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| Writing Prompt #14 Here is the next in my prompt a day for 100 days initiative. These prompts are originally from a no longer operational Discord server where I posted them in a lo-o-o-ong list. If you decide to use a prompt, feel free to post the work as a response to the prompt's post and you never know... Prompt #14:Giraffe |
| Pi day? Why? 14/3/2026 Nothing Pi-like about... Oh. American Pi Day. So, like the film, and what happens to the pie, I guess... |
| Now... I have absolutely no proof. And I am loathe to try it myself. But... Some of the reviews I am reading (I read the reviews given every day) sound like the sort of paint-by-numbers AI slop we have been getting a lot of. Again, I have absolutely no proof, but the reviews just seem too vague and yet overly wordy. So, I am asking: If you choose to review my work (and I know not many do) please do not feed it into an AI slop machine to get your review. I do not want AI to learn from me! |
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I just want to kindly note a couple of things... 1st -- Complaints about reviewing on WDC well predate AI.  General reviewing has always had the same problems and always the same genre of complaints. I don't often advocate for "random detailed reviews" because frankly that time is often wasted sending a long detailed review to someone who doesn't actually want it. Mutual reviewing or reviewing groups or requested reviews... that's different. But I think most of the "public reviews" are people just out in the community doing community things and that's really how it should be; general opinions, not a whole lot of detail. If the person responds looking for me, that's a signal to "put the time in" as it were. 2nd -- And more to the reason I'm choosing to reply is this concept of the "AI learning for me" thing. I see a lot of posts like this. The actual reality is that major model training runs are built on billions of documents scraped from the "open web". One piece of writing from a portfolio here on WDC isn't moving the needle on any model's capabilities. I understand the "gist" of the concern -- but it's like worrying that swimming in the ocean is going to raise the sea level. Or 10,000 people for that matter. You don't want your writing "assimilated", which is a valid concern, but in reality, it's not actually a thing, especially from someone in a chat with their AI. "Don't sweat the small things" is where I'm going with this. Complaining about bad reviews -- I totally get it. That concept is as old as the site itself. It's taken on various forms over the years. But this worry or fear that individual items on Writing.Com do anything to "train" the AI... I just can't stress enough how misplaced that worry is.  There's plenty of legitimate worries when it comes to AI but my humble opinion as a tech guru is this is not one of them. |
New question over at
And it is somewhere here: "QOTD: Friday 13 March 2026" |
| Writing Prompt #13 Here is the next in my prompt a day for 100 days initiative. These prompts are originally from a no longer operational Discord server where I posted them in a lo-o-o-ong list. If you decide to use a prompt, feel free to post the work as a response to the prompt's post and you never know... Prompt #13:Use all the words: desert, close, wind, lead, concert |
| I've added a new entry to my book, "Writing Blog Number 2 (continued)" : "20260313 Overthinking" Following on from the last one... sort of... |
| R.A.T.! Random Aussie Tune! This is part of my ongoing attempt to make Australia seem like a country not just populated by wildlife out to kill you (even though it is) and always on fire or under water (only half the time, to be honest) by posting songs I like by Aussie (not Kiwi) artists. Baby Animals were an Australian band that emerged while I was at university the first time, and their debut album was one many of my friends (and I) owned. Suze DeMarche was a great front-woman. And live they were amazing. The band broke up and got back together and broke up and got back together... standard band behaviour, I guess. Straight ahead pub rock, and they were great and Suze's solo career carried it on, but they really did not do much to stand out from the pack. Shame, because they were so good. Seen live? Yes Overseas success? No. 'Early Warning' by Baby Animals (1991) |
| Writing Prompt #12 Here is the next in my prompt a day for 100 days initiative. These prompts are originally from a no longer operational Discord server where I posted them in a lo-o-o-ong list. If you decide to use a prompt, feel free to post the work as a response to the prompt's post and you never know... Prompt #12:Your cat gets the power of speech |
| Writing Prompt #11 Here is the next in my prompt a day for 100 days initiative. These prompts are originally from a no longer operational Discord server where I posted them in a lo-o-o-ong list. If you decide to use a prompt, feel free to post the work as a response to the prompt's post and you never know... Prompt #11:A person is in the path of a tornado/ hurricane/ cyclone/ whirlwind/ willi-willi |
| I've added a new entry to my book, "Writing Blog Number 2 (continued)" : "20260311 Academics Teaching Writing" And, no, I am not an academic... Yet. |
| I'm late. New question at
And it's here: "QOTD: Tuesday March 10, 2026" |
Spiritual Dawning  - Australians do not drink Fosters. We export it. It is the worst beer we produce (well, second-worst; XXXX exists). Want a good Australian beer? Cooper's Pale Ale, Toohey's New, West End Export... so many better than Fosters. |
| R.A.T.! Random Aussie Tune! This is part of my ongoing attempt to make Australia seem like a country not just populated by wildlife out to kill you (even though it is) and always on fire or under water (only half the time, to be honest) by posting songs I like by Aussie (not Kiwi) artists. Another one-hit wonder, but this hit was everywhere from 1979 to 1980. Styne did continue to make music, but nothing hit the local zeitgeist like this weird little song about... jogging. Sure, many thought it was an analogy for sexual intercourse, but Styne insisted it was about jogging which had just become the latest go-to fitness trend at the time. Weird sonbg, but I like it. Seen live? No Overseas success? No. 'Do The Jog' by Al Styne (1979) |
| Writing Prompt #10 Here is the next in my prompt a day for 100 days initiative. These prompts are originally from a no longer operational Discord server where I posted them in a lo-o-o-ong list. If you decide to use a prompt, feel free to post the work as a response to the prompt's post and you never know... Prompt #10: |
| February Horror Writing Contest Winners! =3rd - "A Love That Stares Back - 2/26 WC 1,651" =3rd - "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not..." 2nd - "Ellen's Eli" 1st - "A Kiss Carved in Stone" Congratulations to all winners and thank you to all who entered. Some strong entries this month! And a visual prompt is still there for March! |
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