S-L Mackenzie

"What an astonishing thing a book is. It's a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it, and you're inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly and silently inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic. Cosmos, Part 11: The Persistence of Memory (1980) —Carl Sagan, Cosmos

Spending a peaceful Sunday celebrating books and the importance of reading and writing. In this regard, I'm sharing a favourite passage from Sagan's Cosmos.

✨Books are indeed proof that humans work magic.✨

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Ebook cover for ‘A Light for the Dead to Follow’ by Rebecca Crunden. Cover image is of a skull surrounded b y red-pink flowers. There are vines at the top beside the title. The title font is black and maroon, the name font is white.

🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship

🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
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📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

That has value also it is comforting to have a familiar beloved work to have as a touch stone.

Anyone else notice when you re-read a book you can learn new things and take new messages based on where you are at in life. That being said what book/series do you like to read again and again? One of mine is Fire and Blood by George R. R. Martin.
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Small bit of advice for other writers: when editing your book you can use accessibility features to listen to your book. It can really help you catch typos that you may otherwise miss because you know what you meant so your brain auto corrects it, but when you hear it you notice the issue 👍

Feeling torn between trying to focus on writing or reading 🤔

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A Middle Idea A Middle Idea: Mackenzie, S. L.: 9798269779317: Books - Amazon.ca

Yes here it is.👍I would love to hear your thoughts. www.amazon.ca/Middle-Idea-...

My book "A Middle Idea" is a mystery set in a low magic fantasy setting with a romance subplot. It is available on amazon if you want to check it out.

The Water Blade: A Novel of Abalone The Water Blade: A Novel of Abalone eBook : Ælse, Phil: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

A quick reminder that "The Water Blade" will be FREE to download from 8am GMT today (5th December) for 5 days on Amazon. Spread the word, share and like please folks. Boas festas.
Link goes to Amazon UK, but it's available on your local version.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FJ69TTQS
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Your book looks intriguing.

Indie book would be my vote.

Congratulations!

I love when my girls get along.

Tumblr user nocryptographer: I talked with someone who works in book publishing, and they mentioned they get a lot of AI slop these days. I asked how they know what's human-written, and they said that there's one thing that will reveal AI slop without error, and that's the author not knowing their own creation. A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist, every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written. AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence. Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same. There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you, you'll always lack that. I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cares about it. If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene... then it's real.

This is my all time favorite movie ♥️

I have not had my google home mini plugged in for over a year mostly cause I forgot about it. I'm really annoyed that companies keep interjecting Ai into things. I was so mad when my phone auto updated to add Ai features and immediately turned off what I could.

A stylized cover art for the book titled "Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero," featuring a silhouette of a cloaked figure in a dark, magical forest. The figure, shrouded in shadow, is holding a glowing sword with a vibrant red hue. Intricate patterns adorn the figure's cloak, evoking a sense of mystery and fantasy. The background showcases an eerie forest with bare, twisted trees and ethereal lights, creating a mystical and foreboding atmosphere. In the distance, a castle with spires looms against a pale, glowing sky, adding a sense of adventure and danger to the scene. The title is prominently displayed at the top in bold, stylized lettering, with a vivid gradient effect that contrasts with the darker tones of the artwork. The overall composition conveys themes of heroism, darkness, and a journey into the unknown.

Huge news: Beyond The Mark is FREE on Amazon Dec 1-5. 🎄

I write because I love the world and the characters, not the money. If you claim a free copy, spreading the word so others can too would help more than you know.

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I finished 👍 It's a good story, definitely interesting despite not being my usual kind of read. I did add the sequel to my kindle library although I plan to read something lighter in tone before reading it.

I am at 84%

Starting it tonight 👍

Thank you for the repost.

So last night I finished reading an old favorite There Will be Wolves by Karleen Bradford and decided to get Kindle Unlimited to find new books to read. My first new read was Managing and Other Lies by Will Heath which was excellent 👍

I'll check it out 👍

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Currently re-reading There Will Be Wolves by Karleen Bradford the first novel I ever read by myself 📖so far it is still as good as I remember.

Writers: gen ai is theft

Artists: gen ai is theft

Narrators: gen ai is theft

Environmentalists: gen ai is killing the planet

Scientists: gen ai is killing the planet

Tech bros: BUT MAKE BRAIN WORK MUCH HARD NEED MACHINE FOR BIG THOUGHT

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