Have noticed they are tightening up. But "caught my attention" is such a red flag for me now. And what the hell are these reading communities I've never even heard of!? Starting to get festival, publisher, author and journalist emails now too - real names - fake words. But so convincing.🤕

Very few creative writers reach or exceed the average wage from their work (around 5% of those who consider it their main job in Aust). A tiny number make a lot and most nothing at all. There are ways of improving those odds but nothing changes the basics. Art needs a supporting income of some kind.

Wow - that really resonated with a lot of people but also generated a lot of pretty unhelpful responses. We need to be honest with people that creative writing is just not a financially viable career option. It's not your writing - it's how the industry works.

Charles Dickens (1839). “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby”, p.207

These systems can be so glitchy. Glad it's working again.

Ours seems fine. We watch it most nights.

Writing is thinking. We get students to write so that they learn how to think and use their brains. Using LLMs to do your work is like trying to be an athlete by getting someone else to do your training for you.