One can support both authors AND libraries
One cannot do EITHER of these things if they're supporting, condoning, & complicit with, generative "AI"
I will continue to support authors & libraries; I will continue to flatly refuse generative AI in the Arts; I will now never support The Authors Guild
It's immensely satisfying to *finally* organize my book notes, but it sure is exhausting. This is a lot of information.
(Once upon a time, everything was neat and tidy, and then I started drafting the novel and everything fell to chaos.)
⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie)
Jae Koyanagi
The first gift Amarantha has ever received was a bouquet of blue lily flowers from her mother. This is what her cosmic core diverted to when it had to assume a simpler form. She also always wears these flowers on her head, since day one. Her mom has left a huge mark in her mind, as you see. :)
Authors are making less, but are publishers? Huh. publishingperspectives.com/2026/02/hach...
The company posted publishing gains in France, the U.K., and the U.S., officials said, enough for the publisher to leapfrog Simon & Schuster to become the third largest U.S. publisher, a position the ...
Yes. For a few years, I really thought my writing life might be over; I'd lost my passion for it. Or so I thought. In actuality, it was a mixture of trauma, chronic pain, burnout, and trying to cleave to perceived industry expectations. (1/2)
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Read it through the library, then bought both the ebook and paperback because I loved it so much.
Then came along the characters in my current WIP, who reminded me what it can mean to pour your truest self into something. To shape a story and a world in a way only you can. Industry expectations (real or percived) be damned. Given a choice, I'm never giving that up. (2/2)
