Update (9/14/22) · 12:05pm Sep 14th, 2022
Five months later and much has happened.
First, my job situation has sorted itself to a point. In short, we've lost the battle. The war might also be lost, yet where I work these things move slowly. So these past few months I've been setting up alternatives just in case I need to find new employment.
Second, I've been tackling more of the house at a manageable pace to where it won't absorb my life. Found out that my basement wall had no (or poorly installed) insulation and so the wall had to be gutted. There was a thin piece of cardboard between the weather and the drywall. Explained why it was an icebox every winter. Had to fix the electrical wiring as well, but at least that project is finally finished. The basement feels warmer.
Third, I've been able to get some personal stuff in order -- so now I have healthy motivation and time to actually work on these blogs, plus work on a pony story. The latter I'm excited about because I get to flex the methodology that I've been working on for the last half-decade.
Alright, so when are the blogs (let alone this story) going to come out, and am I even editing anymore? Yes, I am still going to edit, but it is not a priority at the moment. The story comes out when it comes out. I'm not setting anything in stone for it. Since I'm not going to sell it (i.e. promote it, write it for views, likes, gaining followers, or anything other than for the sake of creating it and enjoying the craft of storytelling) it happens when it happens. It's for me.
As to the writing blog -- I'm going to be working on that after writing this. At this point, I should be able to write it without having to research anything else. I'm still reading other guides and going to continue down that route. There has been a lingering question in my mind about the craft of storytelling being psychologically driven and being uniquely human. I want to answer these questions as I work on this guide. There is also the issue of the mess that is established verbiage that I and Everfree briefly addressed in a prior blog, along with other topics. At this point, I think I'm audacious enough to dare challenge convention and criticism and create a guide that has some house cleaning in mind. Over the past century, there have been great strides in understanding storytelling, and there are always going to be spots where people have forgotten to tidy up the craft. For the moment, the plan is to work on an outline, address the subjects I want to tackle, and get cracking on it.
And for cooking stuff -- yes, in the future once I get the home cooking project back up and running I'll have it be in tandem with the cooking blogs. Two birds; one stone.
On that note, it is time for me to get to work. Keep your minds sharp and your pencils sharper.
Going to just drop by with a few short reactions. Don't mind me, just your friendly neighbourhood Ever passing by.
Yay!
An interesting and complex topic, one that I believe cannot be answered at this time. Not with our current insight (or lack thereof) into ethology of other species, and not with the rapid development of AI.
Looking forward to reading that one. (As well as the others, of course, haha. Gonna show myself out the door now, got a nasty fever.)
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I hope you feel better. By the power of the placebo effect, chicken soup and ginger ale for you! Or equivalent.
So am I. Of course it would help if my carbon steel pan would retain the seasoning I put on to keep it from rusting. My cast irons are all fine with their seasoning, but that carbon steel just doesn't want to hold it. Going to do a semi-nuclear tomato sauce purge of the seasoning and try again, but this time I'm going to scratch up the pan so there are grooves that the seasoning can hold onto. Like scoring clay when putting pieces together. I'm going to win this or that pan is going to find itself in the recycling bin.
Even with a complex AI, I wonder if it would mimic us (because of how it is programmed, i.e. how we would logically do something or require something of it) or if it would create something unique to itself (considering the self-learning angle). There are also a lot of other questions that can be added here to consider that would have an effect. I know the publishing industry would love AI authors as they would be able to own the author and churn out books without having to pay the author, but I see that as artistically short-sighted -- let alone a hop and skip from AI rights.
Got a title, a concept, beginning and end planned, a cast of characters, and a plot all within 6 hrs.
Currently working on the outline for the middle of the story, themes, and structure. Trying to tease out any details that could further enhance what would make it interesting. Plus, going to try poetry and singing. I wanted to get out of my comfort zone while still keeping to what would be expected from the show(s). The singing at least.