I think one of the big lessons for authors to take away from this Daggermouth mess is to get it in your contracts that no one can feed your work into AI of any kind, even so-called detectors.
Tessa Gratton
@tessagratton.bsky.social
NYT bestselling queer SFF author. #MXTX trash. STRANGE GRACE, THE QUEENS OF INNIS LEAR, LADY HOTSPUR, NIGHT SHINE, STAR WARS: The High Republic, THE MERCY MAKERS! nonbinary, they/she
Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
I wish I could put a content warning at the front of the book just for my dad.
Tessa Gratton@tessagratton.bsky.social · 2d agoI just wrote a line in The Mercy Makers #3 that is so unhinged re: Iriset and sex that I can't even look at it without giggling hysterically and fighting down a hot flash. SO you all have that to look forward to.
I just wrote a line in The Mercy Makers #3 that is so unhinged re: Iriset and sex that I can't even look at it without giggling hysterically and fighting down a hot flash. SO you all have that to look forward to.
this is a nice comprehensive overview of why substack sucks and some good alternatives.
Sean Killeen@seankilleen.com · 6mo agoThat's 100% why I created leavesubstack.com -- got tired of re-hashing the points; wanted to make a simple 1-pager.
is it even August if I haven't walked into a spider web taller than me
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The Shape of Monsters
A talented heretic and the emperor she both loathes and loves will learn what monsters are really made of in the second installment of the Moon Heresies trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Te...
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If writers won't listen to arguments from creativity or morality...how about the potential to get caught and have your deals pulled? Great points from Scalzi here.
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 5d agoI've written a longer piece on the book that's been pulled due to "AI" use allegations, what that means particularly for newer authors, and what, if anything writers can do in the "AI" era to prove their work is their own: whatever.scalzi.com/2026/07/31/a...
As I rid myself of nearly everything I've written in July, my cuts file officially surpasses the current draft word count. 105k vs 77k. 💀
Congratulations for your historical proximity to me!
Tessa Gratton@tessagratton.bsky.social · 2w agoI have to write 1600 more words of This Book before I get to watch The Vampire Lestat finale 😭
I have to write 1600 more words of This Book before I get to watch The Vampire Lestat finale 😭
Brutal photo caption from The Guardian: “Gianni Infantino carefully explains to Donald Trump that he is not part of the Spanish national team.”
Obvs Spain deserves this but also Martinez needs his own special Cup
I'm watching in germany. The German commentators kept quiet for nearly the whole thing until suddenly the shot widened and we just hear with a German accent, "Oh, Miss Piggy"
My cat Helen brought her favorite ball down to the den and is playing her own soccer game against herself and the ghosts while we watch the final.
That was so delightful and stressful but mostly delightful and I'm SO GLAD a penalty goal was not the determining factor. I love you Mbappé!
I thought that the French didn’t go on vacation until August.
If we win tonight I think France should give us back Calais. By the same token, if they win we should give them Hastings.
in an apt metaphor for how this book is going, my white board just came apart in my hands
With "The Shape Of Monsters," author Tessa Gratton is presenting the second book in their epic #fantasy trilogy "The Moon Heresies." To learn more — like what inspired and influenced this middle installment — check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🧙🪄
The Shape Of Monsters · Tessa Gratton · Exclusive Interview · paulsemel.com
Exclusive Interview: "The Shape Of Monsters" Author Tessa Gratton \ In which she talks about the second book in her fantasy trilogy.
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This kind of thing at Substack (including their Nazi problem and trans hate problem) are why my newsletter is at Ghost.org and always has been. Andrew Tate is a spectacularly vile human being accused of numerous violent crimes against women and hugely corrosive for young male minds.
kottke.org@kottke.org · 4mo agoHey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.
