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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 19/02/2026

A piece of work that came out of that time: "Stories have power. They convey important information and in so doing, shape our perception and understanding of reality and the other people who inhabit it with us." theinclusionsolution.me/point-view-s...

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A Point of View: The Stories We Tell | The Inclusion Solution

Whether fiction or nonfiction, narratives shape our world and our relationships with each other. They lay the foundations for how we perceive diversity, what inclusion looks like, whether people belie...

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 03/02/2026

"A body could only be that scared for so long before it died...or did something about it." If you're in a burn-it-down mood, the last book in my Shadows of Otherside series might scratch that itch 👇🏾 whitneyhillwrites.com/original-fic...

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Twilight Covenant | Whitney Hill

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Whitney | Astrologer - Books Open @cobraandcrescent.com · 04/06/2025

Which is how I came to be an author, really Writing the stories I wish I had at age 10/11 so someone who looks like me could be the hero of the story instead of the sassy sidekick or disposable cannon fodder (when there was someone who looked like me at all) whitneyhillwrites.com/original-fic...

Cover of Elemental by Whitney Hill, showing a Black woman in a leather jacket wielding an Air power

Cover of Eternal Huntress by Whitney Hill, showing a Black woman in a leather jacket wielding a Fire and Earth power

Cover of Tempered Illusions by Whitney Hill, showing a Black woman in a leather jacket wielding a Fire power

Cover of Trickster Magic by Whitney Hill, showing a Black woman in a leather jacket wielding fireballs

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Stevoisiak @stevoisiak.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for * Google AI Summaries * YouTube Ask button & chat summaries * GitHub Copilot * Facebook AI chat * X's Grok buttons * Deviantart DreamUp * Booru AI images * And more github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

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RejectedMuse @rejectedmuse.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

PAX, Magic Con, and Emerald City Comic Con are also produced by ReedPop.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”

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The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com · 27/12/2025

I was thinking about what gifts people used to give to readers (besides gift editions of famous poets' work and illustrated histories of wars and such), and while I was thinking about it, somebody brought a book to the counter.... (1/10)

A book bound in red cloth with gilt titles and decoration, turned so you can see the ragged cutting on the right edges of the pages

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 15/12/2025

I've reached out to Amazon/KDP Author Experience Manager directly to convey all this as well.

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 15/12/2025

I'm reading up on the new genAI features coming to Kindle with a great deal of dismay. Authors/publishers can't opt out of having our books scraped for these features, and we're sure as hell not being compensated for their use.

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 22/09/2025

Scam alert! A company called SayPro Publishers has my book Elemental featured on their website and seems to be claiming I worked with them. This is a scam and a lie! I have updated my Scam Alert blog post to include them: whitneyhillwrites.com/writing-upda...

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Scam Alert: Prime Publishing House and SayPro Publishers | Whitney Hill

It has come to my attention that a company called Prime Publishing House (primepublishinghouseDOTcom) is claiming I worked with them on book marketing services. This is a lie and a scam. I had ne...

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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

NEW: A major AI copyright legal showdown just took a huge twist today. Facing a class action on behalf of book authors that could've seen it pay over a TRILLION in damages for alleged piracy, Anthropic has agreed to settle instead: www.wired.com/story/anthro...

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Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought By Book Authors

Anthropic faced the prospect of more than $1 trillion in damages, a sum that could have threatened the company’s survival if the case went to trial.

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 12/08/2025

From the SFWA (I'm a member) This is the link they included; 13 of my books are listed: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Screenshot of an email SFWA members were encouraged to share widely, which reads in part: "This summer, SFWA and other members of the Authors Coalition of America (ACA) have been involved in legal proceedings against Anthropic AI, which was trained on books downloaded from pirate websites.

The good news for authors is that Anthropic is now going to trial so the court can determine the amount of damages they will be liable for because of their use of our pirated books.

The court has decided this is not fair use, and a class-action lawsuit is now underway.

SFWA is now being subpoenaed for contact information from past and present members. This data will be used by lawyers to contact potential participants who fit the definition for this class-action lawsuit, so they can receive monetary damages.

You can find a partial list of pirated books used for Anthropic AI here."

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 24/06/2025

5 years ago, I self-published my debut urban fantasy novel, Elemental Since then it's won several awards and I published over a dozen more books set in the world of Otherside 🤯 Thanks to the readers who gave Arden a chance, and kept on reading 💙 whitneyhillwrites.com/original-fic...

Cover of Elemental by Whitney Hill, showing a Black woman in jeans and a leather jacket with natural hair using Air magic

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

WTF? I was quoted in this story but I have never spoken to the reporter nor would I have said those things. Is everything just generated by LLMs these days? cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans...

To whom it may concern, and it should concern the editor:

I was quoted in your publication:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans/can-we-engineer-our-way-out-of-ocean-acidification/

Still, others aren't convinced that good intentions are enough. Dr. David Ho, Professor of Oceanography at University of Hawaii at Manoa, a cofounder and the Chief Science Officer of |C|Worthy, a non-profit that works on verifying ocean-based carbon dioxide removal, believes carbon removal efforts like ocean alkalinity enhancement shouldn't be left solely in the hands of private companies.

"They have no way to prove that what they're doing is effective - that's a big problem," Dr Ho said.

The crux of the dilemma, he explains, is that we are fighting a planetary-scale problem, but are doing it with tools that are still being built and tested. Geoengineering is not inherently good or bad, but it is inherently powerful. And power, especially when exercised in ecosystems as complex and fragile as the ocean, must be handled with caution.
However, I have never spoken to your reporter, nor would I have said those things. I would like you to remove my quote from your story, and issue a public correction and apology. Furthermore, you should look into whether the other parts of the article are also factually correct. Thanks.

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Jeni Chappelle @jenichappelle.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Every scene needs: Obstacle + discomfort + action + consequences That’s how you create a story with personal stakes, a plot intrinsically linked to your protagonist, and a character arc that gives the protagonist the internal resources they need to overcome the final obstacle. #writingcommunity

pink and white notebook with pink and mauve pen next to text which reads Every scene needs four key components on a white background.

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 20/07/2025

Just a little something to celebrate having a book ready to go to the next stage for the first time this year 🙌🏾 This one is a paranormal romance with a succubus who gets tangled up in desire and a human hunter of supernatural beings who falls for her 😘

A glass of rosé prosecco sits on a dark wood shelf with a red rose

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 24/06/2025

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 19/06/2025

The Otherside Heat series will be out as a box set next week! Pre-order to get all three books on June 26: whwrites.com/otherside-he...

A composite cover showing the three covers for Secrets & Truths, Curses & Faith, and Menace & Memory on a background of fire.

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key @lefttwix.com · 05/03/2025

[doing my daily affirmations in the mirror] i am the horror and i will be persisting

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Whitney | Astrologer - Books Open @cobraandcrescent.com · 04/06/2025

Oooh I figured it out This was the time when I really started looking for representation of people who looked like me in games, film, media, etc I only had anything near a chance in RPGs, or if I wrote my own stories and drew my own characters

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Starting to think that bombarding people with content designed to make them ill-informed, angry, and antisocial for hours upon hours a day has been a real disaster for society and possibly not one we can come back from in our lifetimes

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Everything about this is a tragedy, every level, from cheated freelancers to authors obscured to readers who don’t get served either.

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Lisa Ko @iamlisako.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The AI book list and general enshittification reminded me that I've been credited as blurbing hundreds of books I never have, including books by Patti Smith, Amy Tan, Sidney Sheldon, Joyce Maynard, and Elmore Leonard? And I can't get these fake blurbs taken off publisher and bookstore websites?

Blurbs attributed to "Lisa Ko, author of the leavers" for Elmore Leonard, Sidney Sheldon, Joyce maynard, Peter Maas, Amy Tan, and Patti Smith

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 17/05/2025

All set up at the Write Now! Conference in Raleigh 📚 Looking forward to greeting folks!

A table with books for sale plus stands talking about indie publishing resources and my urban fantasy series Shadows of Otherside

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Whitney | Astrologer - Books Open @cobraandcrescent.com · 12/05/2025

For anyone interested in what I believe is the original/constructive use of the phrase "Black fatigue" and not the racist bullshit exposed/quoted in the video: bookshop.org/p/books/blac...

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Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit

How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 10/05/2025

Excited to be presenting on fantasy worldbuilding at the Write Now! conference in Raleigh next weekend! You can still get tickets to join us: tafnc.com/writenow/

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Write Now! – TAFNC

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 02/05/2025

Thank you to the person who supported both me and the lovely team at @flyleafbooks.bsky.social with your order 💙

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 02/10/2024

Facial recognition in smart glasses to dox people? Yeah, a bunch of us warned shit like this was going to happen, and it's going to enable some really bad shit. We need to fundamentally reconsider what constitutes "public" and "private" in our society, and we need to have done it several years ago.

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Somehow, I knew I'd be using the word 'motherfuckers' again today...

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Disability is not a moral failing. It can’t be prevented with healthy living, prayer, or wellness culture. It’s a natural part of life. If you live long enough, you will more than likely experience disability. We should all be fighting for better social supports, inclusion and accommodation.

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 26/04/2025

Shop small for Indie Bookstore Day! Find ebooks in my shop, including the Troy POV novella Shadows and Honor, currently only available directly from me whwrites.com/shop

A graphic for Indie Bookstore Day, showing 3 books and one ebook

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Clarkisha Kent @clarkishakent.blacksky.app · 25/04/2025

“How the Vampires would have gotten me in Sinners” by Evensyaxo:

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Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

It'll never stop making me feel insane that writers are made to feel crazy for appropriately valuing their craft while guys who haven't written an email on their own in three years are painting themselves as essential to the future

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 25/04/2025

Indie Bookstore Day is this Saturday! Don't forget that many indie authors also sell their books in their own stores—including me payhip.com/BenuMedia

Otherside books available in the Otherside Heat paranormal romance trilogy and the Shadows of Otherside series

Bonus Shadows of Otherside content available in the books Shadows and Honor, Deeper into the Shadows

Indie publishing resources like the ebook the Benu Media Publishing Guide

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 16/04/2025

...this has me ready to remove the last of my AO3 fic because wtf

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 13/04/2025

A half-elven bounty hunter collides with a vampire vagabond in a Raleigh nightclub. Sparks will fly when the hunter becomes the hunted. Start the Otherside Heat paranormal romance trilogy with Secrets and Truths, now just $0.99 👇🏾 whitneyhillwrites.com/original-fic... #BookSky

Review of Secrets and Truths from Booklife: "Paranormal romance enthusiasts will enjoy Hill's fast-paced, steamy contribution to the genre."

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* Paranormal romance
* Black female MC
* Bounty hunter vs vampire
* Grouchy hero is soft for lover
* Hunter becomes the hunted
* Light BDSM in series
* Lots of 🌶️🌶️ (with consent!)
* Lovers to enemies to lovers

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Jeni Chappelle @jenichappelle.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

⭐️10+ years working full-time as an editor ⭐️ majority of my clients are referrals from other clients ⭐️ experience working with indie authors and ⭐️ clients published by small presses and big 5 ⭐️ collaborative approach ⭐️ small, actionable steps Link in bio to book! #writingcommunity

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 07/04/2025

It is never the day and I am NEVER the one to pitch with AI trash I don't want anything to do with it. I don't want my work run through any generative AI platforms. I don't want to work with scammers and frauds who use it in their process. I value HUMAN effort, skill, and creativity.

Excerpt from a cold pitch sent to my contact form: "I create cinematic book trailers using AI — no crew, fast turnaround. Perfect for launches, social media, or promo boosts.

Here’s an example I made entirely with AI:"

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 05/04/2025

Any other Americans getting absolutely thrashed by plummeting international sales? 🫠 I get it. I'm not mad. Fight the Empire and hold the line ✊🏾 But I didn't vote for this shit and never have, and I'm one of those the Empire seeks to crush, so I'm mostly frustrated with those who did vote for it.

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Whitney Hill | Shadows of Otherside series @whitneyhillwrites.com · 22/03/2025

"...they needed books for their quality writing, style, expression, and long-form narration and would rather steal them than ask and pay for them as they do for all of the other necessary components of their AI, such as electricity and programming." authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...

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Meta's Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild

Today, The Atlantic published a search tool that allows authors to check if their works are in LibGen, an illegal pirate site AI companies copied for their AI systems. This is a similar tool to the on...

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Damon Beres @damonberes.com · 20/03/2025

Proof is different than suspicion. And generative AI remains an obscure technology: Companies do not like to talk about how it works, or what they've taken for it to work, even as they place it into products that millions or billions of people use every day and insist it should change the world.

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