There are many reasons one can use AI for assisting the writing process today, and I don’t consider the use of it 100% wrong. Using it as an Idea generator, for feedback, and research, are some valid reasons for using AI in content creation. What I do consider a bit unnerving is creating work with it then attributing the creative output all to oneself by either not disclosing such practices or denying them altogether. Now, why am I personally ok with “AI Slop?” Because I can’t spend all the time needed to produce my content in front of a screen. The writing I can do using pen and paper no problem. But what about the editing, the process of making it worth a read? That’s time consuming and frankly, I care about my eyes and health enough to really think about this subject objectively. I haven’t seen anyone mention all the EMF from computers and blue light problems affecting authors (other artists too) when using computers all day working hard to create meaningful work for their audience. But EMF and blue light issues are just what we know about. I’m sure there are more problems which haven’t surfaced yet that we’ll soon discover. In sum, I feel there are legit reasons to use AI for creating content and assisting our process. We care about our health, we want time to spend doing other important things, and we honestly see AI as a tool not a crutch. Thanks Lynn

I was going to write about the most recent time stumbling upon a social theory not ever written about and not knowing how it would be received. After the reviews came in on Amazon I realized I was a thought leader. But being inspired by Mrs. Weaver on a more academic version my college papers for a couple courses were praised to where I felt a bit out of place, but I knew my ideas and writing always came from my core. One commented as she waited to give me my paper back as the last person to hand them to, “ This is Ivy League material.” I really appreciated that and I think my Sicilian peer sitting across from me remarked, “ You must be some sort of genius.” I said no. I can mention another time but won’t. But I will say how I started writing and began taking it seriously. As a freshmen in college I didn’t understand the format of college papers. I was confused and a bit overwhelmed. I ended up plagiarizing my first English paper. I got caught. I met the professor after her day was over and was asked, “You know why you’re here?” I said yup! She had a confused look. I said, “I know I plagerized it’s the only reason I could be here seeing you!” She told me I couldn’t do this again or I won’t be able to apply or get into any college. She recommended tutoring and I finally understood. That’s all I needed, more attention and one on one so I can learn the format which I did. That’s my long story but glad I told it.

@Lynn Smargis thank you I’ll keep that in mind for my next book. I think changing it now after 7 months of being published is not the way to go though I may be wrong. Shipping with a tracking number is like $9.00 without one it’s like $4. I didn’t price my book my publisher did.

@Sheryl Robinson got on a couple with another podcast pitcher but this one is way cheaper. Seems like a better deal. https://podmatch.com/#pricing

@Jeanne Drevas sounds exciting. I’m glad.

Test your ads to see which ones are the most successful before spending a ton of money on a campaign with little results. Either way it’s not easy. From what I hear the best is having a CTR of 2.5 or higher at a CPC of .40 or less. That’s a good ad. To get these results you can either test each aspect of an ad individually using a program like Pieper’s Click Testing for Authors. If you have the time and are the creative type go for it. Or you can just create an ad YOU like that’s untested and maybe you can get similar results. I pray you do. Static ads are good and are better than low quality video ads. But a good video ad is better than a static one. And sometimes using both is good. Video ads work best when under 30 seconds. I’ve gotten decent traffic to my site through ad campaigns using these ideas, even got like 10 purchases within 1 hour but I never replicated that result. I wasn’t sure what I did. Anywho good luck, Lynn’s ideas are great she knows her stuff, so I’m glad to be part of this group alongside you and the rest of the crew.

@Lynn Smargis you can sell your books directly or drop ship them with IngramSpark who owns Tertulia.