A Most Writers Are Fans Series

In this kickoff episode, Terry Bartley introduces Ink Over AI, a new series about how writers can use AI tools without giving up the craft of writing itself.

Terry lays out what this show is (and what it isn’t): not a shortcut for copy-pasting essays or cranking out soulless prose, but a space for exploring how AI can act as a brainstorming partner, an error-spotter, and a thought organizer, while always keeping the human voice at the center.

If you’re a student hoping to “humanize” your AI essays, a writer worried about losing your credibility, or just curious about what AI can and can’t do for creativity, this episode is your guide to what’s coming next.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

• Why Ink Over AI puts the writer first.

• How Terry uses AI as a tool without letting it write for him.

• The goals (and limits) of the series.

• A preview of what’s to come in future episodes.

  Ink Over AI is about proving one thing: humans write here.

In this episode of Most Writers Are Fans, host Terry Bartley interviewed queer YA author, Aaron Aceves (This is Why They Hate Us). They talked about Aaron's journey as an author, finding the right agent, and getting traditionally published. They also talked about bisexual representation, since they are both bi men writing bisexual characters.

Representation is something that feels easy. Make sure you include characters from all kinds of backgrounds. If you write a bisexual character, you've gotta make sure that there are plotlines that establish attraction to more than one gender, because how can they be bi otherwise?

However, Aaron's book is an example of how you don't have to do this. In the same way that a bisexual person doesn't become magically not bisexual the moment they enter a relationship, the same can be said for characters. You can have a bisexual guy in your book who spends the whole book being obsessed with a guy and maybe only makes a passing remark or two about acknowledging that anyone other than a guy is hot. It's o.k. because that's how a lot of bisexual people live! There are plenty of bisexual people who are only in relationships with one gender for their entire lives, and guess what, that doesn't change their sexuality.

Sexuality is a personal thing, and it isn't always reflected in someone's external life. But bi people who live this way still want their experience reflected in the media!

Think about that next time you write a book with a certain kind of representation. Does it reflect the life of at least one person whose identity is your writing? Then you wrote the exact book for that person, and that's great.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tyranny of the Fey⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now available in ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hardcover and paperback⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠eBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠audiobook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Read my stories now on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠terrybartley.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Send requests to be a guest or comments about the episode to press@starlightkingpress.com Theme Song: Young Squire - TrackTribe, Piano track by sing2piano

Most Writers Are Fans is back! And we are entering a new era. After a conversation with a podcast consultant, we have decided to move towards a new problem-focused format. Intros will be shorter, and conversations with our guests will start sooner. Then we're going to try this new thing where we stay on topic the entire interview (as best my ADHD brain can). I'm so excited to take you all with us into this new era. There will be two remaining legacy episodes with Aaron Aceves and Michael Solís, then we'll be moving into this new format. Thank you to everyone who has been with me. This podcast is only getting better!

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tyranny of the Fey⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now available in ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hardcover and paperback⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠eBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠audiobook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Read my stories now on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠terrybartley.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Send requests to be a guest or comments about the episode to press@starlightkingpress.com Theme Song: Young Squire - TrackTribe, Piano track by sing2piano