The noon-bell rings. A silence. Frodo speaks. ‘I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way.’ Elrond answers, ‘If you do not find a way, no one will. This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels of the Great.’

Having gotten sick 4 times within 2 months had the unintended effect of being back on social media. Any #bookrecommendations? Ι could go with something cozy/spooky/both.🍁🎃 #CozyGaming ideas welcome too. #CurrentlyReading "The Warm Hands of Ghosts" and I already have a feeling it will destroy me.

I had such a v i s c e r a l reaction to this. Can't believe that their argument used to be they're keep the Parthenon marbles to "protect them" because Greece "didn't have the infrustracture" or something, then refused to return them even after the Acropolis Museum, but this is somehow ok??

"A Dragon's Hunger," one of my favourite stories I've written, is on @bfbzine.bsky.social. It's partly inspired by my grandmother's experience growing up during WW2. Featuring: ⛪Assassin nuns 🐲A dragon ✨A girl making a tough choice Read it here: www.baublesfrombones.com/a-dragons-hu...

"A Dragon's Hunger," one of my favourite stories I've written, is on @bfbzine.bsky.social. It's partly inspired by my grandmother's experience growing up during WW2. Featuring: ⛪Assassin nuns 🐲A dragon ✨A girl making a tough choice Read it here: www.baublesfrombones.com/a-dragons-hu...

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

Floored by a stomach bug so I'm spending the day filling by Kobo account with free ebooks. What do you mean I'll end up with tons of titles I'll never read.

For a long time, I shied away from Ancient Greek retellings, partly because many authors had already written them. But Leto's story has always appealed to me and I've written a fierce, rage-filled story about her. You can read it at The Lorelei Signal: www.loreleisignal.com/dark-earths-...

The em dash has finally pushed back on all that generative AI slander. "Let’s be honest: The real issue isn’t me—it’s you. You simply don’t read enough. If you did, you’d know I’ve been here for centuries." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

For a long time, I shied away from Ancient Greek retellings, partly because many authors had already written them. But Leto's story has always appealed to me and I've written a fierce, rage-filled story about her. You can read it at The Lorelei Signal: www.loreleisignal.com/dark-earths-...

Finally got myself a proper website✨️ Still bare bones, and only my publicationations are there but I'm excited and feeling Professional. madalenadaleziou.com

If we're doing groceries and take-out discourse, here's my take: Man-made famines are crimes against humanity. If you can help the World Central Kitchen in Gaza, please do. Donate dollars. Call your reps. Share their story in your communities to invite help.

Can campus domains just block the ChatGPTs and the like? To prevent plagiarism? I know people would get around it, but I do wonder if we can make doing the work easier than faking it. I don't work in IT or on first amendment law. Block me, unfollow me, it's BlueSky I don't care.

My short story, "Hauntless House" has made it to the Brave New Weird shortlist. I'm humbled and so grateful that my little creepy tenement monologue resonated with others!

Delighted to see @madalenadaleziou.bsky.social 's housing crisis horror "Hauntless House" from our second issue on the shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD III. Congratulations everybody!

I'm going to be sharing this a lot, because getting government attention is a numbers game. We have to show how many people are angry. We need government action.

Calling all explorers, wanderers, and adventure-seekers… In preparation for The Map of Lost Places anthology coming out this April, we’re hosting a scavenger hunt!! 🧭🗺️ Do you have what it takes to find all the treasures? Then read on for more details! 🧵

Pinterest updated their terms of use and they're going to use all of the content you saved to train their AI. Go to options > your privacy rights > disable GenAI Please do it 🫠

Age yourself with a cartoon you watched as a kid.

I can't recommend this project enough for #DnD fans: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jou...

In honor of the Andor trailer out today, I today repost my greatest online achievement: The Andor Characters as Dril Tweets series. I'm going to put them out as I get spare time over the next couple days, as I'm going to put alt text on them too. Starting with the man himself CASSIAN ANDOR

right on time.

Listen I know shit sucks but PLEASE find the things that make you happy and keep doing them. It is not frivolous. It is how you survive.

Acceptance in my inbox after 10+ rejections in the past few weeks.✨ #WritingCommunity

No, I don't need Copilot to summarise a 5-line email for me, what I need is a reliable way to disable it on Chrome. So far I haven't found one and it's bothering me every single time.

This isn't a movie or a soap opera or a badly written serial. No one is coming to rescue us. There won't be a surprise super hero stepping out of a phone booth to save us. Except for . . .You. Us. Put on your capes and get to work.

I really really need you guys to make a conscious rejection of generative AI tools part of your ongoing political resistance. Don't use ChatGPT. Turn off Gemini. Don't read the AI results forced upon you at the top of Google search. Don't use AI art generators or support anyone who does. Please.

Today is a good day to work on your art. It is a good day to work on your art even if stuff is happening. Art gets us through stuff happening. It is always a good day to work on your art.

I can't recommend this project enough for #DnD fans: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jou...

When her island's guardian ghost goes rogue, a pirate's daughter embarks on a heist to find his descendant and save her home. #YouDeservePit #WIP #YA #F

I will say it again: Ideas are cheap; there are a million dancing on the head of every pin. The *discipline and time to bring ideas to completion* is expensive. That’s why they are “works” of art.

My "went to see Noseferatu" outfit.

I would be honoured if you checked out my little folk story 🦉

Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again." She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.

Katherine Mansfield died from TB #OTD in 1923, in a clinic outside Paris. She was 34. Three months earlier, she had written this in her journal: 'Warm, eager, living life – to be rooted in life – to learn, to desire to know, to feel, to think, to act. That is what I want.'

100% free ways to support authors you love: - share their social posts - recommend their books - leave reviews - order their books at your library - request their appearance at events - drop them an encouraging line - exhort the will of ancient gods in dark rituals to ensure their success thanks!

There is no such thing as an AI "artist." Art is expression. The choices you make as an artist inform that expression. A I churns out a result, but willfully removing your own choices in its fabrication removes the artist, you remove yourself. A flat result exists; you do not. It means nothing.

Probably Sims 2. My hot take is that is was the best Sims, much better than 3, and I've never gotten over the fact that it's no longer readily available. I hope it might get remastered with shorter loading times one day.

#WritingCommunity Ι'm thinking of finally starting a proper author's website (and maybe a newsletter), any favourite platforms for either?

Hot take: The Arts; Media literacy; civics; critical thinking; and learning about history, especially the gnarly bits of colonialism are more important than f*cking STEM to protect our future.

I'm just going to say that if you like the work a person does, putting some dollars in their pockets is important right now. AI companies are coming to run everybody they can out of business with a torrent of slop.

Late this summer I decided that I'm finally finishing my book. It's very much a franken-draft pulling from different, unfinished drafts, and currently at 39k. Already well into the project but I decided to start a little accountability 🧵with some insights along the way!

Christmas gift to myself. Excited to delve into more creative writing theory this year. #WritingCommunity

It also makes it harder for them to ban books.

Me: My TBR is endless and keeps growing. Also me: Rereading The Liveship Traders trilogy by Robin Hobb just to feel something.

Not sure if #FolkloreThursday posts happen as often here but my Greek folklore-inspired short story, "The Ferret Bride," got published about a week ago in @innerworlds.bsky.social and I would be honoured if you gave it a read. 🦉 #WritingCommunity

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell by Susanna Clarke Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb. 📚