Oh no guilty as charged

Joanne Harris@joannechocolat.bsky.social · 5d ago

Unsoicited writing advice, no. 97: You don't need to descibe basic facial expressions. ("He smiled" works just fine: writing "his lips curled upwards in a smile," or "her freckles danced exuberantly over her puckish nose" or similar makes you sound like you've never seen a human face before.)

www.android-press.com/submissions/... no shade to the press, but the level of detail in this submissions call feels like it is begging to be deluged with submissions written by chatgpt

Lunarpunk Anthology | Android Press

Submission guidelines for Android Press's forthcoming anthology, WHAT BLOOMS IN DARKNESS: A LUNARPUNK ANTHOLOGY

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Do you ever get excited for something and then get scared bc obviously nothing good would ever happen so if you're excited then the thing you're excited about obviously isn't going to happen??? Just me??????

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 finally, a voice of authority speaking sense

Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

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Which makes it very difficult if you also love a caesar salad!!!!!

Eris Young is Eunuchmaxxing@erisyoung.bsky.social · 2w ago

You know you been texting about the Byzantine empire when caesar salad autocorrects to "Caesarea"

You know you been texting about the Byzantine empire when caesar salad autocorrects to "Caesarea"

If what you really want is a story with a marginalized author's name on it that still sounds exactly like a white dude who went to Clarion, then LLMs are tailor-made to feed you exactly what you want.

SFF, we need to talk. I'm not here to rag specifically on Bona, who did the right thing by going public. No, I'm looking at all of you. Or at least, 15 of you. Because this right here? This is buckwild.

Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼@bonabooks.bsky.social · 4w ago

AI fraud nearly derailed our next anthology. Today we’re talking about what went down, the things we missed, and publishing the report we wish we’d had when it happened. Read all about it on our new blog, and download the full report:

@xeecee.bsky.social have you read this? It's the most "characters are professional adults but act like teenagers" piece of media I've consumed in years. Demented but fun.

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I've been busy migrating the trans literature database of trans and nonbinary books to a new platform that makes it much easier to add titles, so it will be growing even faster now. It uses LibraryThing on the backend, and you can search it here: translibrarian.com #transbooks #transauthors

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This is amazing; 40 women’s organizations standing in support of trans people’s human rights against this government’s targeting of trans people against the EHRC transphobic code. Trans people and cis women’s rights are not in opposition.

Women’s organisations speak up against the EHRC's Code - LIVE

I’m Women’s organisations speak up against the EHRC's updated Code of Practice   We are a collection of women's organisations, networks and community groups that work with and support women across th...

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Some of the worst takes imaginable coming out about this Odyssey film huh?

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Damn why does the new Robert Eggers look terrible????

the deep cistern will yield no more

A24 Wants You to Be Nice About Its Google AI Deal

A24 Wants You to Be Nice About Its Google AI Deal

The fan-favorite indie studio is on the defense for its expensive, research-heavy teamup with DeepMind.

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Who else watching Witch Hat Atelier

My feeling is that if Emily Bell was really doing all the anti-racist work she claims to be doing, she wouldn't have time for all that vagueposting

no one wants to live in nets

I hate duolingo, yet I am a slave to it

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

holy shit????? ICE is getting rid of seven of the 11 would-be concentration camp warehouses they purchased and sec. mullin indicates new mass detention centers are not priority. huge!

#writers tell me, what "writing" do you do to avoid doing *actual* writing? Some ppl make pinterest moodboards, some ppl worldbuild to death. I draw loads of fuckass thematic/structural mind maps.

🧵🧵🧵 ALERT! FF re-opens to submissions on July 1st and so, between now and then, I'll be sharing updates from members of the reading team on the stories they love and what they wish they saw more of in the reading queue. So, read on to find out what's on the wishlist! 1/

The GC hatred of the Edinburgh Book Festival is so compelling to me. They can’t handle the fact that they haven’t won the unconditional support of Scotland’s literary tastemakers and cultural elite. It drives them crazy!

My cancellable take of the day: books centering gay/"m-m" relationships written by straight women should not be included in pride month "queer books" reading lists

really fucking hate how "accessibility" has been hijacked to mean "let's treat everyone as if they're children at all times"

ex-Lethality Jane@lethalityjane.bsky.social · 2mo ago

James Joyce is gonna read this and come back from the dead so he can publish Finnegan's Wake 2 out of sheer spite.