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Did you know that I have a Halloween-themed short story that’s free to read? The process of submission takes so long – and this was in 2020 during the worst of the pandemic – that Continue reading The Ordered Chaos of “Odd Wheels” — and Novels!
After I shared my post “The Slow Boil Cooks the Frog” (June 17, 2022), I received a comment on Facebook that I might have missed something. In my post, I’d talked about quantum computers and Continue reading Why I was Unconvinced LaMDA was Sentient
Samuel braced himself with his leg over a gap between rocks and pulled Wilhelm across. Barely visible halfway up the steep incline of Hedda’s Woe was the old campsite, where a group of huntsmen had Continue reading Life for a Life (flash fiction)
When I ran across this article in Scientific American about how quantum computers actually work, I knew I had to read it. Zaira Nazario, author of “How to Fix Quantum Computing Bugs”, is a quantum Continue reading The Slow Boil Cooks the Frog: A convergence of man and machine right under our noses
Today and tomorrow, I’ll be attending the Atlanta Writers Conference. I haven’t been around a huge group of people like that in a long time, and I have to say, I’m looking forward to it. Continue reading Off I go! To the Atlanta Writers Conference
There’s been so much going on. I’ve been finding it hard to stop my brain from switching back and forth between images from the stories I’m trying to write and stories of real people, if Continue reading Distraction in a Time of War: Vikings and Raised by Wolves
I received an email today from Luna Station Quarterly announcing its newest issue. It says, “There is always hope… even in this troublesome batch of stories… where grief, loneliness and other prickly emotions take center Continue reading Forgotten Civilizations: A Sympathetic Look at Symbols, Reflective of our Times
The Matrix: Resurrections was my Happy New Year treat. [Spoilers alert!] The irony is not lost on me, and I don’t really care. No, I do care, but my husband was pretty lukewarm about watching Continue reading Happy New Year! I’m going to talk about Resurrections (The Matrix)
It’s all about when we notice the glass, isn’t it? I’d written two new pieces this November for today’s post, one that was long and one that was short. The long one turned out to Continue reading Glass Half Full
Purely rational beings… well, a truly self-aware AGI (artificial generalized intelligence) would be just such a being. This article from The Guardian suggests that maybe in as few as 10 years or a many as Continue reading A Quick Addition to My Last Post: The AI Angle