Witches in the Air: Poetic Essays by Kerry E.B. Black Cover art by Chris Blickenderfer shows a young witch reading a book, boiling cauldron in foreground, full moon shining through denuded trees.
Happy Book Birthday to Witches in the Air, my collection of poetic essays on the topic of historical and modern witches, witchcraft, and those falsely accused.
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A blessed Easter to you who celebrate!
Great cover!
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Poor Sylvia.
I hope March is kind to you, and as productive as a whole hive of bees!
I hope you're healing well.
😂 children are unpredictable
Brings the song "16 Tons" to mind. "I owe my soul to the company store."
Hershey and Ford had their own stores
Exacting standards, those ancestors
Sending oodles of good, healing virtual chicken noodles...
Morgana says, "Meow," which means, "hello" in Feline, this #WhiskerWednesday
Author Steven Vickers wrote on Threads, "To confirm, this '100% AI generated' passage is the opening of Chapter 5 from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. I think authors are going to get screwed in these AI witch hunts."
I agree 100% with Steven Vickers that authors will be falsely accused of using AI in the coming years. In particular, authors like myself whose works were stolen to train AI systems are at risk. When we write in our own unique styles, AI trained on us will quite likely flag us as using AI.
Happy St Patty's Day!
This week has a Friday the 13th. Just sayin'... Do they all smell the same?
Glad you cleared that up for her before she took a taste. What a beautiful photo.
It shows a photograph using double imagery to make it appear as though a woman's face has appeared in a goblet, while a man smoked.
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, some experimenters believed photography might capture human thoughts.
They attempted experiments in which a person would sit before a camera and concentrate intensely on a specific image, while a photographic plate was exposed.
#Victorian #history
only four more days until submissions for our fall 2026 issue close!
I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent.
State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.
www.wired.com/story/gramma...
I am sorry. I hope you feel better soon.
Unfortunately, I write where I can - usually in bed or on the couch after the kids are in bed.
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Stay safe and warm
Happy Valentine's Day 💌
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