J. M. B. Wilcoxson

One of the things that has surprised me as I've grown older:

It is constantly shocking how moments in my own life seem so long ago.

And still, these things move ever further into my past.

AI has no place in writing.

Literally soulless.

People watch Conan the Barbarian and think its Xenophobic? And a lot??!

YouTube video by WWII london tales German POWs Couldn’t Believe Their First Day In Britain.

Spare 15 minutes to listen to this heartwarming story of POWs in Britain at the end of the WWII.

Photos of the time are used to enhance the experience - but definitely take nothing away from the writing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um-v...

"Early to bed..."
- 10pm is early, right?

"Early to rise..."
- 7am feels pretty early

"Makes a man..."
- Just waiting for these to kick in now:

"Healthy, wealthy and wise."
- ...
- ...
- ...
- Nothing, yet...

In my experience, there are *plenty* of decent Christians, who *always* behave in a Christian manner. We can't label everyone via the worst.

It does. Nice.

Do you have to have a panorama of a certain width and height?

It was glorious out in the Shropshire hills yesterday!

#Hiking

We should all have a cosy spot like this to read.

Does anyone go to a town so they can see a different town?

I mean, if the highlight of one town is to see another town, then...

A random sentence on Wikipedia today reads:

A sheet of A4 copy paper would require 42 half folds in order to reach the Moon.

Discuss.

#WritingPrompt

Trying some other tags out...

writelife, writerlife, amwriting, writesky, writersky, authorsky, #author

Thought of the day.

Why is there music in lifts?

#Writing

Confused.

My absolute, maximum, top percentage for AI is at most, ZERO.

Also, constantly trying to reduce that number into negative amounts.

(Coincidentally, that's the same number of humans I ask to write things for me.)

Newbie writing questions!

What's the best site to take payments/donations/tips for short stories? (Ko-fi?)

And, what's the best way/hashtags to get my writing questions answered on Bluesky?!

#Writing #Authors #WritingCommunity #Publishes #Indie #Tips

If I'm not mistaken, this is one of many jewel thefts, which, when put together, form a world destroying mega weapon.

Each diamond more perfect than the other.

Each theft more daring than the last.

Spoiler. World survives (plucky, misunderstood, son of renowned (but dead) gemologist saves day)

Out walking it Oxfordshire, spotted a sleeping Tawny owl!

He was not very far away.

Great to see Game Stories at the Writers Guild.

One in three UK workers have called in sick after work drinks, survey finds IPPR report warns of ‘productivity crisis’ and says many firms out of step with gen Z shift away from alcohol

Two out of three UK workers do not drink enough at "work drinks"

#ComeOnBritain

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

How did it get OK to trust a random system trained on goodness knows what?

Google used to NEVER give answers, at best it could tell you where you MIGHT find the answer.

Now: "Trust me, I'm a bot"...

You'd have thought that last few days writing would have put all the Elves on high alert

But I suppose you can't protect "yourelf" all the time...

No matter how hot or cold Luke is, he's still Lukewarm.

"Normal" 72 degrees would kill you.

But those Fahrenheit things probably wouldn't.

Hi, from rest of World!

Background Noises • Ambient Sounds • Relaxing Music | myNoise ® myNoise sets the standard for online background noise machines and interactive soundscapes.

Does anyone else like to write with soundscapes?

Either put yourself in the rainy scene your writing, or far from it in a monastery on the Himalayas, or even pretending to be writing in the local coffee shop.

mynoise is a fantastic collection of sounds.

#Writing #Writers

mynoise.net

Another fantastic place!

But what is it the facilities get out of it?

BLOG: Transmissions from Jodrell Bank 📡

We brought a crack team of authors to @jodrellbank.bsky.social to get up close with the facility from the darkest server-rooms to the massive bowl of the 250ft MK1 Telescope.

Read Chris Beckett's write up here 👇

commapress.co.uk/blog/chris-b...

Love this. And what a great idea. Wonder if other institutions would be up for a writing visit...

I went there as a young boy. Still have fond memories of it. And since, have worked next to several SKA people - some of the smartest.

I imagine it would be a fantastic place for new stories!

Supernovas, satellites and solar sprites: 2025 David Malin astrophotography awards – in pictures Amateur astronomers and photographers from around Australia were invited to submit their out of this world photos for Central West Astronomical Society’s annual astrophotography competition, the David...

Beautiful astronomy photos.

Lot's of SciFi inspiration here.

"Why do the red and green ghosts shimmer in the cold night sky?"

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

A searchable works list has been released to identify the authors’ works that were stolen by US Corporation Anthropic, to train its AI models. It includes UK authors whose works were copied without their permission or payment.