Anne Marble
@annemarbleaar.bsky.social
critteranne666 on Threads.
I read stuff. Sometimes I write stuff. Currently writing a Gothic romance with a twisted family.
Find me at the Forward Motion Discord server at http://discord.gg/3SRF3xQ.
Find me on http://thekeenedom.freeforums.net.
I read stuff. Sometimes I write stuff. Currently writing a Gothic romance with a twisted family.
Find me at the Forward Motion Discord server at http://discord.gg/3SRF3xQ.
Find me on http://thekeenedom.freeforums.net.
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Ugh, I can’t stand this publishing startup. They pay people to write fan fiction — they tried to commission a story from me. 831 Stories was founded by MBA brains who saw how lucrative romance is as a genre, and their branding targets lit snobs who think they are better than romance.
831 Stories is all-in on the romance genre, and the founders are cultivating a whole world around the books they publish, complete with fanfiction and merchandise.
With 831 Stories, romance fans get more than a steamy read
831 Stories is all-in on the romance genre, and the founders are cultivating a whole world around the books they publish, complete with fanfiction and merchandise.
n.pr
September 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Ugh, I can’t stand this publishing startup. They pay people to write fan fiction — they tried to commission a story from me. 831 Stories was founded by MBA brains who saw how lucrative romance is as a genre, and their branding targets lit snobs who think they are better than romance.
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Speaking of 831stories. I saw this on threads and thought I should share because I am not only a professional author, I am also a fanfic writer. And this is a publisher, a creator, trying to control and profit from fanfic.
This is predatory and disgusting.
831stories.com/blogs/fan-fi...
This is predatory and disgusting.
831stories.com/blogs/fan-fi...
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Speaking of 831stories. I saw this on threads and thought I should share because I am not only a professional author, I am also a fanfic writer. And this is a publisher, a creator, trying to control and profit from fanfic.
This is predatory and disgusting.
831stories.com/blogs/fan-fi...
This is predatory and disgusting.
831stories.com/blogs/fan-fi...
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I don’t think I’ll do interviews about romance with “journalists” anymore.
The same boring shit about romance gets published over and over because any viewpoint that doesn’t validate the romance stereotype or “romance is different now and bigger than ever!” narrative is excluded. #romancelandia
The same boring shit about romance gets published over and over because any viewpoint that doesn’t validate the romance stereotype or “romance is different now and bigger than ever!” narrative is excluded. #romancelandia
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I don’t think I’ll do interviews about romance with “journalists” anymore.
The same boring shit about romance gets published over and over because any viewpoint that doesn’t validate the romance stereotype or “romance is different now and bigger than ever!” narrative is excluded. #romancelandia
The same boring shit about romance gets published over and over because any viewpoint that doesn’t validate the romance stereotype or “romance is different now and bigger than ever!” narrative is excluded. #romancelandia
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I’ll say this much: This reads exactly like what it is: people who discovered romance five years ago and decided they had all kinds of amazing new ideas to “fix” it. Connections between books? That feel kind of cozy to the reader? How did no one ever think of that?? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/b...
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I’ll say this much: This reads exactly like what it is: people who discovered romance five years ago and decided they had all kinds of amazing new ideas to “fix” it. Connections between books? That feel kind of cozy to the reader? How did no one ever think of that?? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/b...
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Today's Blog: www.briankeene.com/algorithmzer...
Forgotten (except by me and John Boden)? — BRIAN KEENE
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www.briankeene.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Today's Blog: www.briankeene.com/algorithmzer...
I just backed Spectral Vision of Gothic Romance vintage occult 1960s art on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/cen...
Spectral Vision of Gothic Romance vintage occult 1960s art
Hardcover book exploring gothic romance and the occult through vintage paperback cover art from Century Guild x Bibliomancers
www.kickstarter.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I just backed Spectral Vision of Gothic Romance vintage occult 1960s art on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/cen...
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Dream come true to repub GOTHIC & add something special and fun to a future classic!
My horror novel GOTHIC has been resurrected and is officially out TODAY in a new edition from @clashbooks.bsky.social.
pfracassi.com/gothic
This paperback features new cover artwork from Matthew Revert, corrected text, and an exclusive 6000 word excerpt from an out of print Tyson Parks novel.
pfracassi.com/gothic
This paperback features new cover artwork from Matthew Revert, corrected text, and an exclusive 6000 word excerpt from an out of print Tyson Parks novel.
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Dream come true to repub GOTHIC & add something special and fun to a future classic!
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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Any Senate Democrats who vote to cave are feckless, weak-willed and gullible — or even worse. The American people want you to hold the line and keep on fighting.
DO NOT FOLD!!!
DO NOT FOLD!!!
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Any Senate Democrats who vote to cave are feckless, weak-willed and gullible — or even worse. The American people want you to hold the line and keep on fighting.
DO NOT FOLD!!!
DO NOT FOLD!!!
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Senile Satan is straight-up lying again. After away food and healthcare from millions - this is his go-to defense. Obama has never made any profits or royalties from the ACA, ever.
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Senile Satan is straight-up lying again. After away food and healthcare from millions - this is his go-to defense. Obama has never made any profits or royalties from the ACA, ever.
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Trying to think of a worse idea but I'm coming up short
November 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Trying to think of a worse idea but I'm coming up short
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If you're in the US, you've got just 2 more days to enter the Goodreads giveaway for Enchanting the Fae Queen! My publisher, @torbooks.bsky.social Bramble, is giving away 50 (!) advance reading copies:
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Book giveaway for Enchanting the Fae Queen (Queens of Villainy, #2) by Stephanie Burgis Oct 24-Nov 09, 2025
Enter to win one of 50 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Oct 24-Nov 09, 2025. Enter for a chance to win an ARC of Enchanting the Fae Queen by St...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
If you're in the US, you've got just 2 more days to enter the Goodreads giveaway for Enchanting the Fae Queen! My publisher, @torbooks.bsky.social Bramble, is giving away 50 (!) advance reading copies:
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
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I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
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Remember Dr. Rosalind Franklin. Who work was stolen by Watson and Cricket for ”their” discovery.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Remember Dr. Rosalind Franklin. Who work was stolen by Watson and Cricket for ”their” discovery.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
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Remembering Rosalind Franklin 🤔
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Remembering Rosalind Franklin 🤔
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First mention.
BUT NOT UNIVERSALLY
nytimes gonna nytimes
BUT NOT UNIVERSALLY
nytimes gonna nytimes
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
First mention.
BUT NOT UNIVERSALLY
nytimes gonna nytimes
BUT NOT UNIVERSALLY
nytimes gonna nytimes
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An Opera Explores the Story of Rosalind Franklin and the Discovery of DNA www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-o...
An Opera Explores the Story of Rosalind Franklin and the Discovery of DNA
Betrayal, ambition and the double helix: turning Rosalind Franklin’s story and the discovery of the structure of DNA into an opera
www.scientificamerican.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
An Opera Explores the Story of Rosalind Franklin and the Discovery of DNA www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-o...
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Imagine having this as your Nobel eclipsing final sentence:
"James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97...one of the most important scientists of the 20th century...later to ignite an uproar with racist views."
Also, Nobel made by Rosalind Franklin's images, unacknowledged.
"James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97...one of the most important scientists of the 20th century...later to ignite an uproar with racist views."
Also, Nobel made by Rosalind Franklin's images, unacknowledged.
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Imagine having this as your Nobel eclipsing final sentence:
"James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97...one of the most important scientists of the 20th century...later to ignite an uproar with racist views."
Also, Nobel made by Rosalind Franklin's images, unacknowledged.
"James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97...one of the most important scientists of the 20th century...later to ignite an uproar with racist views."
Also, Nobel made by Rosalind Franklin's images, unacknowledged.
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The reviews are in!
The Man of Middling Height by Fadi Zaghmout, translated by Wasan Abdelhaq
reviewed by Kyle R. Garton
Seed Beetle: Poems by Mahaila Smith
reviewed by Vivian Wagner
Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce
reviewed by Tristan Beiter
Link to the latest issue in our bio!
The Man of Middling Height by Fadi Zaghmout, translated by Wasan Abdelhaq
reviewed by Kyle R. Garton
Seed Beetle: Poems by Mahaila Smith
reviewed by Vivian Wagner
Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce
reviewed by Tristan Beiter
Link to the latest issue in our bio!
October 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The reviews are in!
The Man of Middling Height by Fadi Zaghmout, translated by Wasan Abdelhaq
reviewed by Kyle R. Garton
Seed Beetle: Poems by Mahaila Smith
reviewed by Vivian Wagner
Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce
reviewed by Tristan Beiter
Link to the latest issue in our bio!
The Man of Middling Height by Fadi Zaghmout, translated by Wasan Abdelhaq
reviewed by Kyle R. Garton
Seed Beetle: Poems by Mahaila Smith
reviewed by Vivian Wagner
Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce
reviewed by Tristan Beiter
Link to the latest issue in our bio!
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A reminder: AI is a bad translator--it will give you in a pinch the meaning (if it doesn't get hopelessly confused) , but i will not create something that reads like a book.
That's why we have professionals.
(And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)
That's why we have professionals.
(And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)
"Amazon propose une traduction par IA pour les livres Kindle auto-édités"
Bon, je n'en peux plus de soupirer. 🙃
Bon, je n'en peux plus de soupirer. 🙃
Amazon offers AI translation for self-published Kindle books
AI translation is coming to your Kindle.
www.theverge.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A reminder: AI is a bad translator--it will give you in a pinch the meaning (if it doesn't get hopelessly confused) , but i will not create something that reads like a book.
That's why we have professionals.
(And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)
That's why we have professionals.
(And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)
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Fuck. This. Shit.
No.
No.
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
ebx.sh
November 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Fuck. This. Shit.
No.
No.
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Feel like this might be a niche opportunity for an early career romance scholar. Bit of a long shot, but anyone working on London in Regencies or K J Charles, for example?
The Worshipful Company of Curriers essay prize on London for early career scholars, in association with The London Journal Trust and the Institute of Historical Research.
The author of the winning submission will receive £1,000, and publication, subject to peer review, in The London Journal.
The author of the winning submission will receive £1,000, and publication, subject to peer review, in The London Journal.
Curriers' Essay Prize | The London Journal
The author of the winning submission will receive £1,000, and publication, subject to peer review, in The London Journal. Other promising entries may also be considered for publication.
www.thelondonjournal.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Feel like this might be a niche opportunity for an early career romance scholar. Bit of a long shot, but anyone working on London in Regencies or K J Charles, for example?
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc