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The Hidden Cost of Using AI
Our brains are incredibly powerful tools, but they’re like muscles: they only stay strong when we keep using them.
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Our brains are incredibly powerful tools, but they’re like muscles: they only stay strong when we keep using them.
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The Hidden Cost of Using AI
Our brains are incredibly powerful tools, but they’re like muscles: they only stay strong when we keep using them.
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December 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The Hidden Cost of Using AI
Our brains are incredibly powerful tools, but they’re like muscles: they only stay strong when we keep using them.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/t...
Our brains are incredibly powerful tools, but they’re like muscles: they only stay strong when we keep using them.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/t...
The Hidden Cost of Using AI
Our brains are incredibly powerful tools, but they’re like muscles: they only stay strong when we keep using them.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/t...
Our brains are incredibly powerful tools, but they’re like muscles: they only stay strong when we keep using them.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/t...
The Hidden Cost of Using AI
Our brains are incredibly powerful tools, but they’re like muscles: they only stay strong when we keep using them.
darlingaxe.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The Hidden Cost of Using AI
Our brains are incredibly powerful tools, but they’re like muscles: they only stay strong when we keep using them.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/t...
Our brains are incredibly powerful tools, but they’re like muscles: they only stay strong when we keep using them.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/t...
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Follow Your Characters, Not Your Outline
"Your characters are, or should be, the ones in the driver’s seat. This is their story."
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"Your characters are, or should be, the ones in the driver’s seat. This is their story."
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Follow Your Characters, Not Your Outline
Listen to your characters, follow them, rather than forcing them to follow you. Get to know them and let them tell you what they’re planning rather than the other way around.
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December 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Follow Your Characters, Not Your Outline
"Your characters are, or should be, the ones in the driver’s seat. This is their story."
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"Your characters are, or should be, the ones in the driver’s seat. This is their story."
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The following is a roundup of new publishers and agents announced in 2025—free to all.
Want to be notified every week of new publishers and agents? Sign up for my newsletter The Bottom Line (free version works as well as the paid version for this purpose). See comments for sign-up link.
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New Publishers and Agents in 2025 | Jane Friedman
A roundup of new publishers, imprints, and agents announced in 2025, as covered in The Bottom Line.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The following is a roundup of new publishers and agents announced in 2025—free to all.
Want to be notified every week of new publishers and agents? Sign up for my newsletter The Bottom Line (free version works as well as the paid version for this purpose). See comments for sign-up link.
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Red Harvest (Dashiell Hammett) is an interesting book in how it sits at the crossroad of pre-noir hardboiled pulp—an important stepping stone in the development of detective fiction.
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Have you read Red Harvest? What did you think? #writingcommunity
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December 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Red Harvest (Dashiell Hammett) is an interesting book in how it sits at the crossroad of pre-noir hardboiled pulp—an important stepping stone in the development of detective fiction.
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I always follow my characters. It is their stories, so why wouldn't I listen to them?
Follow Your Characters, Not Your Outline
"Your characters are, or should be, the ones in the driver’s seat. This is their story."
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/c...
"Your characters are, or should be, the ones in the driver’s seat. This is their story."
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/c...
Follow Your Characters, Not Your Outline
Listen to your characters, follow them, rather than forcing them to follow you. Get to know them and let them tell you what they’re planning rather than the other way around.
darlingaxe.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I always follow my characters. It is their stories, so why wouldn't I listen to them?
Thanks for sharing :)
December 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Thanks for sharing :)
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This was something I discovered several years into writing. At some point, the characters dictate the narrative's direction more than the writer.
Follow Your Characters, Not Your Outline
"Your characters are, or should be, the ones in the driver’s seat. This is their story."
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/c...
"Your characters are, or should be, the ones in the driver’s seat. This is their story."
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/c...
Follow Your Characters, Not Your Outline
Listen to your characters, follow them, rather than forcing them to follow you. Get to know them and let them tell you what they’re planning rather than the other way around.
darlingaxe.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This was something I discovered several years into writing. At some point, the characters dictate the narrative's direction more than the writer.
Follow Your Characters, Not Your Outline
"Your characters are, or should be, the ones in the driver’s seat. This is their story."
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/c...
"Your characters are, or should be, the ones in the driver’s seat. This is their story."
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/c...
Follow Your Characters, Not Your Outline
Listen to your characters, follow them, rather than forcing them to follow you. Get to know them and let them tell you what they’re planning rather than the other way around.
darlingaxe.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Follow Your Characters, Not Your Outline
"Your characters are, or should be, the ones in the driver’s seat. This is their story."
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/c...
"Your characters are, or should be, the ones in the driver’s seat. This is their story."
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/c...
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The Rejection Resolution: Flipping the Script
"If you send out enough submissions to garner 100 rejections, I can almost guarantee there’ll be a few surprises in your inbox in 2026."
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"If you send out enough submissions to garner 100 rejections, I can almost guarantee there’ll be a few surprises in your inbox in 2026."
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The Rejection Resolution: Flipping the Script
If you send out enough submissions to garner 100 rejections, I can almost guarantee there’ll be a few surprises in your inbox in 2026.
darlingaxe.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The Rejection Resolution: Flipping the Script
"If you send out enough submissions to garner 100 rejections, I can almost guarantee there’ll be a few surprises in your inbox in 2026."
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/1...
"If you send out enough submissions to garner 100 rejections, I can almost guarantee there’ll be a few surprises in your inbox in 2026."
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/1...
The Rejection Resolution: Flipping the Script
"If you send out enough submissions to garner 100 rejections, I can almost guarantee there’ll be a few surprises in your inbox in 2026."
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/1...
"If you send out enough submissions to garner 100 rejections, I can almost guarantee there’ll be a few surprises in your inbox in 2026."
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/1...
The Rejection Resolution: Flipping the Script
If you send out enough submissions to garner 100 rejections, I can almost guarantee there’ll be a few surprises in your inbox in 2026.
darlingaxe.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The Rejection Resolution: Flipping the Script
"If you send out enough submissions to garner 100 rejections, I can almost guarantee there’ll be a few surprises in your inbox in 2026."
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/1...
"If you send out enough submissions to garner 100 rejections, I can almost guarantee there’ll be a few surprises in your inbox in 2026."
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/1...
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Too Good to Be True: Writer Scams Are Proliferating
Their goal, naturally, is to get money from you. As for your book’s future? They couldn’t care less.
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#writingcommunity
Their goal, naturally, is to get money from you. As for your book’s future? They couldn’t care less.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/w...
#writingcommunity
Too Good to Be True: Writer Scams Are Proliferating
Their goal, naturally, is to get money from you. As for your book’s future? They couldn’t care less.
darlingaxe.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Too Good to Be True: Writer Scams Are Proliferating
Their goal, naturally, is to get money from you. As for your book’s future? They couldn’t care less.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/w...
#writingcommunity
Their goal, naturally, is to get money from you. As for your book’s future? They couldn’t care less.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/w...
#writingcommunity
New post up on the Chopping Blog 🪓🪓
How a Tech-Lite Trip Turned Into a Reading Bender
"What surprised me was how much reading and writing we got through without trying."
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"What surprised me was how much reading and writing we got through without trying."
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How a Tech-Lite Trip Turned Into a Reading Bender
Put the screen down and time reappears. For writers, that really matters. Thinking needs space. Planning needs quiet. Writing needs attention. Reading needs long stretches without interruption.
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December 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
New post up on the Chopping Blog 🪓🪓
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How a Tech-Lite Trip Turned Into a Reading Bender
"What surprised me was how much reading and writing we got through without trying."
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/t...
"What surprised me was how much reading and writing we got through without trying."
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/t...
How a Tech-Lite Trip Turned Into a Reading Bender
Put the screen down and time reappears. For writers, that really matters. Thinking needs space. Planning needs quiet. Writing needs attention. Reading needs long stretches without interruption.
darlingaxe.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
How a Tech-Lite Trip Turned Into a Reading Bender
"What surprised me was how much reading and writing we got through without trying."
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/t...
"What surprised me was how much reading and writing we got through without trying."
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/t...
Happy holidays from the Darling Axe 🎄🪓
December 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Happy holidays from the Darling Axe 🎄🪓
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People who write are the target of scams - in particular, people promising marketing miracles for your book. There's nothing new about this stuff but it's getting worse. Useful post by Darling Axe #writesky #BookSky #writing
Too Good to Be True: Writer Scams Are Proliferating
Their goal, naturally, is to get money from you. As for your book’s future? They couldn’t care less.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/w...
#writingcommunity
Their goal, naturally, is to get money from you. As for your book’s future? They couldn’t care less.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/w...
#writingcommunity
Too Good to Be True: Writer Scams Are Proliferating
Their goal, naturally, is to get money from you. As for your book’s future? They couldn’t care less.
darlingaxe.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Merciless scammers will stop at nothing to exploit your money and your hard work! Always ask around about anyone who comes to you with offers that sound too good to be true. They usually are not true.
Too Good to Be True: Writer Scams Are Proliferating
Their goal, naturally, is to get money from you. As for your book’s future? They couldn’t care less.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/w...
#writingcommunity
Their goal, naturally, is to get money from you. As for your book’s future? They couldn’t care less.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/w...
#writingcommunity
Too Good to Be True: Writer Scams Are Proliferating
Their goal, naturally, is to get money from you. As for your book’s future? They couldn’t care less.
darlingaxe.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Merciless scammers will stop at nothing to exploit your money and your hard work! Always ask around about anyone who comes to you with offers that sound too good to be true. They usually are not true.
Which quote do you like the most?
December 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Which quote do you like the most?
Which quote do you agree with the most?
December 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Which quote do you agree with the most?
Is this too harsh or do you agree with Stephen King?
December 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Is this too harsh or do you agree with Stephen King?
What is your favorite multi POV novel? #writingcommunity
YouTube video by Septimus Brown
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December 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Which quote do you like the most?
December 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Which quote do you like the most?