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To have and to hold, for better or for worse …

I spent eighteen years as a professional dog walker, before retiring in the autumn of 2024. During that time, ‘technology’ continued to leap forward in great bounds like a playful golden retriever. However, it made no odds to my daily working life, other than my being able to order a delivered lunchtime pizza from my phone. *

*(This is mentioned for illustrative purposes only – there was no way I could afford pizza for lunch. And anyway, have you ever eaten pizza in front of several slavering dogs with pleading eyes? That’s one big guilt-trip right there.)

However, if you count my wee writing hobby as a ‘job’ – a very poorly paid, but fun ‘job’ – then I’d have to say technology in recent years has made a big difference.

For a start, technology has made me lazy. And for all its time-saving advantages, it has in many ways actually presented more time-related pressures.

Artificial Intelligence is wonderful, up to a point. I refuse point blank to use it for actually writing the content of this blog (it’s kinda obvious, isn’t it? 😉 ) or my attempts at books. However, what it does give me, is the ability to create wee, amusing cartoons and a programme that highlights over-use of certain words, punctuation errors and the like.

AI also helps big-time in research. For example, last week I disappeared down a rabbit hole of discovering what would be involved in inheriting a haveli in Rajasthan: what would be the tax implications; what grant funding would be available; the size of inner courtyards – all that sort of malarky. (Stay tuned, folks for my first attempt at a published novel. 😉 )

However, to a degree, I do miss spending my day in the Reference section of a large city library, poring through books to enhance my knowledge. And perversely, I feel compelled to use all that time saved by cramming more ‘stuff,’ more deadlines into my waking hours. I’m not really one for daytime television.

And … duh! ‘Technology’ has afforded me the privilege of entertaining you for these past couple of minutes.

But for every ying, there’s a yang. And that means you’ve just wasted another two minutes of your valuable time in reading this nonsense.

Never mind, time-saving ‘technology’ will help you balance it all out in the end.

🙂

How I Wrote My First Novel

Maybe it's not great art, but it was a lot of fun and I learned many things. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
https://writingcooperative.com/how-i-wrote-my-first-novel-cf6e5d15db8

#novel #books #bookwriting #writingtips #novelwriting

Karl’s Rules for Writing Books

Here are some lessons I've learned from writing 14 books. Hearing them from me is less painful than learning them on your own. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
https://writingcooperative.com/karls-rules-for-writing-books-69ca1cf727a

#publishing #bookwriting #books #writing #bookwritingtips

What if AI doesn’t need to be intelligent or have feelings to be useful? I feed it my manuscripts and ask: “What does this read like?” Woolf? Vonnegut? Breakfast cereal copy? No feelings, no moralising — just pattern-matching.

Read more: https://ridleypark.blog/2025/08/13/difference-engines-and-whale-song/

#AI #Writing #Authors #AmWriting #Creativity #Editing #BookWriting #MachineLearning #RidleyPark

Writing a Technical Book for Manning

https://www.tunetheweb.com/blog/writing-a-technical-book-for-manning/

#bookwriting

In a shocking twist, someone decided to write a whole book about writing release announcements 📚. Apparently, the revolutionary idea is to *actually* remember there's a user involved 🤯. Who knew release notes could be more than a glorified list of developer chest-thumping? 😂
https://refactoringenglish.com/chapters/release-announcements/ #releaseannouncements #bookwriting #userexperience #developerhumor #technews #HackerNews #ngated

🎙️ Latest podcast episode: The technical and business details of self-publishing "It Depends"

Covers the full stack: WordPress → Word → Amazon KDP + Ingram Spark, using ChatGPT for indexing, home audiobook recording setup, and the real economics.

Why self-publish vs traditional? What tools actually work? How much do you really make?

A case study in DIY business building that applies beyond books.

https://pod.link/1724860326

#TechLeadership #SelfPublishing #Indie #BookWriting

Bob Doto is the author of ‘A System for Writing’.

From reading to note-making to finished draft, his approach connects it all.

I watched his discussion with historian Dan Allosso and took notes so you don’t have to.

#WritingCommunity
#NoteTaking
#PKM
#Zettelkasten
#BookWriting
#SlowWriting https://writingslowly.com/2025/06/18/what-i-learned-from-bob.html

Unfortunately
I didn't continue writing the book today
Shit

Well a day off after the writing frenzy I had is ok too

#myFirstBook #books #MyBook #bookwriting #mastoart #mastodon #fediverse #book

"They fought for a nation that refused to fight for them."

📖 Letters to a Broken Nation reveals the untold stories of Afro-American soldiers in Vietnam-through the letters they were never meant to send.
💔 Raw. Brave. Unforgettable.

🔗 https://a.co/d/dsuYdaK

#VietnamWar #BlackHistory #Veterans #LettersToABrokenNation #Amwriting #Booksky #Bookwriting

I've spent the better past of the past few days working on rebuilding The "Creston's UK City Pack" to work a lot better, and be easier to upgrade in the long run, Along with looking into how I would change and make my Fediverse book well trying to work out what should and shouldn't go into the book to make sure it's cost effective well also giving those who know nothing about the Fediverse knowledge on the topic well also giving the users that do use it helpful information to.

This is all around trying to promote my OF

#Book #MinecraftMod #Minecraft #Gaming #BookWriting #FediverseBook #OF #ContentCreator #SpicyContent #NSFW

Back writing my book about the Fediverse and am now on 90 pages. Still no illustrations as that's sort of hard for me to do. Annoyingly I keep on learning new things about the Fediverse and want to put it in the book.

But hey we might have a really nice guide for people in the future.

#Book #BookWriting #Fediverse #FediverseGuide #Fedi

One of my ultimate goals with releasing my book would be to hopefully see it in one of my local shops, libraries or other places books are. Not sure if that will ever happen with it being a self-published book about the Fediverse but one can dream.

#Book #BookWriting #Fediverse #FediverseBook

Good morning, community! A quote for today to lift our spirits:

“Service to humanity is the highest form of worship.”
— ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
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#ASecretAgentAbroad #bookwriting #bookqw #novelanegra #WritersCommunity #WritingLife #AuthorsOfTikTok #IndieAuthors #WritersOnTikTok #WritingCommunity #BookPromotion #AmWriting #WritersOfInstagram #IndieWriters #WritingTips #WritersCorner #AuthorSupport #BookMarketing #WritersNetwork #WritingJourney #AspiringWriters #SelfPublishing #BookLoversCommunity #ficcion

I've been focusing on my book more than anything lately, the hope is by writing a small little guide that I can publish for the Fediverse about the Fediverse it will help me write out a digital guide through one of the websites that I run.

Would love some test-readers to make sure my Fediverse Facts are correct as well as everything is laid out the best way possible.

Want to possibly put Illustration's into the book were I'd rather have to create them myself or possibly hire / work with someone for them in the future.

#Writing #WebDev #Website #Fediverse #Fedi #FediBook #Book #BookWriting

I will be accepting people to review and comment on what I've wrote so far for my book that I've been writing.

DM me your email if you'd like to be apart of it.

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This is Apheia, who came in the cabin and kept me company during my recent writing retreat. #writing #dogs #downwarddog #dosofmastodon #amwriting #writer #bookwriting

What do you think of the contents so far of my Book.

From just this brief look what do you think is missing, what do you think needs more than a page or so that is already has?

#Book #Fediverse #FediverseBook #Writing #BookWriting #WritingABook #Fedi #FediBook

@sam@sam@bikersgo.social is working on a book about the Fediverse. Check out what she has to say about her first 10,000 words

https://articles.vex.blue/the-first-10k-words/

#Article #Fediverse #FediverseBook #Fedi #Book #BookWriting #Author

I have an idea for a book in three movements. I have a character with three post-nominals, and each act of the book would be the story behind how he got each of those names.

I have some thoughts in my head about the general stories of each of them. The problem, here, though, is that I don't write and I rarely (if ever) read books.

Where do I start?

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