“See, Like, Pay?”

~ Elizabeth

I have been away from this blog for a long time. I never intended to drop out of sight, but a series of things have taken my attention. I lost a very dear friend late fall, and his decision to use “death with dignity” made me question much. My country is having either death spasms or birth pains. It is hard to tell one from the other. Then too the whole writing sphere seems to be turning to monetization and AI. I began this blog to connect with the real words of real people sharing real thoughts. That happened a large majority of the time.

Now some writers I followed have turned to Substack, an app I still struggle to understand. It appears that many of those writers want to tease you with a free preview followed by an invitation to pay to read more. In addition the app seems to want you to follow 5 more each time. It reminded me of the chain letter from my teenage years.

I am frustrated by the amount of AI generated content. I suspect all of my writing has been vacuumed up without my say so. I did get a settlement for editing someone who had copy written her book and had been cannibalized. Still waiting for amount.

I remain passionate about writing, mine and others. I will be focusing on my own in private for a while, both poetry and genealogical sketches. I hope in due time to begin posting them at this site. I need some time to get over my grumpiness and get back to the joy.

I look forward to finding the path for that.

10 thoughts on ““See, Like, Pay?””

  1. I have never used AI, and I am not on Substack. My blog is not monetised, and never will be. My entire blog has been ‘Content-scraped’ for AI learning, with the complicity of WordPress. But I am still here, in the same old way, doing the same old things. I am always happy to see a post from you, Elizabeth.

    Best wishes as always, Pete.

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  6. I don’t use AI although it’s being pushed like mad in the corporate world. I’ve done the training and tested it out but have yet to find a way of getting it to help me at work. I think AI just making life harder, frankly. All the best with you writing.

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  7. Good to hear from you, Elizabeth. We all need to get through the grumpiness and get back to joy. It will come, probably at some unexpected moment, like eating your delicious peaches.

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  8. It’s lovely to hear from you again Elizabeth! Yes, I refuse to use AI in my writing or for anything else for that matter! It feels as though we’re getting closer & closer to a life of Robotic Science Fiction rather then real people!
    And I agree with you on Substack, it does my head in too, just to leave a comment you have to join up & go through a whole rigmarole!
    Hopefully your joy wil return soon.
    Blessings, Jennifer

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