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[unaliveish]

subway hands

[flowerytale]

Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Violet Dickinson (Sussex, 25 August 1907)

[thedankmemes]

[falliswhenithrive]

[ellipsus-writes]

Back when we started Ellipsus (it's been eighty-four years… or two, but it sure feels like forever), we encountered generative AI.

Immediately, we realized LLMs were the antithesis of creativity and community, and the threat they posed to genuine artistic expression and collaboration. (P.S.: we have a lot to say about it.)

Since then, writing tools—from big tech entities like Google Docs and Microsoft Word, to a host of smaller platforms and publishers—have rapidly integrated LLMs, looking to capitalize on the novelty of generative AI. Now, our tools are failing us, corrupted by data-scraping and hostile to users' consent and IP ownership.

The future of creative work requires a nuanced understanding of the challenges ahead, and a shared vision—writers for writers. We know we're stronger together. And in a rapidly changing world, we know that transparency is paramount.

So… some Ellipsus facts:

We will never include generative AI in Ellipsus.

We will never access your work without explicit consent, sell your data, or use your work for exploitative purposes.

We believe in the strength of creative communities and the stories they tell—and we want to foster a space in which writers can connect and tell their stories in freedom and safety—without compromise.

[classicalcanvas]

Title: Self Portrait

Artist: Vincent van Gogh

Date: 1887

Style: Post-Impressionism

Genre: Self-Portrait

[juliaxyn]

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.

[thewitches3]

Honestly would love to get some cool spooky photos of you with my car for the season 🎃👻

Spooky fall photos sounds like fun! But I use my tumblr anonymously, so I wouldn't want to show my face! 🤔😉

[thewitches3]

When they ask why, make sure to tell them it's for the art, of course.

Source: @thewitches3

[c0ssette]

John William Waterhouse “Lamia” 1905,detail.

[mahoganyamore]

a masterpiece of tragedy

[thewitches3]

Summer '24

Source: @thewitches3

[cottaqecore]

source

[thewitches3]

Hot take: I think it's genuinely funny that people are upset about season 2.

Like you're upset that we didn't see Rhaena tame Sheepstealer? That's kind of the point. She's supposed to be exactly the same as Sheepstealer, wild and desperate, and we needed to see how she became on equal footing as the dragon she's meant to tame. You didn't like Daemon at Harrenhal, but his journey was paramount to his character arc. He had to get a bit haunted along the way, but you said that that wasn't your Daemon. Uh, yeah, that was kind of the point.

I feel like this is an instant gratification issue. Disastisfied fans want the ending as soon as possible instead of enjoying excellent storytelling.

And let me tell you, House of the Dragon is excellent storytelling.

Season 2 wasn't bad. You're just impatient.

[currahee]

I'm still not over crazy ass daemon cutting through the crowd as Rhaenyra comes to collect her man and having the audacity to be play it cool like, "I wasn't expecting you~~" like sir, you've been acting like you've been tripping off shrooms for the past eight episodes and at least a year in the book, nobody thinks you're cool anymore I'm pretty sure they found you stroking the walls last week

[farmgf]

Linda Pastan, The Months

[vntg-aes]

[thewitches3]

Life's too short; eat the bread.