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AI 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

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Sophia Jane Hayden, Author Mar 11

There's a pop-up window on my website, sophiajanehayden.com, where you can get a link to a PDF of The Story of Rockit by joining my email list. It's a short children's tale. Rockit is an adorable Australian herder pup with big dreams of herding cattle like her famous grandfather, Mick. But when she is adopted into a California home, she's met with two mean cats and a couple of elderly, very slow-moving tortoises, Herman and his wife, Morticia, in the backyard. It seems her dreams of being a herder have been dashed. But are they? Wise old Herman, who has lived for 105 years, tells Rockit never to give up on her dreams. #story #shortStory #storytelling #scribesAndMakers #mastodon #bookstodon #bookTok #wednesday #writingCommunity #writing #writer #writers #kids #childrensbooks #stories #cartoons #cartoon #tales #tale #animal #readingCommunity #readersofmastodon #reading #readers #fun #cute #cuteanimals #cuteanimal #sweet #dog #dogs #tortoise #catNews #cat #authorLife #authors #author #authorsOfMastodon #email #website

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Rich Rubin Mar 8

I also had a chat with my #editor today. I figure I’ve got 12 chapters to write to get me 90% done. That’s actually where the most action, don’t want to spoil it too much, but critical things happen once I write the next 12 chapters. From there, maybe 5 + epilogue. Those are what I’m most excited to write, but have to get there first. #writingcommunity #authorsofmastodon

Rich Rubin Mar 8

I did something today I swore I’d never do as an #author . I started outlining my next book while I’m not done writing my #WIP . 😬 it’s unrelated to the one I’m working on. I’m returning to my cast of characters from 2 previous books. It started with Tyler in My New Roommate. Got so much great feedback on my character of Lauren that I gave her a book, The Challenges of Being Me. Now it’s time for April’s book, as she was the “new roommate” originally. #writingcommunity #authorsofmastodon

lastorytella Mar 5

Es gibt wieder eine Schreibwerkstatt im Kulturcafé Mering. 11.3. 18 Uhr.
Mehr Info hier:
https://www.ikv-mering.de/termine/

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EmmalenaLEllis Mar 3

Today, just over 4 years after the ebook and hardback edition was released by Burton Mayers Books; the audiobook of Ginsterpigs is now available to buy. Find it on Amazon, Audible now with Apple Books and Spotify coming real soon!

If you enjoy slice of life comedy romances, and enjoy the whimsy of stories like “Four Weddings and a Funeral” or “Notting Hill” or resonate with the confusion of navigating a mid life crisis, this could be the new book for you. Fully narrated by Tom Pridham, cinematogopher - https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1261331/ a Kent native whose rich background and strong narration bring the world of Cockescanslanky to life.

This project has been a labour of love and persistence, so if you enjoy it please could you spare me a 5/5 review? I’d love to hear what you think. Thank you :)
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You can buy the book here:

https://amzn.eu/d/0c3ALea3
https://books.apple.com/gb/audiobook/ginsterpigs-unabridged/id1881783791

Allan Dyen-Shapiro Feb 28

My latest blog post--a riff on something I found in a Wired Magazine article. Enjoy!

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https://www.allandyenshapiro.com/post/they-think-of-us-as-non-player-characters

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

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Freddie A. Clark 💀🩸Feb 28

Third and last part of facts about Niko Grigg, the protagonist of my WIP Making Monsters.

Art by Martina Belli: https://martinabelli.carrd.co/

NOT a romance or romantasy. NOT a wholesome story.
MAKING MONSTERS does NOT romanticize drug use or reference real life drugs.

Read the whole thread if you're interested in some lore and behind the scenes 👇

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Allan Dyen-Shapiro Feb 23

A highly amusing alternate history/fantasy story. You think our current government is bad? See what dark arts Thomas Jefferson attempted.

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https://calendaroffools.com/stories/for-the-rectitude-of-our-intentions-stephen-kotowych/

For the Rectitude of Our Intentions

by Stephen Kotowych It wasn't fully signed yet, of course. Even now, delegates of the Continental Congress who had not been in Philadelphia during the final vote earlier in the week made their way to the city to append their names to the Declaration of Independence and poke a finger in the eye of K

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Allan Dyen-Shapiro Feb 22

Okay, finally back to finishing up my 2025 short fiction reading before submitting a Nebula ballot. I really liked this one. A bittersweet cli-fi relationship story by Christopher Blake.

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https://www.tractorbeam.earth/story/in-every-seed-a-hope

In Every Seed, A Hope | Tractor Beam

Would you be the seed of your child's future?