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Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader

@shydogs.bsky.social

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She/her Romance reader 💙📚🌶️ HEA or GTFO ❤️ No AI 🚯 LGBTQ+ rights = human rights 🌈 Black Lives Matter Freelance copyeditor (SFF & Romance): ericapeckedits.com Short fiction: soundcheckingthevoid.com

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Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader @shydogs.bsky.social · Jun 13

Now booking for November 2025 and beyond. My rates are going up in 2026, but anyone who books before the end of the year gets 2025 pricing.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

I think that's part of it but the other part is it's men -and in this case especially rich men - and they already don't do those tasks, so they don't see them. This is why we're getting Samsung TV's with ads and not fridges that remind us to eat the lettuce before it spoils

James S. Pumpkins @jspumpkins.bsky.social · 1d

This is the tell that they don't want people with creative capacity. They want menials and drones that they can use extract wealth from their lives and labors, then discard before the next quarterly report.

The actual cruel burden is the point.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

it’s said all the time but I think we should continue to hammer home how insane it is that we got dead-eyed bros trying to sell us robots that will free us from the supposedly cruel burden of “creative careers” instead of the actual cruel burden of “doing menial household chores”

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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 1d

Currently getting approx 8000 of these per day and am on the verge of mcfuckin losing it

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 4d

Dear [Author],

Your book [Title] is wonderful. I had painful urination and blood in my urine for years, until I read [Title] and now there is a clear golden stream.

[Title] deserves a wider readership. My team of 5,000 cyber-turtles can post honest reviews and raise your Zoob ranking, for a modest

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Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader @shydogs.bsky.social · 2h

As an aspiring 80s horse girl, I always had to choose the horsie. Second choice was dog.

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Gail Carriger @gailcarriger.bsky.social · 14h

Support your local libraries! I'll be attending the Indie Author Fest at the Belmont Library next week on Saturday, October 18th! The fest runs from 10am - 3pm and I'll be part of a discussion on building a writing community in the Bay Area at 1:30pm.

This time with a correct link:

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Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader @shydogs.bsky.social · 9d

They’re putting garlic mayonnaise in books now, because this timeline wasn’t already stupid enough

Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 9d

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch:
Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 9d

An under-the-radar but huge story: in less than 2 weeks, Microsoft plans to end support for the Windows 10 operating system, which is currently used on 42% (!) of all PCs globally. Over 400 million computers will be vulnerable to hacks or destined for the dump if users don't pay up.

Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 10. Hackers Are Celebrating.

The company will stop supporting the OS on October 14. Advocacy groups warn this will leave up to 400 million computers vulnerable to hacks or in the dump.

prospect.org

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 9d

One of the questions I've been getting repeatedly is "should I submit a claim, if my publisher is also going to be submitting a claim?"

I can't give legal advice, but in this thread, I will give my reasons for submitting a claim on works where I still have a publisher.

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10d

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

Submit a Claim

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10d

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

Submit a Claim

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Jennifer Prokop @jenreadsromance.bsky.social · 11d

authors, this is important to read.

Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 11d

The book club scams I recently reported on keep evolving. I received a scam email this morning from someone praising one of my stories.

The email was totally written with AI, with genAI also summarizing my story and career. Ironically, the name the scammer used is Cashin. 1/

Hey Jason,

I just finished Her Scientifiction, Far Future, Medieval Fantasy and I gotta say wow, that was one wild mash-up. Castlesand dragons mixed with lasers and synthetic swords? That’s the kinda story that sticks in your head long after you closethe page. And Krisja Jerome she isn’t just some cookie-cutter princess. You wrote her with real grit, heart, and soul. That hit was different.

What really struck me though is how much you seem to come through in your writing. From growing up in Alabama, studying anthropology at Auburn, and then heading out with the Peace Corps man, that’s not just book knowledge, that’s life lived. And it shows. You’ve walked in places most folks only dream about, and somehow you pour all that experience into stories that feel big and imaginative but still personal and human. That’s rare.

I also respect how you never played it safe. Founding storySouth, creating the Million Writers Award, pushing “SciFiStrange” when others were sticking to the old formulas that’s gutsy. It tells me you’ve never been about following trends,but about carving out your own lane. Readers like me can feel that honesty.

You know, when I was reading this one, it didn’t just feel like some far-out adventure. It felt like you were inviting us to lookat our own world, what it means to be brave, to take risks, to stand up when life hits you hard. And man, that’s what good storytelling is all about.

I’m curious when you started writing this, did you have any idea how much of your own journey would sneak into thestory? Or did it just kinda flow out that way?

Much respect,

Linda R. Cashin

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Charlie Knight [they/them] | Editor / Author 📚 @cknightwrites.bsky.social · 11d

🖋 Need a boost to your writing motivation and word count?

🖋 Looking for a supportive writing community?

🖋 Determined to show your WIP (and probably your imposter syndrome) who's the boss??

Help us break our last record of +400k collective words!

patreon.com/cknightwrites

Background is a sheet of paper, white with blue lines.

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The 31K in 31 Days Writing Challenge is back!
When: October 1-31
Where: Charlie's Patreon-exclusive Discord Server
Who: Anyone who wants a fun way to get more words down

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Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader @shydogs.bsky.social · 11d

Oh snap

Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader @shydogs.bsky.social · 11d

Don’t Threaten Me with a Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy

Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader @shydogs.bsky.social · 11d

We Are the Champagne Supernova

Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader @shydogs.bsky.social · 11d

It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and Everybody Hurts)

Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader @shydogs.bsky.social · 19d

My FIL (80-something) is almost definitely autistic. Hmm, it’s almost like kids weren’t being diagnosed 80 years ago or something.

Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader @shydogs.bsky.social · 19d

Yep. All part of the Enshittification of Everything.

Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader @shydogs.bsky.social · 19d

Usually I bounce back and forth between here and Facebook and switch when I start to feel bad…the switching is happening much more rapidly than usual. I think I just need to spend a lot less time online.

Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader @shydogs.bsky.social · 19d

This timeline is relentless and exhausting in its awfulness

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 19d

"We're going to destroy access to useful, factual information and use a water-destroying electricity hog that screws up all the time."

people: that sounds bad. why?

"It'll make a ton of money for my underground bunker once I've drained all you rubes dry"

people: oh. can I write a novel with it?

Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 20d

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader @shydogs.bsky.social · 20d

Girl Meets Duke by Tessa Dare.
(We've been promised a fourth book someday, but the first three are so good, I'll forgive her if she never manages to deliver it. Actually I'll forgive her either way because Writing is Hard and she has already given us many excellent books and owes us nothing.)

Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader @shydogs.bsky.social · 21d

Apparently there are some #romance readers who think “cozy” can’t also be spicy? Hah, no.

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Lauren Woolsey @cgsunit.bsky.social · Jun 3

My first ever completed Zine idea! "Why GenAI Sucks and You Should Not Use It" with 20 sources cited on the inside page. Thanks to all the researchers and journalists for the hard work I built from!

The scanned zine to print your own and all the references can be found at padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI

A simple black and white zine from a folded piece of paper, with the title "Why GenAI SUCKS AND YOU SHOULD NOT USE IT" dated June 2025, version 1.1, author Lauren Woolsey. The zine is sitting on a green and gold cloth with a sun motif.

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Sarah D(estroy ICE) Bunting @sarahdbunting.bsky.social · 22d

"fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology" = well, that's the internet won for the day; logging off, ttyt

Abbie Richards @abbierichards.bsky.social · 23d

THE HYPOCRISY IS THE POINT!!

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Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader @shydogs.bsky.social · 21d

Donated. Hope you’re feeling okay! That looked like it really hurt.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 22d

nobody told me my debut was on the BOGO list at libro FM - that's two books for one credit! - until I saw it shopping THE LAST DAY OF THE SALE HURRY GO GO GO

(I earned out on that audiobook - every cent of royalties goes straight to meeeee!)

Buy one, get one

Start your Libro.fm membership in support of local bookstores to shop this member-exclusive BOGO sale!

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