A short account of my debut exchange with a chatbot. Its final comments may surprise you, as it did me, in more ways than one. (My disclaimer: This piece has racial overtones but is not intended to…| Polishing Your Prose
Coming soon from an author I work with as editor . . . Book 5 of 5: A.J. Hawke Legal ThrillerBlood in the Water: An A. J. Hawke Legal Thrillerby Donald E. McInnisRelease date: June 1 2025 The two children … Continue reading →| Polishing Your Prose
I found this review of AI tools illuminating and it saved me a lot of time to confirm what I suspected. Thank you, Ariane Peveto and Jane Friedman. I recommend reading the entire piece, not only by…| Polishing Your Prose
Autumn, shorter days, longer nights, calls for good reads . . . Coming soon . . . from two of the authors I work with . . . Camp Salvador: A Novelby M.L. MeursRelease date: November 5, 2024 Experience a … Continue reading →| Polishing Your Prose
One of the authors I worked with this year, Hannah Snyder, has her book out: My Kaleidoscope Brimming With Light: A Memoir. Heartwarming story about a 3-year-old adopted from South Korea by a famil…| Polishing Your Prose
Mark your calendar: October 11, 2024 Book release: Chariot Canyon: A Rent Beacham Mystery by award-winning author and Pulitzer Prize nominee Larry M. Edwards. When investigative journalist Rent Bea…| Polishing Your Prose
Los Angeles Times Op-Ed Sly brilliance? Or happenstance? I want to believe the former, but I suspect the latter. Either way, thank you, Los Angeles Times editors, for the laugh. I thoroughly enjoye…| Polishing Your Prose
Sad state of affairs . . . San Diego Public Library Joins Campaign to Protect Access to #BannedBooks A recent report from the nonprofit PEN America that found a 28% increase in book bans enacted ac…| Polishing Your Prose
Reading this insightful item in the New York Times brings to mind my own role as a teacher in years past—and believing that its author, Ms. Bridgette Exman, will be sequestering in her Iowa office …| Polishing Your Prose
Self-publishing dates back for centuries: witness the Bronte sisters.| Polishing Your Prose
