Nicole C. Dittmer

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Fourth day post-op, home from the hospital, moving around minimally...I wind up breaking my small toe after accidentally kicking a pillar whole walking by. Now everything hurts

Gothic Selves/Artificial Others 18th Biennual Conference of the International Gothic Association: 28-31 July, 2026. Hull, UK

Heads up @igagoths.bsky.social - delighted to announce the CFP for IGA 2026: 'Gothic Selves/Artificial Others' hosted at the University of Hull 28-31 July! hullgothic.wordpress.com

I'm appalled. I'm now receiving unsolicited AI generated "reviews" about my varied published works from such supposed academic sites as Academia.edu. Why is this being promoted? When are they going to realize that AI is slowly destroying creativity & critical thought?

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Researching for this new collection piece is quite hellish but I hope it will be worth it in the end.

So my body has developed this fantastic new little quirk (yes, this is sarcasm). Whenever I have a writing deadline due, and I'm in the thick of it, the tip of my nose gets ridiculously cold. Once my piece is submitted, my nose returns to normal body temperature.

Friends: we've begun migrating the Society for the Study of the American Gothic over to the new FB site. The old one will be phased out. You can join here www.facebook.com/groups/socie...

Well, it looks like my work was also illegally stolen to feed Skynet. I offered no consent for this absolute garbage project. I have no issues with offering people my work free of charge. I do not, however, condone the promotion of AI at all.

Both of my monographs, at least one edited collection, and numerous articles and reviews were all part of a pirated database and then used without my consent to build a planet-burning plagiarism machine for a boot-licking billionaire.

How’s your day shaping up?

I think this may be the best knife holder I've ever seen

So glad you liked it! 🖤🖤🖤

What a day. First day back to work after being sick all week. I just want my jammies, a book, and a cup of coffee.

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First (completely booked) class at my new uni job starts tomorrow. I am really looking forward to this opportunity./

What an incredibly busy, yet fulfilling day. New chapter finished, course syllabus completed, and I even managed to get six hours of sleep. Things are good

Publishing houses should not be allowed to release a book to the public until the author reviews and approves the final script. 😡

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It was nice to have a break for the holidays to focus on my writing. Tomorrow is back to reality.

Psychological twists with a haunting visually corrupted clown figure...sign me up!

This cracks me up each time I see it 😅

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Just waiting for the email but it appears that good news may be coming my way soon.

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The International Gothic Association Early-Career Essay Prize 2024-25 - Gothic Association The essay competition is open to postgraduate students or postdoctoral scholars who are currently in good standing as IGA members. A postgraduate may be a current or recent Masters’ student (within tw...

Submissions are open for the IGA early-career essay prize - the deadline is 1 March 2025 and the full details are here:
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Queries to the convenor @jendeavour.bsky.social

Stuff like this drives me nuts. Why was this person even allowed to leave a review if they didn't read the book?

Just took a deep dive into the monstrous creatures of my family's home region in Italy. Let's say that I'm not disappointed at all.

Haha, well now we know what was on the curriculum that inspired this email! 😀

Brilliant! I feel like this is something a former student of mine would have sent to me 😀

Excellent listing, Lynn! Please add me as well 😀

I forgot what an absolute gem An American Werewolf in London is.

Oh, I'll definitely get around to it! That's my passion project I've been outlining for years.

Thanks for the wonderful feedback, everyone. It appears that Global Witches wins the popular vote, so this is now project #1. Now time to get to work 👻