by Fiona Ross | Sep 24, 2026 | Articles, My Fiction
Introduction The trouble with AI junk fiction (whether AI crafted the plot or the text or both, depending on the choice of the “author”) is the next generation is going to grow up on it like previous generations grew up on junk food. They’re going to get used to it....
by Fiona Ross | Sep 2, 2026 | Articles
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World building is a big thing for writers today. Readers and viewers like to escape to the familiar, fantasy or unknown worlds where our characters dwell. As we embark on designing our new world, we’re thinking landscape and orientation, key features and...
by Fiona Ross | Jul 20, 2026 | Articles, News, Writers Apps
AI Slop: One star reviews Most authors have had one: a one star review, together with hurtful words like ‘slop’, ‘unfortunate’, and ‘confusing’. If the reader didn’t like the book, they make up things about it and they even accuse authors of using AI when they...
by Fiona Ross | Aug 21, 2025 | Articles, My Fiction
Intro and What I Read On my journey as indie writer, Sapphire Lebesque, I chose two genres to write in, Historical Romance and Romantasy (Fantasy Romance). To make sure I hit the beats within those genres, I read a lot of books in them. In other words, as a writer,...
by Fiona Ross | Jan 4, 2025 | Articles, News
Interesting times? Let’s face it, times are difficult. I usually do at least a turn-of-the-year update to let anyone who’s interested know I’m still around and what I’m doing. It’s a weird world we live in these days or maybe it’s only that I’ve surfaced...
by Fiona Ross | Jun 11, 2024 | Articles, My Fiction
Genre Fiction is a landscape populated with many different species, including subspecies. Authors and publishers need to know the layout because their livelihood depends on it. For genre and subgenre read “readers’ tastes” and for Genre Fiction read...
by Fiona Ross | Jan 30, 2024 | Articles
Words will never hurt me Cut it with the bad reviews! How to respond to negative reviews for fiction writers and readers? We’ve all heard the saying, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Well, tell that to authors who...
by Fiona Ross | Aug 13, 2023 | Articles, News
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Original Classic Animation Disney, 1937 Director: David HandWriters: Ted Sears, Richard Creedon, Otto Englander, Dick Rickard, Earl Hurd, Merrill De Maris, Dorothy Ann Blank, and Webb Smith. Based on: Grimm’s Fairytale of Snow...
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