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Litfriends: Discover Why You’re Unbeatable Over AI

Litfriends: Discover Why You’re Unbeatable Over Weird AI LitFriends Newsletter from JackWalkerPress.com and AmyLouJenkins.com As narrative nonfiction storytellers in the age of AI,  you’ve probably encountered moments where AI tools just miss the mark—like the weird picnic image I recently received, featuring a chef with a stethoscope. While artificial intelligence can assist us by repurposing …

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LitFriends Newsletter: Your Voice: An idea or a living entity?

LitFriends Newsletter: Your Voice: An Idea or a Living entity? Writers distort the limitations of time. When Bob Seger wrote Like a Rock, he animated the feeling of being a fit teenager on an endorphin-fueled run. I drove to St Louis to see Seger on his farewell tour. His white hair and small shrunken body, …

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Resolved to Read in the New Year

Amy Lou Jenkins offers five reasons plus a bonus reason to resolve to read at least twelve books in the new year. Learn history and science because facts and analysis shape better thinking. Travel somewhere you can’t physically go and enjoy and meet a world beyond your experience. Experience ideas in verse that express meaning …

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