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My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is now up on Substack (its free)
Understanding The Rules.
https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/understanding-the-rules?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up now on Substack. (with a small rant from me in it.) https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/proclaiming-our-intentions?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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A CHAOS OF LIGHT
New Writing Scotland 43
Ed. by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici & Niall O’Gallagher
“writing that unsettles and challenges, that questions assumptions… A rich, boisterous, tender, charming, angry, sorrowful, gleeful mix”
The latest & best collection of new writing in English, Gaelic, & Scots, coming Aug 2025 – available for preorder from all good bookshops!
@writingcommunity
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/
#Scottish #literature #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #Scots #poetry #shortstories #writing
Introducing the Tinker WriterDeck OS!
Convert any laptop and most chromebooks into a writer deck: A device designed solely for writing.
No distractions.
No internet.
No apps. No games. No social media.
Just writing.
The Tinker WriterDeck is very light weight and specifically seeks to lower the barrier of entry to creating writer decks. It converts older, reused, refurbished, or inexpensive laptops into a dedicated writing machine.
A digital typewriter.
The Tinker WriterDeck sits on top of a "headless" Debian Linux image and boots directly into a console based text editor.
We're using the Tilde Text Editor because it is a simple text editor, has an intuitive User Interface, and allows for customized color schemes for light and dark modes.
Operating System download and instructions on how to convert your laptop into a dedicated writer deck for free are found here: https://tinker.sh
See below for an example of the writer deck in light mode and dark mode.
If anyone has any questions or needs any help setting your laptop up, let me know here!
#solarPunk #linux #writerDeck #bookstodon #writing #writingCommunity #author #libraries
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
Reading Success
https://buff.ly/o3falkl
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I have a website now! https://stardustverse.neocities.org/
The bulk of it is about my worldbuild and writing project (Stardust), though I plan to add sections about me, my philosophy, or some sort of blog. It is under construction and updated near daily, but is very usable as is. Check it out especially if you're interested in my writing!
⚠️ Unstable Home Life ⚠️
⚠️ Will soon be leaving to a personal account⚠️
$35/$1500
Thanks anyone who boosts/donates!
I'm going to be switching to a personal account. You're free to share my writing and ko-fi for donations since I'm still trying to move and I still will talk about mutual aid.
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is now up on Substack.
Can We Get Off The Roller Coaster?
https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/can-we-get-off-the-roller-coaster?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
"Some of us always knew this was where this would end up. A bloated, stumbling, smash-and-grab, cash-licking cadaver who spent an entire life born on third base—yet somehow finding a way to get thrown out at second—taking out his vast wilderness of dumbf*kery on us all"
Read The Rest: https://blueamp.substack.com/p/trump-mimics-stalin-uses-total-bs #news #politics #russia #ukraine #usa #nato #eu #us #america #unitedstates #bls #writing #stalin #jacksmith
https://blueamp.substack.com/p/kamala-told-colbert-the-systems-broken Kamala Told Colbert the System’s "Broken;"
#Trump Proved it, Ended #PBS / #NPR "Kamala sat across from #Colbert—recently fired to make the slovenly golf-cheat happy so he’d “allow” Skydance #Media to take over Paramount Global—and admitted our system is broken"
READ THE REST & SUBSCRIBE! #news #politics #writing #russia #america #us #usa #unitedstates #press #tech #ai #donaldtrump #nato #eu #epstein #jobs #entertainment #tv #business
Interactive fiction. 48-ish choices. Two main storylines.
Follow the adventures of a roboticist and an artist, Karee & Talia, as they try to solve mysteries, explore science, and go to the moon.
My weekly roundup of #publishing News #writing craft tips and #Bookmarketing links is up. The Writer Roller Coaster
https://buff.ly/w5a3xWI
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"The #monopoly #media morons for whom he’s entertained tens of millions of ad-viewing viewers deemed it so, and I’m sure it has nothing to do w Stephen #Colbert using his brilliant timing and razor-sharp wit to disembowel Don-Don on the regular"
CONT-> https://www.blueamp.co/publish/post/168652683 #writing #humor #funny #tv #ai #usa #america #unitedstates #fascism #us #russia #democracy #tech #news #politics #press #entertainment
Palisade Green, sequel to Atraxian Blue available as ebook https://books2read.com/u/3RrNwn or print https://books2read.com/u/m0XB6y
Renny thought he'd escaped from his father. He thought he had his addiction under control. Then a bot turns up on his doorstep with a message that changes everything.
AI is intellectual Viagra
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLMs #DiffusionModels #tech #dev #coding #software #SoftwareDevelopment #writing #art #VisualArt
#Tariffs, Twaddle, and #Trump: A Deal Fit for a Dolt
https://www.blueamp.co/p/tariffs-twaddle-and-trump-a-deal #news #press #japan #eu #us #usa #ai #unitedstates #russia #writing
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is now up free on Substack
Counting The Cost
https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/counting-the-cost?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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If you are a published writer & object to Anthropic slurping up your writing for AI, you have until Aug 15 to sign up to help defend your copyright. First, check this database from The Atlantic to see whether they have taken your writing (you might want to check regardless):
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/
Then go here to sign up to be considered as part of a class action lawsuit:
https://www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-author-contact/
It’s easy & self-explanatory.
Please boost to help get the word out.
By popular request, it's here!
FORBIDDEN QUEERIES, my new Question & Response blog is live!
https://hachyderm.io/@mallory_sinn/115029605920637964
I'll be publishing it under my pseudonym, Mallie Sinn, to keep it separate from my career and make it clear what I offer there is personal opinion and not therapy or counseling. You can read it by following @mallory_sinn or on the blog site itself: https://forbidden-queeries.ghost.io/
I am currently taking open questions from everyone at [email protected] or in private mentions to @mallory_sinn
If you want to support this effort or get top priority for your own question, please subscribe on the blog itself at https://forbidden-queeries.ghost.io/ or on my patreon for projects under my pseudonym https://patreon.com/MallorySinn
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up. Trying Not To Be Political.
https://buff.ly/0EtyBEC
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Looking for something to read? Like your stories hot and sexy?
Buy direct from https://www.evernightpublishing.com/suzy-shearer
or anyone online bookstore worldwide.
PS - Finn is still only $0.99us on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GG7XKGLN?
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books #bookstodon #writing #romance #olderCharacters #scribesAndMakers #WritersCoffeeClub #writersofMastodon #writingCommunity
"Honing your discernment, exercising your brain, wracking your vocabulary to find the right phrase to express your inner world. These are not things that are supposed to be easy."
https://www.theverge.com/analysis/764519/ai-gemini-pixel-journal-app