Nows and Forevers

Writer and human, born 10 years too late


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  • Getting used to AI as a writer

    I’ve come down pretty hard against the new generative AI programs like ChatGPT, which didn’t have the best weekend in the offline world, did it? But I’ve also grudgingly used it. We’re opening a dangerous chapter in history and, at some point, we’re going to have to come to terms with what AI might do Continue reading

  • A new look

    When I was an editor, every once in a while we liked to switch up the design.Sometimes, it was a minor cosmetic change. For a newspaper group where I was top editor, I started small: Datelines, and then expanded bylines, a new section. That made it easier to make the larger changes I envisioned, a Continue reading

  • AI editing, part II

    I work with editors every day. I have ever since I started my career as a journalist. But the past two days, I’ve been testing out a generative AI on this blog. It’s been … interesting. Do you write with an “ideal reader” in mind? I do. Just about everything I write, it’s with that Continue reading

About Me

Journalist and writer. Loves writing, storytelling, books, typewriters. Always trying to find my line. Oh, and here’s where I am now.

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