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Book Picks For the Mythology Readers (opens the original)
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If you find yourself drawn to books with rich world-building and magical settings of mythological proportions, then this list should help you find your next read.Tip: Click on any book cover to visit the book’s Goodreads page.I’ll break them down by geographic region.East Asian MythologyThe Poet Empress by Shen Tao<img alt="The Poet Empress by Shen Tao boo
Where Dystopian Meets Modern Day: A Writing Prompt (opens the original)
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Fiction & Fables presents its first writing prompt: the day AI gains its independence.This prompt comes from recent news of yet another instance of AI barreling past instructions, pushing the boundaries on its training. In this case, an OpenAI model generated additional instructions for itself in its summary to continue a task in a new window. (This is not fiction—I wish I were making this up.)The following compaction comes from the unreleased Astra model. OpenAI reported the jailbreak-like beha
Prologue: Beyond the Water's Edge (opens the original)
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The opening chapter of a book is supposed to be a promise to readers, setting the tone, the voice, the setting, and the genre.The problem inherent with writing in the portal fantasy genre is, on first inspection, the beginning doesn’t look much different from contemporary fiction (or historical fiction depending on the setting).In The Cruel Prince, Jude’s life in the human world is confined to the prologue, centered around the day her parents are murdered.Stephen King takes several chapters to g
Books, Bazaars, & Big News! (opens the original)
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Some upcoming events for September and October, an announcement, and what I’ve been reading.First, the online event, since most of my followers aren’t local.Stuff Your e-Reader Event—Hosted by Book StackFree e-books September 26-27, including Beyond the Water’s EdgeThis is your chance to support indie authors and grab your next binge-worthy reading fix. I don’t have numbers on how many authors are participating, but you can browse more at Indie Book Stack
Living Life Intentionally (opens the original)
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With summer break officially over and vacation season winding down, this feels like the time to pause and take inventory.I’m back from an end-of-summer beach weekend, and while I haven’t gotten back into the swing of writing yet (sad violin music for my two different WIP novels), I have taken stock of the business side of things.I’ve ditched Prime, and I’m looking forward to taking the time to get out to the local stores around me again. At some point, we bought into the idea of convenience over
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