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Glynis Paxton
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Local bluebells . Few random observations, books, art, gardening, food. Surrey
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I'm starting to think I should do some read-ins on Zoom/Substack live or something where we all just turn up with our books, pop a few words about what we're reading into the chat and sit in silence for 45/60/75/90 minutes to read companionably together.
November 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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I ask myself what would the Queen Mother do
October 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Naomi Alderman and I have broken the fourth wall and are continuing the article in the comments...
Comment from me (replying to a comment not shown): Yes. Lots more to be said in this area that I didn't have room for in the article. Naomi Alderman made the point that the process of writing is a way for a writer to work through the topic and 'exorcise' it. You can't do that by giving ChatGPT a prompt and delegating the writing. Delegating the writing is delegating the thinking. Comment from Naomi Alderman (replying to my comment): In that way it's like any machine, right? The strengths and the weaknesses. As an analogy: used to be when a person wanted to chop down a tree they had to get an axe out, think carefully about how that particular tree was growing, whether it was too big for them to safely control, and then swing the axe themselves again and again, they would see what was happening to it and whether a bird or an interesting beetle flew [comment continues, unseen]
August 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Me too
June 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Antony Powell A Dance to the Music of Time
June 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM