L. E. Sterling

Tag: literature

  • Arcane Magic Will Save Us All

    The antidote to soulless, regurgitative AI? That would be the ineffable, hidden world of magic. Welcome to the revolution The revolution will not be televised. Instead, it will be found in libraries, in old scripts tucked away in attic trunks, folded up and left like fortune cookies in vases for future generations. It will be…

  • Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts

    New Study Underscores the Existential Impact of AI on the Book World Hard to believe, but AI models capable of producing novels (from stolen works of literature) have only been around for a scant few months—not even an eyelash blink, really, in the timeline of human endeavours.  And yet, their application is already so widespread…

  • Canadian Books Are Getting the Love

    It’s been a long time coming, but it seems as though something has shifted recently in the world of Canadian letters. With the rise of Canada’s new patriotism has come a subsequent shift in focus to all things by and from Canadians. That, in turn, has led to an unexpected bonus for Canadian authors: people…

  • The Wizards at Work

    The third and final round of edits for Starling’s Weave (back to you all soon regarding the new Fall 2024 release date — stay tuned!) are now in (cue applause), and I have to say, this was a particularly gruelling — and rewarding — set of edits.  For those of you not in the book…

  • To Plot or To Pants, That is the Question

    When I first started doing press for True Born, one of the questions I was most surprised by (which became ubiquitous, by the way) was this: Are you a Plotter, or a Pantser?  If you’re a little lost, allow me to translate. The interviewers were asking if, during my writing process, I liked to ‘fly…