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The Future Starts Here

Matthew Inman on AI Art

So much of it can be mapped onto fiction and non-fiction writing.

Writing Room

“ChatGPT User Delighted to Combine Sloth with Theft”

“Actual writing takes time away from surfing for deepfake porn,” explains Wolverton.

Writing Room

“I Use ChatGPT for Ideas and Inspiration” Is the New “I Read the Playboy for the Articles”

Banking on garbage and stolen goods, what could go wrong?

The Future Starts Here

LLM Support for “Clarity” in Creative and Scholarly Writing

A brief look at “AI enhanced” spell and grammar checkers that promise to “clarify” your text.

Scrolling

How Many Papyrus Scrolls Have You Written Today?

Come to think of it, writing on scrolls is effectively what we’re free to do now.

After a Four-Year Hiatus, My Fifth Nanonovel

Zuck

Plush Bunnies TNG

Cerebral Writing

A professional micromanager with words, I keep having a hard time writing blogposts suited to sparking and maintaining a conversation.

Silent Hill

Are You Afraid of the Dark? (Running By Night)

There must be a reason why I keep doing such things.

Writing Room

I Write Like… / Ich schreibe wie …

Orwell and Freud, according to statistical analysis. Are these algorithms our Digital Age’s new Über-Ich, filtering out everything deemed unsuitable and socially disruptive?

Plush Bunnies TNG

Is There Life Beyond Time Management?

It’s either the universe, or I’m too organized.

Infinite Revisions

Some Old Spoof: “Three True But Pointless Arguments of Pea Counting Supporters”

Some form principles, it turns out, are surprisingly robust and can sustain even the most nonsensical content.

collateral tales

campus lost

Ein historisches Dokument, gewissermaßen. Denn im Gegensatz zu Scheinen lassen sich Leistungspunkte nicht in humanistischem Tonfall parodieren.

Angels

I barely remember this poem of yore I happened to come across the other day. It creaks & grates, and I have only the most vague idea about what it was supposed to be about.

Infinite Revisions

Home in Our World

I always loved “Home on the Range.” Here’s a variation on this song, situated in a 21st century where humanity is still kept, or keeps itself, from being free.

Wolfshäute. Ein Gedicht im Geiste von Wilhelm Busch.

Ein Gedicht über Wölfe im Schafspelz und Schafsköpfe im Wolfspelz nach Abmahnungsmotiven von Jack “Hit the Road” Wolfskin im Geiste von Wilhelm Busch.

A Little Late, But Here It Is: My Latest Nanonovel

My latest nanonovel: Ouroboros

Some Good News, Some Bad News from the Nano Front

My nanoseries didn’t suit Green Tentacles’ i.e. Thaumatrope’s needs, though I’m not sure what they meant. But I never self-publish submitted and rejected texts.

On With the Nanonovels!

I’ve got an idea for a new nanonovel, a murder mystery. It’s an idea related to a chapter in Robert Coover’s novel Gerald’s Party.

Now What’s Next in Nano

Right now I’m working on a nanoseries for Green Tentacles’ @thaumatrope channel on Twitter. I hope I’ll have it done when they accept submissions again.

My Latest Nanonovel: A Science Fiction Romance

My latest nanonovel: Antidroma