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February 28, 2023
A Semi-Not-Horribly-Regular Newsletter #18
In this issue: AI Takes Over the World! • A Fishing Story • An Interview with KC Grifant • New Posts • Street Team • An Indie Author Program Review Selection (a review).
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February 24, 2023
Review: When Emily Went Missing: My Haunted Garden Book 1 by Michael Weems – A 2023 Indie Author Review Selection
Description • The Review • More About the Author Description (from Amazon.com) “It was the flowers that killed the farmer’s wife. I dreamed about it after getting shot in the head.” Ruth Gonzales introduces us to her strange world where a haunted flower garden is her best friend, she hears thoughts that are not her own, and she dreams the memories of the dead in the small town of Foxglove, Texas. Ruth has a rule. The Rule of the Dead is a simple one – Ruth doesn’t tell anyone about the thoughts she hears or the memories of the dead she…
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February 20, 2023
Using AI for World Building: Species Names
As a fiction writer, you can use generative AI to help you with world building in a number of ways, to include coming up with names.
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February 19, 2023
Review: Pebbles and the Biggest Number by Joey Benun
Description (from Amazon.com) Even the youngest children know big numbers: a thousand, a million, even a billion! But what comes next? A curious butterfly named Pebbles wants to know, too. Follow Pebbles’ globetrotting adventure and meet animal friends in exotic landscapes. From idyllic butterfly fields to scorching deserts, vast oceans, and the splendors of space,…
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February 14, 2023
Another ChatGPT Use Case for Writers
This is my attempt at generating a story idea, fleshing out the logline, breaking it apart into a basic plot structure, and finally coming up with chapter events. It sucks.
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February 10, 2023
Getting AI to Fix My Bad High School Poetry
I thought I'd try something fun since I have the itch to play around with AI-generative chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT.
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February 5, 2023
ChatGPT for Writers
ChatGPT can assist writers in several ways, such as generating ideas for stories, suggesting words or phrases to enhance writing and more.
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January 30, 2023
Review: Captain Sedition: The Death of the Age of Reason by Kerry Fusaro
Description (from Amazon.com) A politically ambivalent London courier gets embroiled in the American Revolution against his will. Joethan Wolfe is a bravo and a rake, according to his particular friend, Benjamin Franklin, but Wolfe also possesses an unshakeable sense of honor. He’s a master horseman, fond of the ladies, and often too damned clever for…
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Captain Sedition: The Death of the Age of Reason by Kerry Fusaro
Description (from Amazon.com) A politically ambivalent London courier gets embroiled in the American Revolution against his will. Joethan Wolfe is a bravo and a rake, according to his particular friend, Benjamin Franklin, but Wolfe also possesses an unshakeable sense of honor. He’s a master horseman, fond of the ladies, and often too damned clever for…
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January 29, 2023
A Semi-Not-Horribly-Regular Newsletter #17
In this issue: A Sneak Peek (with no context) • New Posts • Indie Author Review Program Selections for 2023 • An Indie Author Program Review Selection (a review).
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