Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series
@whitneyhillwrites.com
Words with sizzle and soul
✍🏾 Award-winning indie author | AKA Remy Harmon
✨ Urban Fantasy | 🖤 Paranormal Romance
🔥 Blacksmith
🌌 Astrologer @cobraandcrescent.bsky.social
📜 Scholar
✍🏾 Award-winning indie author | AKA Remy Harmon
✨ Urban Fantasy | 🖤 Paranormal Romance
🔥 Blacksmith
🌌 Astrologer @cobraandcrescent.bsky.social
📜 Scholar
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...
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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 company’s 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")
YouTube video by SamSmithVEVO
youtu.be
August 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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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.
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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 🤯
Thanks to the readers who gave Arden a chance, and kept on reading 💙
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 🤯
Thanks to the readers who gave Arden a chance, and kept on reading 💙
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 🤯
Thanks to the readers who gave Arden a chance, and kept on reading 💙
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 🤯
Thanks to the readers who gave Arden a chance, and kept on reading 💙
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...
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Every scene needs:
Obstacle + discomfort + action + consequences
That’s 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
That’s 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
That’s 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
That’s 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
Just a little something to celebrate having a book ready to go to the next stage for the first time this year 🙌🏾
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 😘
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 😘
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 🙌🏾
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 😘
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 😘
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 🤯
Thanks to the readers who gave Arden a chance, and kept on reading 💙
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 🤯
Thanks to the readers who gave Arden a chance, and kept on reading 💙
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 🤯
Thanks to the readers who gave Arden a chance, and kept on reading 💙
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 🤯
Thanks to the readers who gave Arden a chance, and kept on reading 💙
whitneyhillwrites.com/original-fic...
The Otherside Heat series will be out as a box set next week! Pre-order to get all three books on June 26: whwrites.com/otherside-he...
June 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Otherside Heat series will be out as a box set next week! Pre-order to get all three books on June 26: whwrites.com/otherside-he...
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[doing my daily affirmations in the mirror]
i am the horror and i will be persisting
i am the horror and i will be persisting
March 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
[doing my daily affirmations in the mirror]
i am the horror and i will be persisting
i am the horror and i will be persisting
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Which is how I came to be an author, really
Writing the stories I wish I had at age 10/11 so someone who looks like me could be the hero of the story instead of the sassy sidekick or disposable cannon fodder (when there was someone who looked like me at all)
whitneyhillwrites.com/original-fic...
Writing the stories I wish I had at age 10/11 so someone who looks like me could be the hero of the story instead of the sassy sidekick or disposable cannon fodder (when there was someone who looked like me at all)
whitneyhillwrites.com/original-fic...
June 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Which is how I came to be an author, really
Writing the stories I wish I had at age 10/11 so someone who looks like me could be the hero of the story instead of the sassy sidekick or disposable cannon fodder (when there was someone who looked like me at all)
whitneyhillwrites.com/original-fic...
Writing the stories I wish I had at age 10/11 so someone who looks like me could be the hero of the story instead of the sassy sidekick or disposable cannon fodder (when there was someone who looked like me at all)
whitneyhillwrites.com/original-fic...
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Oooh I figured it out
This was the time when I really started looking for representation of people who looked like me in games, film, media, etc
I only had anything near a chance in RPGs, or if I wrote my own stories and drew my own characters
This was the time when I really started looking for representation of people who looked like me in games, film, media, etc
I only had anything near a chance in RPGs, or if I wrote my own stories and drew my own characters
I just nostalgia'd so hard outta nowhere I made myself cry and I don't even know why but
This was one of my first RPG games, if not the first
I had no business playing it at like 11 or whatever but I loved the theme song so much I figured out how to play it on the clarinet
youtu.be/5X1gC3BLq2w
This was one of my first RPG games, if not the first
I had no business playing it at like 11 or whatever but I loved the theme song so much I figured out how to play it on the clarinet
youtu.be/5X1gC3BLq2w
Ultima Online Official Theme Music - Title Theme - Stones
YouTube video by GreenFruit10
youtu.be
June 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Oooh I figured it out
This was the time when I really started looking for representation of people who looked like me in games, film, media, etc
I only had anything near a chance in RPGs, or if I wrote my own stories and drew my own characters
This was the time when I really started looking for representation of people who looked like me in games, film, media, etc
I only had anything near a chance in RPGs, or if I wrote my own stories and drew my own characters
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Starting to think that bombarding people with content designed to make them ill-informed, angry, and antisocial for hours upon hours a day has been a real disaster for society and possibly not one we can come back from in our lifetimes
May 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Starting to think that bombarding people with content designed to make them ill-informed, angry, and antisocial for hours upon hours a day has been a real disaster for society and possibly not one we can come back from in our lifetimes
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Everything about this is a tragedy, every level, from cheated freelancers to authors obscured to readers who don’t get served either.
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Everything about this is a tragedy, every level, from cheated freelancers to authors obscured to readers who don’t get served either.
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The AI book list and general enshittification reminded me that I've been credited as blurbing hundreds of books I never have, including books by Patti Smith, Amy Tan, Sidney Sheldon, Joyce Maynard, and Elmore Leonard? And I can't get these fake blurbs taken off publisher and bookstore websites?
May 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The AI book list and general enshittification reminded me that I've been credited as blurbing hundreds of books I never have, including books by Patti Smith, Amy Tan, Sidney Sheldon, Joyce Maynard, and Elmore Leonard? And I can't get these fake blurbs taken off publisher and bookstore websites?
All set up at the Write Now! Conference in Raleigh 📚
Looking forward to greeting folks!
Looking forward to greeting folks!
May 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
All set up at the Write Now! Conference in Raleigh 📚
Looking forward to greeting folks!
Looking forward to greeting folks!
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For anyone interested in what I believe is the original/constructive use of the phrase "Black fatigue" and not the racist bullshit exposed/quoted in the video:
bookshop.org/p/books/blac...
bookshop.org/p/books/blac...
May 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
For anyone interested in what I believe is the original/constructive use of the phrase "Black fatigue" and not the racist bullshit exposed/quoted in the video:
bookshop.org/p/books/blac...
bookshop.org/p/books/blac...
Excited to be presenting on fantasy worldbuilding at the Write Now! conference in Raleigh next weekend!
You can still get tickets to join us: tafnc.com/writenow/
You can still get tickets to join us: tafnc.com/writenow/
Write Now! – TAFNC
tafnc.com
May 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Excited to be presenting on fantasy worldbuilding at the Write Now! conference in Raleigh next weekend!
You can still get tickets to join us: tafnc.com/writenow/
You can still get tickets to join us: tafnc.com/writenow/
Thank you to the person who supported both me and the lovely team at @flyleafbooks.bsky.social with your order 💙
You can also get signed paperbacks from indie bookstore @flyleafbooks.bsky.social – just make a note with your order.
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May 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Thank you to the person who supported both me and the lovely team at @flyleafbooks.bsky.social with your order 💙
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Facial recognition in smart glasses to dox people? Yeah, a bunch of us warned shit like this was going to happen, and it's going to enable some really bad shit. We need to fundamentally reconsider what constitutes "public" and "private" in our society, and we need to have done it several years ago.
New from 404 Media: someone put facial recognition on Meta's smart glasses to instantly dox strangers. You look at them, sends face to a facial recognition tool. LLM infers name, sends to people site. Gets phone number, address. I've seen it in action www.404media.co/someone-put-...
Someone Put Facial Recognition Tech onto Meta's Smart Glasses to Instantly Dox Strangers
The technology, which marries Meta’s smart Ray Ban glasses with the facial recognition service Pimeyes and some other tools, lets someone automatically go from face, to name, to phone number, and home...
www.404media.co
October 2, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Facial recognition in smart glasses to dox people? Yeah, a bunch of us warned shit like this was going to happen, and it's going to enable some really bad shit. We need to fundamentally reconsider what constitutes "public" and "private" in our society, and we need to have done it several years ago.
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Somehow, I knew I'd be using the word 'motherfuckers' again today...
Statement From Worldcon Chair: We have received questions regarding Seattle’s use of AI tools in our vetting process for program participants. In the interest of transparency, we will explain the process of how we are using a Large… seattlein2025.org?p=3859
Statement From Worldcon Chair
We have received questions regarding Seattle’s use of AI tools in our vetting process for program participants. In the interest of transparency, we will explain the process of how we are using a Large...
seattlein2025.org
April 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Somehow, I knew I'd be using the word 'motherfuckers' again today...
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Disability is not a moral failing. It can’t be prevented with healthy living, prayer, or wellness culture.
It’s a natural part of life. If you live long enough, you will more than likely experience disability.
We should all be fighting for better social supports, inclusion and accommodation.
It’s a natural part of life. If you live long enough, you will more than likely experience disability.
We should all be fighting for better social supports, inclusion and accommodation.
April 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Disability is not a moral failing. It can’t be prevented with healthy living, prayer, or wellness culture.
It’s a natural part of life. If you live long enough, you will more than likely experience disability.
We should all be fighting for better social supports, inclusion and accommodation.
It’s a natural part of life. If you live long enough, you will more than likely experience disability.
We should all be fighting for better social supports, inclusion and accommodation.
Shop small for Indie Bookstore Day!
Find ebooks in my shop, including the Troy POV novella Shadows and Honor, currently only available directly from me
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Find ebooks in my shop, including the Troy POV novella Shadows and Honor, currently only available directly from me
whwrites.com/shop
April 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Shop small for Indie Bookstore Day!
Find ebooks in my shop, including the Troy POV novella Shadows and Honor, currently only available directly from me
whwrites.com/shop
Find ebooks in my shop, including the Troy POV novella Shadows and Honor, currently only available directly from me
whwrites.com/shop