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I'm sure all of the AI companies have been doing this How can you re write history and science if there are still hard copy books lying around. These guys have never liked competition. They destroy it wherever they can. When I was a little kid I always had this haunting feeling that someday...

The good part about getting older is you stop trying to prove anything to anyone, including yourself. All you are in the pursuit of is collecting experiences - beautiful, fragile little soap bubbles that you store in your heart, and every once in a while you pull one out and gaze at the delicate...

When I read a good story, I often start thinking, 'Should I live my life according to what this character chooses and values?' It makes me think. I feel like I grew up to be a more mature person while thinking about character development in these fictional situations. Jenova Chen

I never understood what critiquers were feeling when they said they felt something was overwritten, but now I get it. First, because my last novels came out naturally and fast, especially the last. Of course, further rewrites are necessary, but the flow is there from the start. Second...

“Good girls go to heaven and bad girls go everywhere.” . Helen Gurley Brown

“You get a good review, and it’s like crack. You need another hit. And another. And another. I know authors are like Tinkerbell and generally need applause to survive, but it’s a slippery slope.” Alexandra Bracken

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself. Oscar Wilde

“Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.” Mae West

Asking myself, 'Is this any good?' is pointless. It just slows down my writing, and I can't tell anyway. It's always the paragraphs I loved most, the ones I tenderly polished and re-read with pride, that my editor will suggest cutting. Liane Moriarty

Excellent blog post from Chuck Wendig. Too good not to share. Fuck AI indeed. https://terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/12/08/gifts-for-writers-2026/

'The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof lie detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it.' Ernest Hemingway

Ok they turned down my book, Equivox, but sent me a list of German agents who might be interested. And it was in favour of THIS guy. I cant be mad. read all the way to the bottom there are some interesting offers. remember there are alternatives to the bad guys. As a small independent...

Real is good, interesting is better Stanley Kubrick

Bad writing is not easier than good. It's just as hard to make a toilet seat as it is a castle window. Only the view is different. Ben Hecht Ben Hecht

Anger is a good emotion: that is, when you finally figure out that you’re not mad at the world – you’re mad at yourself. This usually happens right before change is going to be made. Anger’s younger siblings – dissatisfaction, resentment, irritation, self-pity, etc – are unpleasant but not...

This kind of thing has… happened surprisingly frequently in publishing. "Due diligence", guys! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14880299/couple-memoir-Salt-Path-film-Gillian-Anderson-Jason-Isaacs.html

these keep coming up on my feed:

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. Francois de La Rochefoucauld