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Be well, all. Find us at Zuck's place & wherever our members converse!
"Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning."
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
In a society that traps you between the bruises of reality and the tepid escapism of most of its popular culture, telling your own stories is an act of rebellion. Hearing and transmitting the tales of feral folklore an act of community insurrection. #FolkloreThursday
Here's the latest in publisher impersonation, courtesy of Pen2Paper Press. I don't know what fee the author was asked for, but I've heard from writers who paid as much as $7,500 for "services" from this scammer @simonschuster#WriterBeware#WritingCommunity#Publishing#Scams
*Bondsmaid. Berserker. Bane.*
What happened to young Hervor, from "The Waking of Angantyr," a short story by Marie Brennan that appeared in MURMURS IN THE DARK, @bookviewcafe's ghost stories anthology?
We're going to find out. THE WAKING OF ANGANTYR.
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And yes, there will be paperbound copies of BVC EATS. Watch the page under "other editions" for a paperback or audio version of a work. (Cat wants paperbound, too, because cooking and getting away from her computer screen.)
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This not only leads to our new subscription location, it includes a bit of Kris & Jules reading from MARK OF THE GODS and preparing their Blue Genie cocktail. :)
(Yes, that cocktail is in our new BVC EATS cookbook.)
https://t.co/gBmwkG42af
So much fun! Short stories and poetry included with a huge number of great recipes! I read the whole thing in draft and I've already made a dozen recipes.
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Most generative AI has been trained on copyright-protected material (w/out permission) & users may unintentionally infringe someone's copyright. TechCrunch looks at how AI companies protect customers from copyright suits--or rather, how they mostly don't https://t.co/WCn9nEFa1L
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Cooking is as creative a process as writing, as the authors of @bookviewcafe demonstrate in their BVC #cookbook, BVC EATS.
Featuring over 150 #recipes, from drinks & appetizers thru salads, main courses & desserts, each introduced by its author.
https://t.co/EuWhGcrO08
In sunlight and shadows, moss maps grow upon the gravestones. Green fictions of impossible continents from other worlds. When they obscure the carved name, the spirit below is released from the burden of common memory and may roam free again.
About time they addressed this, given how long the problem has been going on: "Goodreads Asks Users to Help Combat ‘Review Bombing’" (but do we believe it?) #amwriting#WritingCommunity https://t.co/3gxJffRBZT
So we're playing with video over at @bookviewcafe.
Readings, mixology (yes, a cookbook is coming from our stories) interviews, discussions on writing topics--we're just starting. :) Subscribe!
Here's Sherwood Smith reading a snippet--
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