Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) Coming for Our Content

If you’re a blogger, Artificial Intelligence is scouring the internet, searching for content ideas, and borrowing content from your blog and mine. According to a Pro Blogger Newsletter, AI blogging software can perform tasks, “… such as optimizing blog posts for search engines, finding content ideas, and curating content from other sources.”  That means busy bloggers are programing […]

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A Day in My Life

Today was a different kind of day filled with errands that needed to get done because of predicted snow. Some of you know that I live in the Midwest, and we’ve been promised another 3 to 5 inches added on to the 2 inches we received yesterday. That meant a trip to my beloved “Costco”.  […]

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Public Speaking Tips for Writers  

Writers will eventually find themselves asked to speak, especially if you’re a member of a church, civic group, professional club or organization. If you’re forewarned and forearmed, you can happily accept an invitation or opportunity to be a keynote speaker.  Many writers are famous and don’t even know it. Everybody at your church, gym, local […]

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Create a writing and reading space!

Lately, there’s been a lot of attention devoted to self-care, but what I hear described more often is mind and body care. For me self-care has to include a physical space where my mind can wander in peace. For writers, a quiet space to dream is essential. Unlike Thoreau, we can’t go to Walden Pond, […]

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