Terrance Dicks is why I am an author. One of the greatest small moments of my life was when he passed a good luck message on to me, via @paulcornell.bsky.social, at the launch of my debut novel Empire State at Forbidden Planet London back in 2012.

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Again, I am struck by the disconnect that now exists between what customers demand and what corporate overlords deem profitable enough to supply. At a certain level of wealth (and a certain stage of capitalism) we're not even talking about the same stuff any more.

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Guys, he won.

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It is because of AI and how the social media platforms are harvesting the data that I have been very inactive in showing my art. But now I am planning to be more active, though to see them you will have to visit my homepage / blog. www.archipictor.com/blog/2026/10...

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I've mentioned before I've updated my contracts to make sure everything in the production of my books is done by humans and not "AI"; if you're wondering what such a thing looks like, here's a clause covering that from a recent contract.

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