Author of psychological crime mystery, Reunion Cruise, and award-winning paranormal suspense novel, Chapter Thirteen
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When you stop reading books, you start losing verbal dexterity, depth of thought and imagination.
A closed book is a closed mind.
Don't EVER stop reading.
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“I’m a real self-educated kind of guy. I read voraciously. Every book I ever bought, I have. I can’t throw it away. Some of them are in warehouses. I’ve got a library that I keep the ones I really really like. I look around my library some nights and I do these terrible things to myself—I count up the books and think, how long I might have to live and think, ‘F**k, I can’t read two-thirds of these books.’ It overwhelms me with sadness.”
–David Bowie
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We should never lose our sense of wonder.
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The video is AI-generated, showing common artifacts like the statue's solid gold eyes without pupils, floaty/unatural toddler movements and physics, and anomalous background elements.
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“Don't climb a mountain for the world to see you. Climb a mountain for you to see the world.” — Unknown
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🎤 ProTip: Success Is Built on Staying Power: Comics legend Bryan Talbot reminds creators of a simple truth: keep showing up and doing the work. Talent matters—but long-term persistence is what turns effort into achievement.
🎨 Bryan’s work:
✅ Creator of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, Grandville, The Tale of One Bad Rat, and more
✅ Nearly 50 years as writer, penciller, inker, and colorist
✅ Collaborator with Neil Gaiman on The Sandman
✅ Eisner, Inkpot, Haxtur & Costa Biography Award winner
✅ 2024 inductee — Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame
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mapalaceauthor retweeted
I used to get nagged nonstop by my husband for buying two robot vacuums.
Now he’s gone and turned them straight into tanks 🙂
mapalaceauthor retweeted
Reading books is the antidote to brainrot.
Reading books is the antidote to brainrot.
Reading books is the antidote to brainrot.
Reading books is the antidote to brainrot.
Reading books is the antidote to brainrot.
Reading books is the antidote to brainrot.
Happy Monday readers and writers! When you get a chance, check out my author interview with Heather Barksdale: heatherlbarksdale.com/author…
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"There are books that one reads over and over again, books that become part of the furniture of one's mind and alter one's whole attitude to life..." - Orwell
George Orwell, a shelfie. 📚📚📚📖
mapalaceauthor retweeted
I'm seeing more people say that AI won't replace writers, but it will replace editors.
Let's set the record straight. AI is a bad editor. VERY bad. It is not accurate, dependable, balanced, or unbiased.
Are there bad human editors? Of course. Is there a good AI editor? Not unless you're writing for AI to enjoy your work (and also want AI companies to steal and train on your intellectual property.)
It's not worth the money you'll save. It will make your work boring and generic. It will not preserve your voice. It rarely even gets grammar and basic style rules right (source: I worked at an AI company at one time). It will suggest "edits" that are actually just exact copies of your fellow authors' work.
Do not resolve your frustration with the editing industry by relying on an extremely flawed tool created by companies that have zero concern for copyright, intellectual property, and creativity.
Writers will not move forward by disrespecting and disregarding the work of good editors.
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People have no idea how much work goes into writing a book.
Months, sometimes years, of thinking, rewriting, doubting, & starting over.
If a book moved you, show it. Rate it. Write a review. Share it. Recommend it.
And if you can, buy it.
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“Read everything... but remember: a book is only a book. You must learn to think for yourself.”
— Maxim Gorky
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I’m sorry but the future belongs to those who read widely, who are able to write without the assistance of a machine, who haven’t allowed endless slop to kill their curiosity and cognitive abilities. Excess tech is going to melt many brains. Yours doesn’t need to be one of them.