aubrie in the open

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Can somebody check on Character.AI?

C.ai is pushing out its own users

May 28·3 min read·430 words

Why LinkedIn culture is obsessed with failing up

Meet the heroes of the professional crowd, and their forgotten sidekicks.

May 28·7 min read·1222 words

What happens when communities bend to nearly breaking

How a novel about witches became a career in asking dangerous questions

May 28·3 min read·556 words

LinkedIn culture is addicted to failing up

The hero's journey is a LinkedIn mainstay. But who's playing the sidekick?

May 8·1 min read·19 words

2026-04-04

I might be hosting a podcast soon! Won't say too much about it until the trailer drops, but I'm excited to start interviewing. Recently joined a novel support course alongside eleven other people. Sh…

Apr 5·1 min read·88 words

The Science of Storytelling

Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better

Feb 21·1 min read·15 words

Thinking way too hard about creators monetizing their terrible relationships

Today in "the straights are not okay..."

Feb 12·1 min read·17 words

Personal Branding for Introverts

Feb 12·1 min read·4 words

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This is a test post to see if footnotes are working. Maybe they are, or maybe they aren't. I don't know. But I really hope they are because Claude[1] wasted so much of my time yesterday. 1. C…

Feb 12·1 min read·57 words

Art makes art of you.

Really encouraged by what Sanderson had to say on genAI. Its environmental impact is terrifying enough. Then there’s the stress AI puts on creative industries, and the way it exacerbates anti-intelle…

Feb 11·1 min read·94 words

Women Who Run With the Wolves

How the heroine's journey intersects with the psychological and the spiritual

Feb 10·1 min read·17 words

AI artists are missing the point

Seriously. What are you getting out of it?

Feb 7·1 min read·14 words

What do we want our post-social media world to look like?

It's time to climb out of our hyper-individualistic rabbit holes.

Jan 25·1 min read·21 words

Beginning again (under capitalism)

"So. Everything crumbled."

Jan 19·1 min read·7 words

Literary husband applications are open | The AuDHD creative routine

Trying to be great, but I'll start with "getting it together."

Jan 13·1 min read·21 words

The Emotional Craft of Fiction

Hoping it's helpful for a character-driven debut novel.

Jan 13·1 min read·13 words

"Don'cha wanna be an owner?!"

I wanted to build a personal brand, not become one.

Jan 11·1 min read·15 words

"I need to relax. I should write a story."

Oops, it's a trilogy now.

Dec 23·1 min read·14 words

On weapons and wild animals

More uncomfy lessons from a woman writing men

Dec 3·1 min read·13 words

Witches and witch hunters: a feminist parable

Because I'm tired of y'all and your "high value man/woman" schtick!

Nov 24·1 min read·18 words

When mental health won't "let" you be consistent

If your dial goes from 1 to 11 with no in-between, this one's for you.

Sep 10·1 min read·23 words

AuDHD writers, intentional consumption is your friend

AKA, how a 25-year-old film broke my writer's block

Aug 25·1 min read·16 words

Starting messy (but starting anyway)

It doesn't have to be perfect; it just has to exist.

Aug 20·1 min read·16 words

POV: You're truly the starving artist

Do you ever feel like you're "too pure" to make real money?

Aug 15·1 min read·18 words