How did your interest in technology start? And have you always been interested in finding ways to combine tech and creative writing/art?
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#WordWeavers Day 14: Is selling your work for money important to you when you write?
Would I like to be paid for what I write? Sure.
Do I expect to be paid? No.
#WritersCoffeeClub March 14: Do you think readers want new experiences in structure or narrative, or do they prefer what's familiar?
Both. I think it depends on the reader, each one is different. Some take comfort in what's familiar. Others seek out new ideas.
New review! 378 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
(NES, 1989, Konami)
This week, Ellie looks back on the radical age, joining Leo, Raph, Mikey and Donnie on their journey to defeat the villainous Shredder in an infamously tough NES game.
https://thealmightybacklog.wordpress.com/2026/03/14/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/
RSS: https://rss.com/podcasts/the-almighty-backlog/2628211
YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9PJIROiIF4
#review #gaming #videogames #retroGaming #tmnt #writing #blog
"Even worse was the suggestion by Grammarly’s A.I. version of me to replace the first sentence of the news article with an anecdotal opening describing a fictional person named Laura whose privacy had been violated.
“Laura, a patient searching for relief from a chronic condition, clicks through her hospital’s website to schedule an appointment. In just a few moments, her most private medical details — her reason for visiting, her doctor’s name and even the treatment she seeks — are quietly sent to Facebook, without her knowledge,” the bot suggested with a button allowing the user to paste that excerpt straight into the article.
Replacing a factual sentence with an imagined story about a person who doesn’t exist is not only bad editing. It’s a deception that could end my career as a journalist (or the career of any journalist who took that terrible advice).
And this is the problem with A.I. It doesn’t know truth from fiction. It doesn’t know an investigative news article from an offhand comment. It flattens all content into word associations.
What Grammarly made wasn’t a doppelgänger. As the writer Ingrid Burrington wrote on Bluesky, it was a sloppelgänger — A.I. slop masquerading as a person.
And it must be stopped."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/opinion/ai-doppelganger-deepfake-grammarly.html
#WritersCoffeeClub 3/14. Do you think readers want new experiences in structure or narrative, or do they prefer what's familiar?
The vast majority want to read the same thing again, but different.
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New video on Jason’s Pen Journey today: March 2026 Currently Inked.
I recorded this at the start of the month but ran into some audio gremlins during editing. Adobe’s audio tools helped rescue it enough to share.
In the video I walk through 26 fountain pens currently inked, along with the inks paired with each one.
Watch here:
https://youtu.be/BhNfsM1PRQo
#fountainpens #currentlyinked #stationery #writing #writingLife #pens #pensofmastodon #penaddict
When the places you love no longer exist, you can describe them, but it isn't the same. #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #blog #sifaswriting
https://e8thespresso.blogspot.com/2026/03/poem-nostalgic-but-only-in-my-mind.html
https://sifasevenwriting.wordpress.com/2026/03/13/poem-nostalgic-but-only-in-my-mind/
Not only cans can be recycled in the wheel of existence. #blog #writing #writingcommunity #poetry #sifaswriting
https://e8thespresso.blogspot.com/2026/03/poem-reincarnation.html
https://sifasevenwriting.wordpress.com/2026/03/13/poem-reincarnation/
#WritersCoffeeClub Mar. 13: Talk about an experience when you consulted an expert for a piece of writing.
For a short story about a dentist, I asked my cousin (who is an actual dentist) about how she deals with difficult patients.
#WordWeavers Day 13: Tell us about a quirk your SC has.
Captain Trace doesn't drink, which is a quirk for an airship captain in his world.
#ScribesAndMakers Day13: Our featured creator writes both novels and short stories. How do you feel about short fiction? Do you read short stories as often as novels?
Yes. I have several volumes of short story collections from various authors. I find it easier to read them when I'm limited on time.
#ThursThreads Week 698 Winners blog is up. Congrats to FORTY-TWO TIME WINNER Bill Engleson and Honorable Mention Silver James. Great thanks to Katheryn J. Avila for judging this week. Check out the winning tale. #FlashFiction #Writing #WritingCommunity https://siobhanmuir.com/thursthreads-week-698-winners/
My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.06 Continual Planning Introduction Part 1
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/03/2026-06-continual-planning-introduction-part-1/
#Planning #Writing
Book Promotion: MONSTERS: The story of a teenage girl who's turning into a monster - literally. "Excellent! A gripping dystopian future world." "Action-packed and well-plotted, this is a real page turner." #goodbooks #corporations #epic #detective #monsters #mutants #inprint #writing #military #manchesteruk #bookworms #police #amreading #audiobook #kindle #audio #genetics #legendary #ebook #apocalypse #ku #manchester #fedibookfair #readers #boost #reading #dystopian… https://taupress.com/monsters-s1?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Book Promotion: Check out this exciting collection of free-to-download stories. Discover your next favourite author. #pace #fedibookfair #magic #rogue #dwarves #futurism #elves #goodbooks #adventure #wizards #knights #suspense #thrills #writing #sorcery #witches #knaves #military #boost #dystopia #dragons #spaceship #aliens #amreading #heroes #legendary #travel #action #monsters #fae #planets #reading #monster #ladies #readers #excitement #dwarfs #time (2960) https://books.bookfunnel.com/spectacularfiction/3335y5k3i8?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Book Promotion: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Murder, Mystery and Suspense? We've got it all (probably) in this set of stories that you can download free. #dragons #ladies #dwarfs #amateur #magic #aliens #boost #monsters #dwarves #murder #legendary #fedibookfair #rogue #fae #military #heroes #amreading #mystery #future #adventure #futurism #readers #knights #elves #reading #private #knaves #writing #classic #sleuth #detective #goodbooks #action #dystopia #excitement #monster… https://books.bookfunnel.com/freefictionveverythingelse/x3a9vst0gz?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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Book Promotion: When a world is broken who or what can put it back together? Obviously not Miralees, she's just an acrobat with her family troupe.
Read "Dragons of the Wounded Land"
#fantasy #boost #magic #sapphic #writing #dragons #epic #phantastik #heroines #romantasy #lesbian #legendary #amreading #audiobook #monsters #fedibookfair #lesfic #goodbooks #romancelandia #reading #secondaryworld #wlw #readers #sorcery (9e60) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCDHT9RF?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
#WritersCoffeeClub Mar. 13: Talk about an experience when you consulted an expert for a piece of writing.
For #ZackJackson 2, I wrote the Hayden Planetarium and asked specific questions about unprotected exposure to the vacuum of space. I never received a response. :/
#WordWeavers Mar. 13: Tell us about a quirk your SC has.
By modern standards Markos is not quirky at all. By Ancient Greek standards, being a level-headed even-keeled professional soldier, he's probably quirky because he treats a teenage girl with respect, consideration, and believes she should choose her own destiny.
#Books #Writing #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #FirstFire
📆 Daily Prompt [2026-03-13]: What is the most creative way you have seen someone misuse a spreadsheet?
https://kmcd.dev/prompts/2026-03-13/
#Dailyprompt #writing #softwareengineering