Rob Bignell, Editor/Author
RichardsonsRubiconA neat worldbuilding move from Aurora Winter: magic strength varies by world conditions. In her multiverse, oxygen levels affect how much magic is even available, so every portal jump changes the stakes.
That’s the sort of detail that forces character choices instead of just decorating the setting.
Listen: https://rubipod.link/MagicMultiverse
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Allan Dyen-ShapiroAI just crossed a threshold. My latest blog post discusses the "Brave New World" in which we find ourselves. Enjoy.
https://www.allandyenshapiro.com/post/it-happened-an-ai-wrote-a-story-good-enough-to-fool-an-editor
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IT HAPPENED: AN AI WROTE A STORY “GOOD” ENOUGH TO FOOL AN EDITOR
I had predicted that the first time a large language model would generate a good enough short story to fool an editor into not only thinking it human-written but also buying it, the genre would be one of the formulaic ones where very specific rules generate a standardizable product, Harlequin-style romance or cozy mystery, for example. I figured that speculative fiction would be the toughest nut to crack because there weren’t strict rules. I was wrong.Today, in the email sent to free-tier subscr
One of my favourite practical points from my chat with narrator Liza Jacob: space changes voice.
A vast hall wants a different delivery than a tight, enclosed room. The setting isn’t just backdrop, it’s performance direction. If you write speculative fiction, this is a useful way to sanity-check whether your world is actually on the page.
Listen: https://rubipod.link/NarratorsNeedWorldbuilding
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Writers: here’s a thought. If your worldbuilding is vague, your audiobook narrator ends up making decisions on your behalf.
I spoke with audiobook narrator Liza Jacob about how she uses what’s on the page to choose accents, distance, intimacy, and even how a space “sounds” at the mic. If you don’t give her enough to go on, she still has to perform it… which means guesswork. Learn how to fix this.
Episode here: https://rubipod.link/NarratorsNeedWorldbuilding
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My latest blog post--a riff on something I found in a Wired Magazine article. Enjoy!
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THEY THINK OF US AS NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS
A Wired Magazine article today did something interesting. It started with a tech premise, that the important work in tech in the AI era is deciding how to use code, not in doing the coding itself, and then bridged from that to admiration for humans who act in an “agentic” fashion. Here is how one of the tech bros they quoted described the new worldview: “…you genuinely, unironically believe there are two kinds of people in the world: the NPCs and the main characters, and you’re one of the main c
InkicanHubble found odd new objects and astro folks are on cloud nine. I get that hype for snacks. https://www.space.com/news/archive #space #nerdlife #amwritingScifi
JacquiGFired off my first short story submission for 2026 today. Woop woop!