There’s been a bit of hullabaloo, panic, and outrage concerning the use of AI to make art, or more specifically recently, write books. https://youtu.be/q8PIhPd4bDI Prefer to listen instead? Listen via YouTube Hullabaloo’s a great word, isn’t it? I like it in this case because it reflects exactly what I think about the “controversy” of AI-generated… Continue reading Written By a Human (I Promise)
Category: Writing
Character Connection
Want to listen to this post instead? Check out the YouTube version. In my forthcoming novel, As Though You Were Mine, my main character, Julie, is confronted with the death of her brother and sister-in-law. When my agent at the time and I sent it around to various editors, we initially received consistent feedback that… Continue reading Character Connection
The Fallacy of “It Only Takes One Yes”
The other day, I asked an author friend of mine about her most recent manuscript. "Oh, that one? It's dead. No one wants it and my past publisher held on to it for six months before finally telling me they weren't going to move forward with it." This friend has, in the past, sold two… Continue reading The Fallacy of “It Only Takes One Yes”
“Too Many Issues”
A week or so ago, my partner and I went to see Everything, Everywhere, All at Once in the theater. It’s a fabulous take on the multiverse theme. It’s action-packed, full of drama, while slipping in bit of the absurd, which to me felt right on point for the kind of philosophical, nihilistic backdrop of… Continue reading “Too Many Issues”
It'll All Work Out 