Comments on: Writing in the Age of GEO https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/07/writing-in-the-age-of-geo/ A Blog On Writing Sat, 30 Aug 2025 02:06:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: acflory https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/07/writing-in-the-age-of-geo/#comment-172979 Sat, 30 Aug 2025 02:06:27 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55250#comment-172979 I hate to be a party pooper but...if we post fiction online, that fiction will be scraped [read: stolen] by the various LLMs [Large Language Models aka AI] for the benefit of AI training. NOT for the benefit of either writers or readers. I would like to think that GEO will make us more visible to those who really matters - i.e. Readers - but I don't believe it.
In the last week my blog saw an astronomical jump in views. From an average of about 100 or thereabouts, it suddenly hit 5000. I thought it must have been a mistake of some kind, because like and comments remained the same. So who were these 5000 people?
I now realise they weren't people at all. My guess is that all of my blog posts going back to 2011 have now been slurped up.
I won't be posting fiction any more. I won't be posting original graphics any more. Until we are given some kind of guarantees backed by the LAW, I'm hanging on to my copyright for dear life.

]]> By: Ami King https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/07/writing-in-the-age-of-geo/#comment-172283 Sat, 19 Jul 2025 18:05:57 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55250#comment-172283 In reply to Lisa Norman.

The mirror articles you've been writing on Substack are great!

]]> By: Ami King https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/07/writing-in-the-age-of-geo/#comment-172282 Sat, 19 Jul 2025 18:03:41 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55250#comment-172282 In reply to Lisa Norman.

Lol. You're the best 🤗

]]> By: Lisa Norman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/07/writing-in-the-age-of-geo/#comment-172271 Fri, 18 Jul 2025 16:00:17 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55250#comment-172271 In reply to Sylvia McDaniel.

Do it, Sylvia. I'm going to be coming out with a whole series on AI on Substack (not WITS) and even a new class. Stay tuned!

]]> By: Lisa Norman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/07/writing-in-the-age-of-geo/#comment-172270 Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:59:12 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55250#comment-172270 In reply to Winona Cross.

Awww, Winona. You are too kind. But your voice? It's the sweet horses and your connection to friends. It's in the images you pick and the stories you tell on your blog. It's in your caring for people. It rings in all of your books.

]]> By: Sylvia McDaniel https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/07/writing-in-the-age-of-geo/#comment-172268 Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:41:47 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55250#comment-172268 Wow!! I just read this and would love to share it with my small-town writers group, who both love and hate AI.

]]> By: Winona Cross https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/07/writing-in-the-age-of-geo/#comment-172266 Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:05:48 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55250#comment-172266 I have no idea what my voice is or might be but I am trying to discover it. I do know Lisa Norman is a real life person of great word power.

]]> By: Lisa Norman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/07/writing-in-the-age-of-geo/#comment-172256 Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:51:01 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55250#comment-172256 In reply to RJ Redden.

And the joy of virtual bars with virtual Bailey's on tap! I loved how our two posts came together... and Alicia's quiet revolution, too. So much joy here. Oh... and then we have Ossandra telling folks about Twitch coming up next. Great line up.

YOU are an inspiration, RJ!

]]> By: RJ Redden https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/07/writing-in-the-age-of-geo/#comment-172254 Thu, 17 Jul 2025 13:53:35 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55250#comment-172254 This is inspiration! Chasing the algorithm is so 10 minutes ago. Let's celebrate a deep understanding of readers and what makes them laugh, cry, and stay up at night. 😎

]]> By: Lisa Norman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/07/writing-in-the-age-of-geo/#comment-172246 Thu, 17 Jul 2025 02:19:35 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55250#comment-172246 In reply to Ami King.

You're welcome, Ami! And it helps that if YOU do this work, we all get to read FUN books!

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