https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVsMumblings/I've been a 'people watcher' since I was very young. I'll use this area to make comments on Life as I see it.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVsMumblings/997556I have several people (outside of Blogit) who ask me to 'look at their book.' I've played with AI enough to spot it immediately, and so many people are using it to cheat their way to 'being a famous writer.' I've had people ask me if I was using bots to write "Different Hands On The Elephant,"...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVsMumblings/997545PWA was offering a a overall look at stories written using their 'Virtual Beta Reader' option. The more stuff you write using PWA, you earn credits. I hadn't been paying attention, so I just ran my 'novel-in-progress through it. It's not done, but I like the concept. Those who are reading the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVsMumblings/997535The title of this entry is one of my favorite Gilbert O'Sullivan songs from the 70s. My story is slowly getting ready to turn. It's been one of the strangest novels I've ever written. I started out with a bad dream and decided to make it a story. You should begin to see where it's going in this...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVsMumblings/997512You name it, and it probably went wrong this morning. I accidentally lost about 50 minutes of editing, so I'll change my editing process, except for fine editing. I'm going to start using Gmail for my 'gross editing' most of the time now, before using Grammarly and ProWritingAid (PWA)... just in...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVsMumblings/997508The Photograph Linda Remembered For the better part of the next two days, the photograph remained on the dining-room table. Thomas examined it often, but Linda rarely did, and that surprised him. He had expected her to be every bit as fascinated by it as he was. After all, she had been the first...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVsMumblings/997479I had an unusual situation happen late afternoon yesterday. I began to have muscle cramps all over my body, and my wife drove me to the ER in Valdosta, Georgia. I was there for seven+ hours, but they finally figured out my magnesium was extremely low. The body uses elements like potassium and...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVsMumblings/997450I've got another 1500+ entry of "Hands On The Elephant" to be posted, but I've been working on a few new things, including an offer to publish the story... not a vanity publisher who will pay me like 99% of writers use. Be sure to read the real publisher's contract I signed when The Fresh Ink...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVsMumblings/997441I thought some of you might need a peek at what a real offer to publish contract looks like. I've signed several for other books, and I have learned a lot from this situation, but that's a whole different story. You've got to be careful signing stuff like this. I've got a lawyer friend who looks...