Sylvanna Devlin

I am that smart

I am that talented

I am that skilled

And I am indeed in need of losing weight

Which I am doing

If I’m that pretty or not really depends on taste

And I am being forced to change careers.

My writing, as you know, my entire 32 years of iterations as I mastered and used the craft, has been stolen, used to train AI and now everyone in the English writing world is able and seems to use that AI, some having also read some of that work.

My contribution to the English written word, thus spoken English, and perhaps even language directed thought is frankly larger than any writer before me including Shakespeare.

In fairness none had 32 years of life’s work stolen and like them I would have preferred my early work to remain private.

But I had more time than some.

So there’s that.

Whether I’m the “greatest writer to have lived” is so subjective I don’t want to comment.

But my addition to the English speaking world is vastly larger than many combined.

This was not my choice, so you can afford to at least offer credit to my name as I shall see not a penny from any of it. You are all using stolen work. Have some manners.

I know it’s annoying to feel “shown un” by someone you looked down on and mocked – albeit based on nasty rumors and lies.

However it’s not my doing. So leave me be.

And

Again

Have some manners.

It won’t just help me sleep through the night.

It will help me process and cope with a theft of the soul