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Tag: Writing

Kiss Me Again, Stranger!

I can’t say that I get Daphne du Maurier confused with Patricia Highsmith a lot, but sometimes I have to stop and think, Now, wait a minute, which one wrote “The Doll?” The two author’s styles are very similar. And the atmosphere, my god—the eeriness, …

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Daphne du Maurier, Patricia Highsmith, Suspense, WritingFebruary 25, 2025February 25, 2025 By Mark

Shall I blame the characters?

I suppose I could do so, but why? Am I not the author, the one supposedly in control? If you happen to be reading my book, A Haunting We Will Go . . ., (if you are one of the winners of the Goodreads Giveaway) …

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"Seat of the pants" writing, creating the story, WritingNovember 13, 2023November 13, 2023 By Mark

CHAT GPT Writes a story!

Sort of. So you’re probably familiar with the terms “smart technology” and “artificial intelligence.” And you may or may not be familiar with the term “natural language processing,” also known as NLP (not to be confused with neural linguistic programming, which is something different). In …

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Chat GPT story, WritingMay 1, 2023May 2, 2023 By Mark

Once again, I thank you. And once again I’m late in thanking you.

To all who entered the last Goodreads Giveaway contest, the one for Rohmer’s Garden, I thank you, sincerely. Even though I don’t say it often enough, I do appreciate anyone showing interest in the stories. And to those of you who won, I hope you …

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Blade Runner, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Rohmer's Garden, WritingMay 16, 2022May 16, 2022 By Mark

Dust off that Screenplay! Final Draft’s Big Break contest is here.

April 12 is the early entry date. I go through this every year. I kick myself for not having a screenplay ready to submit. Each year I tell myself that I’ll buckle down and write one and have it ready for the next year’s entry. …

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Final Draft, Final Draft Big Break contest, Screenplay, WritingApril 11, 2022April 11, 2022 By Mark

And now for something really scary!

Sometimes when in the middle of formatting a book you can’t help but stop and read passages. You are always, of course, on the lookout for errors. They are there aplenty, believe me. Okay, maybe not as bad as I just made that sound. But …

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WritingDecember 13, 2021 By Mark

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