HeyJaredSpeculations from the Wide Open Spaces
Joyce's musings about science fiction and fantasy, the West, horses, and occasionally other stuff.
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A little bit about skipunk and Netwalk (opens the original)
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Note: I’m overcoming my recent suspicion about posting anything other than links here to post this. I’m still disabling AI detection because, given the fact that a LOT of my work has been stolen for AI training purposes, I don’t trust it one damned bit to accurately reflect any assessment of anything I write.Nonetheless, this is a human-created essay, like everything else I write. Do me a favor and respect the human creation.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.
A new saddle for Marker! (opens the original)
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A new saddle for Marker! Just my website blog link and Dreamwidth because Ko-fi is funky about pix. Still not posting blogs here.jreynoldsward.dreamwidth.org/513729.html https://joycereynolds-ward.com/blog/a-new-saddle-for-marker/gl2t9i
Fire Summer 2026--Halfway Through (opens the original)
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Well, in line with my new AI protest policy, I’m not posting the text of my latest writer blogging here on Substack. But you can still read it for free elsewhere! Just check out one of these links and comment either here or there.Another bit of blather...this time a stream-of-consciousness reflection on fire season 2026. Choose your preferred link. https://joycereynolds-ward.com/blog/fire-summer-2026-halfway-through/s6wdkl https://jreynoldsward.dreamwidth.org/513361.html</a
Pivoting so hard my head keeps spinning (opens the original)
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Well, in line with my new AI protest policy, I’m not posting the text of my latest writer blogging here on Substack. But you can still read it for free elsewhere! Just check out one of these links and comment either here or there.Latest bit of writer blogging blather. Choose your favorite link!https://joycereynolds-ward.com/blog/pivoting-so-hard-my-head-keeps-spinning/zla87thttps://jreynoldsward.dreamwidth.org/513210.htmlhttps://ko-fi.com/post/Pivoting-so-hard-my-head-keeps-spinning-T0P123TIORht
An announcement. (opens the original)
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This is not something I wanted to write on Substack. Unfortunately, the announcement that Pangram is now available for checking writing work for AI usage is…my final straw.I do not use generative AI in my work, period. Not for planning, not for drafting, not for editing. One reason why I no longer post my fiction on Substack is that everything I serialized here has been scraped for AI training.I’ll still keep writing my essays on my website and mirroring them on Dreamwidth and Ko-fi. However, th
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