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Why Generative AI Can Never Write My Next Book

Karin Kallmaker 04/21/2026 Craft of Writing 0 Comments

Doesn’t it logically follow that my next book will be written by a different me than the me that wrote my last book?

#mylesbianfreespeech#practicepracticepracticeNO AI HERE
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My Voice and Why Gen AI Can’t Fake It

Karin Kallmaker 04/10/2026 Craft of Writing 4 Comments

I can write a bad story all by myself. I don’t need AI to help me do that. I own every imperfect word – and the perfect ones too.

#mylesbianfreespeech#practicepracticepracticeNO AI HERE
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You Have FIVE Minutes, People! – Adapting Prose for Author Live Reading

Karin Kallmaker 08/11/2025 Above Temptation, Events and Appearances, Frosting 3 - Still Crazy After All These Years, Resources 2 Comments

What does it mean to adapt a passage from a larger work to a live reading of perhaps five minutes? Karin Kallmaker has an example.

#practicepracticepractice#writeradviceFor Writers

My Book is 114 Times Better because of Professional Proofreaders

Karin Kallmaker 05/15/2016 Captain of Industry, Craft of Writing 1 Comment

After the writing comes the editing. After the editing comes the proofreading. Jedi proofreading.

#amediting#lesfic#practicepracticepracticeAlderaan

Roller Coaster – Before and After the Self-Edit

Karin Kallmaker 07/10/2011 Craft of Writing, Roller Coaster

What the editor will focus on, I hope, is if this scene is where the book should begin. For this book, choosing the opening has been the single most important decision I’ve had to make, and I’ve agonized.

#amediting#practicepracticepractice
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  • Trivia – In Every Port
    Barbara Grier wasn't sure she liked the title of Karin's first novel. But Katherine Forrest did, and In Every Port it remained.

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  • “Highly Recommended!” – Review from Caren J Werlinger
    Kallmaker's pandemic book, but it wasn't heavy, even if there were echoes of the despair and darkness of that period. Highly recommended!
  • Roller Coaster at the Lesbrary
    Kallmaker quietly but effectively sets the stage... Recommended.
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