Call Me the Scarecrow ( #IWSG )

       

     Just as I was about to sit down and compose this post, we got a longish rolling earthquake here in L.A.  Seems appropriate for the topic of the following...

 

The Insecure Writer's Support Group

Join us on the first Wednesday of each month in Alex J. Cavanaugh's Insecure Writer's Support Group--a forum of writers who gather to talk about writing and the writer's life. For a complete list of participants visit Alex's Blog. 
     The co-hosts for the August 7 posting of the IWSG are Feather Stone, Kim Lajevardi, Diedre Knight, C. Lee McKenzie, and Sarah - The Faux Fountain Pen.

August 7 question - Do you use AI in your writing and if so how? Do you use it for your posts? Incorporate it into your stories? Use it for research? Audio?

          

         For the past year and a half I've been using my wife's computer in order to blog or do anything else I wanted to do on a computer.  That was after my trusty old Lenovo wasn't able to connect to the internet anymore.  My wife didn't really like that arrangement but we dealt with it.  Then, last week I got a new laptop.  Now I'm trying to get accustomed to using it.  Part of this is due to some of the AI features that are built in.  

       At least that's what I think.  Now I'm not only going to have to get used to this new computer, but also I need get back into a blogging schedule that works for me.

       As to the question of using AI, I guess to a degree I am using it now and probably will be more so in the future.  Seems like it just happens or something but that's okay if it's just routine stuff like editing as I go or whatever it is.

     I guess I'm just going to have to ponder AI as I come to it.  But I'm not going to dwell on it.  Not unless I have to for some reason.

      

Lingering or Malingering? ( #BOTB--Not!)

 

         I'm full of excuses it seems.  Having a great summer, but blogging calls.  At least I kind of hear it calling.  I just got home after purchasing a new computer, but it might be awhile before I get up and running so I figured I'd put up a place holder sort of post to let you all know that I'm still here. 

        Looks like I'm going to skip this month's Battle of the Bands--or at least the one scheduled for the first.  I'll put one up for the 15th.  And I'll make it for next week's #IWSG post on Wednesday. 

         And I should be up and running just fine in order to make my rounds of any other #BOTB posts you all might put up.

         For now I've got to get my new computer operational and reorganize my office to get back in the groove of things.

         Like I said, it's been a great summer.  I almost hate to ruin it by getting back to computer normalcy--or whatever I had before my old computer stopped working over a year ago.  In some ways I miss those old days of  no computers, but now they have become a necessity.  

        Now it's time for me to stop lingering or malingering or whatever it is I've been doing.

        But at least I'm here...

Out of order

 During our June vacation month, my wife’s computer crashed. That was the only computer I was using at the moment other than my phone and doing post on my phone isn’t so great. Therefore I guess I’m going to be on hiatus during the month of July while I attend to various family events and resolve my computer issues. So have a happy Fourth of July and a good month of July and hope to see you soon.