Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series
@whitneyhillwrites.com
Words with sizzle and soul
βπΎ Award-winning indie author | AKA Remy Harmon
β¨ Urban Fantasy | π€ Paranormal Romance
π₯ Blacksmith
π Astrologer @cobraandcrescent.bsky.social
π Scholar
βπΎ Award-winning indie author | AKA Remy Harmon
β¨ Urban Fantasy | π€ Paranormal Romance
π₯ Blacksmith
π Astrologer @cobraandcrescent.bsky.social
π Scholar
Reposted by Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series
I was thinking about what gifts people used to give to readers (besides gift editions of famous poets' work and illustrated histories of wars and such), and while I was thinking about it, somebody brought a book to the counter....
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December 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I was thinking about what gifts people used to give to readers (besides gift editions of famous poets' work and illustrated histories of wars and such), and while I was thinking about it, somebody brought a book to the counter....
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I may be just one small indie author, but I have to hope if enough authors (and readers) do the same, they'll realize they won't have much of a Kindle store if it's overtaken by AI slop books because the real authors are leaving.
I refuse to roll over and act like AI is inevitable.
I refuse to roll over and act like AI is inevitable.
December 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I may be just one small indie author, but I have to hope if enough authors (and readers) do the same, they'll realize they won't have much of a Kindle store if it's overtaken by AI slop books because the real authors are leaving.
I refuse to roll over and act like AI is inevitable.
I refuse to roll over and act like AI is inevitable.
I've reached out to Amazon/KDP Author Experience Manager directly to convey all this as well.
I'm reading up on the new genAI features coming to Kindle with a great deal of dismay. Authors/publishers can't opt out of having our books scraped for these features, and we're sure as hell not being compensated for their use.
December 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I've reached out to Amazon/KDP Author Experience Manager directly to convey all this as well.
If I do end up unpublishing from Amazon, paperbacks are still available and (for now) ebooks are also available via Kobo, Apple Books, B&N, Smashwords, and library/borrow services.
My books will also always be available directly from me: whwrites.com/shop
My books will also always be available directly from me: whwrites.com/shop
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Whitney Hill is an author and speaker. The bestselling first book in her Shadows of Otherside series, Elemental, was the grand prize winner of the 8th Annual Writerβs Digest Self-Published E-Book Awar...
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December 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If I do end up unpublishing from Amazon, paperbacks are still available and (for now) ebooks are also available via Kobo, Apple Books, B&N, Smashwords, and library/borrow services.
My books will also always be available directly from me: whwrites.com/shop
My books will also always be available directly from me: whwrites.com/shop
I love being an indie author and sharing my stories. I hate that these mega corporations have both authors and readers over a barrel on a technology that many people didn't ask for and don't want.
It breaks my heart that I have to even consider this.
It breaks my heart that I have to even consider this.
December 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I love being an indie author and sharing my stories. I hate that these mega corporations have both authors and readers over a barrel on a technology that many people didn't ask for and don't want.
It breaks my heart that I have to even consider this.
It breaks my heart that I have to even consider this.
I pulled my audiobook from Findaway Voices after they pulled their AI shit, and I stopped publishing new books to Google Books when they gave me the runaround about whether my books were being used to train Google's AI.
December 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I pulled my audiobook from Findaway Voices after they pulled their AI shit, and I stopped publishing new books to Google Books when they gave me the runaround about whether my books were being used to train Google's AI.
This means I may be joining other authors in pulling my ebooks from Amazon's Kindle store at the end of December.
writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...
writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...
Kindle's New Gen AI-Powered "Ask This Book" Feature Raises Rights Concerns - Writer Beware
In a recent press release, Amazon noted that some new features were coming to Kindle. Weβre adding new AI-powered reading features that preserve the magic of reading on Kindle. Story So Far lets you c...
writerbeware.blog
December 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This means I may be joining other authors in pulling my ebooks from Amazon's Kindle store at the end of December.
writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...
writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...
I'm reading up on the new genAI features coming to Kindle with a great deal of dismay. Authors/publishers can't opt out of having our books scraped for these features, and we're sure as hell not being compensated for their use.
December 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I'm reading up on the new genAI features coming to Kindle with a great deal of dismay. Authors/publishers can't opt out of having our books scraped for these features, and we're sure as hell not being compensated for their use.
I encourage authors to reach out to me if they're considering working with someone who claims to have worked on one of my books. This is the second time (that I'm aware of) that my books are being used as part of a scam and I'm always happy to verify whether I've worked with a person or company.
September 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I encourage authors to reach out to me if they're considering working with someone who claims to have worked on one of my books. This is the second time (that I'm aware of) that my books are being used as part of a scam and I'm always happy to verify whether I've worked with a person or company.
Scam alert!
A company called SayPro Publishers has my book Elemental featured on their website and seems to be claiming I worked with them. This is a scam and a lie!
I have updated my Scam Alert blog post to include them: whitneyhillwrites.com/writing-upda...
A company called SayPro Publishers has my book Elemental featured on their website and seems to be claiming I worked with them. This is a scam and a lie!
I have updated my Scam Alert blog post to include them: whitneyhillwrites.com/writing-upda...
Scam Alert: Prime Publishing House and SayPro Publishers | Whitney Hill
It has come to my attention that a company called Prime Publishing House (primepublishinghouseDOTcom) is claiming I worked with them on book marketing services. This is a lie and a scam. I had ne...
whitneyhillwrites.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Scam alert!
A company called SayPro Publishers has my book Elemental featured on their website and seems to be claiming I worked with them. This is a scam and a lie!
I have updated my Scam Alert blog post to include them: whitneyhillwrites.com/writing-upda...
A company called SayPro Publishers has my book Elemental featured on their website and seems to be claiming I worked with them. This is a scam and a lie!
I have updated my Scam Alert blog post to include them: whitneyhillwrites.com/writing-upda...
Reposted by Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series
NEW: A major AI copyright legal showdown just took a huge twist today. Facing a class action on behalf of book authors that could've seen it pay over a TRILLION in damages for alleged piracy, Anthropic has agreed to settle instead: www.wired.com/story/anthro...
Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought By Book Authors
Anthropic faced the prospect of more than $1 trillion in damages, a sum that could have threatened the companyβs survival if the case went to trial.
www.wired.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
NEW: A major AI copyright legal showdown just took a huge twist today. Facing a class action on behalf of book authors that could've seen it pay over a TRILLION in damages for alleged piracy, Anthropic has agreed to settle instead: www.wired.com/story/anthro...
From the SFWA (I'm a member)
This is the link they included; 13 of my books are listed: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
This is the link they included; 13 of my books are listed: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
August 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
From the SFWA (I'm a member)
This is the link they included; 13 of my books are listed: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
This is the link they included; 13 of my books are listed: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Sam Smith - Fire On Fire (From "Watership Down")
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August 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Reposted by Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
August 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
Reposted by Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series
5 years ago, I self-published my debut urban fantasy novel, Elemental
Since then it's won several awards and I published over a dozen more books set in the world of Otherside π€―
Thanks to the readers who gave Arden a chance, and kept on reading π
whitneyhillwrites.com/original-fic...
Since then it's won several awards and I published over a dozen more books set in the world of Otherside π€―
Thanks to the readers who gave Arden a chance, and kept on reading π
whitneyhillwrites.com/original-fic...
June 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
5 years ago, I self-published my debut urban fantasy novel, Elemental
Since then it's won several awards and I published over a dozen more books set in the world of Otherside π€―
Thanks to the readers who gave Arden a chance, and kept on reading π
whitneyhillwrites.com/original-fic...
Since then it's won several awards and I published over a dozen more books set in the world of Otherside π€―
Thanks to the readers who gave Arden a chance, and kept on reading π
whitneyhillwrites.com/original-fic...
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WTF? I was quoted in this story but I have never spoken to the reporter nor would I have said those things. Is everything just generated by LLMs these days?
cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans...
cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans...
July 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
WTF? I was quoted in this story but I have never spoken to the reporter nor would I have said those things. Is everything just generated by LLMs these days?
cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans...
cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans...
Reposted by Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series
Every scene needs:
Obstacle + discomfort + action + consequences
Thatβs how you create a story with personal stakes, a plot intrinsically linked to your protagonist, and a character arc that gives the protagonist the internal resources they need to overcome the final obstacle.
#writingcommunity
Obstacle + discomfort + action + consequences
Thatβs how you create a story with personal stakes, a plot intrinsically linked to your protagonist, and a character arc that gives the protagonist the internal resources they need to overcome the final obstacle.
#writingcommunity
July 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Every scene needs:
Obstacle + discomfort + action + consequences
Thatβs how you create a story with personal stakes, a plot intrinsically linked to your protagonist, and a character arc that gives the protagonist the internal resources they need to overcome the final obstacle.
#writingcommunity
Obstacle + discomfort + action + consequences
Thatβs how you create a story with personal stakes, a plot intrinsically linked to your protagonist, and a character arc that gives the protagonist the internal resources they need to overcome the final obstacle.
#writingcommunity
I've had to dramatically slow down on my fiction writing as I finished up my MA program coursework, started my dissertation, and kept my astrology work going, but I didn't want to let 2025 pass without a new novel coming out. Hoping I'll have it out before the end of the year π€πΎ
July 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I've had to dramatically slow down on my fiction writing as I finished up my MA program coursework, started my dissertation, and kept my astrology work going, but I didn't want to let 2025 pass without a new novel coming out. Hoping I'll have it out before the end of the year π€πΎ
It is a standalone novel set in the Otherside universe, mostly between Ethereal Secrets and Ebon Rebellion. Stay tuned!
July 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It is a standalone novel set in the Otherside universe, mostly between Ethereal Secrets and Ebon Rebellion. Stay tuned!
Just a little something to celebrate having a book ready to go to the next stage for the first time this year ππΎ
This one is a paranormal romance with a succubus who gets tangled up in desire and a human hunter of supernatural beings who falls for her π
This one is a paranormal romance with a succubus who gets tangled up in desire and a human hunter of supernatural beings who falls for her π
July 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Just a little something to celebrate having a book ready to go to the next stage for the first time this year ππΎ
This one is a paranormal romance with a succubus who gets tangled up in desire and a human hunter of supernatural beings who falls for her π
This one is a paranormal romance with a succubus who gets tangled up in desire and a human hunter of supernatural beings who falls for her π
Thank you! The artist did a great job.
July 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Thank you! The artist did a great job.
Thank you!
June 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Thank you!
5 years ago, I self-published my debut urban fantasy novel, Elemental
Since then it's won several awards and I published over a dozen more books set in the world of Otherside π€―
Thanks to the readers who gave Arden a chance, and kept on reading π
whitneyhillwrites.com/original-fic...
Since then it's won several awards and I published over a dozen more books set in the world of Otherside π€―
Thanks to the readers who gave Arden a chance, and kept on reading π
whitneyhillwrites.com/original-fic...
June 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
5 years ago, I self-published my debut urban fantasy novel, Elemental
Since then it's won several awards and I published over a dozen more books set in the world of Otherside π€―
Thanks to the readers who gave Arden a chance, and kept on reading π
whitneyhillwrites.com/original-fic...
Since then it's won several awards and I published over a dozen more books set in the world of Otherside π€―
Thanks to the readers who gave Arden a chance, and kept on reading π
whitneyhillwrites.com/original-fic...
But how much sacrifice is too much, and what is the love of a lifetime worth? Follow Lya and Cade across a three-book adventure as they fight custom, law, and culture to find their forever happy ending.
June 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
But how much sacrifice is too much, and what is the love of a lifetime worth? Follow Lya and Cade across a three-book adventure as they fight custom, law, and culture to find their forever happy ending.
For both of these outcasts, survival means not only making unusual connections, but also learning to face the ghosts of the past. Finding love demands facing inner demons and keeping it requires sacrifice.
June 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
For both of these outcasts, survival means not only making unusual connections, but also learning to face the ghosts of the past. Finding love demands facing inner demons and keeping it requires sacrifice.