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Tech prophet Mary Meeker just dropped a massive report on AI trends – ZDNET
She said ‘unprecedented’ so many times I almost lost count. Editor’s Note: If you are following AI, be sure and check out her report. Source Links: Tech prophet Mary Meeker just dropped a massive report on AI trends – here’s your TL;DR
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The sinister truth about The Great Gatsby
The classic novel is being fêted with swanky new editions and a raucous musical. But are we missing Fitzgerald’s real message? Source Links: The sinister truth about The Great Gatsby
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How Do You Know If Your Short Story Should Be a Novel? ‹ Literary Hub
Source Links: How Do You Know If Your Short Story Should Be a Novel? ‹ Literary Hub
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Stephen King Revealed His Approach To Writing A Mystery Novel, And It’s Way More Alfred Hitchcock Than It Is Agatha Christie
He’s not interested in the “whodunit?” of it all. By Ryan LaBee, September 10, 2023 Video: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/lq5UdPhW Few names are as iconic as Stephen King when it comes to the written word. Known for his spine-tingling tales of horror and suspense, which have been adapted into countless horror movies, King has enthralled readers for decades…
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4 classic books that teach deep insights through unlikable protagonists
You can learn a lot about life through literature’s most unrespectable and heinous characters. By Tom Brinkof, May 15, 2023 In his book, “Save the Cat!”, Blake Snyder offers storytelling tips for aspiring screenwriters. His main piece of advice, from which the book gets its title, is to “save the cat.” In short, Snyder argues…
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Writers Strike: Why AI Should Be Central in the Fight | Vanity Fair
By Nick Bilton, May 9, 2023 When you’re writing a story about an issue that affects a large group of people, whether it’s for a news outlet or a television show, you often pick one person as the anecdotal lead of the tale. That character serves a purpose: to make a specific thesis feel less…
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Life Advice for Book Lovers: Finding Joy in Retirement ‹ Literary Hub
Book Recommendations for the Troubled Soul By Dorothea, January 19, 2023 Dear Dorothea, I’m sixty. I just took my pension after having worked in the Quebec health system for forty-two years. Yes, I survived COVID. I saw a lot of my old patients die, and I had to work under less than ideal conditions. We were…
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Returning, Again, to Robert M. Pirsig | The New Yorker
All roads lead to “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.” By Jay Caspian Kang, October 25, 2022 Every writer I know has memories they return to in their work over and over again. There is rarely much logic to the choices, nor do such memories tend to align with the sorts of significant events…
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On Maggie Bradbury, the woman who “changed literature forever.” ‹ Literary Hub
By Emily Temple, August 30, 2022, 9:40am Ray Bradbury met his first girlfriend—and his future wife—in a bookstore. But they didn’t lock eyes over the same just-selected novel, or bump into each other in a narrow aisle, sending books and feelings flying. It was a warm afternoon in April 1946, and 25-year-old Ray Bradbury—an up-and-coming pulp fiction…
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Finding Healing at Paris’s Shakespeare and Company ‹ Literary Hub
Natasha Sizlo on Realizing She Needed to Write By Natasha Sizlo, August 19, 2022 Shakespeare and Company’s green-and-yellow facade and weather-beaten sidewalk book bins telegraphed old-world charm. Inside, thousands of books both new and used lined the shelves that stretched from floor to ceiling. More books were heaped on tables crammed into corners. I’d never seen so…
