Two days ago I bought a summer hat at CVS. A treat, but not an edible one.
Posts by Martha Carlson
#Researchers, are you using large language models — #LLMs, a type of #generative #artificial #intelligence — to create #reference #lists for your #research #papers, or even to #write your papers entirely? Read this: www.linkedin.com/posts/kokedi....
I saw a saucer magnolia in full bloom for the first time this week. After the long winter, it felt like a miracle.
Love the yellow bow tie.
It is after midnight, and the Speaker of the House just released a new bill that would reauthorize our intelligence community to conduct warrantless surveillance under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for the next 5 years. This is no way to govern. You deserve better.
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How gutted the CDC has become. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ME3...
Good question.
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I do have a grinder. Thanks for the idea. I'll check out prices for whole bean coffee.
When I read that book sales have dropped, I wonder if library borrowings have gone up.
Remember when "conflict of interest" actually meant something?
So my favorite brand of ground coffee seems to have jumped from $11 for ten ounces to $17 for ten ounces. I'm looking for something cheaper.
Today on Crafting the Path, I discuss how an AI policy benefits both fiction writers and their editors. crafting-the-path.pika.page/posts/protec...
In Crafting the Path today, I discuss how we leave "breadcrumbs" of our writing process in our early drafts — and how sweeping away those crumbs makes our fiction more exciting for our readers. crafting-the-path.pika.page/posts/wordin...
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Thank so much!
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An illustration showing a path made of horizontal boards going through a forest.
In Crafting the Path this morning, I review David Szalay’s novel Flesh, especially the way the writer sustains pacing and tension throughout a long novel covering decades of the main character’s life. crafting-the-path.pika.page/posts/tensio...
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Geez Louise.
Today on Crafting the Path, I discuss the benefits of editing filter phrases like "I saw, he noticed, they felt" to make fiction more concise and and vivid. I pay special attention to the sense of smell, which writers often struggle to revise. crafting-the-path.pika.page/posts/filter...
"The Fulton County raid is a test run for messing with election administrators and the counting of ballots in the midterm elections in 2026..."
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In Crafting the Path today, I discuss the new Independent Press Top 40 Bestseller list and why it's especially useful to writers of literary fiction, upmarket fiction, and books that may have niche audiences or an unconventional approach to fiction. crafting-the-path.pika.page
This is deranged. Unfit for office. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRjN...