Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) Coming for Our Content

January 27, 2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

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 […]

A Day in My Life

January 26, 2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

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”. […]

Create a writing and reading space!

January 24, 2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

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, […]

I Have a Question

January 23, 2023.Reading time 7 minutes.

Hi, Guys! I’ve been working on a story, and I have a question. There was a criminal case brought against a popular television actor. The young man claimed two males had assaulted and beaten him outside his Chicago hotel. The men had hurled racist epithets and hung a noose around his neck. I’m teasing this […]