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Tech Tutorial: Logging In to CarteretWriters.org
Logging In Welcome to this brief tutorial demonstrating how to log in to the Carteret Writers' website. Where to Find the Log In Button In the upper right corner of every page on the Carteret Writers website will be a LOG IN button. See very meta screenshot. If the button reads LOG OUT, congratulations, you are already logged in. The Log In Screen Clicking on the LOG IN button will take you to the LOG IN screen.
New Artificial Intelligence has arrived (and this time it really is smarter than us)
The following was written by a human. No artificial intelligence was used. The above statement will likely be required later this year on published work. Generative artificial intelligence (AI*) is improving rapidly with more people using it. Generative AI is new and different from all other AI. While generative AI performs tasks based on existing data (like other AI), it goes further by creating new content, such as text, images, and audio. Generative AI just needs a short text prompt from a human. The most popular generative AI is ChatGPT** (version 3.5). This is a user-friendly, free to use,
Revamping CarteretWriters.org: embracing small changes for a big impact
Pretty Fast "Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Ferris Bueller Ferris could have been talking about websites just as easily. The recent changes at the top of CarteretWriters.org will have been obvious to those who visit the site regularly. But what may not be obvious is that changes to the website are ongoing and have been since August 2022. Tiny Changes "True life is lived when tiny changes occur." Leo Tolstoy The key to developing a website and
Building your platform with Carteret Writers
At our April 15 conference, local author Rose Cushing talked about the power of podcasting for your author platform, and Pamlico Writers’ Group chairperson Sherri Hollister discussed how the Alliance of Independent Authors can help give your platform a power boost. Author platform was also a topic of conversation on the afternoon panel of experts including NC Writers Network (NCWN) Executive Director Ed Southern and Baltimore author John DeDakis as well as publishers Robin Miura of Blair Publishing and L. Diane Wolfe of Dancing Lemur Press. And on May 23, the NCWN is offering the two-part class “Building Your
You’re invited to a summer writing workshop series!
We're late to the blog party this week, but that's because the whole board is still recovering from the absolute euphoria that was our Quadrennial Conference. If you weren't able to make it, we'll be providing a recap in the coming weeks. I promise. However, for now, I'm stealing this slot in our still young and malleable editorial calendar to slip in a shameless plug for our latest offering: Hooks & Lines, a summer writing workshop series developed in partnership with Carteret Community College. These hands-on workshops are going to be fun and inspiring for writers of all levels
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