Wrote up a new blogpost on writing with AI:
writing
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up. Trying Not To Be Political.
https://buff.ly/0EtyBEC
#writingcommunity
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?
#
books #bookstodon #writing #romance #olderCharacters #scribesAndMakers #WritersCoffeeClub #writersofMastodon #writingCommunity
Edited 106d ago
"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
My mother began to cry as we left Dr. Briar's office. Nothing dramatic, just small tears and shallow breaths that made it past the chaos in her head.
Irremediable.
Her hand was squeezing mine so hard that it hurt, but I understood. Through the crowds of the city and the subway, she held me and only let go when we stood before my room.
I took a big step to avoid the bleached spot on the floor, lay on the bed, and shut my eyes. The door closed, and I could hear her slump against it. Sobbing.
Sadness welled up in me as I reached out into the darkness behind my eyes with my hurting hand.
They coalesced from the shifting haze and flashes, reaching for the pain in my fingers and my soul, tearing it away, but it just whetted their appetite.
They turned towards the door, lusting for the sensation that lay behind, and it took all of me to hold them back.
All of me and the promise of another sacrifice.
Newest #Substack: READ THE REST & DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE! https://blueamp.substack.com/p/dems-search-for-identity-psst-sherrod - "As #Democrats search for identity, #culture & policies to reinforce the values the first 2 communicate to voters, they must lean into the roadmap Sherrod provided for yrs to win handily in OH.
Even ignoring the dingos of the rw echoes-phere & corporate #media click bait ladies of the night, doesn't mean there’s not a problem. B/c there is, it’s a major & it’s one some of us have been screaming about for yrs"
#news #politics #trump #russia #usa #ukraine #us #unitedstates #eu #ai #writing #tech #senate #tariffs #ICE #economy #nato #donaldtrump
New in The Medium Blog: Our CEO @coachtony shares how our position on #AI has evolved, and asks for your feedback on how #writers can use AI tools to tell human stories.
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #Bookmarketing links is up.
This Crazy Thing We Do
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2025/08/this-crazy-thing-we-do.html
Long and Short Reviews is looking for guest bloggers for their Winter Blogfest: https://www.longandshortreviews.com/miscellaneous-musings/calling-all-authors-free-author-promo/
They would like a 250-500 word guest post about winter or any winter holiday you celebrate.
The submission deadline is December 19. Click on the link above for more information.
#WritingCommunity #Blogging #Writing #Books #GuestPost #Holidays #Christmas #Hanukkah #WinterSolstice #NewYearsEve #NewYearsDay
The Art of Myth-DirectionAvailable Now & On Kindle Unlimited #KUa.co/d/8B50deF🎭 Comedy / Satire👧 Kid Heroes💪 Coming of Age😻 Animal Companion🍳 Talking Magical Item😈 Good Vs Evil🐉 Subverted Tropes👩❤️💋👩 No Romance#booksky💙📚 #debutnovel #fantasy #satire #comedy #humor #writing #kindleunlimited
When is a book finished? When you are done writing. After 50 revisions over 6 editions things feel right here. It is the story I want to tell. https://www.amazon.com/Some-Books-Are-Not-Sale/dp/B0B6XQB9BF #writing #books #florida
Edited 1y ago
I keep seeing a lot of advice for writers saying "don't use this, don't use that" because it will show up as AI written.
I hate it. It makes me worried. A lot of the "AI" traits in writing overlap with storytelling language. Spoken language.
When I write, as a storyteller, I use em dash when I would take a breath or a pause on stage, instead of finishing a thought. I use triple adjectives because in spoken word they add to the rhythm.
1/2
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is now up for free on Substack
Is It A Trend?
https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/is-it-a-trend?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
![Avatar for Woodoo Prod [Sounds From Earth]](/proxy/identity_icon/601692350584767818/7724b225fc.png){kind=icon}
When Music Becomes Friendship
=============================
### How twenty-eight years of Ambient Visions turned a love of music into a community of friends
https://theavsignal.substack.com/p/when-music-becomes-friendship
#music #fedimusic #musodon #mastomusic #electronicmusic #experimentalmusic #sound #listening #musiclover #press #article #blog #blogger #writing
"𝐇𝐨𝐰 #𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐮𝐫 #𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐈𝐧 𝟐 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 #𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬"
𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑹𝒐𝒃 𝑹𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 #𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 & 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 #𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒔m / #𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨, 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆'𝒍𝒍 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏:
https://www.blueamp.co/p/how-rob-reiner-decoded-our-politics-fa0 #politics #news #culture #military #BAM #film #ai #venezuela #usa #america #unitedstates #russia #tv #economy #tariffs #nato #us #writing #pr #narrative #ukraine #europe
Inkwell - a multi-tenant long-form writing platform for the fediverse (open source, FEP-b2b8)
Different models of story structure in creative writing:
- Three-act Structure (most common in Western works)
- Four-act Structure (me: best for live-action)
- Five Elements Plot (me: best for novels)
- KiShōTenKetsu (most common in CJK works)
Out now for ereader: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1979189
Launching physically around 2nd April, and whenever the hell it gets through the queue at your local library.
The #FediArt52 weekly art challenge starts Jan 1!
If you want to see all the prompts in advance, here they are. If you want to be surprised (or want a reminder), I'll post each week's prompt.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OwLXfAQwNituwwMo-J6pt9MdGpbfviy9qeeM7Orx0PQ
#drawing
#painting
#sketching
#ink
#writing
#poetry
#GameDev
#crafting
#prompts
#WritingPrompt
#DrawingPrompt
#music
#DigitalArt
#art
#illustration
#FediArt
#MastoArt
#TraditionalArt
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is now up on Substack.
Show Me The Money.
https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/show-me-the-money?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
#writingcommunity
Are there any autistic writing communities out there?
Reading Rainbow is returning after twenty years, with the incomparable Mychal the Librarian leading the way.
This show is exactly what we need right now.
Books are being banned. Education is under attack. The fascists want to control the narrative.
This is an opportunity for kids to learn to love books, literature & libraries while also fostering a sense of compassion, diversity, inclusion and tolerance.
#readingrainbow #books #literature #writing #mychal #tolerance #compassion #libraries
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is now up on substack. Sharing our ideas.
https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/sharing-our-ideas?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
#writingcommunity
Yesterday's writing prompt at my writer's group was "passages". There are so many stories revolve around passages; wormholes, wardrobes, ships.... You name it. And I didn't want to write something that had been used a million times. So I spent a long time looking at the various definitions (did you know there's one related to dressage?), and this is what came out.
Safe Passage
It took me nearly a year to negotiate safe passage. I was lucky, some people wait decades, or just give up and risk taking the trip without a ticket. It's hard when you're getting older and older but still can't go. But fortunately Saint Peter owed me a favor. I'd gotten him out of jam one time; made some evidence disappear that would have shown he'd let in someone he shouldn't have. It wasn't really clear that anyone was paying attention anyway, but you never knew when God might come back from wherever he'd gone.
I showed up at my appointed time. There was a crowd of people making it hard to get through. Folks with canes, walkers, and in wheelchairs. Many who were obviously way past what would have been their appointed time. There was no way I was going to do that to myself. I had enough aches and pains after waiting a year. Some were hesitating. Some were resigned and limping ahead. But there weren't too many of us with tickets for safe passage.
I worked my way through the crowd, and over to the VIP door, and showed my ticket to the bored guard. He looked at it carefully, and then said, "Wait for an archangel, or this is worthless," and waved me through.
The other side was even worse than I expected. I stood in a small alcove with a door-sized iron grate between myself and the Rainbow Bridge. I'd known the bridge was in disrepair since God had walked off the job and disappeared, but I hadn't realized just how bad it was. There were holes in the pavement that dropped all the way to Purgatory. I heard some people were choosing that route over the alternative. The protective nets that kept out the beasts from Hell were torn and tattered. And high above I could see eagles, griffons, and other odder beasts circling, looking for fresh meat. The bridge was clogged with empty walkers and wheelchairs that had belonged to people who hadn't avoided their watchful eyes. If you were lucky they might drop you, and you'd end up in Purgatory forever. Otherwise, they'd take you down to the depths of Hell and feast on your liver along the way. Occasionally I could see someone dashing from one shadow to the next on the bridge, hoping they'd make it through. I knew some people tried to bring weapons, but it was pointless. Naked you came into this world, naked you would leave it.
But I had my ticket, so I waited for an archangel to show up and escort me to Heaven.