Last week I saw this question on X: "A group of cats is a clowder. A group of dogs is a pack. A group people is a crowd. What is a group of writers?" I then posed the question to my writer friends. I started with "a procrastination of writers," and then they sent in a lot of other great suggestions. Lacking the poetic gene, I decided to ask Grok for some help turning those answers into … [Read more...]
Robin’s Favorites
We hope you are enjoying these weekly feature posts from the authors of Inspired by Life…and Fiction. We're sharing some of our favorite things to help you get to know us a little better—and we’d love to hear your answers to these “favorites” questions in the comments below. Favorite Beverage (whether hot or cold): I drink decaf coffee with Italian Sweet Cream creamer every morning, … [Read more...]
Piecing It Together
One of my favorite things to do (although this isn’t a Sunday post) is to put together jigsaw puzzles. I especially love to work jigsaw puzzles during the fall and winter seasons, when the days are shorter and the darkness comes earlier. I treated myself to a puzzle board a couple of Christmases ago, when Princess Pinky was still with me. There is nothing like a cat to cause a person to lose … [Read more...]
I love my writing life
Many times over the last 40+ years, rather than say, “I love writing,” I’ve said, “I love having written.” That is still true; I love having written. I love meeting my word goal and feeling good about the accomplishment. However, I’m in a stage of my career where I am loving the writing as much as having written. So I thought I would look at a few things I love as I write: 1. Bringing … [Read more...]
A Hot Topic: Artificial Intelligence
In my February 7th post, I mentioned that I’m taking a college course this spring semester called “Writing in the Age of AI.” Unless you’ve been living under a rock—not to mention never using a computer or smart phone—you are aware that AI is next to impossible to avoid in 2025. There are the Large Language Models such a ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and CoPilot. There are grammar and spell checkers … [Read more...]
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