Michael R.M. ☀️
@heliosblade.bsky.social
25 | 🇪🇺🏳️🌈 | he/they | aspiring fantasy writer, anti-genAI | pfp by inherentlyinsidious on Instagram
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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"Ich habe gerade mit der KI von Google geschaut, ob Sie das Buch haben, aber nix gefunden. Können Sie mir bitte direkt schreiben, ob es im Bestand ist?"
Eine natürliche Intelligenz hat es schon aus dem Regal geholt und für Sie beiseite gelegt.
Eine natürliche Intelligenz hat es schon aus dem Regal geholt und für Sie beiseite gelegt.
December 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"Ich habe gerade mit der KI von Google geschaut, ob Sie das Buch haben, aber nix gefunden. Können Sie mir bitte direkt schreiben, ob es im Bestand ist?"
Eine natürliche Intelligenz hat es schon aus dem Regal geholt und für Sie beiseite gelegt.
Eine natürliche Intelligenz hat es schon aus dem Regal geholt und für Sie beiseite gelegt.
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"people with renaissance-level art skills don't exist anymore" yes they do their username is something like 03748218_ and they spend all their time drawing pornography so deranged it'd kill hugh hefner a second time
December 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"people with renaissance-level art skills don't exist anymore" yes they do their username is something like 03748218_ and they spend all their time drawing pornography so deranged it'd kill hugh hefner a second time
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I’m up to 21 #TheHollowFlame stories. The first four are on my ko-fi and Patreon. Including audio versions. I’m still allergic to my voice, but I’ve been told they’re good.
ko-fi.com/bjornlarssen
www.patreon.com/cw/BjornLars...
Thanks so much to all my supporters ♥️
ko-fi.com/bjornlarssen
www.patreon.com/cw/BjornLars...
Thanks so much to all my supporters ♥️
Support Bjørn Larssen ❤️
Support Bjørn Larssen
ko-fi.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I’m up to 21 #TheHollowFlame stories. The first four are on my ko-fi and Patreon. Including audio versions. I’m still allergic to my voice, but I’ve been told they’re good.
ko-fi.com/bjornlarssen
www.patreon.com/cw/BjornLars...
Thanks so much to all my supporters ♥️
ko-fi.com/bjornlarssen
www.patreon.com/cw/BjornLars...
Thanks so much to all my supporters ♥️
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A half memory clings like a scrap of flesh on carrion.
Once upon a time, in another life, the path you walked was that of a…
Once upon a time, in another life, the path you walked was that of a…
December 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
A half memory clings like a scrap of flesh on carrion.
Once upon a time, in another life, the path you walked was that of a…
Once upon a time, in another life, the path you walked was that of a…
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Hey, so chronicled this d and d game run by fellow author @bhpierce.bsky.social
I played Alvec, a tiefling abjuration wizard, who wanted nothing more to find a place to belong and lay down roots. Steve Rogers aka Captain America was a big influence.
www.royalroad.com/fiction/8244...
I played Alvec, a tiefling abjuration wizard, who wanted nothing more to find a place to belong and lay down roots. Steve Rogers aka Captain America was a big influence.
www.royalroad.com/fiction/8244...
1: Of Nightmares and Celebrations - A Foul Light Shines
Of Nightmares and Celebrations
A teenager in a threadbare gray nightgown walked through the woods. Her eyes are closed, and her footsteps are unsteady across the soft, now crunched beneath her bare ...
www.royalroad.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Hey, so chronicled this d and d game run by fellow author @bhpierce.bsky.social
I played Alvec, a tiefling abjuration wizard, who wanted nothing more to find a place to belong and lay down roots. Steve Rogers aka Captain America was a big influence.
www.royalroad.com/fiction/8244...
I played Alvec, a tiefling abjuration wizard, who wanted nothing more to find a place to belong and lay down roots. Steve Rogers aka Captain America was a big influence.
www.royalroad.com/fiction/8244...
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Made some digital art!
It’s fun and good alternative to work a bit faster and to archive stuff when my skills are limited.
It’s fun and good alternative to work a bit faster and to archive stuff when my skills are limited.
December 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Made some digital art!
It’s fun and good alternative to work a bit faster and to archive stuff when my skills are limited.
It’s fun and good alternative to work a bit faster and to archive stuff when my skills are limited.
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It's the Most Listerful Time of the Year, so if you're making reading lists for next year, might I interest you in the fact that SEASON OF THE SERPENT, the final novel in the Nameless Republic trilogy, releases on August 11?
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
It's the Most Listerful Time of the Year, so if you're making reading lists for next year, might I interest you in the fact that SEASON OF THE SERPENT, the final novel in the Nameless Republic trilogy, releases on August 11?
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Hey, you there! eagerly downloading that new Full Cast version of those books by the mouldy bigot lady, this is YOU doing that. This is what you are funding, the needlessly cruel ripping up of trans people's lives
December 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Hey, you there! eagerly downloading that new Full Cast version of those books by the mouldy bigot lady, this is YOU doing that. This is what you are funding, the needlessly cruel ripping up of trans people's lives
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watching your husband’s phone light up like a Christmas tree and knowing it’s President Donald J Trump
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM
watching your husband’s phone light up like a Christmas tree and knowing it’s President Donald J Trump
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Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
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Hey, would you like some free #horror stories? My prologue and first chapter are up in Royal Road!
#writing
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1396...
#writing
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1396...
Arrived Home
Oakvane hungers, consuming the grieving and the suffering. Barnaby Whistler, Ethan Chamberlain, and many others must struggle against its corruption- or be fundamentally changed.
Monsters are not ju...
www.royalroad.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Hey, would you like some free #horror stories? My prologue and first chapter are up in Royal Road!
#writing
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1396...
#writing
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1396...
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This affects the ebook of my mythic realist novella THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR. If you want to get the ebook, you can order it directly from the @subpress.bsky.social here. It's about a family who may be refugees from another reality, living in Calcutta.
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This affects the ebook of my mythic realist novella THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR. If you want to get the ebook, you can order it directly from the @subpress.bsky.social here. It's about a family who may be refugees from another reality, living in Calcutta.
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Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
ebx.sh
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
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If there is a place for generative AI, that place is nowhere near my books. Ones I write and ones I buy.
I will never use AI for my covers, editing, translation, or anything else. It is not only useless to me as an author, it is actively hostile and harms every skill related to book production.
If you're an author against AI used to generate writing, you better back everyone else in the chain too.
If you're an author against AI used to generate writing, you better back everyone else in the chain too.
November 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
If there is a place for generative AI, that place is nowhere near my books. Ones I write and ones I buy.
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"You and I will not be shaken by the winter sound
But my voice is suffocating in the winter sound..." 🎶
Here's a wee portrait of Xiuying [shio-eeng], the natural-born cryomancer serving the Lin Kuei clan under the codename Frost—and Askaly's future wife 💙 #ChroniclesOfTheRealms
But my voice is suffocating in the winter sound..." 🎶
Here's a wee portrait of Xiuying [shio-eeng], the natural-born cryomancer serving the Lin Kuei clan under the codename Frost—and Askaly's future wife 💙 #ChroniclesOfTheRealms
November 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"You and I will not be shaken by the winter sound
But my voice is suffocating in the winter sound..." 🎶
Here's a wee portrait of Xiuying [shio-eeng], the natural-born cryomancer serving the Lin Kuei clan under the codename Frost—and Askaly's future wife 💙 #ChroniclesOfTheRealms
But my voice is suffocating in the winter sound..." 🎶
Here's a wee portrait of Xiuying [shio-eeng], the natural-born cryomancer serving the Lin Kuei clan under the codename Frost—and Askaly's future wife 💙 #ChroniclesOfTheRealms
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This is a really vulnerable time for paypro call centers. It's already been reported that Mastercard is stressed by our persistence
I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥
I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥
#SaveSpeech
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is a really vulnerable time for paypro call centers. It's already been reported that Mastercard is stressed by our persistence
I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥
I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥
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Speaking as a dude who has a yearly family reunion, "aunt" and "uncle" fill a role, what the fuck are you supposed to call all those other older people you're vaguely related to, do you think there's someone running around with an org chart saying who's a second cousin thrice removed or something
October 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Speaking as a dude who has a yearly family reunion, "aunt" and "uncle" fill a role, what the fuck are you supposed to call all those other older people you're vaguely related to, do you think there's someone running around with an org chart saying who's a second cousin thrice removed or something
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My momma bestie is my auntie
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
October 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
My momma bestie is my auntie
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
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October 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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October 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
I would say most Chaotic Plotter but depending on the story could end up anywhere on the Plantser and Plotter spectrum. Longer works tend to turn me into a Lawful Plotter or Lawful Plantser a lot of the time.
#WeeknightWriters
#WeeknightWriters
Q1: Since we're talking about plot, we figured it would be fun to see how you plot! Based on this nifty chart, what is your plotting/writing style alignment? #WeeknightWriters
October 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I would say most Chaotic Plotter but depending on the story could end up anywhere on the Plantser and Plotter spectrum. Longer works tend to turn me into a Lawful Plotter or Lawful Plantser a lot of the time.
#WeeknightWriters
#WeeknightWriters