The holidays are stressful. Treat yourself to a book with a happy ending. Sam and Ulysses meet in September, fight evil together all autumn, and face off against a god in late December, so this is the perfect time of year to read it. Plus, you'll be ready for the sequel in January.
ICYMI: @victoriastrauss post on SFWA comments to the US Copyright office on the matter of granting copyright to works created using artificial intelligence; as Ms Strauss notes, this applies to all writers of any genre.
Have you nominated your favorite #IndieBooks for the #IndieInkAwards yet? Nominations are open for the month of November for several awards from Side Character MVP to Wittiest Character, & to highlight amazing #LGBTQ Representation, #MentalHealth Rep, #Disability Rep, #BIPOC Rep, & more. Open to all fiction genres and YA, NA, & Adult books. While you're there, you might find more #BooksToRead !
Two of our authors are participating in the Cozy Mystery Free Book Blast for the spooky season! Grab these freebies and check out the Book Blast:
➡️ https://cozymysterybookclub.com/bookblast/
Participating Books:
Photo Bombed by Daria White
Enchantments and Escape Rooms by @amymcnulty
Pleased to announce this is up for preorder. It's set in 1970, there's magic and gods and drugs and queer romance, and I did actually write a couple of songs for the Macbeth musical. It's a direct sequel to Dionysus in Wisconsin, so if you haven't read that weird fever dream yet, now is a good time to check it out.
Quote: “Whore, yariman, kuzuningen, shine, shine, shine,” Meiko-kun gloated. The air in front of me seemed to waver like smoky glass and beyond I could see a landscape of tumbled monuments, shifting ash, and flickering shadows. The dismal sound of wailing voices filled my ears.
FCC to restore #NetNeutrality and also, hey, to protect our online activity from scrapping--be it for #ArtificialIntelligence training without our consent, or for even more nefarious purposes.
When the public comment period opens, for your own interest, comment--the vultures will, by the thousands, using bots/AI, so we need to show up and make sure our voices are heard, and our interests protected.
I know it's super tempting, especially when you barely make any money off your art, but please realize that in the long run, you'd be eliminating your own role: if #AI "can narrate it" there's no reason why it couldn't "write it".
And yes, this also goes for covers; you can't draw the line at screwing over other creators.
That's addressed by Bree in the third screenshot; she and Donna have an extensive backlist they can't afford to put on audio, because they can't afford to pay a human.
It's not tricky. It's a personal choice--like using AI covers because they "can't afford human-made art".
Some people will rationalize it, others won't, but the ethics and longterm consequences are actually clear.