…the readers sort things out for themselves. Oh, and if the above stories sound interesting you can always grab my collection and earn my eternal gratitude😀

…out to be a mountain lion shape shifter.
Not sure I could compete with that.

Of course, my name has never been at the top of any lists even before AI. So I’ll just keep writing stories about sympathetic baby eaters, the WereWorm next door, and the ghost of Elvis saving the world and let…

…a novel where I’m the star, I save the damsel, who turns out to be Mary Jane Humperdinck the cheerleader who wouldn’t look at me in high school, and I know kung fu.

Or how about a series where my cat and I solve mysteries from our used bookshop with the help of the sexy local sherif who turns…

…York Times best seller (I’m looking at you da Vinci code.) read a bit and said my God how has this person sold more than a copy and a half.
AI doesn’t have to be great at writing.

It just has to give the reader what they want.
Escape, wish fulfillment, some hot sex.
If you can say give me…

So what I find disheartening about the whole AI situation as far as writing goes is not on the writer side, but the reader side.
When I hear people say AI sucks at writing stories, I can’t help but remember that 85% of published writing also kind of sucks. How many times have you picked up a New

The thrift gods smiled on me today. Scored this Hobart-era Kitchen Aid for 60. Ran it for a while, purrs like a kitten, no weird smells or overheating. Now it’s cleaned up and ready to whip my cream…so to speak. #thriftshop #cooking

Beta testing a new story. Time to work on something new until the critiques roll back in.
#writing

Blocking out a new story tentatively titled A Knight in the Service of Bedlam. It's turning out extremely weird in the best possible way. #writing #horror

Me: And when the protagonist lights the gasoline the killer snowmen burst into flame but don't melt...

Brain: Snow won't burn.

Me: Not with that attitude!

#writing #horrorauthor #booksky

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On the 1971 song Spaced Cowboy, from the album There's a Riot Going On, Sylvester "Sly" Stone yodels...a lot. Who says this isn't the best timeline?

I see you... it's mashed potatoes.
Let's just be honest with ourselves and put in the whole god damned stick of butter. 🍽️

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Story drop!!
@talestoterrify.bsky.social will be presenting my short,very dark, very bleak, quite mean story "Zero Tolerance." On Friday.
Not joking about the bleak-dark-meanness.
If that's your wheelhouse, tune in tomorrow at talestoterrify.com (you've been warned) #horror #writing #podcast

My snowed-in project has been baking focaccia. It's all been tasty. But I believe I've finally reached the place I wanted it to be on Friday.
I posted the recipe on my website FrankOreto.com
#cooking #baking 🍽️

All this cold weather has got in my head and birthed a story.

"In the kitchen a man stood over the bloody, unmoving body of my wife...a snowman."
#horrorauthor #writing #booksky

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Good morning. 12 inches later, all is well at casa d'Oreto.
No work for me due to the weather. So cleaning, cooking, and writing are on the agenda. Hope everyone is warm and cozy for the day.
#cooking #writing

I'm hunkered down, watching the snow pile up and praying that we can get rid of of that horrible ICE build up in the streets.
And cooking, always cooking. I went withHungarian mushroom soup.
Fresh pack pickles and bread baking later but for now more snow watching. 🍽️
#cooking

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Wifey and I got all our shopping done, including hitting our fav Indian restaurant for dosas and chai.
I shall now nap until this whole blizzard unpleasantness has passed.

My neighbors are panic buying at the grocery store in preparation for the storm.
Amateurs!
I'm picking out which neighbors will be easiest to cannibalize. #prolevelprep

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Still trying to find the right market for my messianic-dentists-take-over-the-world story. I suppose we all are... no? Nobody? Okay, just me then.
#writing #booksky

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Why is it that my impostor syndrome kicks in hardest right after I make some real progress writing?

Oh, I am a clown, here only to amuse you! Yeah, that scans.😀

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I had a grand old time telling tales on @storyhour.bsky.social with @karldandenell.bsky.social can't wait to watch the YouTube video and see what weird faces I made.

I'm very excited to be telling a story here tonight!

I love editing my stories. It's like having a conversation with old friends...and correcting their grammar. #writing #booksky #horrorauthor

Turned out quite well😀

You should have seen that wearable sandwich board though... nice.

Awww, Thanks so much for taking the time.

So, I made an author website. Up until now I'd mostly used the wearable sandwich board and bell combo to get the word out about what I'm up to. But I'm told that just isn't enough. Go figure. You can take a gander here frankoreto.com. #horrorauthor #booksky

It's year of the quick breads. Right now we're working our way through a bag of self rising corn meal. So lots of cornbread variations. Tonight it was savory cornbread casseroles. One meat one vegetarian. Turned out pretty great. 🍽️ #cooking

Hello my little bread to be...🍽️
#baking #bread