Laura E James

It’s hard not to smile when you’re with a bunch of other brilliant writers, but the point of today’s protest is incredibly serious & needs to be addressed. Our work has been stolen by Meta to train AI, regardless of copyright. If copyright laws can be ignored, what next?

#MetaBookThieves

Authors call for UK government to hold Meta accountable for copyright infringement ‘I am a crime writer, I understand theft,’ said Val McDermid – joining Richard Osman, Kazuo Ishiguro and Kate Mosse in their appeal to Lisa Nandy to act on their behalf

“I’m a crime writer – I understand theft when I see it.”

Authors call for UK government to hold Meta accountable for copyright infringement.

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

A Society of Authors post stating MARK, MY WORDS. Meta must #DoTheWriteThing

A Society of Authors post stating COMPENSATION FOR CREATORS. Meta must #DoTheWriteThing

A Society of Authors post stating #DoTheWriteThing and protect authors' livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training.

Today, Thursday 3 April, @societyofauthors.bsky.social members will be demonstrating outside Meta HQ at King’s Cross, after millions of books were allegedly stolen to train Meta’s AI.

If like me you can't attend, please share and sign the open letter: www.change.org/p/protect-au...

A blue background meme from the Society of Authors saying Stop Thief!, followed by a palm of a hand in a red octagon stop sign, an animation of a crowd holding placards at the bottom, and a statement that Meta must #Do The Write W R I T E Thing.

A black-blue meme from the Society of Authors, with a statement in white text saying Compensation For Creators. Meta must #Do The Write W R I T E Thing. The SoA logo is in the bottom right corner.

Novels & works, including mine, are being pirated & then used to train AI. This is theft & the UK Government must act to protect the livelihoods of creatives.
I stand with The Society of Authors.
Please stand with us.
Please share widely and use the hash below.
Thank you.
#DoTheWriteThing

Will be seeing this next month :-)

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I will continue to research, talk to friends, family and experts in the fields about which I write, and guarantee the authentic, human experiences represented in my books are created by a real, authentic human being.
#Truthinfiction.
Laura E. James.

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Other than the use of MS Word dictionary, thesaurus and the occasional grammatical and/or spelling suggestions, I will never use AI to write my books.
I will continue to put my heart and soul into my novels.

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As we writers continue to fight the good fight regarding the piracy of our books, the production of AI-produced books & the alleged use of our books to 'train' AI for the purpose of competing with our books, I wish to state the following:

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I will continue to research, talk to friends, family & experts in the fields about which I write, & guarantee the authentic, human experiences represented in my books are created by a real, authentic human being.
#Truth in fiction.
Laura E. James.

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Other than the use of MS Word dictionary, thesaurus & the occasional grammatical and/or spelling suggestions, I will never use AI to write my books. I will continue to put my heart & soul into my novels.

Happy News Year! - Laura E. James Happy New Year! And happy news to share. At the moment it's all about revising, editing, and learning how to be an indie author.

Happy New Year to you all. I'm at my desk, fingerless gloves and editing head on, bringing you news of what my year looks like. What's happening with your 2025?https://www.lauraejames.co.uk/happy-news-year/

Sitting on a tubular purple neck pillow is a gold and white metal badge shaped like a rosette. It's inscribed with the words, 'I got out of bed today.'

Tuxedo cat blepping (tongue left poking out.)

Title of composition: Blep.
#primandproperdaisy
#cats

Welcome to my little bit of blue sky. I'm an author of 3 traditionally published novels, for which I have my rights back. I'm now considering Indie publishing and am excited to get stuck in.

So ... is a post on Bluesky, with its butterfly logo, called a flutter? Or maybe a flutterby?

Gorgeous 😍

I'm so excited about this cover that I can't keep it secret any longer. Dance with the Fae is coming out in February and is available preorder now. mybook.to/DanceWiththeFae 

#coverreveal #bookcovers #coverart #fairytales #romantasy #fantasybooks #fantasy #romance #fae #preorder

Daisy is home from her day at the vets. Her teeth are clean, but 5 need to be extracted. Not bad for an old girl. Glad to have her home 💖
#primandproperdaisy #cats #writersassistant

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Cannot believe this was an entire year ago!

Thank you 🐈‍⬛

Thank you. I thought there might be tooth removals today but I'm told if that is necessary, it'll happen on another day. A reprieve for Daisy 🐈‍⬛

TO SEE TOO MUCH, my new novel, is 99p/99c for launch on #Kindle!

A small seaside community is filled with dark secrets, which begin to unravel when a young woman goes missing...

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#CrimeFiction #thrillerbooks

I hear you,Sam. And what a beautiful assistant you have.

Thank you :)

Ahem. *muscles*

This sixteen-year-old, little beauty has gone to the vet-dentist this morning.
Might be having a scrape or might have a few teeth removed. We won't know until later. I will focus on my writing in the meantime.
#primandproperdaisy.

Flexed the ole blog myscles today : www.lauraejames.co.uk/im-back/?fbc...

RECAP with Lucie Wheeler is a fab, new podcast full of humanity & hope. It welcomes you with open arms & open hearts. Lucie's first guest is Emma Tanfield, who, facing daily challenges, brings warmth, inspiration & great insights, while raising awareness of CHARGE syndrome.
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