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Researchers have begun slipping AI commands into their writing in hopes of getting a positive review. However, the problem is much older than generative AI.| Plagiarism Today
xAI announced the release of Grokipedia version 0.1. However, this Wikipedia competitor brings with it a whole host of problems, including many from Wikipedia. Source| Plagiarism Today
The robotx.txt standard turned 30 last year. But is it still relevant in a world filled with AI bots, site scrapers, and other dubious bots? Source| Plagiarism Today
Researchers have begun slipping AI commands into their writing in hopes of getting a positive review. However, the problem is much older than generative AI.| Plagiarism Today
This guide will show you how to punctuate dialogue clearly and confidently. We’ll cover the essential rules, common mistakes to avoid, and advanced scenarios. By the end, you’ll know exactly how to make your dialogue read smoothly and professionally! The post Dialogue Tags, Beats, and Punctuation: A Complete Guide appeared first on Atmosphere Press.| Atmosphere Press
AI training and author rights have become one of the most urgent issues in modern publishing. As artificial intelligence systems become increasingly capable of writing, summarizing, and even mimicking human style, authors are asking: Where did these models get their data — and was it used with permission? The recent Anthropic settlement highlighted that copyrighted books have sometimes been used to train large language models (LLMs) without the authors’ consent. The post AI Training and A...| Atmosphere Press
Horror novels have a way of ensnaring readers, eliciting spine-tingling chills, and leaving them sleepless long after the final page. But how do you go about writing a horror novel that does justice to the genre? In this guide, I'll walk you through the essential steps and key elements that will help you craft a gripping horror masterpiece. The post A Guide to Writing a Gripping Horror Novel appeared first on Atmosphere Press.| Atmosphere Press
Mystery novels have a unique allure, drawing readers into a web of intrigue, suspense, and thrilling surprises. As a writer who has ventured into the realm of mystery fiction, I understand the art of crafting a compelling mystery that keeps readers eagerly turning the pages. In this comprehensive guide, I'll share the essential steps, techniques, and insights you need to write a gripping mystery novel that will leave your audience craving for more. Let's dive into the intricate world of myste...| Atmosphere Press
Meeting one-on-one with an Acquisitions Editor (AE) is an exciting opportunity for you to learn about the publishing process and to ask whatever questions you have. Publication is a long-term partnership, and this call is how we determine whether teaming up on your book is the right fit for both sides. It's the final step of our acceptance process. The post Why Have an Acquisitions Call (and How to Prepare for Yours) appeared first on Atmosphere Press.| Atmosphere Press
Authors around the world are facing an alarming rise in scams designed to exploit their passion for writing. From vanity presses demanding upfront fees to fraudulent literary agents and fake review services, unscrupulous actors are constantly finding new ways to target writers. Recent waves even include AI-generated emails that mimic personalized pitches based on your book’s description, making author scams harder to spot. The post Scams Targeting Writers & How to Protect Yourself appeared ...| Atmosphere Press
Overcome common writing challenges with practical tips, strategies, and mentorship guidance to help you finish your manuscript successfully.| Atmosphere Press
Greetings! Beem Weeks here again. This month, my post is for those who may be in the early stages of their writing journey. We’re looking at POV. Point of view (POV) is the perspective from which a story is told. It shapes how readers experience the narrative and influences the tone, intimacy, and clarity of … … Continue reading →| Story Empire
Colleen Alles is a writer, former librarian & teacher, and Michigan girl for life. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Michigan State University (2005) and her MLIS from Wayne State University (2015). Her fiction and poetry have appeared in Red Cedar Review, Tar River Poetry, The Write Michigan Anthology, The Michigan Poet, and other places. Her fiction has been longlisted for The Fugere Book Prize for Finely Crafted Novellas in 2023 (Regal House Publishing). The post Atmospher...| Atmosphere Press
A Collaborative Publishing Model What is hybrid publishing? It’s a collaborative model that combines the best aspects of traditional and self-publishing. Authors co-invest in their books while working with professional editors, designers, and marketers, retaining creative control and earning higher royalties. In this guide, we’ll explain how hybrid publishing works, who benefits most from it,… Read More »What Is Hybrid Publishing? The post What Is Hybrid Publishing? appeared first on...| Atmosphere Press
Events, Opportunities, and Resources happening now and coming soon for the Tri-Regions and beyond Check out more resources at the …Continue reading →| Kite Tales
Mayor Tracy Brabin and Screen Yorkshire have teamed up for a second time to help talented writers in West Yorkshire pivot to screenwriting.| Screen Yorkshire
There’s a very telling question I’m fond of asking artists, writers and journalists about the single most critical factor responsible for that impactful career choice...| ESTHER ANATOLITIS
Read the All Freelance Writing review of Authory's digital portfolios: who it's for, how to set one up, and considerations before buying.| All Freelance Writing
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Events, Opportunities, and Resources happening now and coming soon for the Tri-Regions and beyond Check out more resources at the end of the post! OPEN NOW Register for the annual SCBWI Los Angeles…| Kite Tales
Many people claim that AI is democratizing writing. However, all it’s doing is democratizing the final product, not the process that creates it.| Plagiarism Today
Poe wrote a best seller and picked up a movie deal for her first published book. While she worked hard to get published, she lost something as she is trying for her next book. So worried about letting her new fans down and being a one hit wonder, she is starting to feel desperate. In […]| Books of My Heart
Writer’s self-doubt after you finish writing your book is normal—discover how to manage these emotions and move forward with confidence.| Atmosphere Press
With growing dissatisfaction about the state of the internet, I spent a few months in 2025 digging into things like the fediverse (Mastodon etc.), self-hosting, and other ways of reclaiming the internet from companies like Google. On my travels, I came across the term POSSE, which stands for Publish (on your) Own Site Syndicate Elsewhere. Here's how it applies to my writing.| Leon Furze
Discover the world of eco-fiction and how storytelling can help us reimagine our relationship with the Earth.| Atmosphere Press
Greetings to one and all. Beem Weeks here with you again. This month, I’m looking at the difference between inspiration and craft. Though they are not the same, both are integral parts of co…| Story Empire
A Confederacy of Dunces by American novelist John Kennedy Toole was first published in 1980 … “I read someplace in the paper where they got plenty comuniss at college.” “We…| E.T.ZONE
Did you catch Daniel Abrahams’ latest – “Writing is Rewriting”? Oof! It’s the space I’m in right now and when I stumbled across his blog post recently, I felt li…| The Heart of the Matter
If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. Al…| Esther Chilton
Hello everyone!Final Nanowrimo update, November is over.First updated here, second update here. I won Nanowrimo!! I wrote 50k words!!I am beyond happy, I thought I might quit as it was pretty bloody hard. But I persevered and it did it. Word counts for the final days: Day 22: 1758 Day 23: 1720 Day 24: 1600… Continue reading NaNoWriMo Update: I WON!!! | Reflections, Thoughts etc.| Literary Leisha
Most all of us are familiar with the novelist John le Carré. How many of us have heard of his wife, Jane Cornwell? Yet Jane was a “crucial, covert collaborator” in the creation of le Carré’s books, writes the couple’s son, Nick, in an essay in the Guardian. Nick’s article is a beautiful portrait […] The post John le Carré didn’t write alone appeared first on Annie Murphy Paul.| Annie Murphy Paul
When author, artist, illustrator, designer, storyteller extraordinaire Dave Williams launched his “Joy is…” project on January 20, I knew good things were in store for all of us. And wowza – I was …| The Heart of the Matter
Happy and blessed Sunday dear friends and poets! Let’s dive into this week’s happenings at Hotel By Masticadores Stay in the loop—subscribe via email or WordPress for fresh updates on prose and poe…| Hotel by Masticadores
Our dear friend, author, blogger, mentor to many and former educator, Pete Springer recently wrote a beautiful essay about one of the most influential people in his life, Nancy Wheeler. In this epi…| The Heart of the Matter
I decided to see what old Australian men I had on my shelves… there are a few| The Australian Legend
What a treat (no tricks!) Wynne and I spent some time with the talented writer, Brian Hannon this week and talked about the 2024 NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month – which begins officially t…| The Heart of the Matter
Podcast interview with Curt Meine, a Senior Fellow at The Aldo Leopold Foundation, discussing the life, work, and legacy of Aldo Leopold| Mountain & Prairie
Learn 10 tips that can help you find or form a writers' group that is more likely to meet your needs and expectations. The post Is a Writers’ Group for Me? appeared first on Los Angeles Editors and Writers Group.| Los Angeles Editors and Writers Group
Taylor and Francis/Routledge has sold their body of work to AI, without informing writers or allowing an opt-out.| Salmons.Blog
Six Young Stars Shine in Surprising New Style Comedy by Mary Lou Herlihy & Barry David Horwitz Over decades, the famed comedy club and theater, “Second City” (Chicago) has been the seedbed for Saturday Night Live’s New York stars. From John Belushi to Gilda Radner to Keegan-Michael Key, each generation carves its updated world view. At Berkeley Rep, “The Best of The Second City” unveils a new kind of vulnerable comedy, based on the shocks that define U.S. life. Six talented comic ac...| theatrius.com
DANBURY, Connecticut — Western Connecticut State University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative and Professional Writing program is gearing up to celebrate its 20th anniversary […]|
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Good writing is an art and even more so creative writing. It, like most creative arts, cannot be ‘taught’. There simply do not exist a ‘Do-It-Yourself’ book which can make anyone a writer or should I say – a good writer. Good writing skills are simply something that either you have, or you don’t. But […]| Bookish Bubble
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has a rather … storied history. Rimshot! (I apologize. To quote a legendary American hero, “I yam what I yam.”) Serious face: ON. The... The post The History of the WGA appeared first on Coverfly.| Coverfly
The 25th of December, 2021 marks the 250th birthday of Dorothy Wordsworth, the sister, and longtime companion of the poet William Wordsworth. Dorothy was an important writer and thinker in her own …| Chris Routledge
Here's a complete index of articles, biographies, and book reviews in the Later Bloomer archives. I hope it'll help convince you that it's truly never too late to create!| Later Bloomer
The poem's actually titled "Warning" and it celebrates aging with panache. English poet Jenny Joseph wrote in 1961 at 29. Did she fulfill her own prophecy?| Later Bloomer
The origin story of Dicken's A Christmas Carol reminds us how our life is carried by mercy.| winncollier.com
Website of Chicken House Books, publishers of James Dashner.| Chicken House Books
For anyone wondering how 2024 might shape up from the point of view of creative and intellectual freedom, the decision on Monday of China’s oppressive| Book and Film Globe
One commonality I’ve found among autistic people is that many of us love creating our own universes. The real world often functions without autistic people in mind. To many of us, it seems that the non-autistic population seems to be entirely in control – often, even in control of our world and our futures. So it can help enormously for us to escape into a universe where we choose the rules, we can influence events, and nobody gets to cast […] The post Twenty tips for aspiring writers, ...| Autistic Not Weird
Students in Sarah Sawyer’s Writers’ Workshop English class have good taste in literature. When acclaimed Irish-born writer Colum McCann visited last week, he asked them to name their favorite books. They listed an impressive array of titles, from J.D. Salinger’s Franny and Zooey to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby; from Sherman Alexie’s Flight to … Continue reading McCann Explores the Power of Storytelling→ The post McCann Explores the Power of Storytelling first appeared ...| News and Events
Celebrating its 20th year, the Writers’ Workshop Series continues with a slate of authors who write in a variety of genres. Our first visitor to campus will be Madeleine Blais P’00, ’04, one of the founders of the series, and a Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist and University of Massachusetts professor. She is the author of “The Heart is … Continue reading 20th Writers’ Workshop Series Brings Impressive Slate of Authors to Campus→ The post 20th Writers’ Workshop Series Brin...| News and Events
You wait until the sound of his footsteps fade from earshot and you slump into your chair, putting two fingers to your forehead. You pull the trigger. You have ten minutes to decompress, get back t…| The Cabinet of Heed
After more than one pintI miss the last train again.We put on your father’s records.Stolichnaya and A Clockwork Orange. We know that we are friends.And all I want is the smell of you,the heat of yo…| The Cabinet of Heed
Humanity’s last ship, Our Finest Moment, began burning less than twenty minutes after leaving the port. We all knew we were dead meat when we boarded the ship, but we were expecting to at least get…| The Cabinet of Heed
Olive arrived at the bus stop encumbered with bags, feeling like a packhorse. The bench was full. She sank deeper into her shoes. The length of the queue suggested there would be no seats left by t…| The Cabinet of Heed
You laugh in your sleep. The bed quivers beneath me as your body shakes. You never remember in the morning. Smiling in puzzlement at my amusement. It was your night time laughter that ensnared me l…| The Cabinet of Heed
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE. You have twenty-four hours to vacate the premises. The Sale of the Property located at 502 North Wendon Street will be held between the hours of 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM, Ju…| The Cabinet of Heed
I worked there for thirty years, I enjoyed my job, I had the responsibility of being a liaison for public events, and since we had been colonialized, we partook in demonstrations as a display of ou…| The Cabinet of Heed
Half my hair fell out when you died. and wisps of baby hair sprouted. The hairdresser thought it was funny – baby hair bouncing among my grey. But the new hair also fell out, tiny tufts of so…| The Cabinet of Heed
On orange days hell is hammocked in the plastic net satsumas come in. You always cut your fingers on it because the scissors are never near enough, and the pulling kind of helps. You do not actuall…| The Cabinet of Heed
The night before he was killed by an electric eel, Pedro had hung multicoloured lanterns outside his hut, perched as it was in stilts on the muddy banks of the great river. Perhaps he knew what awa…| The Cabinet of Heed
‘We English,’ Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin allegedly remarked, following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936, ‘hate fascism, but we loathe bolshevism as much. So, if there is somewhere where fascists and bolsheviks can kill eac [...]| Richard Baxell
