I did end up making a few more books happen on the bookcase mural today. Kinda proud of these.
Ursula K LeGuin, the ones who walk away from omelettes
An Accident of Soup by Foz Meadows (@fozmeadows )
Martha Wells, the MurderPot Diaries (@marthawells )
Willie Burnley Jr, We Keep Us Fed
Moultonborough Cooking by E.W.
State Meals by Malka Older
Jade Bowl by Fonda Lee
The Irish in It, Nóirín Plunkett
WRITER FUEL: Scientists say sprinkling diamond dust into the sky could offset almost all of climate change so far — but it'll cost $175 trillion.
https://www.limfic.com/2025/03/12/writer-fuel-could-diamonds-in-the-sky-slow-down-climate-change/
French publishers & authors sue Meta for allegedly using their books to train AI models without consent, claiming evidence of “massive” copyright breaches. #Copyright #AI #Meta #DigitalRights #TechLaw #IntellectualProperty #Publishers #Authors #AIethics #France
Sisters in Crime has a grant for emerging #CrimeWriters of Color, the Eleanor Taylor Bland Award. Deadline is now through March 31. Read the criteria and submission guidelines:
https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/EleanorTaylorBland #crimefiction #writers #authors #writingcommunity
Ah, technology...Do I care that the AI overview of my ridiculously spicy, erotic romance Flicka's LOVERS pictures Mary O'Hara's sweet, G-rated book My Friend Flicka? NAH! #AI #noAI #Books #Bookstodon #google #writer #Writers #WritersCoffeeClub #Publishing #Authors #author
France's leading associations representing #authors and #publishers have filed a lawsuit against #US #tech titan #Meta for the widespread use of copyright-protected texts to train #AI models.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250312-french-authors-publishers-take-on-meta-using-their-books-to-train-ai
Wow. Some of my favorite #authors are branching off #Amazon - here's Glynn Stewart testing the waters with two lovely maritime fantasy #books ("Icebreaker" and "City in the Sky") at various stores:
Attention #authors, #illustrators, #publishers! I offer. any of my work for use in the design of the book cover for free. one requirement: the author's indication. it's not difficult..
What a bloody day!
Let's take roll call and see who survived Tuesday.
Comment if you're still with us.
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* finish page builder and test
* create profile listing page
* create contact page
* get people to the new awesome story loving community
This is the week.
After years of struggling with figuring out how I want to write, I've finally found myself. And it's just like they say: I'm always in the last place I've looked. #authors #creativewriting #indieauthors #books
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