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Joely Black

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AI and Bitcoin Data Centres Are Worse Than We Thought

The high cost of all that digital slop in human and environmental terms

Jul 14, 2024

A person holding their head against noise. The picture is blurred and has a pale background.

Jul 14, 2024

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I Discuss Being Autistic/ADHD and Living With The “Story Expansion” Problem.

Hello.

Jun 20, 2024

Cards from a game laid out with their expansions.

Jun 20, 2024

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Marking College Essays in the Age of AI

After marking university essays for years, I’m now marking the words of robots. Possibly.

Feb 3, 2024

A robot with big eyes staring up into the camera.

Feb 3, 2024

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I’m Trying To Write My First Academic Article While Being Autistic, Disabled, and Chronically Ill

Right. This is the journey I’m on right now. I’m trying to write my first academic article. I’ve been intending to do that since about…

Jan 23, 2024

A woman holding books up to obscure her face. She stands in front of a brick wall.

Jan 23, 2024

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The Episode Where I Get Over The Obsession With Being Published (Maybe)

24th December 2022

Aug 20, 2023

A lizard leaping between two walls with a blue sky in the background.

Aug 20, 2023

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The Episode With The Final Thesis Submission.

22nd December 2022

Aug 13, 2023

Books on an academic library shelf.

Aug 13, 2023

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3.30am and We Are Saved By The Cat

14th December 2022

Aug 9, 2023

Close up of ice crystals in the air.

Aug 9, 2023

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The First Time We Discussed “That Whole Situation” with the Hyperfixation

14th December 2022

Aug 6, 2023

A figure stands on the broken husk of a plane in the middle of a gravel field.

Aug 6, 2023

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Start Here.

In March 2022, I was diagnosed as autistic. I was 43 at the time, but it wasn’t a surprise. About six months later, I had the bright idea…

Jul 31, 2023

A yellow diamond-shaped sign with a wiggling arrow on it pointing up.

Jul 31, 2023

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The Eviction Notice

8th December 2022

Jul 30, 2023

A yellow backhoe pulling down the remains of a building.

Jul 30, 2023

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52 Weeks of Editing: Week 10—The One-Year Anniversary of My Autism Diagnosis And A Battle In A…

I write to you now from the middle of a battle. Somewhere deep in a forest, I’m pitted against some awesome monster, a creature of green…

Mar 12, 2023

52 Weeks of Editing: Week 10—The One-Year Anniversary of My Autism Diagnosis And A Battle In A…

Mar 12, 2023

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52 Weeks of Editing: Week 9—Six Steps to a Process for Managing Writer’s Block (i.e.,

Oh, at last! A good week. It feels a little dangerous to say that, as if the gods will notice and dump something awful on me. But even at a…

Mar 5, 2023

52 Weeks of Editing: Week 9—Six Steps to a Process for Managing Writer’s Block (i.e.,

Mar 5, 2023

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52 Weeks of Editing: Week 8—An Unexpected Direction: Exploring the Roots of Writer’s Block

Author’s note: Apologies for the delay in getting this out. You can catch episodes every Friday on the blog.

Mar 1, 2023

52 Weeks of Editing: Week 8—An Unexpected Direction: Exploring the Roots of Writer’s Block

Mar 1, 2023

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52 Weeks of Editing: Week 7—What I’m Talking About When I Talk About Writer’s Block

Last week, one of my favourite blogs dropped this article into my inbox. At the time, I was having A Week Of It, so I didn’t have time to…

Feb 19, 2023

52 Weeks of Editing: Week 7—What I’m Talking About When I Talk About Writer’s Block

Feb 19, 2023

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52 Weeks of Writing: Week 6—Using Plottr and World Anvil’s Chronicles Together

I’m writing this while being interrupted at regular intervals by the workers replacing our roof. It’s been a week. A real week. I’ve had…

Feb 12, 2023

52 Weeks of Writing: Week 6—Using Plottr and World Anvil’s Chronicles Together

Feb 12, 2023

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52 Weeks of Editing: Week 5—Editing Through The Overwhelm

A story about having too many things to do.

Feb 5, 2023

52 Weeks of Editing: Week 5—Editing Through The Overwhelm

Feb 5, 2023

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52 Weeks of Editing: Week 3 — Editing A Novel vs.

It’s been a tough week.

Jan 29, 2023

A cup of coffee with a tiny pumpkin, two cupcakes, and a book that says “My brain has too many tabs open”.

Jan 29, 2023

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52 Weeks of Editing: Week 3 — Working With A Broken Plot (Part One)

Plot. Here we go. It’s the aspect of novel writing I have the most books on. I’m not even going to go into all the deep theories of plot…

Jan 22, 2023

52 Weeks of Editing: Week 3 — Working With A Broken Plot (Part One)

Jan 22, 2023

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52 Weeks of Editing: Week 2— Is There Anything Good to Work With Here?

OK. You know there’s a piece of advice floating about the writing world about editing? The one that says you should put your manuscript in…

Jan 15, 2023

52 Weeks of Editing: Week 2— Is There Anything Good to Work With Here?

Jan 15, 2023

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52 Weeks of Editing: Week 1—A Year of Editing a 19-Year-Old First Draft

This was originally posted on my personal site, here.

Jan 9, 2023

52 Weeks of Editing: Week 1—A Year of Editing a 19-Year-Old First Draft

Jan 9, 2023

Joely Black

Joely Black

There will be dragons. Academic and fantasy writer in love with Egypt, cats and rats. For more dragons, fantasy, and magic: https://www.patreon.com/JoelyBlack

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