Hello dear readers! I am newly back, revived and reset, from my vacation to Oklahoma City (OKC) where I had a mini family reunion with my mom and sister. We chose OKC because my sister had a work event there and it was a logical …
Read More“Readers and Writers, You Need to Be Smarter than a Robot – and Quick”
The BookFest Spring 2023 topic I was most excited for this weekend was the panel discussion of the impact AI has on reading and writing, and the event did not disappoint! The lively discussion was off to a fiery start when, after the author introductions, …
Read MoreCli-Fi: Science Fiction Based on Science Fact
The description of this BookFest Spring 2023 author interview begins, “Eventually technology catches up and the fantastical becomes plausible and may even become factual.” Debut author and nuclear engineer E.A. Smiroldo based her cli-fi novel, The Silent Count, on real textbook climate change science. Smolder’s thriller is …
Read MoreThe BookFest Spring 2023
Even though I didn’t submit a novel to the latest BookFest book awards competition, I am attending the free online BookFest conference this weekend. The conference is a 2-day affair with Day 1 geared toward readers and Day 2 geared toward writers, but both days …
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