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AI is Not Taking over Creativity

A friend of mine, who happens to be a writer, was a little concerned about an article she read recently: Two Quotes to consider from the article: But there’s another kind of poetry AI will have to beat—poetry as an art of brilliant accuracies, of reality redescribed in ways that […]

Posted on May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading

The top 100 ÷ 10 + 1 Things I Learned in the Akimbo Creative Workshop:

I’ve spent since Late January in an Akimbo workshop for creativity. It was, to sat the least, an incredible experience, one I’d direct others to take. I learned a lot but much of it was introspective. So it is time for a top 10 list of what I learned. Keep […]

Posted on May 11, 2022May 10, 2022 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading

A Stairway to Heaven and Hawkgirl

There’s a myth of creativity that it is some independent thought, radically a departure from any other idea that comes before it. This myth actually restricts us from both finding an audience for our creative work and constrains us too much from doing our work. In reality, all creative work […]

Posted on May 4, 2022May 4, 2022 by Steve Lipton Continue reading

Own Your Demons

Since ancient times, there have been legends about demons. One legend comes to mind: If you know the name of a demon, you can own him.  One variation of this story is, of Course, Rumplestilskin. He will grant you a wish for a high price, but you can break the […]

Posted on February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading

The Best Support is Human

I couldn’t stop laughing. I’d start to cry if I did For the third time in a week, a company I deal with has given us passwords easily and securely enough but forgot to tell us the User IDs.  The passwords were the usual random jumble of characters and letters. […]

Posted on March 18, 2021March 18, 2021 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading

Cosplay, Coffee and Story

“How About We Cosplay together for C2E2” my wife asked me one day in the car while listening to our favorite sci-fi novel on an audio reading by the author. “You could be Ish, and I could be Bev,” she said. I’m still reeling from how much this would change […]

Posted on March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading

How to be a Dragon: The Blessings of Rejection

I got a rejection letter yesterday. The first thought in my head while reading it was a small, brilliant spark of excitement. This was a project I was very excited about and put several weeks of work to get right. It would launch me into new directions, turning my creativity […]

Posted on March 4, 2020March 11, 2020 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading

Fortune Favors the Prepared Mind

The last two weeks have been a whirlwind. Since the last time I sent you a post, I went to a convention and went on a vacation with no time to get to any writing. If you have been following this for any length of time, many of you know […]

Posted on November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading

The Marathon Runner’s Secret to High Performance

Saturday, I ran 9.3 miles (15 kilometers) training for my next race, the Disney Wine and Dine Half Marathon in less than two weeks. I won’t be doing any heavy training after this run, although I still haven’t trained to 13.1 miles, the length of the race. There’s a reason […]

Posted on October 24, 2019October 24, 2019 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading

The Curse of the Sacred Band Aid​ Pile

Why is the quick fix so seductive? What happens when we get too involve in them? This week I talk about the real costs and the culture it creates. https://media.blubrry.com/sliceofapppie/p/content.blubrry.com/sliceofapppie/03_01_Bandaids_TK3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

Posted on February 28, 2019February 28, 2019 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading

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