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The Trouble with AI in Creative Spaces
There’s something increasingly troubling happening in the creative space when it comes to AI. I’m not the first person to point it out, and I won’t be the last. I worry that perhaps not many people will care as AI continues to integrate itself into the fabric of society. I read my share of discourse on AI from time to time, but a recent article in the New York Times triggered a slew of emotions in me and many of my fellow Rowan Prose authors. The article details the schemes
DJ Slater
Feb 97 min read


Uncanny Parallels: Book Publishing and an Unstable Job Market
Let’s get the obvious out of the way first. Getting a book published is hard. Like really, really hard. I could just say difficult, but really, really hard creates better emphasis. I used to think all you needed was raw writing talent. While helpful, there are so many variables that go into it. Timing. Agent/Publisher preferences. The marketplace. How you present your work. And, of course, luck. When I was querying (the term for shopping your book around) Legend Has It, I dea
DJ Slater
Dec 17, 20253 min read


The lore behind the real Rainbow Springs Haunted House
You can’t talk about the Rainbow Springs site in Mukwonago without including golf in the same breath. Stretching roughly 950 acres west of the Wisconsin village, the property once hosted two 18-hole golf courses, known for their beauty, as well as their propensity to steal golf balls. The courses didn’t have sand traps but rather several bodies of water. Golf became the lure that drove Mukwonago developer, Francis Schroedel, to construct what would have been a world-renowned
DJ Slater
Oct 12, 20258 min read


It will never feel quite like this again
I remember getting ready to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens back in December 2015. It had been 10 years since we last had a mainstream...
DJ Slater
Sep 2, 20253 min read
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