I began my journey with ChatGPT in November 2022 and was immediately impressed by its potential. As a writer and designer, I was eager to explore this new tool’s capabilities. Initially, I asked ChatGPT silly questions like “How old are you?” or “What would your name be, if you had one?” But soon, I became curious about its ability to write a novel, and, more importantly, write well.
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 Several of my client’s print titles had an unexpected dramatic increase in “Retail Price” on Amazon. (ebooks seem to be fine). While Amazon technically has the right to do this, they must also increase the publisher’s royalty. What is worst, It is hard to “sell” books if the price is $10 or higher than retail. What a Holiday Headache!
Happy Thursday, everyone. I am doing my Daily Digest early as I may be knee deep into my writing tomorrow morning. Had a long session yesterday, and am a little “fuzzy,” so not as much writing getting done today, despite lots of caffeine. I ran across a great article while researching Dan Harmon’s Story Circle. Every storyline uses this model. Those that deviate are called adaptations, but they still have the bones of the Story Circle.
Happy Cyber Monday, Before you head out and buy too much stuff, or if you have already, then here’s a little tidbit that can help you even if you are at the beginning, middle or nearing the end of your book. Many writers have a difficult time understanding the concept of Plotting. Every writer is different: some are pantsers (write by the seat of their pants), others outline and still others, like me, are in-between. Even after years of writing…
Happy Monday, Everyone! Even with the slow time of year, I find maintaining a writing schedule difficult, but it is ONE habit I am determined to re-create (and keep.) Got up at 5:30 am this morning and wrote, edited, researched and thought. And honestly, I felt I didn’t accomplish much. I spent way too much time researching and thinking about how to execute a murder, instead of writing about it. So what did I do? I went to my NaNoWriMo…