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Some AI Opinions
Watching AI Like Everyone Else… And getting a ton of questions about the different aspects of AI as it applies to writing and the Indie world of publishing. So let me give you my opinions on the three areas right now here in February 2023. This will date quickly I am sure. So if you read this six months from now, I hope to do another update about then. AI Audio… It is here, pretty amazingly good, and getting better by the day. And numbers of companies are jumping on board (I know of at least three major.) As always, read the terms of service. I see no reason not…
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New Picard Show Surprising…
Almost Like Next Gen Trek… Kris and I gave up on Picard season 2 about halfway. Too stupid for words and I have hated “Q” from the very start. I hated buying “Q” stories for the Strange New Worlds anthology series for a decade, but them some writer would write a great “Q” story and make me buy it. Annoyed me every time. So this year we decided to watch the first episode tonight of Picard when it dropped and shocker!!! It was actually Trek, with the cool ships, the great characters, big bad unseen aliens, and battle scenes. So much fun. Worth watching it. Sort of like Next Gen…
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Diving Universe Kickstarter Doing Well!
Launched at Noon on Tuesday… So as I write this, it is less than two days and it is about to hit the second stretch goal and trigger the new series of workshops that will be on Teachable. To say that Kris and I are excited to teach some basic concepts and tropes of science fiction with the help of Rocket-Fuel Rachel and Space-Cowboy Pete would be an understatement. That is going to be so much fun. And got a hunch those two will be around in different genres and in different forms in different classes. So back the Kickstarter, get Kris’s wonderful new Diving Novel called COURT MARTIAL OF…
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Funded and Flashed Past First Stretch Goal!!!
A Fantastic New Novel and Kickstarter Campaign! Here is a fun ad first!! Court Martial of the Renegat Renegades is Kris’s new Diving Universe novel. Even if you have never read a Diving novel before, you can read this one. And it is amazing. Get to the New Diving Novel Kickstarter here… Also in this one are two really cool science fiction writing workshops, plus discounts on regular workshops and a brand new lifetime subscription to everything on Teachable. And no matter the award you pick, you get a copy of the new Diving Universe novel and the stretch goals as we go higher. Plus something really fun…A brand new…
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We’re LIVE!!!
THE NEW DIVING NOVEL KICKSTARTER IS LIVE!! Court Martial of the Renegat Renegades is Kris’s new Diving Universe novel. Even if you have never read a Diving novel before, you can read this one. And it is amazing. Get to the New Diving Novel Kickstarter here… Also in this one are two really cool science fiction writing workshops, plus discounts on regular workshops and a brand new lifetime subscription to everything on Teachable. And no matter the award you pick, you get a copy of the new Diving Universe novel. Plus something really fun…A brand new writing series that will be a ton of fun that we are giving away…
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New Kickstarter Launching at Noon
West Coast Time… The New Diving Novel by Kristine Kathryn Rusch is launching on Tuesday, February 14th at noon. Promotions Page is here… The Court-Martial of the Renegat Renegades is a stunning new novel in the Diving Universe. And we have some really fun rewards and some brand new things in the stretch goals. And some workshops that are really cool. And everyone backing any reward will get an electronic copy of the book. So don’t miss it. And this book you do not have to have read any other Diving novel to enjoy it. Stands alone. And is an amazing read.
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Home Safely
Watched The Game… Then fixed a few workshops that had glitched and not loaded week #6 while I was gone. Sorry about that. The Superstars conference was great fun and I loved all the conversations with other writers. And I learned a ton, right up and through the dinner with Mark and Kevin and Allyson and Rebecca after closing ceremonies. I think over the week I had at least five different business meetings, and then a ton of great lunches and dinners and just sitting and talking with great writers like Robert Jeschonek and Joanna Penn. Super fun. Thanks, all, for the great conversations. I got great feedback on my…
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Last Day At Superstars..
Headed For the Airport in 6 Hours… My normal sleep and work schedule is so, so screwed up…But it was worth it, with all the great people here to talk writing with. I miss that, so hoping to come back next year here. I will be at Writers of the Future in Hollywood in April and then 20Books in November. That and a lot of writing this year is my plan. Had a great lunch talking thrillers, then a great meeting, then really fun watching the closing ceremonies. Then dinner with Kevin and Rebecca and Mark Leslie and Allyson. Perfect way to end the great week. So baring unforeseens, home…
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Another Great Day at Superstars
Very Busy Day Breakfast at 7am mountain time. Did a two hour presentation of Writing into the Dark at 9 am. Lunch with Allyson and Robert Jeschonek, which was great fun. Then a Kickstarter panel, then a Writers of the Future panel. Both were fun and seemed to go well. Then special dinner with seven writers who had paid to sit with me at a nifty restaurant up on a hill outside of Colorado Springs. Great people and a lot of questions and fun. Then back to the bar at the hotel to sit and talk and I told a bunch of stories that I hoped did not offend or…
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First Day Superstars…
Even Though I Have Been Teaching for Two Days… Yesterday was what they call the craft day and today day one… I think the Licensing Your IP talk I did went all right. Said a lot of stuff the newer writers had not thought about. And learned a bunch about estate planning for writers from an attorney who was a specialist in it who did a talk and thenI was on a panel with him as well the next hour. Really fun. Only got about four hours last night of sleep, so two short naps between stuff today keep me going. Great breakfast with Allyson and Mark, great talk later…