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Works In Progress
Crystal Empire
Imperial Heart [Alpha]: 73000 / 100000 words (73%)
The Crystal Empire Preview 1
Introduction
Genre: High Fantasy Word Count: 2100 Words
For your reading pleasure is an early look into an early chapter of The Crystal Empire, my upcoming epic fantasy project. It is a rought draft, and things will likely change between this and the published version.
This chapter server as the prologue, and centers around Tulian, God Emperor of all creation as he dies before he is supposed to.
What the Tech? Art and Artificial Intelligence
Welcome to What the Tech, a series where we explore and make sense of technologies and trending topics impacting IT, Security, and Business.
Art and Artificial Intelligence
Please read this blog post and generate some images to accompany it. Let’s start with a title/Header Image
For a while now, many have been stoking fears of automation and artificial intelligence taking away jobs and ruining things for creatives. Why automate art when there’s other bs we could be automating away? Well, we’ll get to that, but I want to assert here that AI is not replacing artists, writers, performers or any other creative person.
2023 Year in Review
Where to begin? What a year 2023 has been. A lot has happened, and I’m excited to catch you all up on everything.
TL;DR: I have had a great year, personally and professionally. Everyone is happy and healthy.
Writing
I’m writing again, obviously. I’m excited about it, and it feels really good to be putting “pen” to “paper” so to speak, after a concerted effort this November to try a NaNoWriMo. I didn’t succeed in cranking out everything, but I ended the month with a lot of momentum on this project, and will be continuing with it into next year.
Writer Blocked
Just keep writing. Just keep writing. Just keep writing.
That’s what they say, but I’ve never found it that easy to do. This week, for example, I wrote and rewrote the first couple hundred words of what is supposed to be a new chapter in a new part of the book, and even still I’m struggling to think of where to go next. I know what should happen, but each time it feels like I’ve lost the momentum from the end of the last chapter.
Pizza
I make some pretty good pizza. It’s taken a couple years to get it right, but I think we’ve got it down now. If you’re thinking about trying to make pizza at home, here are some tips, tricks, and advice for you to consider as you embark on this most excellent pursuit.
Dough
Good dough is the foundation of good pizza. You want to make a high gluten dough, and you ideally want a long, cold proof. This will give you a dough that is easy to work with, and has a lot of flavor.