M. K. Martin
@mkmartinwriter.com
#Writer - mostly #SFF * #Editor * #Veteran * SJW * Linguistics * Will work for tea, but not before 9:30 am
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M. K. Martin
@mkmartinwriter.com
· Dec 30
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Post a picture YOU took, just a picture, NO description.
January 16, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Post a picture YOU took, just a picture, NO description.
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Fae: “Tell me, kind lady. What bargain would you strike with me today?”
Me: “I’ll trade you my soul if you’ll do all my book marketing.”
Fae: “Oh, hells no. Fuck that shit. Do it yourself.”
Me: 😭
Me: “I’ll trade you my soul if you’ll do all my book marketing.”
Fae: “Oh, hells no. Fuck that shit. Do it yourself.”
Me: 😭
January 15, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Fae: “Tell me, kind lady. What bargain would you strike with me today?”
Me: “I’ll trade you my soul if you’ll do all my book marketing.”
Fae: “Oh, hells no. Fuck that shit. Do it yourself.”
Me: 😭
Me: “I’ll trade you my soul if you’ll do all my book marketing.”
Fae: “Oh, hells no. Fuck that shit. Do it yourself.”
Me: 😭
I think they were responding to some think piece that was wondering why women didn't use AI as much as men.
Women don't need a mansplaining bot; we've already got mansplainers 🥴
Women don't need a mansplaining bot; we've already got mansplainers 🥴
January 14, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I think they were responding to some think piece that was wondering why women didn't use AI as much as men.
Women don't need a mansplaining bot; we've already got mansplainers 🥴
Women don't need a mansplaining bot; we've already got mansplainers 🥴
Continuing our deep dive into story structure, we look at 'The Road Back' which moves the story from Act 2 to Act 3. Fascinating stuff, truly! #WritingAdvice #WritersJourney
Element 13 – The Road Back
Writers are sadists extraordinaire as any of our characters can attest, so put on your most evil thinking cap, chuckle your most diabolical chuckle, and ominously stroke a house pet. #WritingAdvice #AmWriting
mkmartinwriter.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Continuing our deep dive into story structure, we look at 'The Road Back' which moves the story from Act 2 to Act 3. Fascinating stuff, truly! #WritingAdvice #WritersJourney
How silly of me to forget the true center of the universe 🤪
January 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
How silly of me to forget the true center of the universe 🤪
You were not wrong - he has a whole About Me page where he flaunts his faith.
January 14, 2026 at 3:44 PM
You were not wrong - he has a whole About Me page where he flaunts his faith.
I instinctively covered my drink just looking at this picture
January 14, 2026 at 3:40 PM
I instinctively covered my drink just looking at this picture
No one is forcing Glenni to engage with content that is not for them.
Believe it or not, you can simply scroll on when you’re not personally interested in a topic.
Believe it or not, you can simply scroll on when you’re not personally interested in a topic.
Don’t like food shots - you need Facebook
January 14, 2026 at 3:35 PM
No one is forcing Glenni to engage with content that is not for them.
Believe it or not, you can simply scroll on when you’re not personally interested in a topic.
Believe it or not, you can simply scroll on when you’re not personally interested in a topic.
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Can't remember who said it first, but ChatGPT is basically a mansplaining bot - it is confidently wrong about every topic and will never admit it doesn't know something.
January 14, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Can't remember who said it first, but ChatGPT is basically a mansplaining bot - it is confidently wrong about every topic and will never admit it doesn't know something.
Indeed - never in the history of fantasy has anyone ever before written a story with more than 18 characters.
Hey, what's this book doing here???
Hey, what's this book doing here???
the wheel weaves as the wheel wills is written above a woman
Alt: the wheel weaves as the wheel wills is written above a woman
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Indeed - never in the history of fantasy has anyone ever before written a story with more than 18 characters.
Hey, what's this book doing here???
Hey, what's this book doing here???
Serious question: If ChatGPT does your 'research', 'plots', and 'writes' your stories, why should we pay you?
These 'geniuses' are working overtime to demonstrate how easily they can be replaced with a Mad Libs machine.
These 'geniuses' are working overtime to demonstrate how easily they can be replaced with a Mad Libs machine.
![You’ve got super fans pausing and zooming in on individuals frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. In your presence, what did they use ChatGPT for?
I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open?
I’m personally not, but the internet seems sure.
Well, there’s a lot of chatter where [social media users] are like, “We don’t really know, but we’re assuming.” But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?
I do.
How can you possibly write a storyline with 19 characters and use ChatGPT, I don’t even understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7t2urmt3i33jl6tjgiolio6g/bafkreidw2tmcr2ayq74oqmjm5pn2tdox6hlxnpqevhuqqj6oa7nsslx3oi@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Serious question: If ChatGPT does your 'research', 'plots', and 'writes' your stories, why should we pay you?
These 'geniuses' are working overtime to demonstrate how easily they can be replaced with a Mad Libs machine.
These 'geniuses' are working overtime to demonstrate how easily they can be replaced with a Mad Libs machine.
I'm currently editing a series that has 125 named characters...and counting!
Neither the author nor I use any AI and yet with our own human brains and a spreadsheet, we get by.
Neither the author nor I use any AI and yet with our own human brains and a spreadsheet, we get by.
January 14, 2026 at 1:13 PM
I'm currently editing a series that has 125 named characters...and counting!
Neither the author nor I use any AI and yet with our own human brains and a spreadsheet, we get by.
Neither the author nor I use any AI and yet with our own human brains and a spreadsheet, we get by.
January 14, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Muted them.
I'm feeling extra salty these days so when I have the energy to call them on their crap behavior I will.
When I don't, I'll block and move on.
I'm feeling extra salty these days so when I have the energy to call them on their crap behavior I will.
When I don't, I'll block and move on.
January 12, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Muted them.
I'm feeling extra salty these days so when I have the energy to call them on their crap behavior I will.
When I don't, I'll block and move on.
I'm feeling extra salty these days so when I have the energy to call them on their crap behavior I will.
When I don't, I'll block and move on.
Have you considered not being a racist?
That's something you could actually do.
That's something you could actually do.
January 12, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Have you considered not being a racist?
That's something you could actually do.
That's something you could actually do.
Oh, this one - the “you’re not being nice enough to me so I’m forced to side with literal Nazis” BS again.
FFS…
FFS…
January 12, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Oh, this one - the “you’re not being nice enough to me so I’m forced to side with literal Nazis” BS again.
FFS…
FFS…
So you’re upset because BIPOC - who are already more targeted by ICE and cops in general - aren’t out there on the front lines for you?
My good Bob - you’re part of the problem and yelling at BIPOC is NOT part of the solution.
My good Bob - you’re part of the problem and yelling at BIPOC is NOT part of the solution.
January 12, 2026 at 8:46 PM
So you’re upset because BIPOC - who are already more targeted by ICE and cops in general - aren’t out there on the front lines for you?
My good Bob - you’re part of the problem and yelling at BIPOC is NOT part of the solution.
My good Bob - you’re part of the problem and yelling at BIPOC is NOT part of the solution.
Honey, you’re living in Germany and demanding that Black people do emotional labor for you - you’re white.
January 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Honey, you’re living in Germany and demanding that Black people do emotional labor for you - you’re white.
No.
Stop lecturing BIPOC.
Them recognizing white privilege isn’t being hateful - it’s being honest.
White people have enormous amounts of privilege - why don’t you go use yours instead of trying to make BIPOC do even more work than they already have to do just to survive?
Stop lecturing BIPOC.
Them recognizing white privilege isn’t being hateful - it’s being honest.
White people have enormous amounts of privilege - why don’t you go use yours instead of trying to make BIPOC do even more work than they already have to do just to survive?
January 12, 2026 at 8:37 PM
No.
Stop lecturing BIPOC.
Them recognizing white privilege isn’t being hateful - it’s being honest.
White people have enormous amounts of privilege - why don’t you go use yours instead of trying to make BIPOC do even more work than they already have to do just to survive?
Stop lecturing BIPOC.
Them recognizing white privilege isn’t being hateful - it’s being honest.
White people have enormous amounts of privilege - why don’t you go use yours instead of trying to make BIPOC do even more work than they already have to do just to survive?
Ah, that’s probably the main difference.
American pie crust dough is flour, cold butter, salt, and water, so no ground nuts, sugar or eggs in the crust.
The filling can be pudding or fruit.
American pie crust dough is flour, cold butter, salt, and water, so no ground nuts, sugar or eggs in the crust.
The filling can be pudding or fruit.
January 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Ah, that’s probably the main difference.
American pie crust dough is flour, cold butter, salt, and water, so no ground nuts, sugar or eggs in the crust.
The filling can be pudding or fruit.
American pie crust dough is flour, cold butter, salt, and water, so no ground nuts, sugar or eggs in the crust.
The filling can be pudding or fruit.
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working on a new button to hand out
January 12, 2026 at 3:54 PM
working on a new button to hand out