Gladys Byrne
gladysbyrne.bsky.social
Gladys Byrne
@gladysbyrne.bsky.social
Gladys Byrne is an emerging writer of speculative fiction. She is a nature lover and wilderness adventurer who lives on the west coast of British Columbia.

Website: www.bonebeds.com
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"Good writing is not a regeneration of other people’s material." A great post from literary agent Jonny Geller: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
AI could never replace my authors. But, without regulation, it will ruin publishing as we know it | Jonny Geller
Basic principles need to be enshrined to protect the sacred craft of storytelling from this automated onslaught, says literary agent Jonny Geller
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
September 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I always love to find hidden doorways in the woods. Should I go through? #trees #nature
September 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Am I the only left hander who turns their page sideways to write? It gives easier flow with #fountainpens and no hand cramps. #southpaws
September 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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The September Publishing and Other Forms of Insanity newsletter is out! Literary Agents, Submission Calls (Paying markets!), Free Writing Contests, and more. (And it's free!)#writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity eocampaign1.com/web-version?...
September 2025 Publishing and Other Forms of Insanity Newsletter
Literary Agents, Free Writing Contests, Submission Calls & more
eocampaign1.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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We are heartbroken to announce that an ongoing labour dispute at our conference hotel has forced us to cancel this year's SiWC for the first time in our 33-year history. We hope to see you at next year's conference, October 23-25, 2026 with master classes on the 21st and 22nd. Reg opens June 3, 2026
August 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Stop offloading cognitive tasks to "generative AI." Stop using systems w/ "AI" features either inextricably woven through them or prominently displayed at the top to nudge you into their use. Stop *Designing* "AI" tools & integrations that way. Stop building or using "AI" like this. Fucking Stop it.
AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study
Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.
www.bloomberg.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Our column reviewing classic sci-fi and fantasy, Frontlines and Frontiers, talked about this series back in April

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Good Old American Time Travel: 1632 by Eric Flint - Reactor
Modern West Virginians find themselves in war-torn 17th-century Germany...
reactormag.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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"This is a delicious evening, when the whole body is one sense, and imbibes delight through every pore. I go and come with a strange liberty in Nature, a part of herself." #thoreau #nature #evening #books #booksky
August 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Let's avoid a world where humans hand off the 'burden' of their own cognition to a false mind in a data centre for a monthly subscription. Technocrat dollar-sign eyes mask an even deeper greed. A squishy-brained population that doesn't just refuse to think for itself but cannot. #thisisyourbrainonAI
August 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Not a bad spot for getting some words in #amwriting #writersky
August 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I keep saving my drafts as '_FINAL' this and '_FINAL' that. Is this aspirational or misguided? It never seems to be the last. Take that, inner adversary! This proves I'm an optimist!

#writersky #writingcommunity #amquerying
August 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Am I querying Monday???
a woman sitting at a table with the words " one must champion oneself and say "
ALT: a woman sitting at a table with the words " one must champion oneself and say "
media.tenor.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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I'm moving my on-demand writing classes to a new platform. In honor of the migration, I'm giving everyone 25% off the first six products on this page — www.patreon.com/c/maryrobine... — through the end of June with the discount code HELLO.
June 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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ICYMI: August Books will publish a new edition of the definitive biography of literary icon Jane Austen by Elizabeth Jenkins to mark the 250th anniversary of Austen’s birth, titled Jane Austen: The Biography 👇 #BookSky
August Books celebrates Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary with classic biography
www.thebookseller.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Slightly chaotic summer reading goals #BookSky #SummerReads #Books
May 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
If you love wilderness survival and 'Mysteries of the Unknown'
March 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
To an archaeologist, a bonebed is an accumulation of fossils in a layer of earth. Spec fiction writers don’t just excavate from the strata of our past. Concerned with near futurism, often collapse, they place artifacts for the next generation of excavators digging in the bonebeds of the future.
March 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM