It’s always a nervous time when a new book goes into the world. Grave won’t be out in the world until May, and Jay’s feedback is my first (outside of my editors!) so it means a hell of a lot. Thank you, Jay, for reading and posting!

Thank you so much, Jay! This means a lot.

Thank you. Great article!

This is horrendous. I’m writing in Scrivener at the moment, but everything moves to Word once it gets to editing stage. The book will move from editor to editor within the publishing house. How can we protect our work in these circumstances?

Writers Guild Calls on Studios to Take “Immediate Legal Action” Against AI Companies The union is arguing that tech companies "looted the studios’ intellectual property" while Hollywood's major companies stood by.

It’s time for the studios to come off the sidelines. After this industry has spent decades fighting piracy, it cannot stand idly by while tech companies steal full libraries of content for their own financial gain.

Beautifully said.

Spent the day dropping off proofs for my new book (out next year), and chatting with lovely booksellers and it is so obvious that bookselling is a tough, tough business but also I really REALLY want to open a bookshop please.

Completely agree. This is yet another vanity publishing scam. They hope that by throwing in the term ‘AI’ it will look important and innovative and different from every vanity publishing grift we’ve seen before. But it’s the same shit, different day.

Has anyone seen Gladiator yet? Because was that two movies stuck together to make one movie or what?

Stephan, I’m not 100% sure if you are asking about my brother or my character … but both are well 😁

So I got a message from someone a couple of weeks ago that I wasn’t 100% sure how to respond to, so I didn’t and now it’s been two weeks and every time I try to write a response I have a minor panic attack due to guilt about not responding earlier, so I still don’t respond and this is not sensible.

Woo hoo! New Stephen King book (Holly!) coming May 2025! 🎉🎉

So very impressed to see UQP publisher Aviva Tuffield as one of the drivers of this fine initiative (I’m sure the citizenry too will be inspired to track down these books as well!) www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Thank you so much Stephan! Very helpful.

Are you kidding? It’s SUPER cool! 😲😲

I feel like this is a stupid question and probably I should just google it, but for the sake of conversation ... how does Bluesy pay for itself? There are no ads, right?

Thank you, Kat!

Thanks so much, Donna! (My new book is a Cormac book! Out in May ... and have already reached out to Aoife re the narration .. she is just the best!)

I'm writing a new book and I have a deadline so of course I want to do ANYTHING but write ... but also am excited about this book and enjoying writing more than anything else I'm doing ... but still looking for distraction to avoid actually writing 🤷‍♀️
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Elizabeth! You are far too welcoming. I will be here all the time now : )

Thanks Ellie!

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Thanks Mahua : )

I’ve been seriously think of giving my sisters beautiful stationary for Christmas, to encourage us to write letter to each other (also .. hello Nilanjana … nice to emeet you! I saw your book on the Amazon best of list … huge congrats!)

Has anyone come across a starter pack for writers? 💙📚

My kid is doing French at school and he has to cook a French recipe and do a presentation about it which is why he is currently making duck a l’orange with his dad in the kitchen and profiteroles for dessert and everything smells DELICIOUS and today is a good day 🇫🇷

What’s the craic? Anyone want to talk about writing? Not sure I want to talk about writing tbh, as have been writing all day and am slight head-wrecked. Anyone watched good TV lately? Is S2 Silo out yet?

Hi Elizabeth! : )

Thanks Stewart : )