we've really lost something that so many people expect stories to be tailored to them as an individual, rather than being an individual approaching story interested in what it means to be human.
Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader
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She/her Romance reader 💙📚🌶️ HEA or GTFO ❤️ No AI 🚯 LGBTQ+ rights = human rights 🌈 Black Lives Matter Protect Trans Kids 🏳️⚧️ Freelance copyeditor (SFF & Romance): ericapeckedits.com Short fiction: soundcheckingthevoid.com
I need to come up with a superhero name and either my creative well's OS has not been updated to the latest version due to lack of storage space or all the good superhero names are taken. Pls send help and inspirational baked goods.
In case you missed it last night: we are seeing reports all over the country of immigration surges and state violence. If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it. 3dwhistles.com
Just found out how eidolon is really pronounced and I am not okay
It’s becoming increasingly evident that these AI bros lack a fundamental understanding of what it means to be human.
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 3d agoIt's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.
This reminds me of the time my MIL drove up from SoCal to visit us and took the wrong exit and got lost somewhere in East Oakland. “I’m at the gas station on MacArthur,” she said from the pay phone. “Does that help?” Not even a little bit.
Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social · 4d agoI’m lost in New York City. Maybe this will help: I’m right near a t-shirt shop that’s next to a $1.50 pizza shop that borders a weed store.
Q: What’s the hardest part of building a model of a snake? A: building it to scale 🐍 😀
If you or anyone you know wanted the Beast to stay a beast, now is the time to tell me.
Do you promise I’ll get left behind? Promise??
FL4GG E4GLET0N@nmche56.bsky.social · 7d ago“If you don’t use it, then you’re gonna get left behind”. Ok. Bet!
any technology that cannot stand on its own merits and has to be forced down our throats as being the future is anything but that.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 7d agoPart of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.
“GOTTA LEARN AI OR BE LEFT BEHIND.” Good. Fuck off! Leave me behind! Enjoy your artbarf rapture, your janky Temu future. I’ll be back here looking at real birds and writing weird, also real, books.
I think I’ve decided that I don’t want to offer proofreading as a service anymore. I hardly ever get proofreading requests. I don’t enjoy it as much as copyediting. And let’s face it, many authors think they need a proofread when what they really need is a copyedit. #amediting
I always ask if people think hearing a digital piano programmed to play a concerto is the same as hearing my dad — who’s been playing for 79 years and still practices hours a day — do it. And funnily enough no one has ever agreed that it is.
The Author, Séamas O'Reilly@seamas.bsky.social · 2w agoEvery time a discourse kicks off over whether AI music, literature or art will be "as good as" the real thing, I'm always amazed more people don't cite that **there already are** creative pursuits where human-free spectacles have been available for decades, and nobody has ever wanted to watch them.
do men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now
For me, it’s a good developmental editor who understands my genre deeply and can tell me when I’m on track and call me out when I’m including too much meandering plot clutter. It’s so hard to see in my own work because I’m too close to it and everything seems important.
Susan Savage Lee@susansavagelee.bsky.social · 2w agoHow would you describe your dream editor? Someone who really believes in my stories or gets them on a deeper level #writingq #WritingCommunity
Is anyone I know on here planning to go to World Fantasy Con?
Wile E. Coyote, despaired, takes a bucket of paint and a brush and paints a beautiful two-bedroom house on a mountainside. He paints a beautiful coyote wife in the window, and two adorable coyote kids running around in the yard. He tries to enter this new coyote life, but it is inaccessible to him
If only we could make everyone see this point of view... But we will be out here, fighting the good fight, until then. Thanks for being here with us 💜 #booksky #authorsky #romancelandia #romancebooks #equality #feminism #goals
Sex scenes are so hard to write well. There is so much finesse involved in choosing just the right combination and description of actions: not enough & readers can't picture what's happening, but too much = boring and mechanical. It helps to lean on the sensations those actions evoke. #amediting
My goal is to make your book better, and I take that job very seriously. Also, if you get your edits back from me and I tell you I think a sex scene needs to be "fleshed out 😏," that pun is 100% intended. #amediting
I spoke with romance author Alyssa Jarrett about her latest release, Love Like No One's Watching, ending a series, representation in romance, and much more.
Author Alyssa Pulls Out All the Stops In Series Finale
Love Like No One’s Watching caps her Glam Fam series
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