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Are your kids ready for Alex, wizard rat Ratilda, the witch Evilette, and her vicious cat Basilio?

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If the first draft is meant to be fun, the second should double the fun.

--Homer, translated from ancient Greek by Mark Budman

Blue sky vs other social media. BS.

You have probably seen “human vs. AI” recognition tests. The question: can a human reader tell a story written by a fellow human writer from a story written by AI?

Please make a selection in the poll below and comment as well. And make history.

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Be honest. Do you cut on m-dashes lest be accused of using AI?

What is going on here? Wrong answers only.

Honestly, do you know this?
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is a short story by Ambrose Bierce.

My story, which is a tribute to this, keeps garnering rejections. I began to suspect magazines first readers don't know it, and are scared by the unconventional structure.

This stunning YA book cover image was made by Grok today. It's a 14-year-old boy wizard and a 14-year-old girl psychic. There is an evil soldier in the background. I'm not making it up. AI is our future.

Why would the mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna be a two-story building? Wrong answers only.

What is your gut feeling, does the number of people who try to prey on writers on social media exceed the number of writers, or is it the other way around?

Black cat or tabby cat?

After sulking for a hundred years inside a glass coffin in his Red Square Mausoleum, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin comes back to life, immigrates to the US, and runs for POTUS, the Constitution notwithstanding.

My newest book.

She looks younger than 150. Maybe she's using some kind of facial cream?

The Lives and Deaths of Vladimir Lenin The Lives and Deaths of Vladimir Lenin - Kindle edition by Budman, Mark. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Lives and Deaths of Vladimir Lenin.

In this dark comedy, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is resurrected in modern Russia, gets upset with Putin, immigrates to America, bypasses the "natural born Citizen" Constitutional clause with help from a billionaire, and runs a big, beautiful campaign for President.

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Some languages have accusative cases. The AI luddites try to drag them into English. This is AI! If you used an AI image for your cover, that must mean you used generative AI for your writing, too.

I have 6,600 followers on Facebook and 7,500 followers on X. It does almost nothing for me for writing acceptance or sales. When I sold my first book to Counterpoint, there was almost no social media. Go figure.

Will you date a woman like that every day (if you are into women) or only on Día de los Muertos?

Q&A with Mark Budman Mark Budman is the author of the new novel The Lives and Deaths of Vladimir Lenin . His other books include The Shapesh...

An interview with yours truly about Vladimir Lenin.

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A big, beautiful gift for July 4th. Vladimir Lenin comes back to life, immigrates to America and runs for POTUS.
Released today.

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Lives and Deaths of Vladimir Lenin is nearing publication.

After sulking for 100 years inside his Mausoleum, Vladimir Lenin comes back to life, immigrates to the US, and runs for POTUS, the Constitution notwithstanding.

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Good news. My books are probably to be translated into Farsi in Iran.

Finish the sentence:

I sit on a bench by Charles River, between a discarded condom (not mine) and two duck shit pellets smelling of oolong tea.

I try to ignore Butlerian jihad fatwas against the “you know what” image generation, but I can’t hold myself when I see posts like this: “It tells me the author has and will take shortcuts—possibly with the writing as well.” The official name of this fallacy is “affirming the consequent."

Tremendous news like never before. Lenin is alive and running for POTUS.

LIVES AND DEATHS OF VLADIMIR LENIN, coming out of Nat 1 Publishing, revives Lenin in a modern world, blending humor and political jabs.
 
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What do you think about the promotional poster for my novel "Lives and Deaths of Vladimir Lenin?"?

Tremendous news like never before. Lenin is alive and running for POTUS.

Tremendous news like never before. Lenin is alive and running for POTUS.

#LeninforPotus

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My daughter gave me a book about positivity on Father's Day. When I finish reading it, she will run a positivity test, and she hopes I will test positive.

A reply to my query requesting the full manuscript from a publisher. No, I don't have to pay anything.

Hi.

That was the extent of my creative writing today.

How about you!