So excited to announce my second adult horror deal - jonesing for more!
This bill is legitimately the thing we've been waiting for.
Forcing AI to reveal it's sources would cripple it, because it literally can't comply with the law, because all of it is stolen- they didn't record it
Please sign to hasten the bubble popping
LAOC Auction for Change is live! I've donated a 30 page read + a 45 minute call for YA and Adult Fiction that's horror, thriller, romance, or fantasy.
www.32auctions.com/organization...
Awesome!! Congrats to Paul and Chris and everyone on the Murderbot cast and crew!!!
Also--
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TOASTMASTER, TANANARIVE DUE!
While she's been supporting us at our Nebula Ceremony tonight, she was also up for an award at StokerCon, and we're thrilled to announce that she won in her category, Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction! 🎉
Thank you, Tananarive Due!
My friend is hosting a Latinx in Publishing Happy Hour on 6/17 here in NYC! Who am I seeing there? đź‘€
Also this is mainly for publishing professionals and aspiring pub pros, aka those who work in-house and adjacent (like agents & scouts), not writers...though they are welcome to come to support LXP
Okay, actually, I am serious about this: can someone please talk to Kevin Wetmore about making sure he knows how to pronounce all the names he needs to say during the ceremony? This has happened three times *that I know of.* It needs to be addressed.
Today is my book birthday. I'm celebrating with waffles and whipped cream and SZA. Pizza and wine later.
bookshop.org/p/books/mu-e...
Heyo! The Literary Auction for Change is open, with agent critiques, signed copies, book swag, and more up for grabs. And all funds help support diversity in the publishing industry!
I'm offering a 30-min AMA, which can also double as a short story critique: www.32auctions.com/organization...
And the latest Nebula Award for Novelette goes to... đź‘€
“Uncertain Sons”, by Thomas Ha (Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, Undertow Publications) 🎉
Congratulations, Thomas - and congratulations to ALL our finalists making SFF shine at every word range.
Kiana Nguyen
Check out Muñeca - <b>A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process.</b><br...
Black Forest Labs (like Stability AI) likely took a bunch of work off the internet in order to train their AI. A bill in California would force transparency in their dataset.
Want to help it pass? Please sign this petition in support, it'll take you 2 minutes: tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association
thank u, hexed
Cynthia GĂłmez
Shelly Romero
Kemi Ashing-Giwa
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association
Zachary Berger
Martha Wells
1/ This company’s models were trained on web scraped datasets (like LAION) and their founders are ex-Stability AI employees who engage in the same thieving practices that led artists like myself to sue Stability.
GenAi companies NEED big names to sanitize their exploitation and crippling PR.
Karla Ortiz
I'm not there, but I'm glad to hear that the Stokercon tradition of mispronouncing the names of women of color on the awards stage remains unbroken for the last three years!
thank u, hexed
And the Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation goes to... đź‘€
MURDERBOT: SEASON ONE, by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz (Apple TV+) 🎉
Congratulations to ALL our brilliant finalists.
Your work as writers inspires worlds in many forms!
