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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.

🙂

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.

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#SlowWriting https://writingslowly.com/2025/06/18/what-i-learned-from-bob.html

I've spent the better past of the past few days working on rebuilding The "Creston's UK City Pack" to work a lot better, and be easier to upgrade in the long run, Along with looking into how I would change and make my Fediverse book well trying to work out what should and shouldn't go into the book to make sure it's cost effective well also giving those who know nothing about the Fediverse knowledge on the topic well also giving the users that do use it helpful information to.

This is all around trying to promote my OF

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Good morning, community! A quote for today to lift our spirits:

“Service to humanity is the highest form of worship.”
— ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
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Good morning, community! A quote for today to lift our spirits:

“Service to humanity is the highest form of worship.”
— ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
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Good morning, community! A quote for today to lift our spirits:

“Service to humanity is the highest form of worship.”
— ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
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Good morning, community! A quote for today to lift our spirits:

“Service to humanity is the highest form of worship.”
— ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
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Good morning, community! A quote for today to lift our spirits:

“Service to humanity is the highest form of worship.”
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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.

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This is Apheia, who came in the cabin and kept me company during my recent writing retreat. #writing #dogs #downwarddog #dosofmastodon #amwriting #writer #bookwriting

What do you think of the contents so far of my Book.

From just this brief look what do you think is missing, what do you think needs more than a page or so that is already has?

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Ich kann euch hier Posts schreiben, aber mit meinem Buch hänge ich gerade irgendwie fest. 😣 Heute muss es mal weiter gehen. Die Rohfassung aller Kapitel steht soweit, jetzt geht's an die erste Überarbeitung... Motivation, irgendwer?

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Gutes Abendessen. Jetzt geht's weiter am Laptop. Als nächstes steht die Fortsetzung eines bereits begonnenen Kapitels auf der To-Do-Liste.

Ich müsste auch dringend mit den Steuererklärungen anfangen. Also ein verregnetes Wochenende wäre mal gut, aber da ist nix in Aussicht...⛅️

Naja, jetzt erst mal schreiben und die Steuererklärung auf später verschieben. 😊 Habt einen schönen Abend.

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Fühlt sich komisch an, mein Buch Exposé an Verlage zu senden. Ob ich überhaupt eine Antwort bekommen? Die ersten sind gerade raus und ich finde das Warten und die Ungewissheit jetzt schon ganz schlimm. 😬

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