Jelena
@jelenawrites.bsky.social
SFF & horror writer, art historian.
LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE (April 2026, Dark Matter Ink)
SFWA, Codex
https://jelenadunato.com/links/
Words in BCS, The Dark, The Deadlands
LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE (April 2026, Dark Matter Ink)
SFWA, Codex
https://jelenadunato.com/links/
Words in BCS, The Dark, The Deadlands
My filter sends them all to spam, luckily, but it's so annoying
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
My filter sends them all to spam, luckily, but it's so annoying
The Anthropic case revealed so much rot in publishing.
Some big publishers who should've registered copyright but didn't offered to compensate their writers, but most of us will get nothing.
And short story writers are totally screwed b/c who's gonna pay for short story registration?
Some big publishers who should've registered copyright but didn't offered to compensate their writers, but most of us will get nothing.
And short story writers are totally screwed b/c who's gonna pay for short story registration?
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 AM
The Anthropic case revealed so much rot in publishing.
Some big publishers who should've registered copyright but didn't offered to compensate their writers, but most of us will get nothing.
And short story writers are totally screwed b/c who's gonna pay for short story registration?
Some big publishers who should've registered copyright but didn't offered to compensate their writers, but most of us will get nothing.
And short story writers are totally screwed b/c who's gonna pay for short story registration?
Oh yes, they all ask for donations 🤢
I found all my small-press books on pirate sites, stolen as soon as they appeared on NetGalley.
Meta stole them too to feed their AI.
I'll never get compensated b/c they were published in the UK (no registered copyright in the US) so I couldn't join the suit
I found all my small-press books on pirate sites, stolen as soon as they appeared on NetGalley.
Meta stole them too to feed their AI.
I'll never get compensated b/c they were published in the UK (no registered copyright in the US) so I couldn't join the suit
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Oh yes, they all ask for donations 🤢
I found all my small-press books on pirate sites, stolen as soon as they appeared on NetGalley.
Meta stole them too to feed their AI.
I'll never get compensated b/c they were published in the UK (no registered copyright in the US) so I couldn't join the suit
I found all my small-press books on pirate sites, stolen as soon as they appeared on NetGalley.
Meta stole them too to feed their AI.
I'll never get compensated b/c they were published in the UK (no registered copyright in the US) so I couldn't join the suit
Sometimes I'm so grateful I'm tall and have a permanently angry face and men don't have the need to share their opinions with me.
November 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Sometimes I'm so grateful I'm tall and have a permanently angry face and men don't have the need to share their opinions with me.
Yeah, it's not a boycott it's fear for one's safety.
November 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Yeah, it's not a boycott it's fear for one's safety.
At this point, yeah, I believe their intent is to grab everything they can
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
At this point, yeah, I believe their intent is to grab everything they can
I'm so sorry. I followed Patty's ordeal with MRM and it's so disappointing they refused to learn anything
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I'm so sorry. I followed Patty's ordeal with MRM and it's so disappointing they refused to learn anything