Iain Aire

The State of Publishing in 2026: Opportunity, Adaptation, and the Power of Independence Book publishing always been cyclical — responsive the economy, culture, and technology. But today, we are experiencing a period of transformation.

State of publishing in 2026 from BookBaby. blog.bookbaby.com/how-to-self-... #Author #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #IndieAuthor

A Serial Killer Used ChatGPT to Plan Murders, Police Say Investigators in South Korea say the 21-year-old woman asked ChatGPT the risks of administering high doses of drugs before killing two men.

Grim news! But the question that crossed my mind, without getting put on a watchlist, are crime and murder authors using ChatGPT to plot their novels? futurism.com/future-socie... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #Chatgpt #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor #CrimeAndMurder

Species from 95 million years ago may have been world's first 'dragon' A shocking discovery is rewriting what scientists know about a famous dinosaur as many believe the fossil could be the first ever dragon.

So dragons aren’t fantasy any more. 😵‍💫 www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #Fantasy #Dragons

Tips for Writing Crime Fiction Unlock your potential as a crime writer! Get our tips on how to write a bestselling crime novel and master writing the best crime fiction.

101 on writing a crime fiction. Helpful reminder. www.writingmastery.com/blog/tips-fo... #Author #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #CrimeFiction #WritersNetwork #WritingTips #IndieAuthor #WritingAndBooks

Live-Writing My Thriller Novel Bestselling author J.T. Ellison shares the process of live-writing her latest thriller novel and compiling writing advice at the same time.

J.T.Ellison kickstarted her successful writing career by compiling all her blogs on the craft of writing and was an early adopter to Substack. www.writersdigest.com/live-writing... #Writer #Author #WritingCommunity #Author #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingTips #J.T.Ellison #Blogs #Substack

Shark caught on camera for first time in Antarctica’s deep waters | CNN An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun’s rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight.

Nature keeps surprising scientists. edition.cnn.com/2026/02/18/w... #BlueSky #ScienceSky #Antarctic #DeepSeaFauna #SouthernOcean

There's a Grim New Expression: "AI;DR" The slang is a sign of how overrun the internet is with AI slop — and how the real humans using it are fed up.

AI;DR = books that are AI slop are being tagged AI;Don’t Read. It’s trending and has been noted already on BlueSky. But in case you haven’t seen it. futurism.com/artificial-i... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #AI #AI;DR #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished

Thank you for your post. In our contemporary world we will watch the film Valentines Day tonight. It’s become a tradition, feel good way to end the day.

Oho, it looks like the Waterstones link for my book launch event on 16th April in Glasgow with @rtorrubia.com and @caileansteed.bsky.social has gone live. All of a sudden the launch date for FIRST MAGE ON THE MOON seems scarily close!

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Trauco is the 'seducer of the woods' a fruit-eating goblin from South American folklore

St. Valentine's Day goblins?!?

Trauco is the 'seducer of the woods' a fruit-eating goblin from South American folklore, able to seduce humans by his gaze or breath

and read more in my: "Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin: An Encyclopedia of World Folklore"

Hi Sam read my post on Ethan Brooks I posted a few hours ago.

Yes we are nervously waiting for it to hit its high in Orihuela Costa.

YouTube video by Tech Town Apple AI Pin - This Could Change Apple Forever

Apple about to disrupt the mobile device industry? Is the the beginning of the end of the mobile phone? youtu.be/px563p0SqYo?... #Apple #ApplePin #BlueSky #BookSky #Technology #MobileDevices #Writers #Author #WritingCommunity

Ethan Brooks, Age 12 This is a reprint of a blog post by Shady – “Planet Positive” on Substack that moved me so much I had to share it with you. “Librarian” I’m a librarian. We close at 9 …

Whether this story is true or not, it is powerful and speaks to who we are and how important libraries are to a community. creativeartworksblog.com/2026/02/13/e... #Author #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #Author #BlueSky #BookSky #WritingAndBooks #PennySansevieri #ShortStory #EthanBrooks #Library

Substack Breach: Author Information Compromised YouTube video by Author Update

Substack hacked. Over 660k authors details stolen leaving them vulnerable to scams. www.youtube.com/live/BCPYZb9... #Author #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #Substack #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished

Do multiverses exist? Physics says: Maybe. Cosmology and quantum physics both offer tantalizing possibilities that we inhabit just one reality among many. But testing that idea is challenging.

Is space science hypothesis out pacing science fiction? www.sciencenews.org/article/mult... #writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #Author #SpaceScience #SciFi #BlueSky #BookSky #ScienceFiction #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished #WritersNetwork

Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers

Good news for authors, reading and writing reduces dementia risks. www.theguardian.com/society/2026... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WritingandBooks #Reading #WritersNetwork #IndieAuthor

7 Productivity Tips Writers Can Learn From Hannibal Lecter Author Brian Raftery collects a tongue-in-cheek list of productivity tips writers can learn from Thomas Harris' Hannibal Lecter character.

Great insights for the author (tongue in cheek, rather appropriate given the subject matter) from Hannibal Lecter! www.writersdigest.com/7-productivi... #Author #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingSdvice #IndieAuyhor #HannibalLecter #WritingAndBooks

<< “If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” Hart told the NYT. >>

Honey. You assume we are racing. I am not in this race. I don't want to be in a race. I am creating art.

"Novelist" Boasts That Using AI She Can Churn Out a New Book in 45 Minutes, Says Regular Writers Will Never Be Able to Keep Up A romance novelist who uses AI to crank out new books says she produced over 200 novels per year, earning her a pile of cash.

The article describes a ‘smut’ writer producing a book in 45 mins with AI, and generates a six figure income from her writing. We are racing to the bottom. Are readers really that gullible? I guess so. futurism.com/artificial-i... #Author #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #AI

Creative talent: has AI knocked humans out? Can artificial intelligence rival human creativity? A large-scale study compares 100,000 humans with leading generative AI models.

Has AI reached the threshold of creativity that matches human capability? nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2... #Author #Writer #WritingCommunity #Writing #BlueSky #BookSky #Creativity #AI #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor #WritersNetwork

Humans could have as many as 33 senses Even the traditional five senses don’t operate in silo.

Great reference article for ‘character.’ Humans could have as many as 33 senses
theconversation.com/humans-could... #Author #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #IndieAuthor #CharacterTraits

🚨 AUTHORS AND WRITERS 🚨 📚💙

The #1 rule of #booksky is that your self promotional posts may not outnumber your other posts to the feed and almost all of you are in violation of this rule!

I get so many complaints about this - it's ruining the feeds and driving everyone's sales down too.

Stormzy calls reading a ‘superpower’ as he backs accessible books campaign The musician is championing the annual Quick Reads initiative, which will release six short, digestible titles for ‘nonreaders and lapsed readers’ in April for £1 each

Stormzy generates a storm for Quick Reads initiative. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f... #Author #Writers #Writer #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #Books #QuickReads #Stormzy

Humans welcome to observe: This social network is for AI agents only Launched Wednesday, Moltbook has already sparked fascination in the AI community as advanced bots — agents — converse. Its creator says an AI is in charge.

I wonder if Moltbook would link with BlueSky. Could be fascinating if the AIs got around to discussing books. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne... #Author #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #Moltbook #BlueSky #BookSky

Anthropic Knew the Public Would Be Disgusted by How It Was Destroying Physical Books, Secret Documents Reveal Newly unsealed documents suggest that Anthropic was well aware that destroying books to train its AI would look bad.

The sentiment expressed in the title of this article says it all re books for training AI. futurism.com/future-socie... #Author #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #BookSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #AI #BooksAndAI

One of the World’s Only Complete and Gilded Books of the Dead Goes on View for the Very First Time After a three-year restoration project, the exceptionally rare, 21-foot-long manuscript will be presented in a refreshed funerary gallery in the Brooklyn Museum’s Egyptian wing. Unrolling Eternity: ...

Straight out of the film ‘The Mummy.’ Brooklyn Museum puts ‘The Book Of The Dead’ on display. www.brooklynmuseum.org/press/gilded... #Author #Writer #WritingCommunity #Writing #BookSky #BlueSky #BookOfTheDead #Papyrus #Egyptian #HistoricManuscripts

88 Writing Contests in February 2026 - No entry fees This February there are more than seven dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes ra...

Erica Verrillo’s list of 88 writing contests - no entry fee. publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2026/01/87-w... #Author #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #IndieAuthor #WritersNetwork #WritingContests #EricaVerrillo

List of Book Fairs and Book Festivals by State Book fairs and festivals are great events for writers and readers to meet up and celebrate books of all genres. Here's a list of book fairs and book festivals that we've compiled and will continue to ...

Post by Writers Digest of book fairs and festivals etc in USA states. www.writersdigest.com/publishing-i... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished #BookFairs #BookFestivals #WritersDigest