Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.
- Highlights of the next Public Domain Day include works by Faulkner and Dashiell Hammett, and also cartoon classics such as Pluto and Betty Boop.
- Now that Spotify Wrapped includes audiobooks, it offers a snapshot of what everyone was listening to in 2025.
- Last week SFWA announced that if an author used any form of LLM when writing their story, it is officially disqualified for consideration for a Nebula award. That includes most spelling and grammar checkers as well as (probably) every smart or context-aware features in your favorite writing app.
- Elizabeth Spann Craig explains why authors need deliberate breaks.
- Like Elizabeth Spiers, I too miss the early blogging era (I miss the middle and late periods, too).
- Victoria Strauss reviews a contract with appalling clauses offered by a LitRPG publisher.
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