I say this b/c tech bros are literally attempting to place a gatekeeper program into the creation process for writing and art. Once people normalize that writing and art can't be created without an LLM, what happens when people can't afford to use that LLM? Gee, you then have a true gatekeeper! 2/

Regarding the Horror Writers Association (HWA) newsletter promoting AI usage, why why why do people keep using the term "gatekeepers" to describe those opposed to the use of LLMs in writing and art? The true gatekeepers are the billionaire tech bros whose companies push to normalize AI usage. 1/

Rick Moranis: Are You The Gatekeeper?

Alt: Rick Moranis: Are You The Gatekeeper?

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*adds to list "Waverly writes food reviews" next to @kristadb1.bsky.social's "Waverly reads reddit comments" story*

Tyche Books 🇨🇦@tychebooks.bsky.social · 4h ago

--because I love those characters & want to spend time with them, even though I know whodunnit! (and this is why I so love Waverly Jones. She's a character I love & would read about her grocery trips--look, I've been trying to convince Skyla to write Waverly food reviews, lol)

Kobo's Travel the World promo is live! CA/US/UK/AU/NZ If you're in one of those regions, go to one of these links: www.kobo.com/p/travel-the... www.kobo.com/p/travel-the... Visit the Yukon in Canada with The Silent Places by me! Is your book in the sale? See one you recommend? Reply! No AI.

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That HWA pro-AI lady has an AI-powered "writing coach" app she just launched and lol btw I will be your writing coach for free with no AI! Here: Turn off Bsky, you creep closer to death every day so WORK ON YOUR BOOK NOW--the discourse will still be here in the morning. You're welcome! 🥰

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Tyche Books 🇨🇦@tychebooks.bsky.social · 5h ago

15. Recommend and review a book. Let me spread the good word about Waverly Jones, Private Investigator. She hates everyone. She is smart & competent. She thinks all the snarky things you wished you could say. Over arching series mystery is the serial killer who murdered her sister, but +

You will never be so glad you got something that makes you cry--it's a beautiful, powerful story about love, and the catharsis you need right now. Just $2.99 in eBook or $9.99 in print, and I think you'll definitely want it for your keeper shelf. www.amazon.com/Vow-Ashes-Da... 👇

Khonri 🫜🦵@khonri.com · 10h ago

I got some strong words for @ddalglish.com. How dare you make me hideously ugly cry starting near the end and let my husband see that. 😭😂 Alright, so, this is that kind of media you partake in if you want to test whether or not you still have human emotions. (Short ramble 🧵✨)

I got some strong words for @ddalglish.com. How dare you make me hideously ugly cry starting near the end and let my husband see that. 😭😂 Alright, so, this is that kind of media you partake in if you want to test whether or not you still have human emotions. (Short ramble 🧵✨)

I don't dunk on people but the dude saying 'If you hate AI, could you get through a working day if it all went away tomorrow?!'is testing my resolve on that so much. I don't use your dogshit thief machine incompetence tech, Sparkie. I fucking work for a living.

I only got through two chapters of revision tonight but one of them ended up with a lot of rewriting. Four chapters to go and just six [notes] (down from 100+). Despite a lot of deleting, I'm still 2500 words over the last revision pass's word count so I've definitely written a lot more than that.

That HWA pro-AI lady has an AI-powered "writing coach" app she just launched and lol btw I will be your writing coach for free with no AI! Here: Turn off Bsky, you creep closer to death every day so WORK ON YOUR BOOK NOW--the discourse will still be here in the morning. You're welcome! 🥰

Air and Nothingness Press is at $5522 out of the $7000 base goal for these two anthologies!! Stretch goals are MORE AUTHORS for each anthology!

Air and Nothingness Press@aanpress.bsky.social · 19h ago

In the first 12 hours of the campaign, AaN is 78% of the way toward the base goal to publish "Are You Everything Alright" and "Endings". An amazing first day and I thank you sincerely. Info on the KS - www.kickstarter.com/projects/526... #ks #kickstarter #sff #booksky Let's see what tomorrow holds!

FOLKS: Vampire Lesbians in Space has SOLD, and it's gonna have a fantastic title and tagline with its new home, I'm so excited. indigochickdesigns.com/b/QKniY

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Krista messaged me elsewhere that the cat was safely returned, thank god. I was so stressed and I am not even in this province.

Krista D Ball is Canada's Snarky Potato@kristadb1.bsky.social · yesterday

Edmonton folks: do you know the identity of these two people who *stole a cat from a store that adopts out animals for local rescues and this kitty was about to go to her forever home* www.reddit.com/r/Edmonton/c...

Someone once told me that it's "classist" to advocate for people to have indoor cats because you need to buy them lots of expensive toys. Marcel has been playing with the discarded stem of a fresh green bean for 20 minutes. 🤷‍♀️

this is 1000% percent my kind of book marketing

Jackie Lau@jackielaubooks.bsky.social · yesterday

Zoe Shen is determined to get revenge on her cheating ex. Will his stern older brother agree to her ridiculous plan? Revenge of the Sunshine will be out on September 22! jackielaubooks.com/books/reveng...

I have tolerance for independent authors who don't know any better but the fact that Amazon's own imprints cannot be bothered optimizing pricing to end in .99 in non-US regions makes me absolutely insane.

Don Hertzfeldt’s full catalog of films has found a new streaming home. Dropout has acquired a collection that includes ‘Rejected,’ ‘World of Tomorrow,’ ‘It’s Such a Beautiful Day,’ and more, with Annecy winner ‘Paper Trail’ arriving September 1. www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/don-h...

Don Hertzfeldt Film Collection Is Coming To Dropout

Dropout has acquired a collection of Don Hertzfeldt films, including 'Rejected' and 'World of Tomorrow,' with Annecy-winner 'Paper Trail' arriving September 1.

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It's astounding Time is fleeting And I can't...handle this shit But listen closely Not for very much longer I've got to...call the cops on myself because holy fuck I am surrounded by the absolute worst kind of drama class nerds and everyone is fucking backstage and I have no idea how to handl

Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterday

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

I'm trying to be less negative on main (I know I've been bad about it for a while now; I'm sorry, I'm just really stressed about this book) and I know the truly non-negative thing would be to not even comment on trying not to be negative but I have not had a personality transplant so here we are.

TY again to the folks who helped with @kristadb1.bsky.social's "let's send Skyla a giant box of goodies incl loonies for laundry" a few months ago as I can just run an extra rinse cycle on my darks (80% of my clothes) to get the detergent residue off instead of hand-rinsing them in the bathtub. 😭

*2* weeks until The River Devours the Moon is out! O_o Get your pre-orders in for this WLW Toronto-centric ghost story/crime/horror novella, for fans of Sara Gran's Come Closer, and Talk to Me and Shikoku. Yours for $2.99: www.huldrahouse.com/shop/p/the-r... huldrahouse.itch.io/the-river-de...

We really need to spread the gospel of "not everything that makes me sad (or that I don't like, or that I dislike, or that doesn't reflect my lived experience, or or or) is morally wrong" (h/t to @neolithicsheep.bsky.social for the original phrasing)

But I really do think that there is an urge to not be "mean" or "unfair" or "negative" that is making us grope for rationalizations for why it is not just Correct but Righteous to dislike this person. (or book. or tv show. or or or) And it's actually okay to just... not like things.

Update: I was able to transfer the money this morning while Patreon was giving me useless responses that you'd normally get from KDP. So yay money! But omg support was useless.

Skyla Dawn Cameron@skyladawn.ca · 2d ago

This happened again with August's payment, and rather than resubmit the same information and wait for a five day hold, I'm now on day three of waiting for Patreon to respond and tell me WHY this is happening.

The SEDUCTION OF SHARK-MAN crowdfund is now live - and we've already unlocked the FRIDGE MAGNETS stretch goal!!! YAAAAAY!!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...