Martin Ott
@ottpops.bsky.social
Author. Father. Veteran. Award-winning author of ten books of fiction and poetry. Michigander turned Angeleno. Currently sci-fi obsessed.
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Martin Ott
@ottpops.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Sharks vs. Selfies
Preorder NOW! | Poetry - Paperback Sharks vs. Selfies is a sizzling collection of fables unwinding in poetic form. “In this impressive collection of prose poems, Martin Ott strikes a range of tones - ...
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My prose poem book Sharks vs. Selfies is now available for pre-order at Black Spring Press.
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“A new study has found that an explosion in virus diversity 2.5 million years ago occurred at the same time radiation from an ancient supernova bathed Earth in cosmic rays. This could imply a link between the diversification and the cosmic radiation.”
www.sciencealert.com/radiation-fr...
www.sciencealert.com/radiation-fr...
Radiation From an Exploding Star May Have Altered Evolution on Earth
If a star explodes in space and no one is around to see it, does it wreak a change on terrestrial evolution? Yes, maybe – if you're a microbe quietly minding your own business in Lake Tanganyika in th...
www.sciencealert.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“A new study has found that an explosion in virus diversity 2.5 million years ago occurred at the same time radiation from an ancient supernova bathed Earth in cosmic rays. This could imply a link between the diversification and the cosmic radiation.”
www.sciencealert.com/radiation-fr...
www.sciencealert.com/radiation-fr...
Looking forward to this one.
Murderbot is...taller than we remembered? Here's our first look at Apple TV+'s take on our favorite Sanctuary Moon fan:
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Here's Your First Look at Apple TV+’s Murderbot - Reactor
It's no Sanctuary Moon, but we're willing to give this show a try.
reactormag.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Looking forward to this one.
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Best book I’ve read in decades… I don’t actually know when I’ve read something this exciting & moving & brilliantly comprehensive & utterly mind altering. As for the prose—it’s overwhelmingly beautiful & haunting. Thank you @wwnorton.bsky.social @wwnortonuk.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social 🙏
January 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Best book I’ve read in decades… I don’t actually know when I’ve read something this exciting & moving & brilliantly comprehensive & utterly mind altering. As for the prose—it’s overwhelmingly beautiful & haunting. Thank you @wwnorton.bsky.social @wwnortonuk.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social 🙏
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blow that idea out yer ass
Says the CEO of HarperCollins on AI:
"One idea is a “talking book,” where a book sits atop a large language model, allowing readers to converse with an AI facsimile of its author."
Please, just make it stop, somebody.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
"One idea is a “talking book,” where a book sits atop a large language model, allowing readers to converse with an AI facsimile of its author."
Please, just make it stop, somebody.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray on Hot Print Book Sales and the Use of AI
Deluxe editions of popular titles are driving sales of print books this holiday season, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray said at a media conference this week. The company is also looking at various AI-d...
www.publishersweekly.com
December 11, 2024 at 4:56 PM
blow that idea out yer ass
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Just truly hard to overstate how fucking dumb people’s use cases for AI are.
Says the CEO of HarperCollins on AI:
"One idea is a “talking book,” where a book sits atop a large language model, allowing readers to converse with an AI facsimile of its author."
Please, just make it stop, somebody.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
"One idea is a “talking book,” where a book sits atop a large language model, allowing readers to converse with an AI facsimile of its author."
Please, just make it stop, somebody.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray on Hot Print Book Sales and the Use of AI
Deluxe editions of popular titles are driving sales of print books this holiday season, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray said at a media conference this week. The company is also looking at various AI-d...
www.publishersweekly.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Just truly hard to overstate how fucking dumb people’s use cases for AI are.
It’s shaping up to be a banner 2025 for sci-fi writers. Aliens want to Jersey Shore first contact. Chat-GBT is already lying and acting to self-preserve. Quantum computing semi-proves the multiverse. Mars missions back on the docket. Humanity will keep pushing the envelope, I have no doubt.
December 11, 2024 at 4:21 PM
It’s shaping up to be a banner 2025 for sci-fi writers. Aliens want to Jersey Shore first contact. Chat-GBT is already lying and acting to self-preserve. Quantum computing semi-proves the multiverse. Mars missions back on the docket. Humanity will keep pushing the envelope, I have no doubt.
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For those who want to read: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-man...
Exclusive: Luigi's Manifesto
Read the manifesto the media refused to publish
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 10, 2024 at 10:35 PM
For those who want to read: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-man...
Found out United Healthcare was double billing me for my son's college healthcare when he was already on my UHC healthcare. The school said many parents were double paying. Today on phone, I got a waiver. In record time. Hmmm. Capitalism is great for many things, but health care is not one of them.
December 6, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Found out United Healthcare was double billing me for my son's college healthcare when he was already on my UHC healthcare. The school said many parents were double paying. Today on phone, I got a waiver. In record time. Hmmm. Capitalism is great for many things, but health care is not one of them.
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Consider buying that reader in your family that big summer beach read today. Imagine THE GODFATHER meets BREAKING BAD. A holiday gift that’ll arrive to your loved one’s house like a biker hitman—when they least expect it.
www.amazon.com/Florida-Palm...
www.amazon.com/Florida-Palm...
Florida Palms: A Novel
Amazon.com: Florida Palms: A Novel: 9781668052181: Pan, Joe: Books
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November 29, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Consider buying that reader in your family that big summer beach read today. Imagine THE GODFATHER meets BREAKING BAD. A holiday gift that’ll arrive to your loved one’s house like a biker hitman—when they least expect it.
www.amazon.com/Florida-Palm...
www.amazon.com/Florida-Palm...
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Of course COOLEST 2025's 13 kickass authors & I would love if you #cybermonday'd your way to COOLEST 2025, but if you're into #CyberMonday Deals for ***20% off***...
(Link in comments. Thanks--& enjoy!)
(Link in comments. Thanks--& enjoy!)
December 2, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Of course COOLEST 2025's 13 kickass authors & I would love if you #cybermonday'd your way to COOLEST 2025, but if you're into #CyberMonday Deals for ***20% off***...
(Link in comments. Thanks--& enjoy!)
(Link in comments. Thanks--& enjoy!)
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The application deadline for this Assistant Teaching Professor job in our Creative Writing program at Arizona State is December 5! Please apply, if you're interested, and please feel free to pass it along to anyone who might be a great fit.
Creative writers: come work with us at ASU! We're currently running a search for an Assistant Teaching Professor to teach undergrad CW in-person and online, and to oversee online curriculum development as their service component. More info here: english.asu.edu/about/employ...
December 2, 2024 at 4:50 PM
The application deadline for this Assistant Teaching Professor job in our Creative Writing program at Arizona State is December 5! Please apply, if you're interested, and please feel free to pass it along to anyone who might be a great fit.
This is like throwing gas onto a fire - editors and profs are already inundated. Now we will unleash a crap-flinging Kraken onto the market. I’m so peeved I’m mixing metaphors www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...
New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone
A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence.
www.thebookseller.com
November 25, 2024 at 7:58 PM
This is like throwing gas onto a fire - editors and profs are already inundated. Now we will unleash a crap-flinging Kraken onto the market. I’m so peeved I’m mixing metaphors www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...
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Anti-book ban legislation has been proposed in Michigan.
I had a chance to look at the proposals from the state library association months ago and they're GOOD.
Michigan may join several other states in being an anti-book ban leader soon.
www.wnem.com/2024/11/13/m...
I had a chance to look at the proposals from the state library association months ago and they're GOOD.
Michigan may join several other states in being an anti-book ban leader soon.
www.wnem.com/2024/11/13/m...
Michigan Library Association backs proposed bills about book banning procedure
New state legislation is aiming to standardize how residents can request libraries to remove books and materials.
www.wnem.com
November 18, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Anti-book ban legislation has been proposed in Michigan.
I had a chance to look at the proposals from the state library association months ago and they're GOOD.
Michigan may join several other states in being an anti-book ban leader soon.
www.wnem.com/2024/11/13/m...
I had a chance to look at the proposals from the state library association months ago and they're GOOD.
Michigan may join several other states in being an anti-book ban leader soon.
www.wnem.com/2024/11/13/m...
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Hit sci-fi series Silo returns for season two today
Hit sci-fi series Silo returns for season two today
One of the biggest hits on Apple TV+ returns for season two today: the sci-fi series Silo, based on the .
Rebecca Ferguson stars as Juliette, an engineer who seeks to break out of the underground silo in which everyone is living. Following the…
9to5mac.com
November 15, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Hit sci-fi series Silo returns for season two today
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This is why Brian Evenson is such a master storyteller: look at this opening paragraph! That sentence, almost snuck in there: “Had Doran lived into adulthood” like OH SHIT
November 16, 2024 at 3:23 PM
This is why Brian Evenson is such a master storyteller: look at this opening paragraph! That sentence, almost snuck in there: “Had Doran lived into adulthood” like OH SHIT
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Years ago someone told a friend I'd never sell a novel; they said that two days before I got my first novel contract. Just today I saw someone saying that I'm not that good of a writer, which, okay, but I'm contracted for 16 more books, so I guess I'll keep at it.
So, yeah: Fuck 'em. Do your thing.
So, yeah: Fuck 'em. Do your thing.
Every single one of your favorite artists started out as a wannabe. They all worshiped other artists; were all told it would never happen for them. They all had an inner voice telling them they weren't good enough.
But they had the stones to tell all those voices to go screw and made art anyway.
But they had the stones to tell all those voices to go screw and made art anyway.
November 15, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Years ago someone told a friend I'd never sell a novel; they said that two days before I got my first novel contract. Just today I saw someone saying that I'm not that good of a writer, which, okay, but I'm contracted for 16 more books, so I guess I'll keep at it.
So, yeah: Fuck 'em. Do your thing.
So, yeah: Fuck 'em. Do your thing.
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“I’d scroll through photos on her Instagram, // the fabric growing damp between my legs / where her finger liked to press // itself inside me like a key.” —Maggie Millner, “Couplets” @nplusonemag.bsky.social www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Five Poems | Maggie Millner
Love found me twice, at once. If it never happens again I’ll still be luckier than the moon. Breathing, typing these lines, texting a friend, checking the time, thinking it wouldn’t always be like thi...
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November 16, 2024 at 2:42 PM
“I’d scroll through photos on her Instagram, // the fabric growing damp between my legs / where her finger liked to press // itself inside me like a key.” —Maggie Millner, “Couplets” @nplusonemag.bsky.social www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
My prose poem book Sharks vs. Selfies is now available for pre-order at Black Spring Press.
blackspringpressgroup.com/products/sha...
blackspringpressgroup.com/products/sha...
Sharks vs. Selfies
Preorder NOW! | Poetry - Paperback Sharks vs. Selfies is a sizzling collection of fables unwinding in poetic form. “In this impressive collection of prose poems, Martin Ott strikes a range of tones - ...
blackspringpressgroup.com
November 16, 2024 at 6:17 AM
My prose poem book Sharks vs. Selfies is now available for pre-order at Black Spring Press.
blackspringpressgroup.com/products/sha...
blackspringpressgroup.com/products/sha...
Consider donating to a writer friend looking to gain custody of their child. gofund.me/581cd166
Donate to Help Me Secure Custody By Attaining A Home, organized by Bethany W Pope
I am a professional writer and a dedicated teacher. I am currently seekin… Bethany W Pope needs your support for Help Me Secure Custody By Attaining A Home
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November 16, 2024 at 5:33 AM
Consider donating to a writer friend looking to gain custody of their child. gofund.me/581cd166
So glad I’m not in a corporate job right now. A friend has been given an absolutely stupid rush project Friday afternoon and everyone is afraid to tell the SVP in charge it’s a really really bad idea. I don’t miss these fire drills. It’s so dumb I almost want to dish on the details but can’t :).
November 16, 2024 at 2:14 AM
So glad I’m not in a corporate job right now. A friend has been given an absolutely stupid rush project Friday afternoon and everyone is afraid to tell the SVP in charge it’s a really really bad idea. I don’t miss these fire drills. It’s so dumb I almost want to dish on the details but can’t :).
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This is a great story and a reminder that one of the most prominent use cases for generative AI continues to be ripping off artists
November 14, 2024 at 6:20 PM
This is a great story and a reminder that one of the most prominent use cases for generative AI continues to be ripping off artists
Taking a break on my new WIP - first person - to edit early chapters and fine tune the first person voice. My last first person novel was Shadow Dance. Have written 3 novels in between. How do others deal with this shift between projects?
November 14, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Taking a break on my new WIP - first person - to edit early chapters and fine tune the first person voice. My last first person novel was Shadow Dance. Have written 3 novels in between. How do others deal with this shift between projects?