Warm intelligent accessible #SFF
THE CROOKED MEDIUM's GUIDE TO MURDER - spooky, sapphic, Victorian - sequel coming.
Our Child of the Stars/Our Child of Two Worlds.
https://stephencox.co.uk/books/upcoming/
#Free #fiction on website and smart #newsletter.
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Bi, parent, humane, "writes beautifully" I'm told. UK/the world
Genial bearded guy. Not genial about AI - make techbros pay for stealing
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Too funny.
The judge, finding AI hallucinations in the court filings and learning lawyers on both sides of the case used #AI to create their briefs, cancels the trial and kicks everyone off the case.
"This case presents the Court with an unusual scenario—attorneys for both litigants engaged in similar sanctionable conduct. This court is yet again burdened with addressing AI hallucinations in court filings."
All 4 lawyers were disqualified, 2 barred from the court for 2 years. All were fined.
#PhantastikPrompts 09
my books becoming films
I think both the Our Child books and both the Crooked Medium books are very filmable and I'd welcome it. However getting them filmed/ turned into a series is a business and a half. Few end up on screen.
You have to accept you won't have a lot of creative control (unless you sell by the gazillion) And most 'interest' goes nowhere. And film is a different medium.
And I wouldn't do it if AI was superinvolved.
Law is not magic, and prohibitions are not spells
Again, politicians think that “banning” something is an end to a problem.
By me at the Empty City
https://theemptycity.com/blog/2026/06/law-is-not-magic-and-prohibitions-are-not-spells/
From @joannechocolat
Unsolicited #writing advice, no. 661:
If you’ve decided to donate your services for free (eg: to a charity, or a cause you support), consider doing this:
Send them a voided invoice showing your usual fee. That way, you’re donating to the cause, not giving out the message that your time is worthless.
#WritersCoffeeClub June 5: What climes and climates feature in your work? Why those?
The two areas I've written about most are the UK and the US NorthEast and Canada. But I've written about deserts and Costa Rica, and when it comes to off-world...
I have a beached planetary romance whether the planet has some interesting extremes, of heat, cold, volcanoes, deserts, swamps, etc.
From @joannechocolat
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 409:
"Show, don't tell" is misleading advice. Both are important in a story.
But don't tell readers those things that they can already see for themselves; or show them what they can find out by following the characters.
I'd never heard of the book Careless People until I found out Meta had silenced the author and now I've gone and bought a copy. If you hadn't heard of this book until Meta tried to silence the author and can afford it maybe you should buy a copy as well.
#PennedPossibilities 1033 — Would you or have ever considered writing a MC with mental illness?
In Our Child of The Stars Molly suffers depression and alcholism after a miscarriage.
In Our Child of Two Worlds, my editor asked why she was behaving oddly.
'Post natal depression' I said. 'That makes perfect sense" she said.
How do I approach it? Sympathetically, and as factually accurate as I can manage. Part of that is not making it her whole personality.
#writing #books #amwriting #SFF
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The Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder
10 copies sold on Kobo in 24 hours. Obviously there's an advantage to not being Amazon exclusive.
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-crooked-medium-s-guide-to-murder
#kobo #indieauthor #BozoBesos #spookybooks #victorian #murder #mystery
Read "The Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder A Spooky Victorian Mystery" by Stephen Cox available from Rakuten Kobo. London 1881. Can two crooked women stop a murder? Extravagant medium Mrs Ashton and her lover, blunt working-class Mrs B...
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