Yes to all of this, especially the deep sadness witnessing "you are punishing YOURSELF and dont even know it." I cannot imagine asking AI to help me identify positive traits about my own child. And this is presented as a supposed selling point to AI use?!

Chuck Tingle@chucktingle.bsky.social · 2w ago

ive talked on how i wont engage with writers who use ai, i wont eat at a restaurant with an ai menu, i wont have anything to do with it. but what this post illustrates is regardless of how OTHERS react, ultimately the worst part about using ai is that you are punishing YOURSELF and dont even know it

Having cats is owning two cat fountains and multiple pet water bowls while your cat prefers to drink water out of a cup on the bathroom counter.

How to Spot a Publishing Scam: Seven Warning Signs (link in first reply)

I am never more secure in my choice to be a developmental editor than when I see my copyeditor colleagues arguing about dashes and hyphens. 😅

“He just didn’t love the pâté.” Was this said about: a) a boss b) a cat c) a baby d) a food critic e) all of the above?

When you don't like pumpkin spice but still want your drink to taste like fall.

If you try to enjoy some beautiful weather by reading outside and get stung 15 minutes in by a random wasp/hornet (it flew off so quickly I didn't catch a glimpse), is it bad luck or a sign from the universe? 🤔

How do you become a better writer? And how do you know when your work is good enough? Link in first reply.

Necessary reading for anyone in the publishing industry: andibartz.substack.com/p/i-am-genui.... AI-powered AI checkers strike me as being sold an antidote by the same people who poisoned you in the first place.

I am genuinely terrified about this shift in the publishing industry

Pangram is ruining authors' lives, and our window to do something about it is closing.

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What does painting leaves have to do with writing? Link in first reply.

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Sarah Andersen@sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · last mo.

It is time.

me today, renaming the Word document FINAL

My child: "Did you make that poster with AI?" Adult: "I used it for the design, why?" My child: "I don't think you and my mom will get along." Me, hearing all of this later:

Yesterday I sent out birthday party invites for my child that not only had the wrong time, the wrong date, AND the wrong location, but somehow ALSO THE WRONG AGE. I am writing this from the grave.

You’ve never seen an underwater adventure quite like this! Marvin the merchild is perfectly happy to play alone with his best friend, Pearl. Even though Pearl always hides, and he always seeks, sticking to his reef feels safer than asking the other ocean creatures to play. But when Pearl rolls away,

Did you know that a bedspread made by a fifteen-year-old girl from Appalachia became the foundation for a billion-dollar textile industry? TUFTED: THE STITCH & STORY OF CATHERINE EVANS WHITENER tells the story of Cathy’s creativity, determination, and inventiveness—qualities that led her to become

PSA: when your child starts reading your favorite books: BE COOL! Oh, you're reading a book I love? No biggie, my heart won't break if you hate it, nothing to see here, no those aren't tears in my eyes, everything's fine, yep, cool cool cool, oh, look at the time!

Nonchalant Natural

ALT: Nonchalant Natural

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Exactly 20 years ago today, I walked through the doors of the Time & Life Building to start my first job in publishing at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers! Please enjoy some 2006 photos from my Canon Elph:

Remembering the time I wrote a three page essay (on my mom's word processor) about the pleasures of visiting the county dump. My English teacher wrote: "To the dump, to the dump, to the dump dump dump!" in the margins. Gennifer Aeye could never.

Caption this. I'll go first:

Are you there God? It's me, Margaret's chatbot.

It’s too hard to describe it In a way that feels honest Can you read fifty pages Instead of a synopsis?

Greetings from Virginia, where the heat is oppressive, the salad may be parasitic, the air is currently "very unhealthy", and summer camp released early due to abrupt HVAC failure.

Sorry I was distracted, I was rewriting song lyrics in my head to make them about publishing.

How many shades of blue can you name? When twelve-year-old Margot’s art teacher challenges the class to find and name eleven different versions of the same color, Margot can think of three right away: swimming pool. Denim jacket. First-prize ribbon. But then she starts thinking about home—

I'd pay good money for a book + meal subscription service. FLIRTING LESSONS + crispy potatoes; CANDLE ISLAND + donuts; THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES + cookies; NANNY PIGGINS + chocolate cake; MAGNOLIA WU UNFOLDS IT ALL + noodles. (Fruit and vegetable options will be considered, but no guarantees.)

Wondering how to feel about the fact that the "Mom" in my child's recent comics (1-inspired by Jason Shiga): - gives their child a T-Rex as a pet (2) - can't live without coffee (3-not explicitly "Mom" but mom-coded!); - stays home to play games on her phone (4) - self-explanatory/accurate (5). 😅

This morning a barista read "Julie S" as "JULIET!!!" and I think my new summer persona was unlocked.