Painting by Numbers
Publishers are asking novelists to prove where every sentence came from. As it turns out, I already have the receipts.
Read more →Posts from August 2026
The Weathermen Made a Big Mistake. Will we?
Anti-AI feeling is real, rising, and pointed at the wrong target. What the Weathermen's mistake in the 1970s has to teach today's backlash against AI.
Read more →Claude's Watermark Affair
Claude's future models will watermark everything they generate. On SynthID, the EU AI Act's Article 50, and what that means for a writer who leans on AI.
Read more →The Book of Changes
Storytelling predates writing by millennia. As HarperCollins warns of AI copyright risk and deals collapse on suspicion, what happens to authorship next.
Read more →A Week of Out-of-Process Calls
Printer repairs, a swollen tablet battery, and AI-assisted novel rewrites: a week of out-of-process calls, while Chilli Racers patiently waited.
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