Joe Hart
@joehart1.bsky.social
Edgar Award-winning & Wall Street Journal bestselling author.
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I've said in the past that I don't write for skimmers. If you skip past something and get confused, well Mr. Policeman, I gave you all the words.
So I'm certainly not going to write for scrapers and summarizers either 🤷♀️
So I'm certainly not going to write for scrapers and summarizers either 🤷♀️
Saw a post today that advised writers to stop writing as if a human will read it and start writing for an LLM that will be summarising.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I've said in the past that I don't write for skimmers. If you skip past something and get confused, well Mr. Policeman, I gave you all the words.
So I'm certainly not going to write for scrapers and summarizers either 🤷♀️
So I'm certainly not going to write for scrapers and summarizers either 🤷♀️
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November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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futurism.com/artificial-i...
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"I could smell the onions and mustard."
a man with a beard is standing next to a woman in a forest .
ALT: a man with a beard is standing next to a woman in a forest .
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November 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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There’s something out there — waiting for the bus, watching the road, screaming back. 😱
Part One of Laird Barron’s FIRST WORD ON HORROR episodes is now streaming free on YouTube.
Part One of Laird Barron’s FIRST WORD ON HORROR episodes is now streaming free on YouTube.
October 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
There’s something out there — waiting for the bus, watching the road, screaming back. 😱
Part One of Laird Barron’s FIRST WORD ON HORROR episodes is now streaming free on YouTube.
Part One of Laird Barron’s FIRST WORD ON HORROR episodes is now streaming free on YouTube.
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If you can swing it, *now* is the time to donate to your local food bank. Hard working families in your cities need you now more than ever.
If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
October 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If you can swing it, *now* is the time to donate to your local food bank. Hard working families in your cities need you now more than ever.
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Find this story in Laird’s collection, NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT!
A whole bunch of horror-y folks recommend the scariest stories they’ve ever read. I wrote about @lairdbarron.bsky.social ‘s “Tiptoe.”
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
‘It’s insanely sinister’: horror writers on the scariest stories they’ve ever read
Bloodthirsty ghosts, sadistic supercomputers, creepy childhood games ... Mariana Enríquez, Paul Tremblay, Daisy Johnson and others on the tales that kept them up at night
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Find this story in Laird’s collection, NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT!
Agreed- Tiptoe isn’t just one of @lairdbarron.bsky.social’s best works, it’s one of the most unsettling short stories I’ve ever read.
A whole bunch of horror-y folks recommend the scariest stories they’ve ever read. I wrote about @lairdbarron.bsky.social ‘s “Tiptoe.”
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
‘It’s insanely sinister’: horror writers on the scariest stories they’ve ever read
Bloodthirsty ghosts, sadistic supercomputers, creepy childhood games ... Mariana Enríquez, Paul Tremblay, Daisy Johnson and others on the tales that kept them up at night
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Agreed- Tiptoe isn’t just one of @lairdbarron.bsky.social’s best works, it’s one of the most unsettling short stories I’ve ever read.
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In a world where a bunch of fake shit is being created from real writing, why not support a writer creating real writing from a bunch of fake shit. Or something like that.
I just posted the 132nd Torn Page. The first 100 are FREE for anyone to read!
www.patreon.com/tornpages
I just posted the 132nd Torn Page. The first 100 are FREE for anyone to read!
www.patreon.com/tornpages
Johnny Shaw's Torn Pages | Patreon
creating real pages from nonexistent books
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October 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
In a world where a bunch of fake shit is being created from real writing, why not support a writer creating real writing from a bunch of fake shit. Or something like that.
I just posted the 132nd Torn Page. The first 100 are FREE for anyone to read!
www.patreon.com/tornpages
I just posted the 132nd Torn Page. The first 100 are FREE for anyone to read!
www.patreon.com/tornpages
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“Fuck AI”
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
October 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“Fuck AI”
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
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“When they rob us of art and emotion, that leads us towards the aesthetics of fascism. In this film, all the sets are real, the decor is human-sized, there are painstakingly created miniatures... It’s there to remind us that art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go fuck itself!”
Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein': 'AI can go f**k itself!'
Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein': 'AI can go f**k itself!'
"Art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go f*ck itself!” Guillermo del Toro is a guest of honour at this year’s Lumière Film Festival. He presents his adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", which audiences got to see on the big screen before it streams on Netflix next month.
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October 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
“When they rob us of art and emotion, that leads us towards the aesthetics of fascism. In this film, all the sets are real, the decor is human-sized, there are painstakingly created miniatures... It’s there to remind us that art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go fuck itself!”
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For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.
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Oh hey!
If you’ve read and hated all my books to date and wished that I never published another book again, well then do I have bad news for you!
Absolutely thrilled to be joining Bookouture with my next two thrillers!
Absolutely thrilled to be joining Bookouture with my next two thrillers!
Bookouture sign bestselling author Avery Bishop
We are delighted to share the news that Bookouture have acquired two thrillers from bestselling author Avery Bishop.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Oh hey!
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The fine press edition of @johnlangan.bsky.social's contemporary classic THE FISHERMAN looks AMAZING! Preorders start October 23 at 4pm UKT. (See link in thread below.)
nepenthepress.co.uk/so/84Pd9KmJb...
nepenthepress.co.uk/so/84Pd9KmJb...
A TEASER.....
A TEASER.....
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October 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The fine press edition of @johnlangan.bsky.social's contemporary classic THE FISHERMAN looks AMAZING! Preorders start October 23 at 4pm UKT. (See link in thread below.)
nepenthepress.co.uk/so/84Pd9KmJb...
nepenthepress.co.uk/so/84Pd9KmJb...
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I'm honored that the University of Colorado, Boulder, English Department chose my novel MAD BOY for this year's Common Read, and I'm really looking forward to discussing it with students.
If you can, come join us for the public event on Thursday 10/16 @ 5:00!
If you can, come join us for the public event on Thursday 10/16 @ 5:00!
October 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I'm honored that the University of Colorado, Boulder, English Department chose my novel MAD BOY for this year's Common Read, and I'm really looking forward to discussing it with students.
If you can, come join us for the public event on Thursday 10/16 @ 5:00!
If you can, come join us for the public event on Thursday 10/16 @ 5:00!
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The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
October 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
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CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
October 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
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Silent me means a busy me, but here's an update on a not-so-silent project, SILENT NIGHTMARES, co-edited with Chuck Palahniuk for Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. This incredible anthology will include illustrations by @orionzangaraart.bsky.social, so here's a teaser.
October 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Silent me means a busy me, but here's an update on a not-so-silent project, SILENT NIGHTMARES, co-edited with Chuck Palahniuk for Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. This incredible anthology will include illustrations by @orionzangaraart.bsky.social, so here's a teaser.
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With classes underway, I’ve switched from essays to exams. But with the death of the student essay (RIP, slain by ChatGPT), there’s a larger human tragedy: an erosion of critical cognition and the creation of two sharply divided classes of people: those who learn how to think and those who don’t:
The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition
One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.
www.forkingpaths.co
September 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
With classes underway, I’ve switched from essays to exams. But with the death of the student essay (RIP, slain by ChatGPT), there’s a larger human tragedy: an erosion of critical cognition and the creation of two sharply divided classes of people: those who learn how to think and those who don’t:
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just absolutely furious with @alixeharrow.bsky.social for being such a goddamn genius
"the contradictory heart of what prose does, which is to waste the reader’s time as efficiently and sexily as possible...a reader gives you their time, and you tell them, word by word, how to spend it."
y E s
"the contradictory heart of what prose does, which is to waste the reader’s time as efficiently and sexily as possible...a reader gives you their time, and you tell them, word by word, how to spend it."
y E s
on purple prose
so i love a metaphor! sue me! or...come see me on tour?
buttondown.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
just absolutely furious with @alixeharrow.bsky.social for being such a goddamn genius
"the contradictory heart of what prose does, which is to waste the reader’s time as efficiently and sexily as possible...a reader gives you their time, and you tell them, word by word, how to spend it."
y E s
"the contradictory heart of what prose does, which is to waste the reader’s time as efficiently and sexily as possible...a reader gives you their time, and you tell them, word by word, how to spend it."
y E s
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Bookstore orders for NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT by @lairdbarron.bsky.social totalled nearly 400 copies yesterday. Love, love, love to see this title still selling.
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Not a Speck of Light
Check out Not a Speck of Light - <p><b>Named One of the Best Horror Books of the Year by </b><b>The New York Times</b><b>, </b><b>Esquire</b><b>, NPR, and </b><b>Paste</b><b>!</b></p><p>It's about to ...
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September 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Bookstore orders for NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT by @lairdbarron.bsky.social totalled nearly 400 copies yesterday. Love, love, love to see this title still selling.
bookshop.org/p/books/not-...
bookshop.org/p/books/not-...