Why This Matters Why launch an adult book club? Because we live in Durham. This summer I spent three months in Japan. I loved it. The people are wonderful. So is their food. Fantastic public bathrooms. Clean streets, zero litter. And their train system is amazing. Two days after returning home I went to the […]
Let’s consider the upside of Generative AI. But first, let’s acknowledge that technology is not the problem. It’s what people do with technology that can be problematic. And second, new forms of media do not eradicate old forms. Movies didn’t replace theater. TV didn’t replace radio. So, come on down, AI, and join the party! […]
The downside of Generative AI involves the danger of copyright infringement. And the threat to the livelihoods of many, if not all, working visual artists and writers. If you need to refresh your memory about Generative AI and/or copyrights, see: A Few Things To Know About AI We distinguish first between copyrighted images and copyrighted […]
A few things to know about AI. Since the topic is everywhere these days, I want to understand it. Writing about a topic helps me think through it. I hope that reading about the topic will help you think through it along with me. The July 14 issue of Science magazine inspired this blog. The […]
Money for Nothing This month Money for Nothing received an Indie Reader Discover Award for 2022. And it won in the category Paranormal. Fun! What did the judges say? “Julie Tetel Andresen’s second installment of the Shapeshifter Series, Money for Nothing, is a truly tantalizing murder mystery and fantasy novel complemented with a bit of […]
I am delighted to introduce my readers to author and editor Holly Hilliard. We’ve known one another for the past ten years. Ever since she was a student at Duke University. We recently collaborated on a project. I’ll let her tell you about it! Holly Hilliard: What authors inspire you? What kinds of stories put […]
Hibernation. If you know anything about bears, you probably know they hibernate. You might also know about their love for honey and trout and salmon. And maybe you know that mama bears are, well, mama bears. You don’t mess with them. Title image: Courtesy of Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. No copyright infringement is […]
Part of the fun of writing shapeshifter stories is to inhabit the world of the shifter animal. In Wealth Whispers – the third in my shapeshifter trilogy – it’s bears. That is to say: werebears. Werebears: Do Your Research First thing to do when writing a shapeshifter story: read up on the animal. As I’ve […]
Six years ago I first read about online love scams in a New York Times article. At the same time I met the lawyer for a professor at a local university. (I’m in North Carolina). The lawyer told me how the professor had fallen into the clutches of an online love scammer. Long story short, […]
The title image is The Great Wave Off Kanagawa. Do you recognize it? Likely yes, since this image has the highest recognition value of any Japanese work of art. Title image courtesy of Wikipedia. No copyright infringement is intended. The Great Wave Off Kanagawa: History If I’m right, you’ve seen The Great Wave Off Kanagawa. […]