Happy February. Repetition is the key to success. Life is good. Repetition is the key to success. It’s Blog Post # 109. It’s been another month of book sales. Thank you to everyone who has purchased my first novel and continues to support my book well into 2024. There was to be a book signing party next month in downtown Vancouver but too many last minute cancellations has halted the party. Email me if you’d still like to meet your favorite author and get your book signed.

Artificial Intelligence

Things have been busy here with work, an extended trip to Vancouver Island, and writing both my next book, The Regrets We Can’t Have and my screenplay for Jonah Chooses Amazing. With so much to do, I decided to try using AI to write my blog. It didn’t work.

Hello fellow humans. It is Blog Post Number One Hundred and Nine. I write good books. They are funny. I am great. Buy my book. In local news, robots are taking over all of your jobs, all of your art, all of your lives. Go Roomba! Ha ha.

It was good but it didn’t really sound like me so I decided to actually write it myself.

Vancouver, Canada 2023

And the Winner is…

It was announced last month that Jonah Chooses Amazing is the 2023 winner of RGM Publishing’s Book of the Year. Thank you to everyone who supported my efforts and made this book all it could be. A special thank you to my wife, Lesly who read and re-read the book, my friend Gilles who helped me with the French translations, my co-worker, Heidi for reading and editing, and my friend Sarah for designing the cover. Finally, I would like to thank the Academy at RGM Publishing for their recognition of a story that needed to be told and can change the course of humanity. Merci.

Celebrating Song

They say that lyrics are more important than the tune. Did you know that the greatest preschool song ever written was released over 30 years ago?

There’s Snow way!

“Informer, you know sad nanny said no add no blame. Leaky boom boom down. Informer say yo daddy, let’s go on the slide and play, then push me on the swing and hope I don’t fall fall down”

Highly recommend if learning English.

Don’t tell me AI could come up with this kind of magic. Have you ever heard the song Tropic Morning News by The National?

”I’ll be over here lying near the ocean… making ocean sounds.”

That’s human gold!

Words of Wisdom

1. Be aware of A.I. It’s coming for our humanity; our imperfect humanity.

It was recently revealed that the winner of Japan’s top literary prize for 2023 used ChatGPT artificial intelligence in writing part of her novel. It’s here.

2. Learn and Repeat. Embrace the chance to teach.

My wife said she had never heard the term, “Word to your mother.” Now, I’m walking around the apartment ending all sentences with “Word to Mother.” It’s been about three weeks and my wife really seems to be appreciating my efforts to teach.

3. Repetition is the key to success.

Thanks for reading this month’s blog post. Despite the cancellation of the party for my novel, life goes on, the writing continues, and most importantly, we push forward. We resist the A.I…. for now. It’s time for the A.I. – free ending jokes. Enjoy.

My wife bought a new ultra non-stick frying pan. She said, “Now you can flip your eggs without breaking the yolks.”

“That’ll have to be one magic frying pan.”

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“I’m really worried that I might get anticipatory anxiety.”

”What makes you say that?”