Mab Morris
@mabwrites.bsky.social
Author of fantasy, mythopoeic fantasy, regency fantasy. www.mabmorris.com
Another reason to DESPISE AI? hai.stanford.edu/news/covert-...?
Covert Racism in AI: How Language Models Are Reinforcing Outdated Stereotypes | Stanford HAI
Despite advancements in AI, new research reveals that large language models continue to perpetuate harmful racial biases, particularly against speakers of African American English.
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Been "working" on a new Ihyelian story, a saga, this time. The first book is set on the other side of the world from where I've been drawing... so far very few framework scenes are being written, but I've been allowing them to be part of my going to sleep/wake cycle.
Available in print and ebook where books are sold online: books2read.com/u/3LWYQD #caregiverlife #caregiver #caregiverburnout #caregiversupport #eldercare #poetry #lifepoetry #autobiography Part of my #indieauthorlife #booksky
I'm deliciously *bored*. I don't want to re-read (though that can go out the door for bedtime for the nonce). I can't seem to want to go do the things I crave to do, and yet it's growing like some weird seed that prefers the coming of autumn rather than the icy blanket of early spring. (1/3)
I got salty about AI bullshit because it's all such bullshit, so here is me being very mad and probably not very clear about how mad it makes me. Do with this as you will. *kicks rocks*
You Cannot Use One Bullshit Machine To Catch Another Bullshit Machine
I really fucking hate AI right now. I really fucking hated AI yesterday and the day before, too, though I think the hate is growing faster and hotter, like a sun about to explode and consume the ga…
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The Cat Boss says it's time to take a break. He wants snuggles. #amediting (or trying to) #fantasyfiction #indieauthorlife #catcoworker
Working at Blue 42 Market I ran out of red ink. Fortunately Nic had a blue pen (second choice color). Editing going pretty well. #amwriting #amediting Book 3 of a #fantasyseries #fantasymystery #TheBoneReaderSeries
Started my morning with this manuscript! Book 3 of The Bone Reader Series, going over the changes by my fabulous editor. #indieauthor who doesn't work alone. #fantasymystery #fantasyseries #fantasyfiction #amwriting #amediting
Print book is LIVE! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lets-prete... is one of the places you can purchase it. Let's Pretend is about #caregiving #ElderCare #fallrisk #dementia #caregiverburnout #caregiverlife #caregiversupport by an #indieauthors #poetry #lifepoetry #booksky
Definitely a Writer's Cat. #CatCoworker #WritersCat #indieauthorlife
Lost Bones by @mabwrites.bsky.social The priest Cemirowl, isolated by her calling and inherited mediumlike ability—which cost her mother her sanity—gives a reading that drags her into solving a queen's murder. Loneliness, devotion, and a search for identity infuse the story with quiet intensity. 📚💙
I saw a reply from a disabled person who says they feel guilty because caregivers are talking about burnout. I absolutely GET it. Yes, I felt burnout... but NOT because of my Mom. She NEEDED THE HELP! #caregiverburnout #caregiversupport #caregive
COVE RREVEAL. I just have to review the interior (if I can figure out how to access it), and then it's a GO for the proof. #caregiver #caregiverburnout #caregiverrecovery #caregiversupport #poetry #lifepoetry
#confession The videos I'll be posting soon about the #FantasyMystery The Bone Reader: Lost Bones is out of order, already. Because I posted, today, the #sciencefantasy #preview (available for newsletter subscribers) of the Florence Tug instead.
I love world building (building a whole entire planet), so why am I building a universe? Because I can? There are times I hit a snag, and have to gather my thoughts. Like multiple conlang for Hetidina to study, focusing, fortunately, on only three words. But, Yeah. There's a labyrinth to weed.
Another reading from my Kho'Asteri Universe. It's in the same universe as The Electric Tunnel. This whole novella is the sneak peek when you sign up for my newsletter. mabmorris.com #sciencefantasy #amwriting #indieauthor #preview of the "most boring ride in space" (It isn't, this time).
The past week I've been on the "Chronic High Cortisol S*cks" diet. A YEAR after #caregiving I was still in #hypervigilance. Now I wake, drink my halfcaf and read. I didn't even remember this level, even with #insomnia . #caregiverburnout #poetry #caregiversupport mabmorris.com/lets-pretend...
Reading isn't mere entertainment, it's connection. Books connect us to other humans. Technology has us more isolated than at any other point in history, and generative AI threatens to cut off yet another point of connection from our lonely species. #QuoteOfTheWeek #InkhornEdits #WilliamNicholson
Must Needs #Pivot. Just as I am figuring out a main character in my science fantasy, I realize I have probably one day to edit her in manuscript, but will have to pause the science fantasy, as I work on Book 3 of the #fantasymystery quartet, The Bone Reader. 1/2
In a chat with my copy editor from Inkling Books, Heather and I discussed how I used characters. This morning I realized that *I* wasn't connecting with my main character. So I interviewed her. I LOVE her now. Wow, she's snarky! #characterdrivenplots #indieauthor #sciencefantasy #indieauthorlife
Just heard from my #copyeditor saying that she's almost done with The Bone Reader 3 That means TBR 2: Servant's Bones is in the production queue TBR 3: Ghost Bones is in my hands and scheduled for proof. TBR 4: Blackened Bones is entering copy editing! 📖🎉✍️😁 #series #indieauthor #fantasyfiction
Okay, #creaturedesign or #humanoiddesign and #softsciencefiction friends, here are the rolls from Fantasy Genesis. Pic if you want humanoid or creature, the most pic wins. Creature: Major form, minor form, surface, action. Humanoid is the same, but also adds emotion. (1/3) The list is in post 2/3
In my Book #BucketList I have wanted to create a serial story list. I'm working on it right now. It is included in my #sciencefantasy "bundle" as well. So I've got #humanoids to meet... and I'd like to know if YOU would like to help. 1/2
Working with @orynrusset.arts on Instagram, the first demigod candle is in its test phase! It's probably the most #mythopoeic thing I've ever done...besides writing novels creating mythologies. #SenoftheWoods #prayercandles (if you will...it is for fiction, mind you). #fantasyfiction #indieauthor