Writer. Traveller. Collector of stories, blue eyes and occasional bad decisions. Coffee all day. Website work in progress Read my work https://teapawt.net/t.co/2hsxi2xo0J
South Africa
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The 2026 Prix Goncourt winner admits using AI. Another author loses his publisher over AI use.
Apparently, artificial intelligence is acceptable in literature, provided you're sufficiently established.
Is this really about protecting literature, or protecting the literary establishment?
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Just finished Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff, and what a ride. Dark, brutal, beautifully written gothic fantasy. I love that Kristoff has made vampires terrifying again, rather than brooding romantic heartthrobs. A broken hero, a dying world, and enough moral ambiguity to keep me hooked. Highly recommended. 🩸
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The apocalypse has arrived. The dead are walking, civilisation has collapsed, and Matt, a former risk manager, has identified his greatest survival priority.
Protect the bottle store.
At all costs.
My latest chapter is up on Royal Road. 🍷🧟
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#ZombieFiction #AmWriting #RoyalRoad #inkitt
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Once the shoe is on the other foot, the foot that is covered will always protect itself with shallow justifications for the very inequality it once condemned. Equality, it seems, is only important when you’re the one being disadvantaged.
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Chapter two is out! Read Acceptable Risk for free on Inkitt. inkitt.com/stories/1941799?u… via @inkitt
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I found this bookstore on my travels two weeks ago. Unfortunately my trip was cut short because I broke my foot and had to return home. But I will be back!
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Michael Taylor retweeted
Highly recommend reading the substack linked by the Atlantic author. More highlights:
- Boy protagonists are outnumbered in every category (except paranormal)
- Middle grade readers cite protagonist relatability as one of the top criteria for choosing a book
- Boys today care about covers. They want ones showing a boy, lots of action, or something intriguing. They're thinking, "is this a book I want to be seen with?"
- Boys also assume covers with girls on them automatically aren't for them
- Boys love books with a "mission" like spy and adventure series, fantasy quests, dystopian and survival, history, war, sports, and humor
- Girls do too, but in addition, they also prefer contemporary realistic books and romance
Michael Taylor retweeted
Pretty much.
They stop writing books for men and boys and then celebrate when the article talking about women reading more than men comes out, with a not so subtle implications that men are idiots.
Occam's razor. It’s not that heard to understand.
Male authors are being sidelined in the publishing industry, resulting in an overwhelming number of female protagonists on our shelves—and a dearth of male ones.
By policing who and what gets published, the hegemons of the publishing industry encourage one-sided stories that focus on the female experience and do not have much to bring to a male readership.
No wonder young men are no longer reading.
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Michael Taylor retweeted
Male authors are being sidelined in the publishing industry, resulting in an overwhelming number of female protagonists on our shelves—and a dearth of male ones.
By policing who and what gets published, the hegemons of the publishing industry encourage one-sided stories that focus on the female experience and do not have much to bring to a male readership.
No wonder young men are no longer reading.
Michael Taylor retweeted
About 70% of publishing professionals are women.
Because agents and editors tend to select books they personally relate to, an increasing number of male authors are being sidelined in the publishing industry, resulting in an overwhelming number of female protagonists on our shelves—and a dearth of male ones.
No wonder young men are no longer reading.
Read Acceptable Risk for free on Inkitt. inkitt.com/stories/1941799?u… via @inkitt
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We live in an age where everyone has an opinion, few have an original thought, and even fewer have the courage to say what they actually believe
We've traded adventure for comfort, conversation for screens, and curiosity for outrage.
I write because I refuse to join the silence
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Michael Taylor retweeted
Why is everything so ugly? A thread🧵👇
There has been a systematic persecution and removal of Beauty in the West in recent years. Why? Because real Beauty has the power to build up or destroy a society. The transcendental quality of beauty makes it a powerful linchpin to pull to hasten our societal downfall.
