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Dictionary.com laid off all its lexicographers this month.
Presumably to replace them with AI. (My opinion.)
Sadly, thesaurus.com and dictionary.com are two of my most important resources when writing. I will look for alternatives now, because they basically decided to stop being a good service.
Enshittification is spreading at an ever increasing rate. It makes me sad. I thought we were headed towards a good future. Instead, it's turning... brown. 😬
I made a Classical Chinese Poetry Bingo to help people recognize the common tropes and motifs.🤣 These show up frequently in the modern poetry I translate as well. Do you recognize anything from your readings or from pop culture? Tag yourself. I'm "feeling sad on a boat" lol
#poetry #amreading #诗 #翻译 #writingcommunity #cdrama #sinophone
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
Hey #WritingCommunity, here is a working masterlist of lit mags and presses that are on Mastodon and will be posting submission calls. This resource will be updated periodically, so make sure you bookmark it for future reference. :)
All handles have been added with consent from the representatives. If you are an EIC or staff member, please get in touch and I'll add you to the list.
[updated 02 Jan '24]
#LitMags #SmallPress #Publishing
Lit Mags, Presses & Other Publishing Venues on Mastodon
Sheet1 Lit Mags & Presses on Mastodon This is a working masterlist of Mastodon pages on which submission calls and print/web issues will be shared. All handles have been added with consent from the representatives.Google Docs
Issue two submissions open now for members of marginalised groups! Please send us your stories ✨❤🧠✨
#SpeculativeFiction #SFF #SFFH #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #FlashFiction #LitMag #SubmissionCall
Inner Worlds Zine
Inner Worlds is a quarterly digital zine of speculative stories about our inner lives; our thoughts, our emotions, our perceptions, our dreams.Sarah I Jackson
Hey, remember that you can join #WritingTreat during #NaNoWriMo this year again. That's when we really kicked it off last year. Oh and, ofc the rest of the month for NaNo-prep. No one is required to follow NanoWrimo "rules or goals"
We're a twice-weekly writing group, with few option for video or voice chat. We're ND friendly, and try to focus once or twice during a two hours slot. 😅
We are actively working to be an anti-racist space, and filled with queer and trans people.
There will be space for additional sessions during the month, but that requires more people to host. And even if you only want to offer to host once session during the whole month, that could really help the community!
Feel free to ask me or @ljwrites for an invite to the matrix chat room as well!
And wiki info is here (we try to keep this updated)
https://wiki.writeout.ink/writingtreat/start
You can Check out our other hosts from under the hashtag too.
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
Hey, folks.
I love using Libre Office and have been for years. I write all my books with it. I believe you're leagues better than the MS version.
So why, oh why has Writer lost the ability to remember the last cursor position?
It's beyond annoying, especially when editing a 250 page document. This is one of the most important functions, to be able to continue where you stopped - why is it even broken?
Why has it been broken for so long?
#WritingCommunity
Public Domain Day 2023 | Duke University School of Law
Tweet By Jennifer Jenkins, Director of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are open to all! On January 1, 2023, copyrighted works from 1927 will enter the US public domain.web.law.duke.edu
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A new writer tweeted about a low book signing turnout, and famous authors commiserated
Novelists like Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood and Stephen King shared discouraging moments in their career after debut author Chelsea Banning tweeted that only two people came to her book signing.NPR
https://sarahcypher.substack.com/p/what-happens-between-getting-an-agent?sd=pf
#AmRevising #WritingLife #WritingCommunity #AmEditing #submission #query #agent
How an Agent Prepares a Revised Manuscript for Submission to Publishers
Part 2 of 2 of "What Happens Between Getting an Agent and Looking for a Publisher?"Sarah Cypher (The Bird's Eye)
Literary agents threaten to blacklist HarperCollins from upcoming author projects in support of striking staff
Agents endorsing the letter come from Janklow & Nesbit Associates, Aevitas Creative Management, Root Literary and other firms. The letter was organized by Chelsea Hensley of the KT Literary Agency.Hillel Italie (Fortune)
The Copyright Challenge with Mastodon
As most people already know, Twitter has had a very tumultuous few weeks. Since Elon Musk purchased the company and made himself CEO, the company has been the subject of a massive layoff, an exodus ofJonathan Bailey (Plagiarism Today)
Long-Standing Payment Problems At Cricket Media - Writer Beware
Cricket Media describes itself as a global education company, with products that include mentoring platforms, language instruction, and a suite of well-known children’s magazines for kids of all ages.Victoria Strauss (Writer Beware)
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.
https://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
#WritingCommunity #agents #LiteraryAgent #publishing #editing #querying
Full post: https://sarahcypher.substack.com/p/find-the-best-agent-for-you
Step 2: Finding the Right Agent
Once your novel is done, here are five lessons it took me 20 years to learn.Sarah Cypher (The Bird's Eye)
Whatever Happened To Catstone Books? - Writer Beware
In April 2022, I was contacted by an author who reported being basically ghosted by Catstone Books after submitting a revised manuscript at Catstone's request.Victoria Strauss (Writer Beware)
Perhaps, I should do the second #writerslift here.
So you know how it goes, like, follow for follow, and post your #links to your #books #wip #blogs etc. on this post below
#amreading #amwriting #writers #writersblog #writerchat #writerdons #writerlife #writingtips
I'll go first, I'm working on my first #novel The Ravenport Club, you can follow for updates on its Facebook page www.facebook.com/TheRavenportClub and very near to publishing it.
