Computers

31+ min ago   (212+ words) It’s somewhere on your computer right now. Maybe it’s in your draft folder or a notes app — a piece of writing, video, or pitch you keep telling yourself you’ll publish when it’s ready. But you’ve been saying that for weeks,…...

2+ hour, 32+ min ago   (822+ words) The official blog of Writer Beware® shines a bright light into the dark corners of the shadow-world of literary scams, schemes, and pitfalls. Also providing advice for writers, industry news, and commentary. Writer Beware® is sponsored by the Science Fiction…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago   (500+ words) Must Read Magazines has issued a statement shared by Analog Science Fiction and Fact on Bluesky in response to public criticism by John Picacio, Donato Giancola, Victoria Strauss, and others about its contract terms for artists. According to the statement,…...

7+ hour, 58+ min ago   (246+ words) John of John by Douglas Stuart. Grove Press, 2026. 416 pages.Buy on Bookshop.org This is a sobering moment, serving as John’s first real admission of vulnerability. Yet Stuart chooses not to turn John’s confession into a moment of transformation. Despite…...

4+ hour, 36+ min ago   (938+ words) AI has made it easier than ever to start writing a book. Give an AI tool a topic and, within minutes, it can suggest a title, build an outline, generate chapter ideas, and even begin drafting. That speed is useful....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (96+ words) Tommy Pico’s Nature Poem is the California Book Club’s October 2026 pick. This article appears in Issue 37 of Alta Journal.SUBSCRIBE Tommy Pico on Using Humor to Tackle Serious Topics Tommy Pico on the Freedom of Writing Through Personas Why I…...

5+ hour, 2+ min ago   (519+ words) Caine Prize-Winning Story The Blue Fighter Under Scrutiny Over Suspected AI Use A short story that recently earned one of Africa's most prestigious literary honours is now at the centre of a controversy over artificial intelligence. Days after Zimbabwean writer…...

5+ hour, 2+ min ago   (182+ words) Best-selling author turned down chance to write James Bond story The Independent Best-selling author turned down chance to write James Bond story - Best-selling Rebus author Sir Ian Rankin has revealed that he turned down an offer from Ian Fleming's estate…...

15+ hour, 12+ min ago   (532+ words) AIBase AI Prompt Found in a Printed Book: 'The Road to the End' Mistook Proofreading Instructions for the Main Text, All Copies Recalled Some readers recently shared an absurd scene on social media: while reading the physical book "The Road…...

9+ hour, 30+ min ago   (699+ words) The newest Nobel Prize in Literature winner is not a profound literary voice. For a moment, I thought we’d finally identified a rare anomaly in the literary world: an educated writer who cares more about preserving the literary tradition rather…...