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Justin Lee Anderson
@justinleeanderson.com
Scottish fantasy author of Carpet Diem as well as The Eidyn Saga from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. The Damned King OUT NOW. He/Him. Rep by @canonizer.bsky.social #Edinburgh, @afc.co.uk and @scottishgreens.org
Author support at: TheWriteAdvice.co.uk
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I meant in a ‘creative’ aspect. I am, for example, all for AI being used as a tool to help with medical diagnoses. I understand it is very good at catching early signs of breast cancer. I am not anti-AI in all its forms. To borrow a phrase, I want it to do the dishes while we make art.
February 11, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Art is about humans sharing experiences. It’s a conversation between souls. The minute software enters that equation, it’s no longer art, it’s just commerce. I’m not interested in what software thinks the best next words might be. I want to know what an author has lived.
February 11, 2026 at 7:37 AM
That “if” is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
February 10, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Generative AI is built on stolen work. Authors rightly complaining about having our work stolen to feed AI that’s then trying to compete with us can’t turn around and use it to generate art based on work stolen from artists in exactly the same position. We’re all in this together.
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Even the covers. Solidarity with all artists. 🤜🏻 🤛🏻
February 10, 2026 at 5:34 PM
In light of the current #AI conversation, just to say that BookMatch will have a zero tolerance policy for AI. Any book found to have been created with AI, including the use of AI covers, will be removed from the site without refund. We’re only interested in books someone could be bothered to write.
February 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Thank you. Financially, we’re OK for now!
February 8, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Absolutely. It’s hard accepting your body has limits.
February 8, 2026 at 5:32 PM
February 8, 2026 at 5:09 PM
February 8, 2026 at 5:09 PM
A bit of news:
February 8, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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Joining us at Writing the Occult: Love & Death on 14 February, with their OPINIONS and reflections on Wuthering Heights, are gothic and fantasy author @rflong.bsky.social , editor and author @justinleeanderson.com, and horror writer and token Yorkshire panelist @corinnepwriter.bsky.social

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February 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Take ten minutes and watch Mark Kermode absolutely eviscerate ‘Melania’. It will cheer you up.
Mark Kermode reviews Melania
YouTube video by Kermode and Mayo's Take
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February 6, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I have drugs and rest. But it bloody stings, I can tell you!
February 6, 2026 at 12:15 AM
In case you’ve ever wondered, having a biopsy of minor saliva glands taken out of your lip is really quite bloody unpleasant, painful and, it seems, prone to infection. :/
February 5, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Haven’t seen it yet. Cannot wait.
February 5, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I was today years old. Well.
To everyone just now finding out Isaac Asimov was rather famously a sex pest: He's been gone 34 years now, you can handle this truth, I believe in you
February 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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🖤And a special panel discussion about Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, featuring @rflong.bsky.social, @justinleeanderson.com & @corinnepwriter.bsky.social.

It's going to be one big day of gothic delights. Can we add your name to our dance card?

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February 5, 2026 at 2:07 PM
The more things change…
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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Also, haven't properly pumped up any fiction on my TL in a minute.

If you're a Grimdark fantasy fan, I just tore through @anthonyryan.bsky.social's Raven Shadow series and as I just posted, @justinleeanderson.com's Eidyn Saga is quite the ride as well.
February 4, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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So I finished reading @justinleeanderson.com's The Damned King on the weekend and I am still not over it despite having read another book over the last 3 days. That ending left me REELING in a way that felt reminiscent to reading George R R Martin's A Storm Of Swords about 20 years ago.
February 4, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Come on now. Camelon is right in the middle of Scotland. ;)
February 4, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Scotland! Only a few weeks until I get to hang out with @ryancahill.bsky.social to talk about the massive Of Blood and Fire, the first book in his epic series The Bound and the Broken, coming out from @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social. Come see us at Toppings St Andrews on the 21st!
February 4, 2026 at 7:33 AM
All the AI marketing telling me how much they loved the ‘finale’ of The Damned King, giving away they don’t know there’s a fourth book coming. Falling at the first hurdle, LLM dudes.
February 3, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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Also joining us to reflect on Emily Bronte's classic, Wuthering Heights, is @justinleeanderson.com, whose own works span the gamut of humour, epic fantasy, politics, animation, and TV & film scripts. Meet Justin in the thread below, or head straight to writingtheoccult.carrd.co to get details & tix!
January 31, 2026 at 4:57 PM