Jay Wolf
@jayxwolf.bsky.social
sff writer & dev editor, author-illustrator, lapsed podcaster, sculptor, fabricator, Viable Paradise alum, online community specialist, queer as in here, they as in them, kennywood enthusiast. writes books as @mdanielmcdowell.bsky.social
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it has come to my attention that despite having been once again thrust into the pilot's seat for full-time, live-in caregiving work, I DID actually successfully write words this year, and some of them were even published!
Not many, but all of them something I'm proud of:
it has come to my attention that despite having been once again thrust into the pilot's seat for full-time, live-in caregiving work, I DID actually successfully write words this year, and some of them were even published!
Not many, but all of them something I'm proud of:
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we have a philosophy of not talking much about the specifics as a business because i don't really think it's the reason to buy our stuff but I can tell you that it is not only doable to give a large portion of profits back to the creative teams but in fact rocks and feels good to do it
December 30, 2025 at 3:24 AM
we have a philosophy of not talking much about the specifics as a business because i don't really think it's the reason to buy our stuff but I can tell you that it is not only doable to give a large portion of profits back to the creative teams but in fact rocks and feels good to do it
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this year alone we sent out about $50k in royalties for triangle agency work ✌️if your games aren't making money for the people who made then why sell them at all
In Tabletop Roleplaying Games the idea of royalties is still relatively new; more of us at the publishing level need to be thinking about ways to undermine the existing paradigm and build to sustain our comrades and collaborators in the long term and give them the fruits of their own labor
My wife had a single line in Kung Fu Panda 17 years ago and still gets checks every few months. Most are way smaller than this, but devs get $0 even though the games we work on will likely be sold for 10+ years soooo yeah.
December 30, 2025 at 3:20 AM
this year alone we sent out about $50k in royalties for triangle agency work ✌️if your games aren't making money for the people who made then why sell them at all
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You can't cite one single successful AI marketing campaign for a book, and yet insist that it is "necessary" for people to be competitive.
December 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You can't cite one single successful AI marketing campaign for a book, and yet insist that it is "necessary" for people to be competitive.
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Finally, if you want to know why the letter makes so many general points but cannot identify a specific usage that people know and love?
It's because the letter was AI generated.
It's because the letter was AI generated.
December 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Finally, if you want to know why the letter makes so many general points but cannot identify a specific usage that people know and love?
It's because the letter was AI generated.
It's because the letter was AI generated.
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Anyway here is the most successful promo I've ever done for a book.
YOU DO NOT NEED AI.
YOU DO NOT NEED AI.
FOUND IT
December 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Anyway here is the most successful promo I've ever done for a book.
YOU DO NOT NEED AI.
YOU DO NOT NEED AI.
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None of this is responsible. None of this is ethical. And--importantly--none of this is actually competitive.
Do not believe anyone who tells you that AI schlock marketing is what will win you an advantage.
That person does not care if you sell books; they want to sell you AI schlock marketing.
Do not believe anyone who tells you that AI schlock marketing is what will win you an advantage.
That person does not care if you sell books; they want to sell you AI schlock marketing.
December 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
None of this is responsible. None of this is ethical. And--importantly--none of this is actually competitive.
Do not believe anyone who tells you that AI schlock marketing is what will win you an advantage.
That person does not care if you sell books; they want to sell you AI schlock marketing.
Do not believe anyone who tells you that AI schlock marketing is what will win you an advantage.
That person does not care if you sell books; they want to sell you AI schlock marketing.
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The entire thesis here is "hey, do you realize how many people could choose to not use labor from human beings if they instead used the extruded meat product trained on labor from those same human beings?"
December 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The entire thesis here is "hey, do you realize how many people could choose to not use labor from human beings if they instead used the extruded meat product trained on labor from those same human beings?"
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"Use AI for translations"
Hey, who was doing translations before? How did we train AI to do translations? Who was the author of the translations that were fed into AI?
Ah, I see, another "ethical" use.
Hey, who was doing translations before? How did we train AI to do translations? Who was the author of the translations that were fed into AI?
Ah, I see, another "ethical" use.
December 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"Use AI for translations"
Hey, who was doing translations before? How did we train AI to do translations? Who was the author of the translations that were fed into AI?
Ah, I see, another "ethical" use.
Hey, who was doing translations before? How did we train AI to do translations? Who was the author of the translations that were fed into AI?
Ah, I see, another "ethical" use.
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"Use AI tools to analyze royalty statements and contracts"
oh my god please read your fucking contracts and ask a human being about things you don't understand.
oh my god please read your fucking contracts and ask a human being about things you don't understand.
December 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"Use AI tools to analyze royalty statements and contracts"
oh my god please read your fucking contracts and ask a human being about things you don't understand.
oh my god please read your fucking contracts and ask a human being about things you don't understand.
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Was AI trained on their prior output? Yeah, it was?
Okay, thanks, fuck off.
Okay, thanks, fuck off.
December 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Was AI trained on their prior output? Yeah, it was?
Okay, thanks, fuck off.
Okay, thanks, fuck off.
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"this doesn't replace creative labor"
Really! Who was doing it before? Was it a human being? Was that human being performing labor? Was it in a creative capacity?
Yeah?
Really! Who was doing it before? Was it a human being? Was that human being performing labor? Was it in a creative capacity?
Yeah?
December 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"this doesn't replace creative labor"
Really! Who was doing it before? Was it a human being? Was that human being performing labor? Was it in a creative capacity?
Yeah?
Really! Who was doing it before? Was it a human being? Was that human being performing labor? Was it in a creative capacity?
Yeah?
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Do you want your book to sell?
DO NOT LET AI WRITE YOUR BLURBS
OR YOUR PROMOTION
OR YOUR MARKETING
DO NOT LET AI WRITE YOUR BLURBS
OR YOUR PROMOTION
OR YOUR MARKETING
December 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Do you want your book to sell?
DO NOT LET AI WRITE YOUR BLURBS
OR YOUR PROMOTION
OR YOUR MARKETING
DO NOT LET AI WRITE YOUR BLURBS
OR YOUR PROMOTION
OR YOUR MARKETING
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I don't think you could come up with a list more designed to inflame sentiments than "here is a list of things that publishers MUST use AI to do and remain competitive, but don't worry, this isn't pushing out creative labor"
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community on AI
file770.com/erin-underwo...
Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
file770.com/erin-underwo...
Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community
Hi Friends, Erin Underwood After writing the letter below, I thought rather than sending it to SFWA only, I’d share it with Mike at File 770 along with a note that read: “Am I crazy? Will this blow…
file770.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I don't think you could come up with a list more designed to inflame sentiments than "here is a list of things that publishers MUST use AI to do and remain competitive, but don't worry, this isn't pushing out creative labor"
Walking through the tribeca area many years ago with my favorite coworker, i got a head-nod from a cool-looking older lady with incredible hair and glasses walking past us in the other direction
I knew her face but couldn't place her & thankfully Bill elbowed me afterward: "That was Patti Smith!!"
I knew her face but couldn't place her & thankfully Bill elbowed me afterward: "That was Patti Smith!!"
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Walking through the tribeca area many years ago with my favorite coworker, i got a head-nod from a cool-looking older lady with incredible hair and glasses walking past us in the other direction
I knew her face but couldn't place her & thankfully Bill elbowed me afterward: "That was Patti Smith!!"
I knew her face but couldn't place her & thankfully Bill elbowed me afterward: "That was Patti Smith!!"
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I shrieked out loud when I saw @alyssacolelit.bsky.social’s phenomenal An Extraordinary Union on this list. If you’re a historical romance reader (or a historical fiction reader open to romance reading) who hasn’t read that series you should absolutely be snagging yourself a copy. It’s an all timer!
December 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I shrieked out loud when I saw @alyssacolelit.bsky.social’s phenomenal An Extraordinary Union on this list. If you’re a historical romance reader (or a historical fiction reader open to romance reading) who hasn’t read that series you should absolutely be snagging yourself a copy. It’s an all timer!
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Next up for a New Year-themed poem is Kwame Dawes' New Year’s Eve in Addis: poets.org/poem/new-yea...
"On New Year’s Eve, the shops are emptying,
the pavements are covered with the aromatic
green of cut grass, & women sell bundles
of...welcome carpets & dry firewood."
www.equitableforall.com/poetry/
"On New Year’s Eve, the shops are emptying,
the pavements are covered with the aromatic
green of cut grass, & women sell bundles
of...welcome carpets & dry firewood."
www.equitableforall.com/poetry/
December 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Next up for a New Year-themed poem is Kwame Dawes' New Year’s Eve in Addis: poets.org/poem/new-yea...
"On New Year’s Eve, the shops are emptying,
the pavements are covered with the aromatic
green of cut grass, & women sell bundles
of...welcome carpets & dry firewood."
www.equitableforall.com/poetry/
"On New Year’s Eve, the shops are emptying,
the pavements are covered with the aromatic
green of cut grass, & women sell bundles
of...welcome carpets & dry firewood."
www.equitableforall.com/poetry/
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In the end of Casino, Robert De Niro’s character ends up right back where he started, the only thing that’s changed is the decade and location, and that’s sort of how I feel about the last year 🧐
December 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
In the end of Casino, Robert De Niro’s character ends up right back where he started, the only thing that’s changed is the decade and location, and that’s sort of how I feel about the last year 🧐
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Dear bluskeeters!
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
December 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Dear bluskeeters!
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
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I’m always so delighted when another friend falls under the spell of the Locked Tomb books because I adore having more people to yell about the awful space lesbian necromancers with
December 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I’m always so delighted when another friend falls under the spell of the Locked Tomb books because I adore having more people to yell about the awful space lesbian necromancers with
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I’ve been laughing about this for DAYS over on Instagram and I needed to bring to the ol’ bsky so we can laugh about it here
December 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I’ve been laughing about this for DAYS over on Instagram and I needed to bring to the ol’ bsky so we can laugh about it here
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Thank you all so much for your support this year! 🌺
A reference pack with all 165 freebies from 2025 is available now.
You can get it here: ko-fi.com/s/c09a29cf04
A reference pack with all 165 freebies from 2025 is available now.
You can get it here: ko-fi.com/s/c09a29cf04
December 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Thank you all so much for your support this year! 🌺
A reference pack with all 165 freebies from 2025 is available now.
You can get it here: ko-fi.com/s/c09a29cf04
A reference pack with all 165 freebies from 2025 is available now.
You can get it here: ko-fi.com/s/c09a29cf04
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December 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
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crawl out of your own ass
December 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
crawl out of your own ass
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"If creatives do not participate in shaping that future"
We ARE participating in shaping that future, though, is the thing. We're participating BY YEETING GENAI INTO THE SUN AS HARD AS WE CAN.
We ARE participating in shaping that future, though, is the thing. We're participating BY YEETING GENAI INTO THE SUN AS HARD AS WE CAN.
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community on AI
file770.com/erin-underwo...
Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
file770.com/erin-underwo...
Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community
Hi Friends, Erin Underwood After writing the letter below, I thought rather than sending it to SFWA only, I’d share it with Mike at File 770 along with a note that read: “Am I crazy? Will this blow…
file770.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"If creatives do not participate in shaping that future"
We ARE participating in shaping that future, though, is the thing. We're participating BY YEETING GENAI INTO THE SUN AS HARD AS WE CAN.
We ARE participating in shaping that future, though, is the thing. We're participating BY YEETING GENAI INTO THE SUN AS HARD AS WE CAN.