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My latest article, "Fediblock, a Tiny History" is free for any one to read

It's not exhaustive, but it's something. I recognize that for many years I have wanted to rewrite my archived history on here, on fedi

I hope this is a first step

#writing #article #fediblockmeta

#writing #article #fediblockmeta

Hello #writers of the world! With #NaNoWriMo approaching, I wanted to create a space for like-minded people to gather and share ideas, progress, encouragement, and accountability. I've created a Discord server for writers of any kind, be that novelists, poets, coders, content writers, etc. Anyone is welcome to join and hang out with us. We have text channels for casual and topic-based conversation, as well as voice channels for various topics including one for body-doubling. You're even welcome to join if you aren't a writer but enjoy reading/helping others with their projects. If this sounds like a place you might like to be, please join. :) discord.gg/hYtPBcCZ33 #writing #nanowrimo2024 #amwriting

Join the The World Nexus Discord Server!

Check out the The World Nexus community on Discord - hang out with 11 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
Discord
#nanowrimo #writing #amwriting #writers #nanowrimo2024

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#writing #community

LibreOffice 24.8 Released, This is What’s New.
I have used LibreOffice off and on for years, but with increasingly annoying Microsoft Office 365 issues at work I have come back to it full time on MacOS. I have not been disappointed and I really like their privacy options too. If you want a free Office Suite with compatibility to read and write Office formats, this is a great alternative.
#LibreOffice #OfficeSuite #Writing #Canada
@libreoffice
omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/libreo…

LibreOffice 24.8 Released, This is What’s New

A new version of the popular open-source office suite LibreOffice has been released. LibreOffice 24.8 builds on the improvements shipped in the LibreOffice 24.2 release earlier this year. That rele...
Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
#libreoffice #canada #writing #officesuite @LibreOffice

The Society of Authors is helping to collect signatures opposing the use of generative AI across the creative industries — from actors, artists, authors, illustrators, musicians, performers, translators, and more.

I've just added my name. If you're a member, check for the SoA's email.

#writing

#writing

I've just launched my new BT Projects blog! Here you will find posts on a wide range of topics, from tech to other miscellaneous things I choose to write about. There is currently only one post up, but one which I have had a lot of requests for, how to make Windows work better post setup. Note however that this post is an initial draft; it could be updated in the future but I felt ready to put what I have out there! Enjoy! btprojects.samtupy.com/blog/ Note also that this is not yet set up on the home page, this will be updated shortly. #blog #tech #writing

Blog Posts

btprojects.samtupy.com
#blog #tech #writing

My new narrated audio fiction project An Invisible Sun launches on August 1st!

Go to invisiblesunpod.com to hear the teaser, subscribe on your fav pod app, and get more information!

But if you can't wait, members of my Patreon can hear the episodes early and ad-free! patreon.com/wkeithtims

I hope you'll listen!

#audiodrama #audiofiction #fiction #podcast #fictionpodcast #sff #specfic #writingcommunity #writing #indie

Get more from W. Keith Tims on Patreon

Alien Ghost Robot Creative Media
W. Keith Tims (Patreon)
#podcast #indie #fiction #writing #writingcommunity #sff #audiodrama #audiofiction #fictionpodcast #specfic

Your characters realise they have been working for the bad guy all along.

#WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #ttrpg #dnd #authodons

Roadhouse Endgame: I was talking to my mom about cardassians and said something along the lines of ‘what must it be like to be a cardassian civilian. like abstractly knowing the rest of the galaxy thinks of your species as ‘the evil ones’ and kinda sorta knowing your government runs labor camps and torture prisons and is a military empire, and it’s a huge deal for everyone else in the galaxy, but you just like run a restaurant so it’s not a big part of your daily life, so you just like, go about your day and make soup and don’t think about it’ and then halfway through my sentence I actually heard myself and then had to go sit down for like ten minutes. like sat down in a chair and stared at the floor for ten minutes
#dnd #ttrpg #writing #amwriting #writingprompt #Authodons

April 1, and sadly not a joke: Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com get acquired:
finance.yahoo.com/news/ixl-lea…

April 12: The entire team of lexicographers at Dictionary.com gets laid off.
bsky.app/profile/korystamper.b…

#dictionaries #writing #words

Kory Stamper (@korystamper.bsky.social)

I always said I'd ride the dictionary train until the terminus; the train will pull into the station April 30, which is my last day at dictionary.com. What a magical and unlikely career this has been.
Bluesky Social
#writing #words #dictionaries

VocalEye Almost Live #147 | Storytelling Showcase with Robert Kingett

VocalEye Almost Live host Amy Amantea is joined by blind, gay, disabled author of fiction and non-fiction, Robert Kingett.

Robert returns to the Almost Live space to share a sampling of his own short stories from a variety of genres including romance, sci-fi and fantasy.

0:00 -- Title card intro
1:10 -- Land Acknowledgement
4:20 -- Pre-show Introduction with Amy and Fiona
13:50 -- Pointy Chances
43:39 -- A Deserving Conference
1:22:53 -- Super Date
1:49:50 -- Conversation and Q&A with Amy and Robert

If you enjoyed this video, please Like and Subscribe.
Buy Amy a coffee: buymeacoffee.com/vocaleye
Make a donation: canadahelps.org/en/charities/v…

For more information on Robert Kingett, visit:
robertkingett.com

For more information on events and programs from VocalEye, visit: vocaleye.ca/

Home - VocalEye Descriptive Arts Society

Making the arts more accessible for people who are blind or partially sighted.
VocalEye Descriptive Arts Society
#fiction #writing #Disability #audiobook #author

Remember to include little human touches in your work so that it breathes. Random bits of humour. Rude or angry graffiti. Kids playing with a rock.

(The trapped mason from Abbey de Sainte Foy, France, c.1050.)

#WorldBuilding #writing #ttrpg #dnd #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

The layered arch of a building includes a sculpture of a man trapped in the stonework, just the top of their head and one hand poking out. Possibly the earliest recorded Kilroy.
#dnd #ttrpg #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #worldbuilding

I am glad to finally get the courage to share blogs! So here is mine, a blog that has two blogs. But you get it. rant.li/apple-in-bulgarian/ and rant.li/thesystem/ The system, because a reference to Blakes7 #Blakes7 It's great! The other blog is aimed primarily at Bulgarian users but if you would like to translate and read the page, go on. #blogging #blog #writing I am new to this, so bare with me, please. It is enough I decided to share. I'll be fixing the CSS soon, hopefully, but I need to get my exams out of the way first.
#blog #writing #blogging #blakes7

"written by human, Not By AI" — get your badge today! notbyai.fyi/#not-by-ai-bdage-g… #writing #AI

Not By AI — Add the Badge to Your Human-Created Content

Download and add the Not By AI badge to showcase your AI-free & human-first approach to content creation (writings, art, photos, paintings, videos, and music)
notbyai.fyi
#AI #writing

Mortified2021: How I'd Make the World Better.

Produced by WBEZ in Chicago, this clip from the Mortified event in 2021 showcases an essay Robert Kingett wrote in the second grade about how old people can save the world by paying their taxes.

Mortified is a show where people showcase their most embarrassing art on stage they made when they were children.

Robert Kingett is an author and you can find him online at robertkingett.com

Robert Kingett – A fabulously blind romance author.

robertkingett.com
#humor #writing #Disability #author #essay

Hey there!

I'm CKMo, and I'm a taiwanese high fantasy indie author. I'm trying to bring more works with #eastasian influences into western culture via my novels.

You can find all my publishing sites, social media, and discord server in my bio!

#indieauthor #indiebooks #indiefantasy #fantasy #selfpublished #webnovelist #writing #novel #fantasyauthor #taiwanese #asian #asiancreator #writers #book #books #fantasybook #bookstodon #webnovel #highfantasy @bookstodon

#book #books #writing #fantasy #writers #bookstodon #novel #asian #indieauthor #eastasian #indiebooks #indiefantasy #selfpublished #webnovelist #fantasyauthor #taiwanese #asiancreator #fantasybook #webnovel #highfantasy @bookstodon group

A truly spectacular AITA here, relevant to writers and #writing.

If "hobosexual" is not part of your vocabulary, it should be.

reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/com…

[ETA: Lots of folks saying this is fake. It could be, yes. But I know many authors, especially women authors, especially romance authors, who get treated exactly this way over their "silly little books."

"Enough small biz money to pay the bills" is serious business, no matter what the business is.]

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com
#writing

OK, trying an experiment with my Programming Languages class!

• Have an AI generate some of your writing assignment.
• Critique its output. Call BS on its BS.

Assignment details in screenshots below. I’ll let you know how it goes.

(Here are the links from the screenshots:)

Raw AI Text:
gist.github.com/pcantrell/7b68…

Comments on AI Text:
gist.github.com/pcantrell/d51b…

(Better) Human Text
gist.github.com/pcantrell/f363…

#ai #chatgpt #education #writing #highered
#swift #proglang

Project check-in 2: Shred the AI Due Friday by 6pm I asked the ChatGPT AI to explain the core concept behind our Swift optionals activity. The AI produced an answer that was very impressive…for an AI. For a human, the answer would be pretty bad writing: fastidiously grammatical but verbose, full of fluff and waste, repeating ideas instead of synthesizing them, and sometimes just flat-out wrong. Here is what the AI wrote Links to an external site.. Here are my comments on its response Links to an external site.. (Don’t worry: I won’t be this detailed or this harsh with your writing. I want to be as critical as I can be, and I know I won’t hurt the AI’s feelings.) Here is my own attempt at a better answer to the same questions Links to an external site.. The fundamental problem with the AI’s answer is that it doesn’t really know what its main point is. It meanders around the relevant concepts, but it never quite manages to get to the heart of the central idea at hand. It is parroting fragments of the words of others, hoping that somehow they will coalesce into a coherent new thought. (They don’t.) It’s uncanny how much it’s like bad student writing. If I didn’t know this was written by an AI, I would probably think it was written by a student (or maybe an employee at a web content farm) trying to fill out their minimum word count at the last minute based on nothing but hasty web searching.
You all can do much better than the AI! Instead of doing a traditional pre-submission project check-in, I have a challenge for you: ask an AI to write a few paragraphs of your paper, and then critique its output. Here’s what to do: Use an AI (ChatGPT or other) to generate a few paragraphs of your final project. You can use the AI to generate English text or code, whichever is appropriate to your project. You can use ChatGPT or a different AI. The OpenAI account you need for ChatGPT is cheap but not free, and maybe a little intrusive. If you don’t want to set up an account and generate text yourself, let me know your topic and I will happily generate some text for you. Just ask. Save the raw text the AI gave you. Write comments about the AI’s output, much like the ones I wrote above. You can write your comments inline like I did, or use the Comments / Suggested Edits features of Google Docs, or use the Review / Track Changes features of MS Word. Consider the following: What is correct, a good point? What is wrong? What is missing? (This is the hardest one.) What is useless, just filler language? You do not have to be as detailed as I was with the AI. Quick notes are fine! Please send me (1) the original AI text and (2) your comments.
You do not have to create the “better human version” like I did. Of course, doing so might help you write your paper. If you choose to do that, however, don’t let the AI decide your paper’s structure for you. It might give you some good ideas for things to talk about! It might point out some ideas and resources you hadn’t considered! But it might also mislead you into a line of argument that is wrong (as the AI did with my response above), or into a structure that doesn’t make sense. Don’t switch off your own good sense — not for a computer, and not for a human either. Not ever. JUST TO BE CLEAR: Using an AI to help write your assignment would be cheating in most circumstances. Don’t let the fact that we are doing this as an exercise confuse you about the ethics of coursework in general! If you think an AI would help you with an assignment, you need to ask your instructor. Hopefully you already know all that, but I do not want to leave any confusion about it.

Raw AI text.md

GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
Gist
#AI #education #writing #swift #chatgpt #highered #proglang

My favorite outcome so far: a student remarked (paraphrasing here) that she didn’t realize how much she had to say in her paper until she saw how wrong the AI was, how much it missed the point.

Observing her own reaction to BS about her topic made her realize she’d underestimated the extent of her own newly-forming knowledge. That…that is the sort of outcome an educator dreams of.

#ai #chatgpt #education #writing #highered

#AI #education #writing #chatgpt #highered

A micro-story by Lydia Davis
#books #words #dialogue #writing #italics
A page from Lydia Davis's Collected Stories. Title: 'They Take Turns Using a Word They Like'. Story text: 'It's *extraordinary*,' says one woman. 'It *is* extraordinary,' says the other.
#books #writing #words #dialogue #italics

Italo Calvino was born today (10/15) in 1923. A good day to read some of his stuff then later name drop in your own writing! "The heavily illustrated Magical Rites from the Crystal Well was my favorite even if the numerous guided meditations did make it seem as if Italo Calvino was your Dungeon Master." #quotes #writing
Italo Calvino gives advice in the year 2000: Memorize Poems, Do math, Embrace the ephemeral nature of life.
#writing #quotes

Once upon a time, there was a community called Little Details on LiveJournal. It was a place where fiction writers of all kinds could ask for help with their fact-checking and research. It was a huge, amazing resource before the collapse of LiveJournal took it down.

I recently decided to try resurrecting it on Dreamwidth. It's now open and ready for questions. Come check it out, and boost if you're so inclined!

little-details.dreamwidth.org/

#writing #fanfiction #fandom #dreamwidth

Captcha Check

little-details.dreamwidth.org
#writing #fanfiction #dreamwidth #fandom

This seems like a good time to plug my new novel. The Poisoned Chalice is Book 4 in the Sempronius Scipio series. This one covers the bloody events of the Year of Six Emperors, so Scipio has his work cut out, especially as he has to contend with devious Senators, murderous assassins & angry soldiers led by a vengeful Emperor.
The book is available from Amazon in paperback & Kindle formats.
#HistoricalFiction #Rome #Writing #Books
Cover of The Poisoned Chalice by Gordon Anthony. The cover shows a golden chalice partly buried in a sandy desert, along with the book title & author’s name.
#books #writing #HistoricalFiction #rome

this was a very interesting read! although us-centric, the same effect can be seen all around the world, as literature programs in so many countries are modeled after the trends arriving from the usa. so give it a read, even if you hate us politics.

executive summary for writers: don't just fucking show, but also TELL!!!

currentaffairs.org/2022/04/how…

#writing


How Creative Writing Programs De-Politicized Fiction ❧ Current Affairs

In the shadow of the Cold War, the rise of creative writing programs and ‘show don’t tell’ philosophy drained fiction of its political bite.

Current Affairs
#writing

An #anthropologist attends a #CPAC conference ( #conservative #RightWing #America) and reports on their findings of the attitude towards #trans folks.

This being @SAPIENS_org, it is well thought through, fully supportive of trans folks and focused on debunking some of the #myths that the right perpetuate.

I'm really pleased to see serious #academic #writing focused on supporting trans folks. Will the right wing read this? Probably not. Will people who are unaware of the attacks trans folk experience every day read this? Quite probably. Will it help to increase understanding, empathy and allyship? I sincerely hope so.

sapiens.org/culture/transphobi…


Two Myths Fueling Transphobia – SAPIENS

An anthropologist attends the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)—ground zero for anti-trans rhetoric and legislation in the U.S.
Emily Sekine (SAPIENS)
#trans #writing #conservative #academic #anthropologist #cpac #rightwing #america #myths @SAPIENS

Been working on a new project the last couple of months and it's finally ready for beta release!

#Fedimeister is a #Java based #Mastodon client (available for #Linux, #Windows and #MacOS under the Apache #opensource license) with a focus on #writing and #journalism. Features:

* Break long texts into threads
* Scheduled posting
* Hashtag research
* #Twitter quote tweeting emulation

fedimeister.onyxbits.de

@fediversenews
@fediverse

Screenshot of the composer window, showing the text of "Alice in Wonderland" broken down into a thread of posts.

Fedimeister

The Mastodon desktop client for creators
fedimeister.onyxbits.de
#linux #opensource #Mastodon #java #Windows #twitter #writing #journalism #MACOS #fedimeister @Fediverse @Fediverse News

Writing Clearly and Simply: webaim.org/techniques/writing/ More great stuff from WebAIM. #writing #a11y #readability

WebAIM: Writing Clearly and Simply

webaim.org
#a11y #writing #readability

Here’s my suggestion: get your AI to write books, then get your AI to read them.

Repeat this infinitely in a closed loop of techbro busywork until you get bored or die.

Leave the rest of us to create and appreciate the art form in a modest human way.

#chatgpt #ai #techbros #publishing #ebook #writing #writingCommunity #amWriting #reading #amReading

An advertisement on Instagram that offers to convert ChatGDP content to brooks, making it easy to write a bestselling book.
#amreading #AI #writing #reading #amwriting #publishing #writingcommunity #eBook #chatgpt #techbros

Accessible writing is just good writing writer.com/blog/writing-access… #a11y #writing #webcontent

Accessible writing is just good writing - Writer

Writing for accessibility is much more than just alt text — it makes for better, clearer content that everyone can enjoy.
The Writer Team (Writer)
#a11y #writing #webcontent

Writing [tips] for Engineers (for anyone, really) heinrichhartmann.com/posts/wri… #writing #tips

Writing for Engineers

www.heinrichhartmann.com
#writing #tips

Wow, the ethics of this seem dubious to me… but also kind of fascinating as an outsider looking in - How Kindle novelists are using ChatGPT / An interview with an AI early adopter
theverge.com/23520625/chatgpt-…
#AI #writing

How Kindle novelists are using OpenAI’s ChatGPT

Authors of Kindle genre fiction have been experimenting with AI tools. One novelist discusses how writers are thinking about ChatGPT.
Josh Dzieza (The Verge)
#AI #writing

Plain English—why, how, evidence readabilityguidelines.co.uk/cl… I suggest adding the guideline "Use shorter sentences and paragraphs." #writing #readability

Plain English

A collaboratively developed, universal content style guide, based on usability evidence. Created by Content Design London.
readabilityguidelines.co.uk
#writing #readability

Hi everyone! I'm checking out Mastodon. I'm a writer with 29 published romance novels. My book just out is The SEAL's Christmas Dilemma #writing #Promo, #AuthorPromo
#writing #promo #AuthorPromo

People, stop saying "just self publish" when writers share their stress about querying. They know self-publishing exists. They've chosen to query agents/publishers for a reason. Self-publishing is difficult and expensive; you are starting your own business if you choose to go that route. Not everyone wants to, has the capacity to, or can afford it. #Writing #Publishing
Image of a stop sign.
#writing #publishing

I started writing on Substack to talk about the process a manuscript takes in traditional publishing, and how to navigate the process without losing the book's soul.

It's a happy story that starts at the end of many rejections, and I'll post some threads in case the takeaways are faster/easier to get here vs. Substack. The site is The Bird's Eye, and it's completely free and goes to folks' inboxes every other week.

sarahcypher.substack.com/

#writing #publishing #WritingCommunity #author #novel


The Bird's Eye

A longtime writer and indie book editor shares notes on debuting with a Big Five publisher. Click to read The Bird's Eye, by Sarah Cypher, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.
The Bird's Eye
#writing #publishing #writingcommunity #author #novel

Good evening! I just switched instances, so I guess a brief hello is in order. I'm Terryble, #ftm guy from Poland living in Austria, trying to deal with my recently realized disability and an awful job. I'm into #writing, #books especially #fantasy and #sf, #sailing and #socialJustice. And probably several other things when I'm not that tired. Also #dogs, meet Baton too
Baton, a handsome chocolate-brown medium size dog (mixed breed pointer and labrador) with golden-brown eyes, lays in a sphinx pose on a green carpet next to a wooden desk and office chair. He's holding a rubber chicken he played with just a moment before between his paws and looks with an alert expression to his left.
#books #writing #fantasy #dogs #ftm #sf #sailing #socialjustice

A bit more info:

1. I am a #TraditionallyPublished #author of #books for #teens
2. I believe in more #equity in #TraditionalPublishing, especially when it comes to payment, marketing, and support for #BlackAuthors
3. I try to be #positive online, but #publishing is a hard, hard industry to be in
4. I'm trying to hold on to the joy of #writing regardless ... 💕

- 1st book (out now): WHEN THE STARS LEAD TO YOU (ronnidavis.com/books2/when-the…)
- 2nd book (Spring 2024) THIS NIGHT IS OURS

display of 5 different versions of the novel WHEN THE STARS LEAD TO YOU German, paperback, hardcover, ARC, and Book of the Month edition

when the stars lead to you | Ronni Davis - Author & Editor

Ronni Davis - Author & Editor
#books #writing #publishing #author #positive #blackauthors #TraditionalPublishing #equity #teens #traditionallypublished

[time for a #reintroduction! #introductions #introduction]

I'm Flo (he/him), a #queer #author of #lgbtqia #fiction.

Primarily I write #sliceoflife, #comedy, heartwarming & lighthearted, #gay #romance in a variety of settings, such as #hopepunk, #scifi, #fantasy, #steampunk, #horror, #gothic, annnnd the list goes on~ 😅

Some more things about me:

— I'm currently pumped for #NaNoWriMo!

— I like #writing, #reading, #drawing, #art, #gaming, #movies, #books etc.

— I dabble in #learning #mandarin and #tokipona (which i don't tend to talk about here).

— I am #agender, #asexual, #aromantic, (thus #AroAce) #disabled, #ActuallyAutistic, and a #demiguy

— i have a wishlist (mostly full of very, *very* gay books): throne.me/u/drowsy/wishlist

— alt accounts at @ghost@weirder.earth & @floghost


Throne Gifts - The Gifting Platform for Creators

Throne is gifting platform for content creators. Safely receive gifts from any online store while keeping your address hidden.
throne.me
#books #introductions #gaming #art #drawing #introduction #nanowrimo #lgbtqia #movies #queer #actuallyautistic #scifi #fiction #horror #writing #reintroduction #fantasy #reading #Disabled #hopepunk #comedy #Gothic #romance #author #sliceoflife #gay #steampunk #learning #mandarin #tokipona #agender #asexual #aromantic #aroace #demiguy @Flooooo @ghost@weirder.earth

Just bought a license for Typora, a gorgeous markdown viewing/editing application that seamlessly renders your markdown in place as you write it.

It’s by an independent developer and also runs on Linux.

#markdown #writing #typora #indie #dev

Screenshot of Typoria showing the Kitten README file. The markdown is editable yet appears as it would render. There’s a file menu at the top.
Screenshot of Typoria showing the Kitten README file with the outline sidebar active. It has quick jump links to the various headings in the document.
Screenshot of a modal dialog box that has the Typoria icon and reads “Typoria Activated. Thanks for your purchase.” It Close, Deactivate, and View License buttons.
#dev #indie #writing #markdown #typora

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