Killing Time

I should be working on stories, but since I have a blog, I decided to blog a little! Let’s call it a warm up.

I’ve been working off and on for years on the editing of my dad’s book, Smoke of the Fire. We have started what I’m calling the final stage of edits by letting a AI read the story to us and making edits as needed. I’ve also been using AI to grammar check the chapters as we go. I know that many people have hard opinions about the use of AI, but I see it as a tool to be used.

The benefits of using AI to read to you in an editing phase is that it will not fill in missing words like the human brain will. Those issues stand out like a sore thumb when read as is. The AI grammar check has only helped me find a couple issues like homonyms like heard verse herd. Don’t ask me how that ended up in there. I guess it was a typo. Umm.. Twice.

Just FYI.. I’m currently listening to I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin. I’ve been following him on Tiktok for a couple of years. His videos are informative and entertaining. I’m halfway through the book, and so far, it doesn’t disappoint!

Okay, that’s enough warm up. I’m going to go work on my current story.

Thanks for reading! If you aren’t, here’s a link just for you! Recirculated Tales: A Mini-Anthology