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AI Literary AnalysisPrompt: Write an analysis of each of the novels written by Charles Dickens. Answer: Charles Dickens was a prolific writer who authored many...
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The Secret History And Strange Future Of CharismaFrom Noema: In 1929, one of Germany’s national newspapers ran a picture story featuring globally influential people who, the headline...
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General, your tank is a powerful vehicleGeneral, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver....
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AI risk ≠ AGI riskFrom The Road to AI We Can Trust: Is AI going to kill us all? I don’t know, and you don’t either. But Geoff Hinton has started to worry,...
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I would rather be ashesI would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet....
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The British Male!From The Paris Review: To be British is a very complicated fate. To be a British novelist can seem a catastrophe. You enter into a miasma of...
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Vin de Noix, the Drunken Poetry of WalnutsFrom Women Writers, Women’s Books: ….It was 1995. France beckoned, and a home I had long forgotten was found...
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Talking About Microfiction With Sci-Fi Ya Author Sophia HansonFrom Almost an Author: Today I’m talking with Sci-Fi YA author and fellow columnist here on Almost an Author, Sophia Hanson, about...
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The English languageThe English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but they are both not the kind of thing you can run up in...
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As it spreads across the world, who owns English?From The Economist: What country does French belong to? The answer seems obvious: France, as it says on the label. But there are roughly...
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Librarians, Publishers, Bookstores Join Lawsuit Over Arkansas Library ‘Obscenity’ LawFrom Publisher’s Weekly: Some 17 plaintiffs—including the ALA’s Freedom to Read Foundation, the Association of American...
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Germany: ‘IGLU’ Shows School Reading Skills LaggingFrom Publishing Perspectives: A regular analytical program called the International Primary School Reading Study (IGLU) in Germany has this...
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The State Of Being A Published Writer In 2023 Is Really Weird, And A Little WorrisomeFrom Chuck Wendig: Terribleminds: So, a few things upfront: first, I am a privileged author who sells well and is able to support himself and...
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Crazy-Busy Around Casa PGPG apologizes for the lack of posts. There have been a great many things voraciously consuming his time this week. He anticipates/hopes...
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‘The Forgotten Girls’ Review: The Friend Who Was Left BehindFrom The Wall Street Journal: When journalist Monica Potts came across research detailing a striking drop in life expectancy among the...
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Never judge a bookNever judge a book by its cover; a movie by its book; or a video game by its movie. Ashwin Sanghi
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Legally Literary: A Reading List of Lawyers (or Law Students) Turned WritersFrom The Literary Hub: Over the past two decades, I’ve worked on fiction between the spaces of my various law related jobs. Law firm...
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A Publishing House Is a FieldFrom Publishing Perspectives: ‘To Scatter the Good Seed on the Land’ We plough the fields and scatter the good seed on the land; But...
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Substack for Writers: Is It Worth Joining?From Making a Living Writing: When it comes to making a career as a writer, you have probably come across Substack as an option....
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When Your Publisher Gets the Cover Wrong—Very WrongFrom Jane Friedman: This story starts about eight years ago, with the arrival of a much anticipated email from the publishing house where the...
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FadsFads are born to die. Ken Hakuta
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“More adults use it than Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok or Reddit”: How LinkedIn is increasingly driving content discovery for publishersFrom What’s New in Publishing: At a time when publishers are moving past seeing social media platforms as traffic drivers, and even a...
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GenerationsFrom The Wall Street Journal: “Every generation blames the one before,” sang Mike + the Mechanics in their chart-topping 1988 song “The...
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Supreme Court Rules Against Warhol Estate in Copyright Dispute Over Use of Photo of Prince for Magazine Cover — Potentially Wide-Reaching Implications for Generative AI for Visual ArtFrom The National Law Review: On May 18, 2023, the US Supreme Court affirmed the Second Circuit’s decision that artist Andy Warhol’s...
