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Paul Witcover

@paulwitcover.bsky.social

Writer, editor, dean of SNHU Online MFA, Bowie fan, paulwitcover.com. Abolish ICE. Impeach Trump. AI enemy.

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John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 3d ago

I've mentioned before I've updated my contracts to make sure everything in the production of my books is done by humans and not "AI"; if you're wondering what such a thing looks like, here's a clause covering that from a recent contract.

"The Publisher may not use artificial intelligence in any manner in relation to this Work, including to reproduce, translate, narrate and/or produce art for the Work without the Proprietor’s express permission, nor does the Publisher have the right to sublicense others to use artificial intelligence in any manner to reproduce, translate, narrate, and/or produce art for the Work without the Proprietor’s express permission. Furthermore, the Publisher will not use cover or interior artwork generated by artificial intelligence. "In addition, the Proprietor expressly prohibits the Publisher from using the Work in any manner for purposes of training artificial intelligence technologies to generate text, including without limitation, technologies that are capable of generating works in the same style or genre as the Work. The Proprietor reserves all rights to license uses of the Work for generative artificial intelligence training and development of machine learning language models. The Publisher will use best efforts to include a limitation in any sublicense of the Work prohibiting the use of the Work for training and developing generative artificial intelligence technologies."
Texas Chainsaw Writing Workshop@kellylink.bsky.social · last wk.

It's the 7-year anniversary of Book Moon this month! Last winter we were lucky enough to be able to buy the building, which is key to the survival of any independent bookstore. Now we're hoping to pay off some of our loan with an Indiegogo campaign offering 2 new T-shirts, a tea towel, & much more.

We're Shooting for the Moon by Gavin Grant - Indiegogo

We had a chance to buy the building our bookstore is in and we were on it faster than you can say there's a monster at the end of this book!

indiegogo.com

Paul Witcover@paulwitcover.bsky.social · 2w ago

I saw that Jim Knipfel has died. I was a fan of his Slackjaw columns in NYC. I met him and worked with him . . . but for the life of me, I can't remember the circumstances of it! Was it in relation to his great memoir Slackjaw? Or his first novel, The Buzzing? Maddening not to recall! RIP.

SNHU Online MFA@snhumfa.bsky.social · 2w ago

To honor this amazing poet, why not read one of her amazing poems? Here's one: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/158038...

VI. Ideas

Eventually Geryon learned to write. On the cover Geryon wrote Autobiography. Geryon was red so were his strange red cattle. Herakles came one day killed…

poetryfoundation.org

Penmen Review@penmenreviewsnhu.bsky.social · 2w ago

Congratulations to Anne Carson, the latest laureate of the Nobel Prize for Literature! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/b...

Paul Witcover@paulwitcover.bsky.social · 3w ago

This was a joy! Chatting with alum @teresatennyson.bsky.social about her award-winning thesis novel Five Years! www.teresatennyson.com/book/fiveyea...

Five Years - Teresa Tennyson

A climate crisis condemns all life on Earth to perish within the next five years. As panic takes over, the New England town of Middlewich quietly begins to gather supplies, walling itself off from the...

teresatennyson.com

SNHU Online MFA@snhumfa.bsky.social · 3w ago

If you missed our September Wireside Chat with Online MFA alum @teresatennyson.bsky.social, we've got you covered! @snhu.edu @snhualumni.bsky.socialhttps://youtu.be/6Vld84bka_M?list=PL4LWhMYtMlFs-uT9qTwa5h-UfhLbka_PA