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Chin Chen Chun – An AI Stories Critique

Posted on April 7, 2025April 19, 2025 by Renie

Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.

Frank Herbert – Dune

Every writer tries to find text related to his or her genre. As a romance writer, I like to find a lot of stuff—not just romance but books or texts about the human condition in general.…

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How I Frankensteined A Dream Man

Posted on March 11, 2024April 4, 2024 by Renie

People are racist about redheads in a way they’d never dare to be about black or Asian people.

Mick Hucknall

Anyone who’s read the book and knows me would have no problem figuring out that the female main character, Robbie, is loosely modeled after my granddaughter. Focused, athletic, beautiful, brilliant (she’s premed), early 20s, cute, and 5’7″ with a dimple and cute figure, she’s the ideal prototype.…

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Sideways New Zealand: The Road Back by Rex Pickett

Posted on February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 by Renie

If You Drink No Noir, You Pinot Noir

Somebody, probably

This may sound a little weird, but as a new, fledgling author, it feels more than a little strange that I’d have the audacity to “review” a book by someone who’s as legendary as Rex Pickett. So I wouldn’t call this a review, per se.…

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Las Vegas as Muse

Posted on February 17, 2024February 17, 2024 by Renie

And if thou dost not love me, I love thee enough for both.

Ernest Hemingway – For Whom the Bell Tolls

People pose a bunch of questions about “inspiration” to authors.

Why did you…? What were you…? Why didn’t you…?

While I can’t answer for anyone else but myself, I’d like to share some of my thoughts while crafting Rogan’s Robbie and how these inspirations played out in the book’s overall structure.…

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Welcome to my writing and wine website! I'm not here to teach anything, but to share my self-published author journey and observations. I may occasionally get something "write"!

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What We Said!

  • Chin Chen Chun - An AI Stories Critique

    Chin Chen Chun - An AI Stories Critique

    April 7, 2025 Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of...
  • How I Frankensteined A Dream Man

    How I Frankensteined A Dream Man

    March 11, 2024 People are racist about redheads in a way they'd never...
  • Sideways New Zealand: The Road Back by Rex Pickett

    Sideways New Zealand: The Road Back by Rex Pickett

    February 22, 2024 If You Drink No Noir, You Pinot Noir Somebody, probably...
  • Las Vegas as Muse

    Las Vegas as Muse

    February 17, 2024 And if thou dost not love me, I love thee...
  • Reading with My Ears!

    Reading with My Ears!

    February 14, 2024 I do not over-intellectualise the production process. I try to...
  • Starting the Next One

    Starting the Next One

    February 6, 2024 There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit...

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