Marissa Walker's Blog
July 21, 2025
Ai in Writing
I love the idea of technology being used to better our lives and improve the world.
I do not, however, believe that generative AI has any place in the arts. At all. Period.
Generative AI steals and scrapes from artists and authors and that, in my opinion, is simply wrong. (not to mention the environmental impact of AI in general)
As for accessibility I am all for that. I have been putting in the work lately to put out Large print editions of my work to try and increase accessibility...but AI (generative AI specifically) isn't that, its just theft.
There are amazing artists with all levels of ability and disability. There are phenomenal (and some famous) artists out there in "The Foot and Mouth" society (go look them up) who paint while having disabilities. They don't steal other people's work
The beauty of true art is CREATION! Creation is from the heart including its flaws, its tears, and the wonders of hard work and improvement over time.
The same can be said for writing. Building a story from scratch in your head. Taking the time to think up ideas on your own, being inspired by life or people is beautiful!
While I understand the temptation and desire to just "Want to be done" (Oh how I wish I could just have my stories pop out of my head onto the page) or to want the prestige to have "Written a book"... the whole point of writing is to tell YOUR stories yourself.
So go out there and write or draw or create something new with your mind and heart.
To all the writers out there, I wish you all the best in your journeys and with your stories.
To all the readers out there, I wish you books you love written from the heart, and if you happen to love mine, know that they do not, have not and will not be from generative AI at any point.
Much love
MW
Ps. Also, on a separate note for literary devices and AI... I love em dashes. Can we please stop associating them with AI just because AI scraped so many fanficiton and pieces of literature that used them?
I do not, however, believe that generative AI has any place in the arts. At all. Period.
Generative AI steals and scrapes from artists and authors and that, in my opinion, is simply wrong. (not to mention the environmental impact of AI in general)
As for accessibility I am all for that. I have been putting in the work lately to put out Large print editions of my work to try and increase accessibility...but AI (generative AI specifically) isn't that, its just theft.
There are amazing artists with all levels of ability and disability. There are phenomenal (and some famous) artists out there in "The Foot and Mouth" society (go look them up) who paint while having disabilities. They don't steal other people's work
The beauty of true art is CREATION! Creation is from the heart including its flaws, its tears, and the wonders of hard work and improvement over time.
The same can be said for writing. Building a story from scratch in your head. Taking the time to think up ideas on your own, being inspired by life or people is beautiful!
While I understand the temptation and desire to just "Want to be done" (Oh how I wish I could just have my stories pop out of my head onto the page) or to want the prestige to have "Written a book"... the whole point of writing is to tell YOUR stories yourself.
So go out there and write or draw or create something new with your mind and heart.
To all the writers out there, I wish you all the best in your journeys and with your stories.
To all the readers out there, I wish you books you love written from the heart, and if you happen to love mine, know that they do not, have not and will not be from generative AI at any point.
Much love
MW
Ps. Also, on a separate note for literary devices and AI... I love em dashes. Can we please stop associating them with AI just because AI scraped so many fanficiton and pieces of literature that used them?
February 10, 2023
Vampires and Awesome Women Mc's
As an author myself I wasn't sure if I wanted to do a blog about my reading escapades, but I finally decided that I want to share in reading with other wonderful humans here too and have the opportunity to discover new books and fellow authors in the process.
So, what do I want to write about?
Vampires, because I love vampire stories both reading and writing.
and
Badass women in fiction-specifically women who take the lead and don't fall into the tropes of giving up all of their powers when they fall in love or to save everyone.
I don't really want to put any negativity out there so what I plan on doing is: Whenever I read a book which is 4 or 5 stars to me for enjoyment and falls in to these two categories I will write a nice little blog post about them.
Some of my favorite vampire stories Books and Media:
The last Vampire - Christopher Pike
The vampire Lestat- Anne Rice
Underworld- Series
Kiss of the Damned- Movie
30 Days of night - Graphic novel (and movie)
Some of my favorite women in fiction (books and media) are:
Ripply (Alien/ Aliens Series)
Seline (Underworld)
Katniss (Hunger games)
Sita (The last Vampire)
Lisa (Exit to Eden)
Ellen ( My Heartbeat)
Anne ( Persuasion )
Sarah Connor (Terminator series)
Alice (Resident evil-specifically the first 3 movies)
What about you?
So, what do I want to write about?
Vampires, because I love vampire stories both reading and writing.
and
Badass women in fiction-specifically women who take the lead and don't fall into the tropes of giving up all of their powers when they fall in love or to save everyone.
I don't really want to put any negativity out there so what I plan on doing is: Whenever I read a book which is 4 or 5 stars to me for enjoyment and falls in to these two categories I will write a nice little blog post about them.
Some of my favorite vampire stories Books and Media:
The last Vampire - Christopher Pike
The vampire Lestat- Anne Rice
Underworld- Series
Kiss of the Damned- Movie
30 Days of night - Graphic novel (and movie)
Some of my favorite women in fiction (books and media) are:
Ripply (Alien/ Aliens Series)
Seline (Underworld)
Katniss (Hunger games)
Sita (The last Vampire)
Lisa (Exit to Eden)
Ellen ( My Heartbeat)
Anne ( Persuasion )
Sarah Connor (Terminator series)
Alice (Resident evil-specifically the first 3 movies)
What about you?
