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My 2025 Short Fiction Challenge
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October 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
#vss365 #wings #pixie #pummel
Folded wings, the Book Wyrm reads about pixies and drinks tea. Long gone are the days of pummeling castles with fire. Hopefully.
Folded wings, the Book Wyrm reads about pixies and drinks tea. Long gone are the days of pummeling castles with fire. Hopefully.
August 17, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The latest ChatGPT is supposed to be ‘PhD level’ smart. It can’t even label a map
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The latest ChatGPT is supposed to be ‘PhD level’ smart. It can’t even label a map | CNN Business
Sam Altman, the artificial intelligence hype master, is in damage-control mode.
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August 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The latest ChatGPT is supposed to be ‘PhD level’ smart. It can’t even label a map
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#FantasyIndiesAugust D14:
Romance in WIP? Star-crossed lovers, I’m afraid.💔 One of them was never meant to exist. I suspect it'll all end in tears & the destruction of the world as they know it. However, this is just the first draft; their chances may improve as the story develops.😉
Romance in WIP? Star-crossed lovers, I’m afraid.💔 One of them was never meant to exist. I suspect it'll all end in tears & the destruction of the world as they know it. However, this is just the first draft; their chances may improve as the story develops.😉
August 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
#FantasyIndiesAugust D14:
Romance in WIP? Star-crossed lovers, I’m afraid.💔 One of them was never meant to exist. I suspect it'll all end in tears & the destruction of the world as they know it. However, this is just the first draft; their chances may improve as the story develops.😉
Romance in WIP? Star-crossed lovers, I’m afraid.💔 One of them was never meant to exist. I suspect it'll all end in tears & the destruction of the world as they know it. However, this is just the first draft; their chances may improve as the story develops.😉
Practical Tips for Authors to Protect Their Works from AI Use
Self-published and indie authors can help protect against unauthorized training uses by including a short "no AI training" notice in their books.
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Self-published and indie authors can help protect against unauthorized training uses by including a short "no AI training" notice in their books.
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Practical Tips for Authors to Protect Their Works from AI Use - The Authors Guild
This post was originally published on September 8, 2023, and updated on August 13, 2024. Text-based generative AI technologies require the ingestion of vast amounts of data, including tens or hundreds...
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August 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Practical Tips for Authors to Protect Their Works from AI Use
Self-published and indie authors can help protect against unauthorized training uses by including a short "no AI training" notice in their books.
authorsguild.org/news/practic...
Self-published and indie authors can help protect against unauthorized training uses by including a short "no AI training" notice in their books.
authorsguild.org/news/practic...
#2025ReadingChallenge
Just finished book 50 of 50!📚🥳
#amreading #readingforpleasure
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Just finished book 50 of 50!📚🥳
#amreading #readingforpleasure
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August 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
#2025ReadingChallenge
Just finished book 50 of 50!📚🥳
#amreading #readingforpleasure
gonereadingandwriting.blogspot.com
Just finished book 50 of 50!📚🥳
#amreading #readingforpleasure
gonereadingandwriting.blogspot.com
Stone tool discovery could offer new clue in mystery of ancient ‘hobbit’ humans
Researchers have a theory about the identity of this unidentified ancient hominin, who might represent the earliest evidence of ancient humans crossing oceans to reach islands.
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Researchers have a theory about the identity of this unidentified ancient hominin, who might represent the earliest evidence of ancient humans crossing oceans to reach islands.
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Stone tool discovery could offer new clue in mystery of ancient ‘hobbit’ humans | CNN
Ancient stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi represent the oldest evidence for humans living there 1 million years ago.
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August 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Stone tool discovery could offer new clue in mystery of ancient ‘hobbit’ humans
Researchers have a theory about the identity of this unidentified ancient hominin, who might represent the earliest evidence of ancient humans crossing oceans to reach islands.
edition.cnn.com/2025/08/07/s...
Researchers have a theory about the identity of this unidentified ancient hominin, who might represent the earliest evidence of ancient humans crossing oceans to reach islands.
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Just realized that #FantasyIndiesAugust is on Bluesky as well!😀
Goals:
✍️
_Write at least one new short fiction piece every week.
_Draft the first version of a new fantasy novella.
_Start working on a new version of an old speculative fiction novel.
📚
_Read the last book of my 2025 reading challenge.
Goals:
✍️
_Write at least one new short fiction piece every week.
_Draft the first version of a new fantasy novella.
_Start working on a new version of an old speculative fiction novel.
📚
_Read the last book of my 2025 reading challenge.
August 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Just realized that #FantasyIndiesAugust is on Bluesky as well!😀
Goals:
✍️
_Write at least one new short fiction piece every week.
_Draft the first version of a new fantasy novella.
_Start working on a new version of an old speculative fiction novel.
📚
_Read the last book of my 2025 reading challenge.
Goals:
✍️
_Write at least one new short fiction piece every week.
_Draft the first version of a new fantasy novella.
_Start working on a new version of an old speculative fiction novel.
📚
_Read the last book of my 2025 reading challenge.
August 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia (Venice, 1646 – Padua, 1684) was the first European woman to receive an academic degree from a university. In 1678, she was proclaimed Magistra et Doctrix Philosophiae (PhD) by the the University of Padua.
🎨Portrait of Elena Piscopia (author unknown)
🎨Portrait of Elena Piscopia (author unknown)
August 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia (Venice, 1646 – Padua, 1684) was the first European woman to receive an academic degree from a university. In 1678, she was proclaimed Magistra et Doctrix Philosophiae (PhD) by the the University of Padua.
🎨Portrait of Elena Piscopia (author unknown)
🎨Portrait of Elena Piscopia (author unknown)
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania 1886: Anandibai Joshee from India (left) w/ Kei Okami from Japan (center) & Sabat Islambooly from Syria (right). All 3 completed their medical studies and each of them was the first woman from their respective countries to obtain a degree in Western medicine.
August 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania 1886: Anandibai Joshee from India (left) w/ Kei Okami from Japan (center) & Sabat Islambooly from Syria (right). All 3 completed their medical studies and each of them was the first woman from their respective countries to obtain a degree in Western medicine.
#vss365 #brownie 1/2
There was a family of brownies living in the Book Wyrm's house, which was quite unusual (they tend to be solitary creatures). The Book Wyrm didn't mind, though. Each night, the brownies would come down from their hiding places to take care of the housework.
There was a family of brownies living in the Book Wyrm's house, which was quite unusual (they tend to be solitary creatures). The Book Wyrm didn't mind, though. Each night, the brownies would come down from their hiding places to take care of the housework.
August 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
#vssmystery
When the street urchins discovered that the terrible Zasius #Beast was made mainly of paper and roasted poultry, they used the most flammable parts of him to start a fire and had the rest for dinner.
🎨The Lawyer, possibly Ulrich Zasius (1566), by G. Arcimboldo
When the street urchins discovered that the terrible Zasius #Beast was made mainly of paper and roasted poultry, they used the most flammable parts of him to start a fire and had the rest for dinner.
🎨The Lawyer, possibly Ulrich Zasius (1566), by G. Arcimboldo
August 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
#vssmystery
When the street urchins discovered that the terrible Zasius #Beast was made mainly of paper and roasted poultry, they used the most flammable parts of him to start a fire and had the rest for dinner.
🎨The Lawyer, possibly Ulrich Zasius (1566), by G. Arcimboldo
When the street urchins discovered that the terrible Zasius #Beast was made mainly of paper and roasted poultry, they used the most flammable parts of him to start a fire and had the rest for dinner.
🎨The Lawyer, possibly Ulrich Zasius (1566), by G. Arcimboldo
Book Worm vs Book Wyrm:
A Book Wyrm burns through #books like there's no tomorrow.📚🐉😄
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#readingforpleasure #2025readingchallenge
🎨Scott Gustafson
A Book Wyrm burns through #books like there's no tomorrow.📚🐉😄
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#readingforpleasure #2025readingchallenge
🎨Scott Gustafson
August 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Book Worm vs Book Wyrm:
A Book Wyrm burns through #books like there's no tomorrow.📚🐉😄
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#readingforpleasure #2025readingchallenge
🎨Scott Gustafson
A Book Wyrm burns through #books like there's no tomorrow.📚🐉😄
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#readingforpleasure #2025readingchallenge
🎨Scott Gustafson
Summer (1563) by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
August 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Summer (1563) by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Why you should never consider yourself too old to start a #writing career! by @karenmckellar.bsky.social
"Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are huge classics of the fantasy genre, right? But did you know that Tolkien was 45 when he published The Hobbit?"
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"Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are huge classics of the fantasy genre, right? But did you know that Tolkien was 45 when he published The Hobbit?"
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August 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Why you should never consider yourself too old to start a #writing career! by @karenmckellar.bsky.social
"Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are huge classics of the fantasy genre, right? But did you know that Tolkien was 45 when he published The Hobbit?"
indiecateditorial.com/index.php/20...
"Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are huge classics of the fantasy genre, right? But did you know that Tolkien was 45 when he published The Hobbit?"
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My 2025 Short Fiction Challenge
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August 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
My 2025 Short Fiction Challenge
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#2025ReadingChallenge #ReadingforPleasure
This month (among other books) I #amreading Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury, who was born on August 22, 1920.
Happy Ray Bradbury Month!🥳
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(Yes, there are two RB months/year: August and October.😉)
This month (among other books) I #amreading Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury, who was born on August 22, 1920.
Happy Ray Bradbury Month!🥳
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(Yes, there are two RB months/year: August and October.😉)
August 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
#2025ReadingChallenge #ReadingforPleasure
This month (among other books) I #amreading Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury, who was born on August 22, 1920.
Happy Ray Bradbury Month!🥳
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(Yes, there are two RB months/year: August and October.😉)
This month (among other books) I #amreading Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury, who was born on August 22, 1920.
Happy Ray Bradbury Month!🥳
gonereadingandwriting.blogspot.com
(Yes, there are two RB months/year: August and October.😉)
#2025ShortFictionChallenge
Story #31 of 52 is about spiders and dragons. This isn't the first time I've featured these two characters in a fable. The idea (a retelling of Charlotte's Web) originated several years ago on a platform that used to be called Twitter.
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Story #31 of 52 is about spiders and dragons. This isn't the first time I've featured these two characters in a fable. The idea (a retelling of Charlotte's Web) originated several years ago on a platform that used to be called Twitter.
gonereadingandwriting.blogspot.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
#2025ShortFictionChallenge
Story #31 of 52 is about spiders and dragons. This isn't the first time I've featured these two characters in a fable. The idea (a retelling of Charlotte's Web) originated several years ago on a platform that used to be called Twitter.
gonereadingandwriting.blogspot.com
Story #31 of 52 is about spiders and dragons. This isn't the first time I've featured these two characters in a fable. The idea (a retelling of Charlotte's Web) originated several years ago on a platform that used to be called Twitter.
gonereadingandwriting.blogspot.com
#vss365
The Book Wyrm glanced at the tall stack of how-to books the aspiring author had placed on the library counter and said:
“Be sure to remember the words of Somerset Maugham.”
“Huh?”
“There are three #rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
The Book Wyrm glanced at the tall stack of how-to books the aspiring author had placed on the library counter and said:
“Be sure to remember the words of Somerset Maugham.”
“Huh?”
“There are three #rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
August 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Gone Reading . . . And Writing
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April 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM