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Felt such a sense of dread in the App Store when looking for a particular writing app. Pretty much all writing apps now either feature AI or are entirely powered by AI. Literal pit in my stomach

That's the beauty of a writing journey – it's not just the destination, but the messy, beautiful process that gets you there.

RT for your chance

#booksky

The Zaxby’s banana pudding milkshake was a disgrace to banana pudding

Editing progress for draft 4 of Portal Guardians Book 1 (title to be revealed): 67.5% complete #writingcommunity #booksky

We need this in the US. I don’t want to read a book written by AI or listen to one narrated by AI. Humans and our extraordinary creativity is what makes art and literature to precious.

Sharing #Audiobook creation tips as I go 🎧📚 No. 5 How long will my audiobook be? 🎙️A rough guide is to allow 150 words per minute of audio. 📼 So a 75,000 word novel could end up being 500 minutes long. Or approximately 8 hours 20 minutes of audio. #WritingCommunity 📚💙 #writingtips #amwriting

It’s okay if you didn’t write or edit today. You don’t need to work on your book everyday to still be a writer. The best thing you can do for it is to take breaks when you’re feeling burnt out #writingcommunity #writers #writingadvice #writingtips

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Today is the biggest day for Ellipsus since we launched in 2023! 🎉. 🧵👇 youtu.be/WEd5I5bLrfA

If you are a bit paranoid (like me) you will document when agents/editors/publishers/lawyers call you and jot down the content of the phone call. Keep these notes in your story/novel/poem/nonfiction titled file. Be ocd about it. Your heirs will thank you. #writingcommunity #booksky #legalstuff

Depending on the popularity of your work, your work may be stolen by unscrupulous bastards. If you find your work being used or sold anywhere, you are REQUIRED to defend your work vigorously to support its copyright. Have a desist notification threat letter on hand. #writingcommunity #booksky

This thread is worth the read

Another side-eye for the AI verifiers. Turns out, they’re having a verification crisis of their own.

The last book of Portal Guardians having 4 acts instead of 3 should tell you everything you need to know about it

Yvonne Satel Species: Magician Faction: Sorce Alignment: Lawful Neutral #writingcommunity #myocs #wip

Synphal Michaud Species: Dhampir (Magician/Vampire Hybrid) Faction: Wizard Alignment: Neutral Good #writingcommunity #myocs #wip

Sucre Fairnight Species: Magician Faction: Necromancer Alignment: Chaotic Good #writingcommunity #myocs #wip

Stella Takashi Species: Magician Faction: Alchemist Alignment: Lawful Good #writingcommunity #myocs #wip

Nathan O’Mahony Species: Magician/Shifter Hybrid Faction: Mage Alignment: Chaotic Neutral #writingcommunity #myocs #wip

Marina Fulgum Species: Magician Faction: Witch Alignment: Chaotic Good #wip #myocs #writingcommunity

Gemma Newwood Species: Magician Faction: Enchant Alignment: Neutral Good #writingcommunity #myocs #wip

Mitchell Dunhill Species: Magician/Ogre Hybrid Faction: Tempt Alignment: Lawful Good #writingcommunity #myoc #wip #writers

Amy Morrison Species: Magician Faction: Warlock Alignment: Neutral Good #writingcommunity #myoc #wip #moodboard

Eric Sedal Species: Magician Faction: Sorce Alignment: Lawful Neutral #myocs #writingcommunity #writers #wip

If you don’t know what writers actually feel about AI, you haven’t been paying attention to us. (Lucky you, we have a survey and a blog post about it: ellipsus.com/blog/survey-...) TL;DR: The writing world is not in the grips of "AI fever." @nymag.com - want to know more? We’re available.

"AI cannot coexist with education — it can only degrade it." 💯 www.thedp.com/article/2026...

The shuttering of Sora—the failed DisneyxOpenAI joint venture—is further proof that the people don’t want slop—and for good reason. Here’s 3 reasons why slop ain’t it.👇

New to Ellipsus? Let’s take a quick look around. We’ll walk you through the dashboard, show you how to start writing, import your existing work, set themes, and lots more! More tutorials on the way. youtu.be/s27RewO_pqk

#booksky

In her time of need, will you answer? #defendtheemdash

Feel free to download, share, and stick it where it matters. Wear your badge loud and proud. #defendtheemdash #anti-ai

You don’t write like AI—AI writes like you. Defend the em dash.

No. More. We have centuries of dash-abusing writers behind us. We will not sit quietly while AI repurposes our beloved stilted aside—or the just-one-more clarification the sentence demands—or the dramatic pause your comma could never—Etc.

A kind of low-grade panic is ensuing. Writers who once memed their own em dash overuse—the greatest punctuation mark ever to grace the control-freak’s lexicon, frankly—are suddenly backing away to avoid accusations.

There are other victims here (RIP 'tapestry' and 'delve' 🫠), but the appropriation of the em dash—a punctuation mark beloved (and overused) by writers everywhere—feels especially personal.

Because it was trained on pirated work—including freely accessible online writing (like fanfic, academic texts)—ChatGPT picked up patterns and quirks native to human writing. Including (sigh) the em dash.

If you haven't heard, the em dash has been getting a lot of attention lately… 🧵👇

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Wrapping up a few presents for next week's #ThemeThursday... 🌠❄️🎄🥂

Nick Satel Faction: Sorce Alignment: Neutral Good #writingcommunity #myoc #wip #moodboard

The Guardians Members: Nick Satel, Amy Morrison, Eric Sedal, Mitchell Dunhill, Sucre Fairnight, Synphal Michaud, Gemma Newwood, Marina Fulgum, Stella Takashi, Nathan O’Mahony Alignment: Lawful Neutral #writingcommunity #myocs #ocs #wip #moodboard

Dream narrator for my audiobook? @tomfawkes.com of course

Working on draft 4 of my debut novel. Writing is no small task that’s for sure