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Triumph! I reached level 100 in Diablo 4!

Meaning I can craft every kind of incense, meaning I got the title “Sage” to go along with “Desert,” so… Continue reading “Reclaiming Dessert Sage”

The moment when you realize a poem can be as important as a novel.

Or maybe more important.

And worse, that you’ve been a fool for not knowing that all along.

I think…

I have decided to like poetry.

Not most poetry. I don’t like most of anything, even sci-fi space shows. Continue reading “Poetry”

In three hours, I get to meet an octopus!

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Best thing from the behind-the-scenes tour at the Oregon Coast Aquarium:

Continue reading “Meeting Beaker”

I just told Claude, an AI writing assistant, that I was thinking of writing a space opera novel about an otter and asked if it had any ideas for the name of the main character. It suggested: Continue reading “Getting Suggestions from AI”

I remember arguing with my parents and teacher at about the age of ten as to whether I needed to memorize my times tables given that I could always just use a calculator.

I did not memorize my times tables. Calculators are awesome. This has never hurt me.

Also, I minored in math at a top tech college. So, it’s not like I can’t do math.

I’ve been talking a lot about how some writers find AI helps them write, and a question I keep encountering is why they need help.

A lot of the time, this question seems like a distraction from those looking to vilify users of AI, but sometimes it seems like genuine curiosity… Continue reading “Some Reasons Why Some Writers Use AI”

Years ago, I was on a panel at Rainfurrest, and the audience asked something about how to get feedback or critiques or beta reads or something. And the answer from the panelists largely came down to something along the lines of, “Get help from your friends.”

Bear with me… Continue reading ““What if you don’t have friends…””

The truth is that you can’t write a good book using AI right now without learning how to write. I don’t know if you’ll ever be able to, but you certainly can’t right now.

However, you probably can learn to write by using an AI to help you with a book. Continue reading “It’s Okay to Use Tools that Help You”

I am so profoundly disappointed by how pillars of the writing community have chosen to become ringleaders for pitchfork wielding mobs, unthinkingly screaming “theft!” & “plagiarism!” against anything with the slightest whiff of AI near it.

You’re making writers look ridiculous. Continue reading “Scattered Thoughts on Writing and AI”