ChatGPT is well named, if only because lots of people are “chatting” about it. In case you’ve missed it, ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can answer questions, draft content and summarize written material. ChatGPT does a lot more than that, but those are three of its primary capabilities. There is understandably a […]
Proofreading 101
I am continually amazed at the number of typos and other written errors I find. How could such mistakes happen? It’s easy because we read: The outside shapes of words, not the individual letters Words in phrases, not just individual words Words in context, not isolated from the sentence’s meaning. Specifically, aoccdrnig to rscheearch at […]
Words of the Year
Each year at this time, publishers of English dictionaries reveal their “words of the year,” which are primarily based on the number of searches for the word or words on the dictionaries’ websites. I am always surprised at some of the choices. See what you think. Goblin mode: Oxford Languages, the creator of the Oxford English […]
Pitching the Media: the Sobering Stats
Journalists do not respond to most email pitches. Tuesdays and Thursdays are the best days to pitch a story. Short subject lines and pitches have the best chance of success These are some findings from the Propel Media Barometer for the third quarter of 2022. This quarterly benchmarking study analyzed a sample of about 400,000 […]
A Thanksgiving Note
My health (and that of my family and friends) Companionship (family and friends again, made more precious because of the isolation of the pandemic years) Our house (a “goldilocks” house, small, sturdy and “just right”) Our garden (different native plants bloom all year long) Good meals (thank you Trader Joe’s, etc.) Vasona Park (for frequent […]
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest: The Best of the Worst Writing
“I knew she was trouble the second she walked into my 24-hour deli, laundromat, and detective agency, and after dropping a load of unmentionables in one of the heavy-duty machines (a mistake that would soon turn deadly) she turned to me, asking for two things: find her missing husband and make her a salami on […]
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