I would like to say I can’t believe a professional writing org would send out a message like this, but since I lived through the RWA implosion… 😬 And I agree with every point Chuck makes here, which is well worth the read! In short: writers write, they don’t prompt the plagiarism machine.

Chuck Wendig@chuckwendig.bsky.social · 12h ago

Professional writer organizations should not send out pro-AI propaganda in the form of tantrum-having "essays" to their members, and I don't think that's controversial.

In today’s book spam, the “Boston Beach Festival” wants to feature the Polish edition of SILVER & BLOOD. 😂

I am officially a Ruiner of Lives™ and one Reginald VonSnoot would like to lodge a complaint with management because I stopped throwing the ball in order to work on silly human things.

Oof, the doc now thinks that Dad is entering Alzheimer’s, not just dementia. Earliest appointment with a specialistic is in November, but I think she maybe impressed on him the importance of the MRI, which he has agreed (again) to get without anesthesia. Fingers crossed his resolution holds.

If you haven't read my "rag-tag team of misfits who share a body must work together to solve locked room mysteries in both their inner and outer worlds" gothic thriller yet, ONE OF US KNOWS is currently on sale! www.amazon.com/One-Us-Knows...

Saw Sarah McLachlan in concert tonight and high school me is living her BEST LIFE right now! 😍 Great show and she seems really cool.

New fun project is now 8k words. It’s a real thing! Kind of. 😂

I am so SO excited to announce my next sapphic historical romance, YOUR LIPS ON MINE, coming January 5th, 2027 with @avonbooks.bsky.social!! Gorgeous cover is designed and illustrated by @lenikauffman.bsky.social! Available for pre-order in print, ebook, and audiobook everywhere you get books!

Okay, time to make some words on this new project! Let’s see where I left our intrepid MCs last week... “Where was []? Had he survived? *How many* had survived?” So things are going great. 😂

Today’s incredibly niche advice: If you’re going to the Death Cab for Cutie concert tonight at The Greek Theatre, and you’re seated in the upper sections, TAKE SUNGLASSES. The lighting is way too bright, very flashy (as in flashing), right in your eyes, & headache inducing. Sunglasses helped.

All of this year's virtual events have been assembled into a collection for your convenience. www.eventbrite.com/cc/bookstore...

Bookstore Romance Day 2026

All of the virtual events being presented by Bookstore Romance Day for this year's celebration.

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OMG, this, so much this. This would be AMAZING. Once an email I need to respond to but haven’t passes a certain period of time, I’m probably NEVER going to respond because I can’t look at how long it’s been without violently cringing away in shame.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 5d ago

Oh, and also: we need to normalize shame jubilees. We should hit the point where someone sends you an five month old email and they're like, "Hey, I'm finally responding because I'm on my shame jubilee" and you're like "Oh, that's awesome, I'm so glad you're having one right now!"

If your email feels the need to assure me that your community is “real readers” then I’m already making this face: 🤨

It might be cheating to use the book title to fulfill #FridayFling. I'm doing it anyway. Today's prompt is "bargain" so here's a bit from Nobody's Bargain—my queer erotic romance novella named from/inspired by Bruce Springsteen's "Human Touch." #romancelandia Buy links: books2read.com/u/bxD0no

Today’s #FridayFling snippet is from POLARIS RISING! Badass space princess Ada is escaping this merc ship one way or another—*without* handing over her only weapon to the galaxy’s most wanted criminal… Buy links + first three chapters: https://miha.li/PR #Romancelandia #BookSky

Bargains are both treacherous and powerful in my fantasy rom-com Enchanting the Fae Queen! stephanieburgis.com/books/enchanting-the-fae-queen PS: if you're in the US or CA, today is your last chance to snap it up for just $2.99! us.macmillan.com/books/978125... #romancelandia #FridayFling

Jessie Mihalik@jessiemihalik.com · 6d ago

Every Friday, share a #FridayFling snippet from your WIP or published work. :) This week’s prompt is BARGAIN! You don’t have to match it exactly, just go with vibes. And if it’s published, drop a link in the post or a reply so people can find it! #Romancelandia #BookSky

UPS: Contact the shipper. The shipper: Contact UPS. 🫠🫠🫠

I have a folder of the final Word documents for my books, and I search it every week for the #FridayFling prompts. This week, the first book I opened and the first match of the word turned out to be perfect, which rarely happens! 🎉

Every Friday, share a #FridayFling snippet from your WIP or published work. :) This week’s prompt is BARGAIN! You don’t have to match it exactly, just go with vibes. And if it’s published, drop a link in the post or a reply so people can find it! #Romancelandia #BookSky

I just saw in Publishers Lunch a book that went to a 14-house auction and won a SEVEN FIGURE contract is being pulled by the agent after questioning the author over suspected AI use. Publishers will give millions to a fucking AI book, while the rest of us are out here scrabbling for peanuts. :/

All of the nice calm peace I achieved by doing a walk along the beach with my bestie this morning has been eradicated by UPS. 🫠

Just had the most frustrating experience with UPS, who refused to hold a package despite the vacation hold, ignored the deliver to neighbor instructions, and now tells me I can pick it up at the UPS center in the city I’m not currently in. ARGH. “Contact the sender” was their solution.

This is the goodest boy who’s helping me work today—where “work” means strengthening my arm muscles because BALL IS LIFE, and he would happily run after it for eight hours straight. 😂

I sat outside for most of the day yesterday—IN THE SHADE—and still ended up a little crispy around the edges. So today’s plan: sunscreen and a long-sleeve shirt. The weather at my bestie’s house is making me want to move, because it’s 79F here (in a heat advisory!) and 94F at home. 😭

Lynne Freeman got a write up in the fucking New Yorker to turn people against Tracy Wolff and it absolutely fucking sucks that all the people who read that salacious piece will never know that Lynne Freeman lied to the court, conducted this litigation in bad faith, and had absolutely zero case.

I'm not letting AI horseshit maneuver me into a defensive position with my writing. I write like I write. I love emdashes. I keep using emdashes. Whatever we write, AI will take and copy it -- all you can do is keep writing the best shit you can write in the form you want it to take, and fuck it.

Manisha Krishnan@manishakrishnan.bsky.social · last wk.

Authors and journalists are doing more first-person (hello 2010s blogging) and embracing "mistakes" in writing to prove they're not chatbots. There's even an “anti-Grammarly" app that leaves in typos and signs off "sent from my iPhone" to create more authenticity: www.wired.com/story/more-t...

This week's Tuesday snippet comes from my cozy-spooky romantasy novella A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience, which is available in ebook and paperback: books2read.com/undeadInconvenience #romancelandia

Someone created a Playstation account with my email address, and the email says contact support if this happens. I can only talk to a real person if I login to my account… that I didn’t create. ARGH. Every single service needs a “this wasn’t me” button in their account confirmation emails.

Got up and did an early morning walk this morning, and yay health and all, but now I really desperately want a nap.

Today’s book spam is from a “senior editor” at HarperCollins, inquiring about whether I’m working with any publishing partners for SILVER & BLOOD, a book published by, you guessed it, HARPER FUCKING COLLINS. They’re using an editor’s actual name, too, but sending from a gmail address. Ugh.