Archive for September 2023
ChatGBT is out to get you
If you aren’t familiar with ChatGBT, you’d better pay attention. According to the website WIRED, “If you’ve ever uploaded photos or art, written a review, ‘liked’ content, answered a question on Reddit, contributed to open source code, or done any number of other activities online, you’ve done free work for tech companies, because downloading all this…
Read MoreWriters being humbled…with humor
In my final semester in the MFA in Writing program at Vermont College of Fine Arts (Fiction 2000), I was chosen to speak at graduation with a fellow in creative nonfiction. I suggested instead of coming up with a speech, we ask grads to give us their best lines from their mentors over the four…
Read MoreSheltering Angel Outtake ~ Andrew in New York
With no other opportunities, Andrew continued working aboard RMS Campania and mustered the good manners to be genial to his passengers. A steward was butler, dustman, and whipping boy, but he dared not let on he minded the duties—he needed the job. For him, the ship had become nothing more than the illusion of…
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