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The skies are full of ancient apocryphal stories. There are no new stories under the sun. Only retellings. But that is just fine. And that is the task of a writer. New and unique retellings. But the stories in the skies are a fantastic library of resources for today's storytellers. Orion The...

Another Bookseller article I'd like to know more about. https://www.thebookseller.com/comment/outplaying-the-algorithms?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Morning%20Briefing

We've discussed the the rise of the use of AI in the book world many times - and as it's not going anywhere fast, no doubt we'll continue to do so. But this is another level. This time music is the target of wholesale theft. So you wanna be a songwriter? Here you go. No musical skill or...

“Stop walking through the world looking for confirmation that you don't belong. You will always find it because you've made that your mission. Stop scouring people's faces for evidence that you're not enough. You will always find it because you've made that your goal. True belonging and...

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other. Desiderius Erasmus

The publishing world has finally seen sense – in the smallest of ways The publishing world has finally seen sense – in the smallest of ways

Hello, I'm Anaximander, I'm 55 years old, I live in the Netherlands. Been a member since September but only now getting around to checking out the site. I'm working on a fantasy novel; I'm almost at the end of Act I and currently I'm sick and tired of it and in need of a breather. I've been...

“What the world actually values and rewards is experience and confidence... A lot of people are really smart but they actually don’t amount to much” Dr. Alok Kanojia

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep saying it. Robert Frost

The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver. Kiran Desai

"Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian." Dennis Wholey

The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we’re in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we’re not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence. Paul Auster

“In my world there would be as many libraries as there are Starbucks.” Henry Rollins

Imagine a world in which generations of human beings come to believe that certain films were made by God or that specific software was coded by him. Imagine a future in which millions of our descendants murder each other over rival interpretations of Star Wars or Windows 98. Could anything --...

I am the author of a new children’s novel based in a magical fantasy world. I’ve even been brave enough to submit my opening for discussion at the pop-up. Here’s hoping 2018 is the year my whole will light up when I see it in print. “No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you...