Werewolves can be friends and allies, dangerous predators, or folks just trying to survive. Here are six standalone novels that explore very different takes on life as a lyncanthrope...

Plott Hound Magazine is open to submissions! Short stories, flash fiction, poetry, essays, and our new category RETOLD TALES (reprint fiction up to 10,000 words). If you're writing animal, we'd love to see it. plotthound.moksha.io/publication/...

A book manuscript is like a stone in a rock tumbler: polish, polish, polish. Just finished another pass over ~100,000 words. There's one last section I'd like to review again, then back to the publisher it goes. Here's hoping I hit the 🎯 this time!

I may return to #Scrivener instead of using #Apple #Pages. The subscription-based #CreatorStudio model with #AI concerns me. They're emulating #Adobe's worst instincts. Scrivener integrates with many tools in ways Pages cannot, anyhow. Also: fuck AI. www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/ov...

Working hard to make "successful author" my next entry. Thirty-plus years of IT work has not brought me peace and satisfaction. It's nightmare fertilizer in career form.

We open again to submissions in eleven days! One of our readers would especially like to see more • jellyfish • sponges • parasitic worms • insects • birds like cuckoo birds • aggregate organisms like the Portuguese man-o-war Consider submitting come March 1st! plotthoundmag.com/submission-g...

I’m SO tired m’lord

It's wild to me seeing furries of all people willfully dismiss and/or disregard artists' copyrights when it comes to print material. The number of comics artists I've heard express frustration and hurt after they had to stop making their work b/c people scanned it instead of paying $4 is not small.

Red Ogre (@ogre.red) gets rights to your work upon *submission*. And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology. Don't submit to this one, folks.

‘Lord Of The Rings’ Reader Can’t Believe How Long It Taking Sam And Frodo To Fuck https://theonion.com/lord-of-the-rings-reader-cant-believe-how-long-it-taking-sam-and-frodo-to-fuck/

Yes, I've been quiet, but that doesn't mean I've been idle. Here's an update on the state of my writing, including my first novel: Beasts & Brutality.

Those of us who use #ApplePages got a nasty surprise today in the form of "Creator Studio," a transparent #AI cash grab that now hangs over Pages, Numbers, and Keynote like a foul odor. I ran some tests, and here's how you can keep it out of your work... (con't)

History is watching. And it never forgets. #history #minneapolis #kindness #inspiration

Some 💩💼 stole my business debit card. They used it to pay for an AI note taking service. (I don't use those.) They overdrafted my account because it's only for inbound payments. My bank reversed the charge. I'm trying to remember if I *ever* saw this card. Now I hate AI for one more reason.

I'm a huge fan of this series and would love to see a reboot!

Rent: $1500 Food: $400 Gas: $150 Books About Ladies In Armor: $8400 Utilities: $260 Please someone who knows how to budget. My family is starving.

Hi everyone Quick news safety note: We’ve had unapproved/unescorted media spotted around the SJCC. If you see anyone without an Official FC Media Badge, please do not engage, instead, come to ConOps immediately & report it so our team can handle it. Thank you! Media Relations

Apropos of nothing, I'm just gonna point in the general direction of @fenrispublishing.bsky.social, @furplanet.com, @tfpublishing.bsky.social, @doppelfoxxpublishing.com, @armouredfoxpress.bsky.social, and @plotthoundmag.bsky.social. Others as well, that AREN'T on the top of my head at the moment!

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references. Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

Sitting a stewing in frustration isn't nearly as cathartic as just designing a poster. Let's see how often I remember that in 2026.

Regarding AI on Kindle, here's an article about it. It's currently only on the Kindle iOS app. It'll be in the Android app and Kindle devices next year. Amazon has said authors and publishers have no opt out option. I expect there will be lawsuits about it so that timeframe may change.

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ngl the person who paid $66.60 on my lil goat painting went directly to my bp medication plus high protein foods to manage my diabetic diet. it matters so very fuckin much, thank you to everyone who has gotten somethin from me. yall make a huge impact.

i am begging people to realize because a story does something or says something, it doesnt always 100% mean the author supports that thing.

when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes

Our office will be closed Nov. 26 to Nov. 28 for Thanksgiving. While this might mean slight processing and shipping delays, we will begin to work hard on fulfilling orders once we are back in the office!

Plott Hound Issue 3 is now unleashed into the wild! 🍂🦊 Included in this autumn menagerie: -a feared & worshipped python -a species that wear emotion on color of their fur -a cemetery cat -void whales -& more Buy it and other back issues here: plotthoundmag.com/issues/

Not only that: The work you're putting down could be some reader's favorite. Why rain on their parade?

Lofi Odes to Hone Your Blade To Lofi Dirges to Mourn Maidens To Lofi Bawdy Tavern Songs to Drink Mead To

We desperately need a new payment system that's beyond the reach of puritans and politicians. Mastercard, Visa, and PayPal have entered intolerable territory. It'll probably need to exist somewhere other than America, and I'm fine with that.

Alien: Earth renewed for season two, promising more eyeball monsters in Situations:

Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.

Way to completely alienate your user base, Grammarly.

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

The 300-word piece I wrote for #ohmurr is going to be published this fall! I don't believe it pays anything, but a writing credit is a writing credit. My ed2go course on getting published suggested writing greeting cards to build credibility. I'll stick with racy tell-all material instead.

They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.

Weekly reminder that I am looking for work! In the corporate sphere I do Customer Success and Enablement, but everywhere else I am essentially a Business Border Collie. If you have things that need doing which you are too busy to get done (or just hate doing) then I may be your huckleberry.

I'll cut to the chase: I signed a contract to publish Beasts & Brutality today! Read on to learn more about what's happening with both this novel and my other work.

BIG news inbound today! Stay tuned!

#WerewolfWednesday Custom tarot card "Death" based on 15/16th century "memento mori" motifs

Shared with us by our resident fennec.

Jim Lee confirms DC Comics will not support AI-generated storytelling or art

Do you have a quick (200-300words) sex story / furry hook up experience (real life experiences, not fiction)? Send it our way! We're looking for furry hook up stories for a feature column in #ohmurr! You can send your experiences to [email protected] Deadline: Oct. 2

If at first you don't succeed (and they don't have time for feedback), submit, submit again.

Oh, and one more thing... OhMurr magazine is soliciting real-life furry hookup stories, and I submitted a 300-word piece about the time I used... duck tape. You’ll see if they publish it. 😈