Tag: Writing

AARP Presents Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

.Reading time 6 minutes.

Women’s History Month As I mentioned in an earlier post, Friday, March 8, I joined hundreds of viewers and watched AARP Movies for Grownups’ presentation of “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am”, directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.  Aside from the experience of viewing this production online and actively commenting with almost 2000 other viewers, I came away with […]

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Write What’s in Front of You

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I’m guilty of thinking I have nothing to talk about on my blogs. Who’d want to hear what I have to say, and it’s not until I check out what other bloggers say that I’m surprised by what has escaped me. This month is the 50th Anniversary of Hip-hop. That means the original hip-hoppers are 60 […]

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Will ChatGPT, DALL-E, and BARD Save You a Ton of Time

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Artificial intelligence (A. I.) is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems (source). A. I. has been coming for as long as I’ve been watching television. Shows such as The Jetsons and Lost In Space romanticized the A.I. to human relationships, while movies like The Terminator and The Matrix showed examples of A.I. gone wrong.  This latest crop of A.I. can write […]

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Public Speaking Tips for Writers  

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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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