With all this talk about ChatGPT and how it’s going to make writers irrelevant and bury us all in computer generated whiz-bangery, I thought I’d start this post by demonstrating how late-to-the-game this AI-fangled thing is. Writers have been gaming it for eons—it’s called plagiarism.
I took today’s title from a cartoon on Marian Allen’s Monday Recommends and Nail Art Post – Elementary, My Dear St. Patrick. If you don’t follow Marian, you should. And, for the record, it’s not really plagiarism if you admit it and credit the source.
My one-liner today is also a bit of plagiarism in action but it’s also a permissible kind because I’m copying myself. I guess, technically, I’m reusing something I already wrote—something else writers have been doing for eons.
My little bit of quotable insight comes from a comment I left on Ally Bean’s post yesterday at her blog, “The Spectacled Bean.” Ally’s post, “Pondering A Quandary: Is The Goal Of Setting Goals A Good Goal?” posed an interesting question, and she asked us to answer some questions in our comments. Since, as she says, “Cool kids leave comments. Be a cool kid.” I felt compelled to leave a comment. Since I’m me, my comment was on the long side—yes, like this one-liner. I won’t repeat the whole comment, you can find that at Ally’s place but I’ll give you the gist of it:
“I think journeys should include side trips as well as destinations.”
This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s fun weekly series One-Liner Wednesday. If you have a one-liner, or if you would like to join in on the fun, you can follow this link to participate and to see the one-liners from the other participants.
All five of my current books are now available in audio book form thanks to Amazon KDP’s Virtual Voice process. The voice is AI generated, but I can honestly say, it’s pretty darn good. The audio books are reasonably priced (all below $7 US) and, if you already own the Kindle version and want to add an audio version, you can do that for $1.99. There is a five-minute sample on the book page for each book. If you’re interested, click on any of the Dreamer’s Alliance book links below the image or on the link below for my latest book.
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