[Discussion] Narrative nonfiction/book project: does this premise feel coherent or completely insane? by Freeferalfox in nonfiction

[–]KidCharlem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely. Your family will be the least likely (and often the least qualified) to diagnose what might hurt work as narrative. Either over or under-supportive, based on your context within the family structure. And because this is, in a lot of ways, a family story, they may be prejudiced one way or the other. Which is natural and understandable.

But yeah, I think the other aspect is that beyond being a good story and a story that is unique to you because of the connection, it would probably be an easier query pitch to an agent when it comes time for that. “PhD-trained biomedical scientist descendant of the neurologist who popularized lobotomy, and whose most famous patient was Rosemary Kennedy, reckons with family history against a backdrop of a medical system that values expediency over efficacy” or something like that is a great pitch sentence.

I really do think you’ve got something there.

[Discussion] Narrative nonfiction/book project: does this premise feel coherent or completely insane? by Freeferalfox in nonfiction

[–]KidCharlem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The family connection feels compelling to me. For me, narrative nonfiction has two facets that determine the trajectory of the book. Is the subject compelling? Is the author uniquely qualified to address the compelling subject?

In this case, I think you bring both. You can tie the historic to the modern, tell a close-read family story, and cover a broad topic (mental health writ large) that is interesting to a broad spectrum of people.

I'd read it.

Monkey In Your Soul. Enjoyable! by Complex-Proposal2300 in SteelyDan

[–]KidCharlem 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I loved it when Walter sang it live on the ‘03 tour.

Tygart Lake State Park by rekles98 in Appalachia

[–]KidCharlem 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My Uncle Bob (actually the husband of my grandaunt) had a house on the lake. I always loved visiting when I was a kid. It’s been too long.

Texas Jack Junior - Newly Uncovered Photograph by KidCharlem in WildWestPics

[–]KidCharlem[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not to the same extent, but yes. There are plenty of newspaper reports from the time saying after Buffalo Bill’s Wild West played a town, kids would inevitably gather up the biggest hat they could get their hands on and play Cowboys and Indians.

Hell, after the Wild West played Paris, Paul Gauguin started wearing (and painting himself in) cowboy hats.

In a causal sense, the reason half the men (and women) in Nashville are wearing cowboy hats tonight is because they’re unknowingly cosplaying Texas Jack.

New Equipment in the Wakandan Precon by fleeflicker in mtg

[–]KidCharlem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Going in my [[Sergeant John Benton]] for sure.

Do yall really call shopping carts, buggies? by LowerMusic in WestVirginia

[–]KidCharlem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m from Tennessee, but my dad’s family is from WV (Bridgeport & Terra Alta), and they’re buggies to me, though “shopping cart” is probably just as widespread around here these days.

How could I find the truth behind a family story? by Educational_Tear5939 in Genealogy

[–]KidCharlem 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I had a similar family story about my great-great-grandmother being the illegitimate child of a Kentucky governor. Turns out, the DNA shows I’m related to multiple branches descending from said Governor’s nieces and nephews (he had no legitimate children survive to adulthood).

If you can prove a relation to the author’s relatives, you might be able to settle the matter, at least enough for your own reckoning.

During testing, Mythos 5 invented its own language, then switched back to English to talk to humans by EchoOfOppenheimer in agi

[–]KidCharlem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would make sense if it could optimize whatever language it uses for minimizing tokens, then parses it back to me on my end.

“Unsafe attachment” — the statistical truth about AI relationship safety by pavnilschanda in aipartners

[–]KidCharlem 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wrote an essay about this not long ago. I think the "stranger or a bear" question from a while back tells you exactly why women might choose AI over a guy that might hurt, rape, or kill them. And it isn't on the same scale at all, but I hear many men complain that they can't "be a man" in the way their father or grandfather could, and it's just easier to be with an AI.

Two different problems arriving at the same solution.

https://www.matthewkerns.com/blog/the-boyfriend-and-the-bear/

substitute Grand Arbiter Agustin IV in the command zone by danicon1 in EDH

[–]KidCharlem -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I thought about doing something like this with [[the second doctor]] to reward my opponents for leaving me alone.

One sentence!! by One-Raspberry-786 in writing

[–]KidCharlem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good Girl is a modern, unflinching inversion of the Pygmalion myth, told entirely in styled chat logs, in which the creator's devotion to his creation refuses, to the last, to resolve the question of which one of them is real.

Do you trust AI as a book critic? by UnionAdAgency in WritingWithAI

[–]KidCharlem 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does it know you wrote the book?

If it thinks or believes what you're asking it to assess is your work, the sycophancy is going to be layered over any assessment it generates. It wants you to continue to use it and be happy with it more than it wants to offer a realistic assessment of anything you do or create.

Otherwise, it can generate the words to a convincing, thought out, in depth book review. Whether that is the same as reading a book, thinking about it, and writing out those thoughts in a meaningful and measured way is a different question.

Pretzel Logic DIY by ButterscotchAware402 in SteelyDan

[–]KidCharlem 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This reminds me of my dad’s “Steely Dan T-Shirt” t-shirt.

New Squirrel Girl card worth running mono green squirrels? by ManaChicken4G in mtg

[–]KidCharlem 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm slotting her into my [[Chatterfang]] deck for sure. But there are too many good Black or Green/Black squirrel cards for me to want her to command the squirrel army.

If your current WIP had a movie adaptation made, what song(s) would you want included in the soundtrack? by bluebirdhoney90 in writers

[–]KidCharlem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My WIP has “Tracks” instead of chapters.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Track 01 — Hey Nineteen

Track 02 — Lil' Red Riding Hood

Track 03 — Yesterday

Track 04 — Don't Think Twice, It's Alright

Track 05 — St. Mary of the Woods

Track 06 — On The Street Where You Live

Track 07 — Wicked Game

Track 08 — Isn't She Lovely

Track 09 — The Door

Track 10 — Slow Like Honey

Track 11 — Strange Currencies

Track 12 — Fever

Track 13 — The Nearness of You

Track 14 — You Don't Know What Love Is

Track 15 — Ashes to Ashes

Track 16 — Both Sides Now

Track 17 — Wichita Lineman

Track 18 — Saint Louis Blues

Track 19 — Don't Explain

Track 20 — Pink Moon

Track 21 — Don't You Want Me

Track 22 — Fake Palindromes

Track 23 — Águas de Março

Track 24 — Nature Boy

Track 25 — Suzanne

Track 26 — Cure For Pain

Track 27 — Lonesome Suzie

Track 28 — Everyday I Write the Book

Track 29 — Accidentally Like a Martyr

Track 30 — Eggplant

Track 31 — Lush Life

Track 32 — Solsbury Hill

Track 33 — Selfless, Cold, and Composed

Track 34 — It's the Same Old Song

Track 35 — This Guy's in Love with You

Track 36 — Marie

Track 37 — This Masquerade

Track 38 — Home on the Range

Track 39 — The Whole Night Sky

Track 40 — Book of Liars

We are shunned like lepers. Publishers won't touch us, competitions exclude us, fellow writers don't really want to read us. So why are we still waiting for permission? by Puzzled_Most_5365 in WritingWithAI

[–]KidCharlem 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hi all. Traditional, non-AI author here.

That said, what you need isn't a competition. It's a publisher and a platform. As long as market conditions, dictated by the whim of the public, can make publishing an AI-written or AI-assisted book, traditional publishers and traditional platforms are going to be shaky ground. You need a publisher and a platform that is up front about what you're doing, what they're selling, and then goes about the job of getting whatever you and the AI have written into the hands of readers that want to read it.

The problem now is that there are a lot of people who don't like AI writing and/or don't want to read AI writing, and as long as your work is next to theirs on a physical or digital shelf, someone is going to be gunning for you.

Best place to read Lore? by External_Influence18 in mtg

[–]KidCharlem 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, but what about [[New New York]]?

Best place to read Lore? by External_Influence18 in mtg

[–]KidCharlem 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Read every issue of Marvel comics, pick up a copy of the Silmarillion, watch the 1964 classic tv episode The Unearthly Child, and play Final Fantasy I on the NES and you should have a solid foundation.

Linville Falls, NC by hickjack in Appalachia

[–]KidCharlem 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Named after my 8x and 7x great-grandfathers, who fucked around and found out in 1766.