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Ladybirds asleep in a gate post.

Ladybirds asleep in a gate post.

Snug as a bug in a… gate post.

02.03.2026 07:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Your friend is doing good work.

28.06.2025 13:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Binged it. Loved it.

05.06.2025 21:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Meta has stolen books’: authors to protest in London against AI trained using β€˜shadow library’ Writers will gather at the Facebook owner’s King’s Cross office in opposition to its use of the LibGen database to train its AI models Authors and other publishing industry professionals will stage a demonstration outside Meta’s London office today in protest of the organisation’s use of copyrighted books to train artificial intelligence. Novelists Kate Mosse and Tracy Chevalier as well as poet and former Royal Society of Literature chair Daljit Nagra will be among those in attendance outside the company’s King’s Cross office. Continue reading...

β€˜Meta has stolen books’: authors to protest in London against AI trained using β€˜shadow library’

03.04.2025 07:10 πŸ‘ 1226 πŸ” 455 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 45

Lovely. Is there a way to hide annotations in Design Mode and show them in Dev Mode?

31.03.2025 18:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Found my ideal writing machine

29.03.2025 11:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In my experience, people with no self-doubt are usually inept.

09.01.2025 09:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WordCraft Resources for writers: Books, videos, podcasts, courses and tools.

I recently started pulling together a list of books, videos, and tools for #writers

I'm aiming to update the list every Sunday morning and will soon add podcasts and substacks to the mix.
wordcraft.it

05.01.2025 12:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have never spelled the word silhouette correctly first time. Never. Not even close enough for autocorrect to guess.

31.12.2024 12:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The characters in this scene have "stepped back in shock" so many times I think the room is now empty. #writing #editing

27.12.2024 13:39 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Word fuel. #writing

21.12.2024 10:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trying something new over the holiday season for the youths who visit my Little Free Library.

I’m wrapping up some of my favorite MG and YA novels with little tags that hint at what’s inside.

Can’t wait to see how many presents we can give away this month. 🎁❀️

08.12.2024 18:04 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 4

All I want for Christmas is to be added to your #Writers starter pack. πŸ˜˜πŸŽ„

11.12.2024 12:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
A sketch of a four-legged alien predator. Ink on post-it note.

A sketch of a four-legged alien predator. Ink on post-it note.

A sketch of a low-flying craft. A Kartan Barge. Ink on a post-it note.

A sketch of a low-flying craft. A Kartan Barge. Ink on a post-it note.

A sketch of two characters standing outside an organic mound with a slit down the side, suggesting an entrance. Ink on post-it note.

A sketch of two characters standing outside an organic mound with a slit down the side, suggesting an entrance. Ink on post-it note.

A low-flying alien craft. Sleek, with two tendrils trailing behind it. In on post-it note.

A low-flying alien craft. Sleek, with two tendrils trailing behind it. In on post-it note.

Some concepts/doodles from my current WIP. More over at: www.robwinters.co.uk/doodles

11.12.2024 01:24 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love how they're having a post-council nap. πŸ§β€β™‚οΈ

10.12.2024 19:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey, #writers Photo of your desk as it is right now. No tidying.

10.12.2024 19:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Meowfia boss.

Sorry.

10.12.2024 13:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A big chunky book. The Dune Bible: an extraordinary artefact from Jodorowsky's epic Dune project, being the storyboard for the β€˜greatest movie that was never made’.

A big chunky book. The Dune Bible: an extraordinary artefact from Jodorowsky's epic Dune project, being the storyboard for the β€˜greatest movie that was never made’.

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If you're struggling with what to get me this Christmas, a "Dune Bible" is up for auction. It's a bit pricey, but I'm sure you could all chip in.
onlineonly.christies.com/s/science-fi...

10.12.2024 10:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Adding the following clauses to my copyright text:

- Artificial intelligence was not used for the writing of this book or the creation of its cover.

- No part of this book may be used or reproduced to train artificial intelligence.

Doubt it'll stop any thieving bots, but feel free to add it too.

06.12.2024 11:23 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A recently delivered and satisfyingly well-stacked pile of wood ready for the winter.

A recently delivered and satisfyingly well-stacked pile of wood ready for the winter.

Got wood.

05.12.2024 15:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful cover art.

02.12.2024 19:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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And why not a process video...

02.12.2024 18:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A rough sketch of mean looking alien. Small black eyes, slits for nostrils, thick neck and rounded shoulders. He has a braid with a blade fastened to the end and held in place by a metal plate on his chest.

A rough sketch of mean looking alien. Small black eyes, slits for nostrils, thick neck and rounded shoulders. He has a braid with a blade fastened to the end and held in place by a metal plate on his chest.

A character sketch from book one. Jenta β€” a slightly unhinged Hunter with anger issues.

02.12.2024 18:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Same. I loved rediscovering his books when my kids were small. They loved his books.

02.12.2024 17:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Site built in @framer.com
Device in @figma.com

02.12.2024 16:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If it were me, I would never take that off.

01.12.2024 12:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just wrote 4 four pages of alien history so that the three lines in the book referring to it make sense to ME. πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

01.12.2024 09:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Dune is a great example. What I got from the Reddit thread was making sure it's just there as an option and not necessary to follow the story, and should add an extra element of texture to the story. It's funny I've found that as I write the glossary, it sparks off ideas for the story itself.

30.11.2024 12:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's how I found you. Not sure which one, though.

30.11.2024 12:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0