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+19 +35 Ways to Break Away from the Daily Grind to Finally Write Your Book
Writing a book isn't easy when you have a full-time job. But it isn't impossible. Here are 5 ways to finally write your book while working.
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+19 +5Unlikely book hits No. 1 on Amazon after daughter's TikTok showed dad's toil, low sales
Lloyd Devereux Richards spent 14 years writing 'Stone Maidens.' Now 11 years after it published, it's a No. 1 seller all because of a TikTok video.
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+16 +3We’ve always been distracted, or at least worried that we are
Worried that technology is ‘breaking your brain’? Fears about attention spans and focus are as old as writing itself
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+3 +1How To Start a Freelance Writing Business From Home
Freelance is a great way to get writing experience under your belt, and then you can focus on finding a permanent role as a remote team worker if you want or keep the flexibility of freelance rolling.
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+15 +5I asked Microsoft's 'new Bing' to write me a cover letter for a job. It refused, saying this would be 'unethical' and 'unfair to other applicants.'
But it gave me tips and directed me to writing resources for cover letters. Rival ChatGPT, however, wrote me a 270-word cover letter for the same job.
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+22 +6ChatGPT's creator releases tool for detecting AI text, and it stinks
OpenAI has released a "classifier" for detecting AI-generated text, but it pales in comparison to a free rival tool called Hive Moderation.
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+16 +5These jobs are most likely to be replaced by chatbots like ChatGPT
Chatbots and artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT that can almost instantly produce increasingly sophisticated written content are already being used to perform a variety of tasks, from writing high school assignments to generating legal documents and even authoring legislation.
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+20 +5Colette: The most beloved French writer of all time
An icon in her native France, Colette's scandalous life and works still captivate readers 150 years on from her birth, writes Alan Simpson.
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+21 +4This 22-year-old is trying to save us from ChatGPT before it changes writing forever
A college kid's mission to prevent misuse of artificial intelligence.
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+24 +1Can AI detectors save us from ChatGPT? I tried 3 online tools to find out
With the sudden arrival of ChatGPT, educators and editors are facing a worrying surge of automated content submissions. We look at the problem and what might be done.
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+15 +4Attack of the Chatbots: Screenwriters’ Friend or Foe?
Even as products like ChatGPT make advances, top film and TV writers are skeptical that the tech imperils their livelihoods, but some think talent advocates should be proactive about setting rules of engagement for writers.
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+18 +5Here's How Author James Patterson Writes Thirty-One Books at the Same Time
“My grandmother said, ‘Hungry dogs run faster,’” says the 75-year-old. “I've always been a hungry dog.”
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+3 +1A Total Amateur May Have Just Rewritten Human History With Bombshell Discovery
Ben Bacon is "effectively a person off the street," but he and his academic co-authors think they've found the earliest writing in human history.
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+20 +6Most assume writing systems get simpler. But 3,600 years of Chinese writing show it’s getting increasingly complex
The extraordinary Chinese writing system has over 4,000 core complex characters – and they’ve been getting more complex over time.
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+16 +1How a bestselling US author used a Dickens classic to tell hellish story of US opioid crisis
Barbara Kingsolver, author of The Poisonwood Bible, returned to her home turf of Appalachia to tackle one of its most urgent issues — with a little help from David Copperfield.
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+18 +1‘I’m parking my guilt’: confessions of a celebrity children’s book ghost writer
As an author whose own books never find their way to supermarket shelves, it’s frustrating work – but it puts food on my family’s table
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+26 +4Snoop Dogg reveals he used to write lyrics on a typewriter
Snoop Dogg has revealed that he used to write lyrics on a typewriter in the early days of his career. The rapper shared that he used to borrow a typewriter from 2Scoops of G-funk group The Dove Shack, instead of penning his words in a notebook. “Them the little homies,” he said of the rap trio on a recent episode of The 85 South Comedy Show. “2Scoops that was in the group, when I first started writing raps I used to use that n**** typewriter…
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+21 +7A new writer tweeted about a low book signing turnout, and famous authors commiserated
Novelists like Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood and Stephen King shared discouraging moments in their career after debut author Chelsea Banning tweeted that only two people came to her book signing.
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+19 +1Top 5 Mistakes Writers Make Adapting Their Books For The Screen
A movie or TV series needs to pack in a LOT of action. A slow-paced, emotional tale might not adapt to film so easily. Even if you wrote a fast-paced action-adventure, you will have to adapt your thinking as much as adapting your manuscript.
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+28 +4The Struggle to Unearth the World’s First Author
Decades ago, archaeologists discovered the work of Enheduanna, an ancient priestess who seemed to alter the story of literature. Why hasn’t her claim been affirmed?
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