So there I was one recent morning, struggling to wake up,
sipping on some caffeine-infused liquid, and browsing headlines online, when
one pretty much jumped out at me:
All righty then. Naturally, I clicked on that click bait.
Like some of my fellow Here Be Magic-ers, I tend to write romantic fiction set
in a paranormal world, so my first thought was, I wonder if AL (I was half
asleep so my eyes had originally misread A.I. as AL in the first sentence, but
I thought AL worked so I immediately named Google's artificial
intelligence AL) … anyway, I wonder if Al had read any of my stuff, immediately
followed by, I wonder if Al liked it? Plus, does Al write reviews?
Once I stopped self-absorbing the headline, I actually read
the rest of the article. Wow. Al is kind of a deep poet. I mean, I’m no poetry
fanatic and I suck at poetry, but I’m pretty sure Al has me beat at deep, dark
poetry prose. Click on the link above to read a sample of Al’s work.
I was curious about Al’s other creations, so I Googled more
about it and only found a bunch of articles written by journalists apparently
shocked that Al had picked up some good writing from reading “bodice-ripping
romance novels.” Because of that stigma, you know? I hate that stigma.
I won’t go into all of the reasons I personally think
romance novels are awesome, but I will praise Google for making Al a politer
and more romantic fake person by reading our books. Also, someone who writes
sci-fi should totally take this premise and run with it for their next sci-fi
romance. Or maybe not. It kind of mirrors this movie (“Uncanny”)
I watched recently on Netflix, which was OK but a little slow in parts, but I
suppose it’s worth watching if you like sci-fi romance thrillers.
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Angela Campbell writes paranormal mysteries about psychics and their pet sidekicks. Learn more about her and her books at www.AngelaCampbellOnline.com.
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