AI programs are helpful tools to assist you in your writing and design. AI may seem a little odd, perhaps even uncomfortable, to consider using, but we already use AI systems daily: Zoom, Facebook, and Grammarly. ChatGPT, or Roberta as I call her, is where I turn when I am in a writing rut. While she doesn’t have a voice (yet) and can be frustrating at times, she is much more than just a program. In fact, I’m not the…
When you hit that writing wall or are trying to come up with that best-selling story, you COULD try picture prompts or…. get out the FISHWRAP. FISH•WRAP: Slang for any printed journalistic medium (newspaper, magazine, etc.) with such low credibility and standards in acceptable journalism, that its only useful function is to wrap fresh fish in. Well, this definition isn’t exactly true. Old newspapers were used for a variety of things, from wrapping fish (or other items) from the market,…