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"I find her behind the church, tiny in the dirt, curled up like a seashell." "The Baby" by Amy DeBellis trampset.org/the-baby-2977e…

Me & my on repeat

“The tightness in my heart, my stomach: it feels like something sharpening in the dark, deep down inside of me.” Amy DeBellis

Should lit mag writing contests be anonymous?

Me & my art

The fact that big time authors, who are repped and trad published, are openly admitting to using AI to write parts of their books AND they're still repped and trad published tells you everything you need to know about where trad is going.

Oh my god, this is AMAZING. 😭

Bookworm Publishing News Indie Book Spotlight What advantage? They're seen as lazy fools! Where's the advantage in that? Besides, what ever happened to creative integrity? There's something to be said about sticking to your own vision. I simply don't buy the "adapt or perish"argument AI bros keep shoving down our throats.

After how many rejections do you typically give up on a piece?

Indie Book Spotlight The "you're being left behind" line is just tech-geek speak to make them feel better about cheating as a result of being crap writers. I'm happy to be "left behind" in these circumstances. And if a human can't be bothered writing it, why should any human be bothered reading it?

I have 65 tabs open on my phone browser and they’re my emotional support tabs and they go back to 2021

You’re using AI to write, I’m neck deep in the thesaurus trying desperately to find a new synonym for “gazed”, we are not the same

Writing a short flash piece about different forms of collapse and trying VERY hard not to sound like a doomer conspiracy theorist lmao

Is it a bad sign when, halfway through reading your manuscript, your beta readers change their names, dye their hair, and move overseas?

"Bro.... everyone in the olden days died in their thirties! The average lifespan was 30-35 years! Nobody even had the chance to get old!" Let me tell you about a little thing called infant mortality.

Sometimes just getting into a HAD call feels like even more of an accomplishment than getting a skull 🤣