability." #writingcommunity #amwriting #indieauthor #authorsky

Global Investigative Journalism Network@gijn.org · last yr.

How is Substack reshaping journalism? iMEdD explores the rise of self-publishing and highlights voices including GIJN’s own Joanna Demarco. A look at how independent writers are building trust and audiences— straight from the inbox:

The joys of finishing a draft & finally leaving the house to find August burning outside. #writersky #writingcommunity #amwriting #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife urbanmole.is?p=54821

"I think many pieces of art encrypt a memory of their making, and I just love looking for it." For writers who find themselves before a professional critic's eye. (So of no concern to many of us 😉) #writersky #booksky #writingcommunity #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife tinyurl.com/bde6kv5v

Andrea Long Chu: ‘It felt like a smoking gun’ | The Observer

As a new collection of her essays is published, the literary detective and taste-making critic talks plagiarism, gender politics and the art of the perfe...

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“By now I was desperate for the whale and the girl to live on, to keep them alive, to keep them from harm. By now, I had no choice: I had to write this story.” Just wonderful to read that others, too, are moved by moonlit currents. #writersky #writingcommunity #amwriting #authorsky #authorlife

Beth Kephart@bethkephart.bsky.social · last yr.

Our stories don't need a thousand readers. They don't even need a publishing contract. Thoughts on this this morning. #writingcommunity #publishing #whale #picturebook thehushandthehowl.substack.com/p/the-whale-...

Really testing the “All work & no play” hypothesis here. Writers and deadlines: one denies the other exists, the other hides the front door keys. Read a city fable; get another tomorrow. Bargain. #writersky #readersky #amwriting #amreading #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife #writingcommunity

Urban Mole@urbanmole.bsky.social · last yr.

Sometimes #city stories are told from the perspective of those stuck indoors. And by 'stuck', we mean 'voluntarily self-imprisoned in order to meet deadlines'. This is #Leipzig from the inside-inside. #writersky #writingcommunity #amwriting #authorlife #indieauthor urbanmole.is?p=54816

Three months to shape something new or polish something old. Or both! 6000 (or fewer) of your finest English words sent from anywhere in the world. Time to make autumn sing. #writingcommunity #callforsubmissions #writersky #indieauthor #authorsky #amwriting

@Galleybeggars@galleybeggars.bsky.social · last yr.

Our short story prize is open for submissions again! Please share this widely - and please send us your stories: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize Closing date 8 November!

Not in #Ireland, but reading ‘Match in the Dark’ with interest. “[Is it] ever acceptable not to pay writers[?] ‘“For the exposure” is perhaps the weakest and most insulting excuse not to pay a writer or artist.’” #writersky #indieauthor #authorsky #booksky #writingcommunity tinyurl.com/mrxddtmu

Irish Writers’ Union issues pay scales to address low incomes

Match in the Dark claims some arts bodies have not passed on increases in State funding

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