HeyJaredCreativity and Contentment
Weekly (or so) musings from author Alissa Grosso (aka digital artist Alissa Carin) on writing, art, the creative process and life in general. Always free with occasional pitches to buy her books or art.
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- Sep 30, 2026
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Jojo Thought He Was a LONER (opens the original)
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The People We Know From Stories (opens the original)
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A Guide to Spotting Scam Emails for Authors (opens the original)
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This week, I added an AI statement to my author website, that essentially says I do not use AI in any way, shape, or form because, well, it’s a very chaotic time to be a creative professional. So, that’s one impact that AI has had on me as an author, but probably the far bigger impact is that these days my email is cluttered with so many scam emails. Because it seems every day on different author forums I see someone posting an email that’s an obvious scam wondering if it’s legitimate or not, I
One Delivery Down, Two to Go (opens the original)
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About a year ago, we were feeling relieved to finally be done with all the renovations at the house next door, and we are looking forward to that feeling of relief once again, but right now things are decidedly hectic as we get to all the house projects here that we’ve been putting off thanks to being house-project-ed out last year. As I sit here typing this on Tuesday morning, the first of today’s three deliveries has arrived, and we’re waiting on two more including one that should be here any
Outlining One Book, Revising Another (opens the original)
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