J. M. B. Wilcoxson

I like to write. I mean REALLY write. Feels good.

Just a little excert from a larger work.

#HumanAuthored

UK Society of Authors launches logo to identify books written by humans not AI Tracy Chevalier announces registration scheme at the London Book Fair as AI works flood market

"Human Authored" books.

Just like this post.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign

An important book, in these AI infested times.

"Don't Steal this Book"

A protest against AI Companies stealing from hrd wrking artists.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Welcome to SloMo WriNo 2026 Welcome to The Slower Moving way to Write a Novel!

SloWriMo.

A slower version of Nanwrimo. Write 50'000 words in 2026

slomowrino.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

#WritingCommunity

Targetting #50000 words this year, 2026.

So, give or take, 1000 words per week.

#WritingChallenge #WritingCommunity

Always.

Merry Writing Christms All.

One of the things that has surprised me as I've grown older:

It is constantly shocking how moments in my own life seem so long ago.

And still, these things move ever further into my past.

AI has no place in writing.

Literally soulless.

People watch Conan the Barbarian and think its Xenophobic? And a lot??!

German POWs Couldn’t Believe Their First Day In Britain. YouTube video by WWII london tales

Spare 15 minutes to listen to this heartwarming story of POWs in Britain at the end of the WWII.

Photos of the time are used to enhance the experience - but definitely take nothing away from the writing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um-v...

"Early to bed..."
- 10pm is early, right?

"Early to rise..."
- 7am feels pretty early

"Makes a man..."
- Just waiting for these to kick in now:

"Healthy, wealthy and wise."
- ...
- ...
- ...
- Nothing, yet...

In my experience, there are *plenty* of decent Christians, who *always* behave in a Christian manner. We can't label everyone via the worst.

It does. Nice.

Do you have to have a panorama of a certain width and height?

It was glorious out in the Shropshire hills yesterday!

#Hiking

We should all have a cosy spot like this to read.

Does anyone go to a town so they can see a different town?

I mean, if the highlight of one town is to see another town, then...

A random sentence on Wikipedia today reads:

A sheet of A4 copy paper would require 42 half folds in order to reach the Moon.

Discuss.

#WritingPrompt

Trying some other tags out...

writelife, writerlife, amwriting, writesky, writersky, authorsky, #author

Thought of the day.

Why is there music in lifts?

#Writing

Confused.

My absolute, maximum, top percentage for AI is at most, ZERO.

Also, constantly trying to reduce that number into negative amounts.

(Coincidentally, that's the same number of humans I ask to write things for me.)

Newbie writing questions!

What's the best site to take payments/donations/tips for short stories? (Ko-fi?)

And, what's the best way/hashtags to get my writing questions answered on Bluesky?!

#Writing #Authors #WritingCommunity #Publishes #Indie #Tips

If I'm not mistaken, this is one of many jewel thefts, which, when put together, form a world destroying mega weapon.

Each diamond more perfect than the other.

Each theft more daring than the last.

Spoiler. World survives (plucky, misunderstood, son of renowned (but dead) gemologist saves day)

Out walking it Oxfordshire, spotted a sleeping Tawny owl!

He was not very far away.

Great to see Game Stories at the Writers Guild.

One in three UK workers have called in sick after work drinks, survey finds IPPR report warns of ‘productivity crisis’ and says many firms out of step with gen Z shift away from alcohol

Two out of three UK workers do not drink enough at "work drinks"

#ComeOnBritain

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

How did it get OK to trust a random system trained on goodness knows what?

Google used to NEVER give answers, at best it could tell you where you MIGHT find the answer.

Now: "Trust me, I'm a bot"...

You'd have thought that last few days writing would have put all the Elves on high alert

But I suppose you can't protect "yourelf" all the time...

No matter how hot or cold Luke is, he's still Lukewarm.