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‘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.

This 4th of July, I'm participating in @notapipe.bsky.social's Anti-Fascist Write-Athon. I'm working on a short story & Levion Book 2's 1st draft. If you'd like to sponsor me, or anyone else participating, you can do that here: www.notapipepublishing.com/checkout/don... #AntiFa #WritingCommunity

Nonsuch Arc is every bit as well constructed as you'd expect something designed by the man who brought us the $14 million Reflecting Bog.

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Fuck no

Dear Dubliners , you happen to be on the 16 today and see this little fella please pick him up. My friend did try contacting @dublinbusnews.bsky.social but its a Saturday and its early.

Says the white man in English while living on Ojibwa and/or Dakota land. Apologies if I left out any other Native tribes whose land we now call Minnesota.

So you want popular candidates like AOC and Mumdani to leave and form a better party? Talk about self-sabotage. Once again the DNC is determined to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

I say this with no ill will or animosity: if you hate the Democratic Party, then please don’t run for our nomination. Don’t use our resources. Don’t rely on our volunteers. Don’t use our infrastructure. Don’t ask Democrats to invest their time, money, and energy in your campaign.

Did you know leaving a book review makes you 10% sexier? It's true! Go on, give it a try. 👍

Ah, the totally new never seen this before tactic of blaming feminism for something men don’t want to take responsibility for - namely being so difficult to be in a relationship that straight women’s sexuality seems to defy logic.

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Your first draft is not supposed to be good. Say it with me: your first draft is NOT supposed to be good. It's supposed to be messy and contradictory and full of plot holes. Look at every book you love on your shelf and realize that exactly ZERO of them started out that way.

Me watching my electric costs soar: ‘Sure glad this is good for the country…somehow.’ Also me: guess we won’t be going on any summer getaways this year. #Speirgorm

How men feared women! she thought, walking among the late-flowering roses. Not as individuals, but women when they talked together, worked together, spoke up for one another - then men saw plots, cabals, constraints, traps being laid.

keir starmer: we must protect children from dangerous tech. keir starmer: we are going to put generative ai, nicknamed 'the psychosis generator', in to the hands of every school child.

I didn’t come here to be called out like this! And I don’t use Word because of the AI. I open Scrivener to a blank page, thank you very much!

Murderbot (AKA Sec Unit) from Martha Well's Murderbot Diaries Locke Lamora from Scott Lynch's Gentlemen Bastards series Nyx from Kameron Hurley's Bel Dame Apocrypha series

Especially in dystopia subgenre, crime is often used as a pretext for state/government sponsored violence or violations of basic human rights. My books aren't exactly dystopia, but it is dealing with class warfare which always has to do with how and to whom 'justice' is applied.

Similar crimes: murder, SA, theft, fraud Different crimes: forcing spirits to do things, such as be bonded to a weapon With mundane crimes, the justice system can be influenced by the rich and well-connected as in our world Criminals can be exiled or trial be combat is an option for serious ones

Hey-o! I'm a SFF read, writer, and editor. I got paid for a short story in an anthology from @notapipe.bsky.social

American watching the far right arsonists under the direction of racist billionaires living in America attack dark skinned folks in Belfast: ‘You know what would fix this situation? If more people in NI had guns. I mean, why not try violence as a solution to problems Troubling NI?’

The Trump regime is an illegitimate, evil, corrupt, fascist enterprise. Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible. I will speak out against the regime every single day until they are held accountable. bit.ly/StandNow

When celebrating LGBTQ folks, it’s important to actually include LGBTQ folks.

From the folks who brought you “How dare you keep your job you bad bad mother! Do you want strangers raising your children?” But I get it - why spend 15-20 minutes with your own offspring when you could have them subliminally conditioned by Amazon’s AI?

🧵 Not linking the article because feck their engagement, but I have thoughts. Buckle up... #Romantasy

Element 14 – Resurrection We've come to the end at last! Just a few final things to wrap up with unexpected philosophy lesson as a bonus. #WritingAdvice #AmWriting

This is how u do it

I'm paid up on my #wordpress site until next year but I can't turn off the 'Ask AI' feature. Yes, I checked all the settings. Seems like the Jetpack plugin, which I can't deactivate is the issue. Anyway, looking for AI-free places to move my website. I'm not paying to have AI jammed down my throat.

Facts.

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I should mention this more often: I write books! You can get them, read them, and talk with me about them. I love communicating with readers, and I’ll always sign your copies. You can find all my books at @notapipe.bsky.social’s notapipestore.com

Me: Why isn't my book finished? What's the hold up? Help! Someone is preventing my book from being written. Also me: Oh...well, fuck [opens Scrivener]. #WritingCommunity #MondayMotivation #WritersLife

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PRETEND: “Give me something I haven’t seen before!” ACTUAL: “But it needs to fit on the shelf next to three identical books already optioned for television. Risky but safe, edgy but soothing, queer but market-tested.”

PSA: If you think terrorizing women because they're GOP political operatives is fine, you are not a progressive. You are a garden variety misogynist.

Would really love to see the Democrats have both principles & a spine, but while the violent misogynist Nazi tattoo guy is on the ballot for them, I’m doubtful. If there’s no difference between Republican Nazis & Democrat Nazis, what’s the fecking point? And don’t both me with that lesser evil BS.

Oh, I'm def hoping to get sucked into my current WIP of steampunk mechas rather than my viral pandemic trilogy (too real!). I would want to explore the flying city and take a ride on the airships. I would want a long soak in a geothermal bath after a refreshing dip in a mountain lake.

Dang it - what a good question. Now I have to think! - Night Watch/Ночной Дозор by Sergei Lukyanenko - 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez - If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura I find 'Never Cry Wolf' by Farley Mowat relaxing and both Greenhollow books by Emily Tesh.

Valen is a mecha pilot so to relax he tinkers with his mecha or practices with the other pilots or carouses or enjoys more intimate pursuits. Evren is an assassin so to relax she plans her next mission or reviews her previous ones to see how she could improve. And she knits - of course.

In my current WIP some socialize to relax. They might gather at someone's home or do some kind of physical thing like training to fight or athletic practice. They also enjoy a good night of carousing at their pub For those who enjoy relaxing alone, there's reading and/or creative endeavors & crafts

Salutations - I'm a reader, writer & editor. To relax, I use a mindfulness app to try to slow my brain down for 10-15 min. I also love long walks on the beach or down a country lane - yes, I live in a post card. Best relaxing is in the bath tub 🛀 with a book 📗 and tea 🫖 or something more adult 🍸

I swear there is some dire shortage of white men in politics, considering how hard people like Chris are working to pretend that getting a Nazi tattoo is just *teehee* a silly drunken frolic

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Goodbye, AI plonkers! Just deleted my #Linktree account.