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Premee Mohamed@premeemohamed.com · 2w ago

But maybe in a more condensed form so the button doesn't have to be the size of a CD I just feel like the "NO A.I." buttons attract slopsuckers who immediately want to proselytize about it and that is not a conversation I am going to be able to have without someone getting severely mandibled

We used to actually think less of people for plagiarism.

八瀬🌻🎸@ Gamescom@slumflower.bsky.social · last yr.

Remember when writers didn’t use AI and instead just stole their wife’s work and claimed it as their own?

Oh hey, just to be 100% clear in the wake of recent industry news: I have never used AI in my writing or in my cover/character art, and I never will. Gen AI was built on stolen work (including 47 works of mine!) and every single use damages our environment. I find it morally repugnant in every way.

Daily affirmation for writers: No matter how rough what I just wrote was, it's better than anything the AI plagiarism machine could ever spit out 💜✨

My most loved meta reference I think… you have suffered star warriors! #booksky #isekai

Mary@sharpestrose.bsky.social · last mo.

Hat tip also to @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social for including "somehow, the emperor returned" in her peerless villainess isekai (which is actual a story about how very serious illness changes who you are forever) 'Time of Iron'.

ALEX, I'M HOWLING 🤣😭

Veerender Singh Jubbal@veerenderjubbal.bsky.social · last mo.

this is a knight’s tale energy and I like to see it

rax ‘levon honkers’ king@raxkingisdead.bsky.social · last mo.

i wrote about my favorite odyssey adaptation, o brother where art thou (2000)

No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...

Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation

PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...

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ooh poesy

Will "scifantasy" Frank@scifantasy.bsky.social · last mo.

The chaos is coming to call "All hail" says the fandom in thrall The Evil, long live The tidbits, they'll give To O'Mahoney's, one and all!

This cover is going to be controversial so I wish to be clear I was the one who asked my publishers for the controversial element… as usual I’m the problem it’s me… 🫠💙 #booksky

~skybrina@skybrina.org · last mo.

But I love the colour! Calming, tranquil blue, absolutely how we’re going to feel while reading, right? 👀

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‘The Odyssey’: What Academics Are Saying About Christopher Nolan’s Epic

Christopher Nolan's adaptation of 'The Odyssey' has created a lot of controversy online, but academics are having a different conversation.

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I have determined that my only hope is to keep writing.

what urban fantasy did I wake up in this time

People forget - wilfully, it seems - that authors have bills too and maybe like 3% of authors are actually making full-time, liveable income from their books. Don’t pirate books. Don’t steal from authors. We like to eat, too.

Ben Bruce@therealbenbruce.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The discussion around book piracy seems to be happening a lot at the moment, so here's my very simple take on it. If you steal books, you're a cunt.

Reminder: Don't let your cats free roam outside. If you must let them out, get a catio or keep them on a harness. And make sure they wear a flea collar out there! "But they like free roaming!" Do they like getting attacked by dogs and hit by cars? No. No, they don't. Don't let your cats free roam.

Editors! On sub! When a modern-day attorney discovers she’s pregnant after a very out-of-character one-night stand w/a man who turns out to be the Greek god Apollo,she faces monsters,vengeful gods,& most terrifyingly,her feelings for Apollo to protect herself & her unborn child. #queerpit #fr #a

FOR EDITORS scrolling #queerpit A Greek God Got Me Pregnant is on sub! Think if Percy Jackson was a paranormal romcom for adults! #demisexual FMC #bisexual MMC, Apollo #nonbinary sibling, Dionysus #onsub #romance #paranormal #fantasy #romantasy #romcom #adult #f #fr #r

It’s not Friday but it’s the last day of Pride month, so I wanted to share this art of the weirdo table in my IN OTHER LANDS, Elliot (grumpiest bisexual who ever portaled to fantasyland), elf maid Serene-Heart-in-the-Chaos-of-Battle & golden warrior half-harpy Luke. It’s gorgeous & joyful. #booksky

‘I asked ChatGPT’ Well, I asked Gandalf and he told me you should be silent keep your forked tongue behind your teeth because he did not pass through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm.

Sliding in with a very late #fanartfriday for Pride! Thank you so much @ackrvi.bsky.social I love how dynamic and detailed it is! Obviously it is for Pride because the Cobra is bi, I don’t listen to those rumours about Lord Marius…. #booksky

ackrvi@ackrvi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I keep forgetting to post here from my Instagram too 😭 Marius and Eric aka the Golden Cobra from Long Live Evil by @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social

you’ve been hit by a smooth criminal (somehow)

Mary Sue@marysuesays.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Finally got @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social 's ALL HAIL CHAOS from the library and am tootling along reading happily when I get hit with a

My family has learned their lesson. They no longer ask questions 😅 #writing #author #mythology #greekgods #writingcommunity #writersky #booksky #writesky

An Editor’s Guide to A Greek God Got Me Pregnant Would you read it? 👀 #books #mythology #paranormal #romcom #romance #onsub #agentedauthor #writersky #booksky #writesky

most degenerate king! But, lords, we hear this fearful tempest sing, Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm

Ten years ago, a killer entered the Pulse in Florida and massacred 49 people, wounded 58 others, in a horrific hate crime. Remember. Please.

Submissions are OPEN for EXQUISITE UNDEAD: AN ANTHOLOGY OF VAMPIRES 🦇 Send me your vampire stories!! 📝 Max 7000 words 📝  Short stories, flash fiction, & poetry accepted 📝 Any genre as long as it fits the theme ⏳ Deadline Sept. 1 More details & guidelines: https://exquisite-undead.carrd.co