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  1. To have and to hold, for better or for worse …

    I spent eighteen years as a professional dog walker, before retiring in the autumn of 2024. During that time, ‘technology’ continued to leap forward in great bounds like a playful golden retriever. However, it made no odds to my daily working life, other than my being able to order a delivered lunchtime pizza from my phone. *

    *(This is mentioned for illustrative purposes only – there was no way I could afford pizza for lunch. And anyway, have you ever eaten pizza in front of several slavering dogs with pleading eyes? That’s one big guilt-trip right there.)

    However, if you count my wee writing hobby as a ‘job’ – a very poorly paid, but fun ‘job’ – then I’d have to say technology in recent years has made a big difference.

    For a start, technology has made me lazy. And for all its time-saving advantages, it has in many ways actually presented more time-related pressures.

    Artificial Intelligence is wonderful, up to a point. I refuse point blank to use it for actually writing the content of this blog (it’s kinda obvious, isn’t it? 😉 ) or my attempts at books. However, what it does give me, is the ability to create wee, amusing cartoons and a programme that highlights over-use of certain words, punctuation errors and the like.

    AI also helps big-time in research. For example, last week I disappeared down a rabbit hole of discovering what would be involved in inheriting a haveli in Rajasthan: what would be the tax implications; what grant funding would be available; the size of inner courtyards – all that sort of malarky. (Stay tuned, folks for my first attempt at a published novel. 😉 )

    However, to a degree, I do miss spending my day in the Reference section of a large city library, poring through books to enhance my knowledge. And perversely, I feel compelled to use all that time saved by cramming more ‘stuff,’ more deadlines into my waking hours. I’m not really one for daytime television.

    And … duh! ‘Technology’ has afforded me the privilege of entertaining you for these past couple of minutes.

    But for every ying, there’s a yang. And that means you’ve just wasted another two minutes of your valuable time in reading this nonsense.

    Never mind, time-saving ‘technology’ will help you balance it all out in the end.

    🙂

    #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #author #bookWriting #DailyBlog #Dailyprompt1889 #HowHasTechniologyChangedYourJob #humor #humour #technology #Writing
  2. Blank page blues? Not anymore.
    These 10 AI writing tools help authors plan, draft, and polish their books faster — without losing their voice.
    Get writing:
    #aimartz #aimartz.com #AIWritingTools #BookWriting #AuthorAssist

    aimartz.com/blog/best-10-ai-po

  3. Got a story to tell? These 10 AI-powered writing tools help authors brainstorm, structure, and write books with ease — from first draft to final polish.
    Start writing smarter:
    #aimartz #aimartz.com #AIWritingTools #BookWriting #AuthorTech

    aimartz.com/blog/best-10-ai-po

  4. Bob Doto is the author of ‘A System for Writing’.

    From reading to note-making to finished draft, his approach connects it all.

    I watched his discussion with historian Dan Allosso and took notes so you don’t have to.

    #WritingCommunity
    #NoteTaking
    #PKM
    #Zettelkasten
    #BookWriting
    #SlowWriting writingslowly.com/2025/06/18/w

  5. Bob Doto is the author of ‘A System for Writing’.

    From reading to note-making to finished draft, his approach connects it all.

    I watched his discussion with historian Dan Allosso and took notes so you don’t have to.

    #WritingCommunity
    #NoteTaking
    #PKM
    #Zettelkasten
    #BookWriting
    #SlowWriting writingslowly.com/2025/06/18/w

  6. I will be accepting people to review and comment on what I've wrote so far for my book that I've been writing.

    DM me your email if you'd like to be apart of it.

    #Fediverse #FediverseBook #FediverseGuideBook #Writing #BookWriting #WritingABook #FediBook

  7. Folks, its that time again, where i come back for a couple of hours and creep back into the darkness...

    im back. for now.

    chapter 5 is being written and i have no ideas, but lord im trying.

    #book #im-tired #bookwriting #yeetus