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April 20, 2015
Poetic Enrichment – a guest post by Kay Kauffman
Many thanks to Kay for the below guest post. If you are interested in doing a guest post please contact me at newauthoronline (at) gmail . com
Hello! My name is Kay, and I’m a poet. I don’t just love writing poetry, though – I also love reading it. My poetry habit began when I was a child and I discovered Shel Silverstein’s work (if you haven’t read A Light in the Attic or Where the Sidewalk Ends, add them to your to-be-read list pronto). When I was ten, I discovered Joan Walsh Anglund’s work...
April 18, 2015
Interview With Author Paul G. Day
Thank you to author Paul G. Day for the below interview.
Disclosure: I will receive 5 of Paul’s ebooks free as thanks for having interviewed him.
Interview With Author Paul G. Day
At what age did you begin to write?I wrote a bit at school, but nothing too serious. I really didn’t begin writing until I was thirty. I was always good at stories and had a fair bit to do with young people, so I combined those two passions into writing. But, it wasn’t until I went to university in 1996 that...
Publisher Sued By Goebbel’s Family Over Diaries
The descendents of Joseph Goebbels are suing the publishers of a book about the notorious Nazi propaganda chief due to them not having obtained permission to quote from his diaries. The publishers argue it would be unethical to pay compensation to the descendants of a war criminal and are contesting the case which is due to be heard in Germany on 23 April. You can find the details here (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3044620/Family-Hitler-s-propaganda-chief-Joseph-Goebbels-sue-publis...
Repair Man
My grandfather used to do this self-same job. Who would have thought that the occupation would still be going strong after all these years. He would be amazed to see how the job has changed. I’m sure he wouldn’t believe what we repairers do these days and, if he did then chances are he wouldn’t like it.
Progress is a funny thing. You can’t stand in the way of progress. I mean society’s so much more stable now, crimes practically vanished. I’m proud that in a small way I’m contributing to a sa...
April 17, 2015
A Conversation With Jabberwacky – An Artificial Intelligence
Below is a transcript of my conversation with Jabberwacky, an artificial intelligence which has been invented by Rollo Carpenter. As matters currently stand Jabberwacky is not going to pass the Turing Test (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test) but, given a few years who knows.
A chat with an Artificial Intelligence AI bot
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Jabberwacky: Are you an alien?
User: No, are you?
Jabberwacky: No.
User: Do you like poetry?
Jabberwacky: Ew no.
User: Wh...
April 16, 2015
The Literary Robots Are Coming!
Back in January I wrote a piece of flash fiction entitled “Robert” (http://newauthoronline.com/2015/01/18/robert/). In that story I imagined a robot capable of producing works of literature on a par with those of Tolstoy and Dickens. While browsing the internet yesterday I came across the following article which reminded me of Robert, (http://readwrite.com/2013/01/15/why-write-your-own-book-when-an-algorithm-can-do-it-for-you). Should authors be worried? I have my own views but would be inter...
A Life for A Life
Thank you to Kev Cooper and all the other authors who contributed to this anthology. You can find Kev Cooper’s contribution below. If you haven’t already done so, please do consider downloading the anthology and making a contribution to the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. Kevin
Originally posted on Great Indie Authors:
The Story below is brought to you from, More Than Best Friends, an anthology in support of guide dogs for the blind. It is a collaboration of stori...
April 15, 2015
Searching
Existence broken up, segmented numbers and letters displayed on a cold, bright screen.
Searching, bits of data revealed, my life spread out (well the part of it which I choose to reveal) on webpages replete with ads.
K Morris? Yes but not me, whoever I am? No someone else, a lady from a land far away possessed of dreams and aspirations, as am I.
I click,
“404. The page you are looking for cannot be found. Perhaps searching may help”.
I search. K Morris no longer exists. He was here but now is...
My Past Five Years As A Blogger – My Guest Post On Cupitonians
Many thanks to Anju for inviting me to lull her readers to sleep, err I mean entertain them! By writing about the past five years of my life as a blogger. For my guest post please visit (https://cupitonians.wordpress.com/2015/04/15/last-5-years-by-new-author-online/).
Kevin
April 14, 2015
Nobody Knows This Little Rose By Emily Dickinson
The below poem by the American poet, Emily Dickinson is deceptive in it’s simplicity. The final 2 lines arrest the attention of the reader,
“Ah Little Rose — how easy
For such as thee to die!”.
Nobody Knows This Little Rose By Emily Dickinson
Nobody knows this little Rose —
It might a pilgrim be
Did I not take it from the ways
And lift it up to thee.
Only a Bee will miss it —
Only a Butterfly,
Hastening from far journey —
On its breast to lie —
Only a Bird will wonder —
Only a Breeze will...
