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Hi friend, When I was a kid, every summer I would check out a giant pile of books from the library for the long drive up to northern Wisconsin. I could actually read in the car back then, stretched out on the back deck of the family station wagon, surrounded by luggage. Now, I load up on audiobooks for summer road trips. My favorite place to do that is Chirp — a discount audiobook site. No membership or subscription, just audiobooks, and lots of them. And they run a lot of limited-time, steep...
Writing practices for dedicated writers Happy mid-June, Reader. As we approach the solstice, I bring you a few things to brighten your day in uncertain times: An almost-free audiobook A give-away book Encouragement to branch out Let's dive in. The Writer's Process audiobook for 99 cents Did you know there's an audiobook of The Writer's Process, my best-known book? I'm basically giving it away for the next few weeks on a service called Chirp (for listeners in the US and Canada). If you don't...
The Writing Voice exercise for June + more Hi Reader, Last time, I asked about your thoughts on AI. So many people responded—and, as you might guess, reactions to using generative AI were mixed. We have many cautious adopters on this list, and most of you draw a firm line under using AI to write—at least, for the writing that matters. Several people report using it for brainstorming and unblocking. One has experimented using AI for graphics for her blog (with mixed results). Morgan uses it in...